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Planning Your Business the Smart Way

Perhaps you’re kicking around the idea of starting up a new business, or maybe you’re already in the start-up phase. Let me ask you this: do you have a business plan? If not, you’re not alone. A lot of new business owners assume you only need a plan if you’re going to ask for venture capitalist funding. But the truth is, every business owner should have a business plan – otherwise, your business is going to drift around aimlessly like a ship without a rudder. So if you haven’t created your business plan yet, then set time aside right away (as in, today) to use the following business planner… Planning Your Business The key to planning your business is to look at it from all angles. Answer the following questions to get a good feel for how to start and grow your business. Take note that you may need to do research to answer some of these questions. Who is your primary market? What niche or niches are you targeting? List as much as you can about your ideal p…

How To Work Backwards To Set Your Business Goals

Today I want to share my thinking process for setting smart business goals with you. I like to work backwards from a financial goal to daily to-do lists. Here’s how that works. It always starts with a money goal. It helps if that goal has a meaning beyond the dollar figure. For example, let’s say that I want to buy a new car. The payment is around $400. To account for things like taxes and just to be safe, I’ll bump the goal up to $600. In other words, I need to add an extra $600 (or more… more is always better) to my monthly bottom line. Once that’s done and I am seeing that level of income on a regular basis, I’m ready to order my new car. Once I know how much money I have to make, I can start to think about different ways to do just that. I could find more customers for one or several of my existing products. For example, if I have a $10 eBook, I would have to make an extra 60 sales per month. From there I can work backwards. If I know that on average one out of 10 em…

Starting the New Year Right – 10 things to do Before Work

As you embark upon a New Year, it is the perfect time to reboot and rewire yourself for optimum success. Achieving success begins with putting into practice the right habits. Habits that will help you reach your goals and aspire to set more goals that help you stretch and grow.

"Just like you need a good breakfast to fuel your day, you need a plan to fuel your success." Heidi Richards Mooney

In this three part series, I want to share tips that are intended to help you complete your tasks in an organized manner through proper preparation. “Fortune favors the prepared mind”, as Louis Pasteur said, so keep that quote in mind as you peruse this array of pre-work prep tips.

1 Make a list of your tasks for the day.

A simple checklist of the things you need to do can be surprisingly helpful at keeping you on track. Aside from ensuring that you don’t forget to …