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Saturday, August 11, 2007
The Easy Way To Write A Business PlanCopyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comIn writing a business plan, defining what a business plan is and what it contains is important. A business plan is a written collection of goals for the business along with the research and strategies to help achieve them. A business plan should include a business description, management, marketing and financials. To begin writing a business plan, set concrete goals, responsibilities and deadlines to guide the business. These items should be in the business description. This should be simple and easy to understand. Enough information should be in the statement to peak the interest of the reader, but not all the details of the plan. The product or service information needs to follow the company description. This section should describe the product or service that is being promoted. A detailed description should include time elements of when the service will be completed or any circumstance in which the product could be used. Be sure and focus on the benefits to the customer. A marketing analysis should be the next part of the plan. This is where the information shows how the product or service is needed. Customer needs should be explored including where the customers are and how to reach them. This component is usually the weakest part of a business plan. Care should be taken when writing this part of the plan. Following the marketing section, should be the strategy and implementation ideas. Be very specific in the part of the plan. Management responsibilities with dates and a budget should be located in the section. Communication with management is very important, and they should be able to use this part of the plan to keep them on a timeline with the product or service. The management team should be able to follow the schedule located here to track their progress. The last section of the business plan is the financial section. Profit and loss, cash flow, the balance sheet, break even analysis, assumptions and business ratios should be included in this part of the plan. Use business charts to illustrate numbers so projections are easier to absorb. This section should be updated periodically to keep its facts and figures current. Now that the business plan has been discussed, a look at some of the common business plan mistakes is needed. Don’t wait to long to write a plan. Banks and investors will want to see a plan before taking a chance on a company. Don’t over estimate the importance of an idea. A great idea does not start a business. Time, money, perseverance and common sense do that. Don’t be afraid or dread making the business plan. Good books, business schools and software can help with this. A good, readable plan should be less than fifty pages. A business plan is a road map for the business. It is often used to obtain necessary funding. It also is not set in stone, but should change and evolve as the business does. Remember to match the contents of the plan with the purpose of the business. About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Friday, August 10, 2007
Building a Business in a Small TownCopyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comSometimes building a business in a small town is more difficult because of the limited customer base, competition, and the lack of interest in your goods and services. Before starting a business in a small town, make sure you are filling a need. If the town already has more than one barber, chances are your shop will not turn a profit. If the product you are selling is unfamiliar or costs too much money, your business may not succeed. Finding a product may be your biggest challenge, but once you find one, marketing it will be the next step. After deciding on a business, you will need to find retail space. This can be on the mail street, your home, or it can be on a street that is off the main road. The further you are from the center of town, the more advertising your need so people will know where you are located. Building a website is one way to solve this problem. Even though your business caters primarily to those in the town, others may want to visit your shop to see what you have. Including directions on your website will help people find your location. Billboards, signs, and listings in the local newspaper are also ways to help customers find you. Advertising within the town usually includes handing out business cards, creating a logo and a sign that is placed in front of your business, and advertising in the newspaper. In small towns, word of mouth advertising is still the most powerful tool you have. If you offer quality customer service, people will tell others in the community. Using the internet is another tool you have especially if you can ship items to various locations. Market in every way you have available in order to create brand loyalty. Once you have established your business, you will need to care for it as it grows. This means taking inventory to see what you need to reorder, making sure customers are happy with the layout of the store, the products, and the customer service. You may need to hire employees to help you take care of the business. In small towns, you may be limited in how much you can earn. This may be due to the income level of residents, the need for your products, and the cost of shopping in your store. You may need to adjust your prices in order to sell more merchandise. Market analysis can help you make the necessary adjustments. Running a business in a small town may be more difficult than going to a more populated area. But if you can sell items online in addition to opening a storefront, your potential for profit is increased. About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Thursday, August 09, 2007
