Megan Auman of CraftMBA says “you’ve got to spend big money to make big money.” “Having big goals for your business means you have to be willing to spend big money on your business.” Go ahead. Go read the article. I’ll wait. Do you have big goals for your business? Are you making big investments [...]
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Love this: Your Idea Sucks, Now Go Do It Anyway. Required reading. Getting your idea perfect before you start your project probably won’t happen. That’s okay. Get started. It will work itself out as you work on it, not as you think on it. Recommend on Facebook Share with Stumblers Tweet about it Subscribe to [...]
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I hear you. You have a renaissance soul. So many shiny things spark your interest. They mix and mingle into the the multi-faceted Thing that is your creative business. So how does that work when you’re planning your business? How do you incorporate your renaissance soul into your business plan? Should you write one business [...]
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Operation Business Plan. What’s in your future? This post is part of a series on writing your business plan. Subscribe to my mailing list to get instant access to download the free Wonder Thinking Business Plan-o-Rama workbook and get working on your business plan! What is your vision for 5 and 10 years down the [...]
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Operation Business Plan. Let’s get started on your marketing plan! Your marketing plan is your message and your plan for getting the word out. What is it that you want to communicate to potential buyers? How will you tell them? This post is part of a series on writing your business plan. Subscribe to my [...]
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Operation Business Plan. Let’s get started on your market analysis! Your market analysis is an assessment of the potential market for your products and services. Information on your market, your ideal customer, and your competition sets the stage for your marketing plan (how to get the word out about your awesome sauce). This post is [...]
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Operation Business Plan. Your mission today is to describe your products and services. This post is part of a series on writing your business plan. Subscribe to my mailing list to get instant access to download the free Wonder Thinking Business Plan-o-Rama workbook and get working on your business plan! Describe your products and services [...]
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Operation Business Plan. Vision. Mission. This is the good stuff, the part where you summarize your business and talk about the things that make you tick. You probably have ideas about your vision and mission already. The purpose of writing them down is threefold: – to identify and clarify your ideas by writing them down; [...]
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Do you have a business plan? Is it like mine? A collection of brilliant & amazing ideas. In. Your. Head. Plans in my head are always awesome. Plans written down are subject to thoughtful inspection. Sigh. I have no written business plan. It’s been easy to ignore. It’s been easy to have a vague idea [...]
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Happy New Year! Before we start spreading the 2011 awesome sauce, let’s look back on 2010. How was your 2010? Did you have goals for the year? Did you reach them? My 2010 was great! In my etsy photography shop, my number of prints sold was down, but my total dollar sales were up. I [...]
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