Here is a video post by ABC, featuring USA Today contributor and small business expert Steve Strauss about why starting a small business in this tough economy can deem successful by following 5 simple tips.
Tip 1: Be A Business Person: Learn business and start writing a business plan
Tips 2: Look For Vacuums And Waves: There are 27 million businesses and 99 percent account for small businesses. Your business needs something new and different, the vacuum, and something old and successful, the wave. The vacuum is doing something different, thinking outside of the box. Wave is old that deems successful for other businesses such as a twitter page for your business.
Tip 3: Have A GREAT Online Presence: Set up a Website that makes you look professional and big no matter how small your business is because it can generate more business and profit
Tip 4: Use Available Technology: Buy software that can help contribute to your business and have a professional business space for client meeting
Tip 5: Don’t Lead: Find successful business models in your industry
I would like to share with all of you about how you too can become a successful entrepreneur. 74 percent of the wealthiest people in America run their own business. By becoming your own boss you can control your own income and have the financial freedom you have always wanted!
What is a good way to start becoming an entrepreneur?
“One of the best and simplest ways today in today’s society is through network marketing because you can start very inexpensively. Just like for instance the 3 Step Plan, the marketing system that I operate. The 3 Step Plan is a way that a person can invest $35 to actually start their business and the rest is all sweat equity.”
Here’s a great article from the small business tips section of Bloomberg Businessweek about how small business owners can create accountability within their company starting at the top. The article reviews several tips for ways to improve day to day productivity.
1. Set clear, attainable goals. Your employees need to know exactly what you expect them to accomplish in a clearly defined time line.
2. You as the boss need to lead by example. If your employees see you commit to a project and accomplish whatever goals you set for that project, it sets a precedent of how things are to be done.
3. Involve your employees in the process of generating ideas. This makes them feel more involved and gives them more ownership of the project.
The problems we face today involving debt have become a serious issue. In Andy Willoughby’s latest video, he discusses why Americans are facing debt problems and what he sees as a solution. Following what society deems as the “American Dream,” has given many the perspective that spending leads to success, but this only digs a deeper hole. As Willoughby explains, the way to get ahead and make the money you deserve is to become an entrepreneur and take control of how much you earn. His low cost 3 Step Plan has shown others the importance of running your own business, and the rewards that come with it. Watch as Andy Willoughby describes how it is possible to make money from home and enjoy living your life.
“Well the reason I think so many people are living in debt is just the challenge of what the society has set forth. I mean, today’s society has been promoted to live the “American Dream.” So people are searching for this dream, and debt is easy. There’s two ways to avoid being in debt. You either have to spend less money or make more money. I think the easiest way to actually be able to increase your income is to become an entrepreneur and develop your own business. Seventy-four percent of the wealthy in America got that way by owning their own business. One of the best and simplest ways today, in today’s society, is through network marketing because you can start very inexpensively, just like for instance with the 3 Step Plan—the big marketing system I operate. The 3 Step Plan is a way that a person can invest $35 to actually start their business, and the rest is all sweat equity. The reason that I started my own business is I found out very young in my life that I would rather be captain of a rowboat than first mate of a battleship. I didn’t want someone else telling me how much I could earn. I always wanted to have that ability to decide for myself. So, I either worked in commissions, where I could earn commissions and control my income, or operated my own business.”
I wanted to share a new video being featured in Jennings Social Media Marketing newsletter for April 2010. It discusses what I think is the reason so many people are in debt and ways to improve your personal income from your own home.
Entrepreneur Andy Willoughby and founder of the 3 Step Plan home-based business system is featured in Jennings Social Media Marketing newsletter for April 2010. Valerie Jennings, CEO of Jennings Social Media, wanted to interview Willoughby on the economy and the importance of living debt free. Willoughby is a friend and client of Jennings, so she felt comfortable featuring Willoughby because of his insights regarding building home businesses and addressing the need to live debt free. In the interview, Willoughby discusses what it takes to achieve financial success even in times of a recession, how to build a business, where to begin and why being an entrepreneur is the best financial route to success and freedom.
“Well the reason I think so many people are living in debt is just the challenge of what the society has set forth. I mean, today’s society has been promoted to live the “American Dream.” So people are searching for this dream, and debt is easy. There’s two ways to avoid being in debt. You either have to spend less money or make more money. I think the easiest way to actually be able to increase your income is to become an entrepreneur and develop your own business.”