Building a Business Blog Can Help Boost SalesCopyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comA business blog is a great way to reach more customers and communicate with them on a more personal level. One of the biggest disadvantages of online businesses is that you do not have as much contact with the customer as you would if you ran a traditional storefront business. This means fewer chances to offer customers personal assistance. One way around this is to create a business blog that is informative, entertaining, and speaks to those who would be interested in purchasing the products from your website. Business blogs are different from other types of blogs. When people think of blogs, they still think of personal diaries or writings about personal experiences that having nothing to do with their own lives. But in recent years, many businesses have seen the popularity of blogs and have taken them to the next level by introducing informative blogs that appeal to specific groups of people. These blogs are read by thousands of potential customers each day. If you want to create a business blog, you should consider your audience. What are they looking for? Will they find your products interesting? Why will they continue reading your blog? Your blog should be able the industry you work in, aspects of the business, or about products featured on your website. While it is fine to use humor in your blogs, you should try to be as informative as possible. If you are new to blogging, you should research popular blogs that are similar to what you want to create. Most blogs are short posts between one hundred to three hundred words. Some blogs are longer. It is up to you how long you want your blogs to be. The best way to attract a constant stream of readers is to post frequently. This means at least once a week. Plan your blog a few days in advance to make sure it is well written and edited. Business blogs do not contain grammar or spelling errors and always have a logical order. Make sure you include your website address on each post and archive them so readers can read previous posts. This will increase your popularity. You can also include keywords to help your blog expand its readership. Make sure keywords are added naturally and add them to the title of your posts whenever possible. Another way to increase your readership is to write a few articles promoting the blog. Submit to free article databases so your article is reposted on websites and in directories where readers will be able to find it. A business blog can be a lot of fun to write. Readers can leave comments which increase the personal attention you can give to your customers. About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Wednesday, August 08, 2007
You Don’t Need Loads Of Cash to Start A BusinessCopyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comHow many are held back from becoming successful entrepreneurs simply because of the mistaken belief that they could never afford to start their own business? The truth of the matter is startlingly simple: you don’t need loads of cash to start a business! What you do need are the drive to get started, the enthusiasm to find artful solutions to problems that will present themselves early on, and the commitment to not let problems that others throw money at stop you from living your dream. For example, if you want to become a dog groomer, you don’t need loads of cash to start that business. You need to know how to groom dogs. Without this skill, no amount of money will allow you to make any headway into the dog grooming market. In a very real sense, you need to become a “guru” – a person to whom others come to answers to their dog grooming questions. Once you have found your niche and educated yourself – via classes, books, the Internet, or just personal hands-on training – it is time to figure out where to conduct your dog grooming. Normally you would need to have a lot of money to rent a shop and equip it, but since commercial real estate leases are out of this world, you will want to do without it, at least until you have earned enough money to comfortably buy or lease a space of your choice. Proving that you do not need loads of cash to start a business, consider that you can work out of the back of your van, SUV, or at the client’s home. You will own the tools of the trade, but the client will furnish the water, the bathing facilities, the electricity, and you do not even need specialized insurance! Now that you have the what, how and where worked out, advertisement is the final major expenditure for new businesses. Fortunately, there are several cheap or free ways of getting targeted advertising without having to dip into your nest egg. Build a great relationship with those who deal with dogs every day. This includes the vet, the humane society, the pet store, and any other place dogs and dog owners will congregate. Ask to place nicely done color brochures – you can do them for next to nothing on your computer – in their offices, and in return promise you will place their names and phone numbers on your ads. Do some community events for free, such as the yearly humane society fund raisers where you can be highly visible turning little matted hounds into stylish pets anyone is eager to take home. As you can see, from this example of a dog groomer you can quite easily extrapolate that you don’t need loads of cash to start a business, and whether you want to be a dog groomer, typist, writer, copying service, or dry cleaner, there is a way unique to any profession that will lead you to entrepreneurship on a shoestring budget – if you only have the will! About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Why is a Strategic Business Plan Important?Copyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comA strategic business plan is basically a list of the things you would like your business to accomplish and how you plan to accomplish them. A business plan should cover items like the description of your business, management, how you plan to sell your products and what your plan for the financial aspect is. With a larger business you will need to set aside members that are on specific committees, such as financial or management. Laying out what your products and services are is very important. There needs to be a way to know what you plan to sell, or the services that you plan to offer in your business. This will let others know exactly what you do or will not do, so there are no misunderstanding regarding your business. Marketing is one area that tends to not receive a lot of attention in a business plan, but is one of the most important areas of a plan. It defines how you plan to sell the product or services that you offer. Having a plan that is clear and concise will help others to understand exactly what you want to do and how you are going to do it. Be sure to add a very strict budget proposal into your business plan. Making this an area of importance can cut down on those that are unsure if your finances are being spent in the appropriate way or not. They will be able to take a quick look and see exactly how much of your money goes towards the products and which products those are. It will also lay out how the profit is being used. Business plans are not just for you to lay out the information for yourself, but also to receive funding from others, such as loans or grants. Theses can be very helpful as you are getting your business up and running or in times of financial need. A strategic business plan is of great importance not only for you, but to let others who are considering doing business with your company know exactly what your intentions are and how well put together your company is or when you are considering a merger with a fellow business. Your business plan can be changed when the situation arises, so it does not have to be permanent. A company can and will grow; therefore, your business plan may become out of date or obsolete after a few short years. Adding a section in your strategic business plan about what you hope the company plans to do in the future may add some insight for others, into what you hope to accomplish and what the business officials are like as individual persons. Knowing what the intentions are for a company that you are considering doing business with, can help you to decide whether this is the type of business that you want to interact with. About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Tuesday, August 07, 2007
