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Writing Emails With A Purpose
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How many times have you seen it? You open your inbox just to see
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The Most Important Thing You Can Do For Your Online Business: Planning
More and more people are discovering the potential to earn an income online and most of them already have or are in the process of starting one. Chances are, the competition in your business area would only grow. If you are serious about achieving success with your online business, then you need to find ways to give yourself every advantage you can get over your competitors. One strategy I can almost assure your competitors have not tried is to list down detailed plans of exactly how they want their business to succeed. The purpose of writing a business plan is to map out all details of your business. Do this and you will form a solid foundation on which your online business is built on. Writing a business plan for your business could be the most important step in getting your business to where you want it to be. If you are already running an online business and want to increase profits or starting an online business is still an idea in your head, here is a tip: Start Planning! A good business plan would contain the following main categories:
1)Layout of your Business This section would contain a detailed description of your online business and would cover the entire layout of your business. You might want to list down all details that form the entire system of your business such as the product, website hosting, sequential autoresponders, follow up emails, mode of accepting credit cards etc… and how they are integrated.
2)Marketing
This is where you research, decide and write down who your target market is, what strategies you plan to use and how much is your monthly budget so you can formulate a good marketing plan. Do a quick search and you will find many kinds of marketing strategies that you can choose for your business. Most of these strategies work but some will always work better than others, so it would be wise to evaluate all
possibilities and then focus on two or three of these marketing techniques that will produce the biggest return for your investment. Some marketing techniques do require you to spend some money. Be it pay per click or ezine advertising, it would be a good idea to spend a little money to test that marketing strategy before paying good money on a full campaign.
3)Development This is where you will write down how you want your business to be in the future. Regardless of what stage you are at, you should include a vision of what you want your business to be. This could be done by setting up a series of goals which you intend to accomplish over time to achieve that vision.
4)Financials Your internet business would certainly incur expenses. Keeping and recording a set of accounts of your business is important as it tracks all your income and expenditures in detail. It can tell you if a certain marketing strategy is giving low returns or making high profits, helps you determine your monthly budget and net cash flows and also helps you decide if you should cut costs or to find a way to increase income. All these would go a long way in helping you manage your cash flows.
Once you have written down your business plan in detail, you will be amazed at how often you refer to it. It helps you stay focus on what you are doing as new business opportunities will always appear at your doorstep may tend to distract you. It helps you make best decisions when faced with problems or choosing where you should spend your money in the process of expanding your business.
About the Author
Michael Tee is the webmaster and owner of http://www.ebizmodelsyoucancopy.com/. Visit E-Biz Wiz Blog for proven ideas, tips and information on starting your own Internet Business and subscribe to the 12 Day Internet Marketing Success Course at http://ebizmodelsyoucancopy.blogspot.com/.
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