Why Ergonomic Office Equipment Can Save Your Company MoneyCopyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comIt has been shown that ergonomic office equipment can reduce long term injury and help employees become more productive. Repetitive motion injuries can cost a company a lot of money in health insurance and time lost when employees have to take leave for rehabilitation, surgery, or frequent illness. If your office wants to save money over time, investing in office equipment that is safe for prolonged is one way to ensure that employees are comfortable and productive during the day. Office equipment such as ergonomic keyboards, office chairs, foot rests, wrist rests, and floor coverings can be found in many office supply stores and online. If you order in bulk, you may save even more money. Since this equipment is well made, you will be able to use it for years as you would other equipment. Because many people spend eight to ten hours in an office, sitting, typing, and moving from one area to another, protecting the body from injury is essential. Over time, companies that do not supply ergonomic office equipment will lose more employees, and spend more money in sick time than companies who have made an investment in safe office equipment. Since so many companies have adopted the use of this equipment, those looking for employment have come to expect it in any office they work in. If your company has yet to make these changes, you may be spending more money in looking for qualified employees. When buying ergonomic equipment, you should consider the needs of your employees. How many hours do they spend at their desks? How often do they get up to stretch or walk? Do employees complete the same tasks each day? Once you have the answers to these questions, you will be able to buy the proper equipment. Many offices purchase chairs that have good back support. Protective floor covers should be placed underneath chairs to absorb shock. Without covers, employees run the risk of injuring their backs, spines, neck, and shoulders. All employees should stretch during the day to prevent injury. They should also drink plenty of water in order to keep their blood circulating. This will prevent cramping and fatigue. Employees who feel good at work will be under less stress and will more productive. This will cause the company to be more profitable in the long run. Companies that take care of their employees are able to retain them longer and build employee loyalty. Ergonomic office equipment is one investment you should take seriously in order to build a successful business. After replacing existing equipment with ergonomic equipment, you should ask employees how they are adjusting to the new equipment. You may be surprised by the reaction you receive. About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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Sunday, August 05, 2007
Why Business Owners Are Paying More Attention To Their Customers' ThoughtsCopyright © Roderick Eash http://www.TheEashSyndicate.comIf you have heard the saying “the customer is always right” you are among thousands, if not millions of people who have also heard this phrase. While this may or may not be the case, the customer does have a lot of say and influence in how a company or business performs and its current and potential success. Today, more and more business owners are paying more attention to what their customers say and feel. Business owners know that their customers are the key to their success. If there are no customers there is no business. Keeping the customers happy keeps the customers returning for future business transactions, which is good for both the customer and business owner. Many business owners authorize customer surveys to be distributed either electronically through email or through the postal service. Customer satisfaction surveys give the business owner a good idea of what the customer thinks about the services and products. These surveys allow the business owner to ask specific questions about the customer’s most recent experience, a particular product, and the freedom to provide any additional comments that he or she may want to share. This survey system is incredibly useful in keeping a business on target with what its client base is interested in and wants. What a customer thinks of a particular product or service is vital information to a business. Knowing what the clientele is thinking allows a business owner to get the upper hand on competitors and to provide customers with what they want. The happier the customer is, the happier the business is, so to speak. Businesses that actively seek out the opinions and thoughts of their customers usually attain loyalty from those customers and clients. Loyalty to a particular brand or business is essential to success. With this loyalty comes free marketing in the form of word of mouth advertising. In most cases, satisfied customers will tell their family and friends about a great new product or a great service provided by a particular business. During these discussions, the customer’s friends and family will consider the item or service then check it out for him or herself later. Word of mouth advertising gives the business more credibility than simple paid advertising. Any business owner that wants to ensure success for his or her company is wise to consider the thoughts of the customer-base. Listening to the customers’ thoughts, needs, wants, and ideas can help improve business dramatically and thus ensure customer loyalty. New customers help businesses grow, however returning loyal customers make all the difference. It is easy to get a customer for the first time, however it is much more difficult to get the customers to return if they are not satisfied. About the Author:----------------------------------------------------------------- To find the best home based business ideas and opportunities so you can work at home visit: http://www.TheEashSyndicate.com-----------------------------------------------------------------
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