Well, every good soup begins with a good stock or base into which all of the other ingredients are dumped. The blend of the ingredients marinate and intensify in flavor and turn an average soup into an outstanding recipe that you want to repeat over and over.
Likewise, your home business needs a solid foundation or base. Important business and marketing elements are then built and developed around it. The result is your very own home business empire online, or what I call your "You Inc. Empire"!
Ingredients:
GOALS - Establish your why, the exact purpose of your business
MARKETABLE PRODUCT/SERVICE - Know what you're selling and if there's a market for it
COMMUNITY - join a training and mentorship community to help you develop your business skills
PERSONAL BRAND - Perform thorough market research to help you determine your unique selling position and how you'll differentiate yourself in the marketplace from your competitors
POSITION - position yourself & your brand to attract the exact type of person who needs what you've got
WEB PRESENCE - set up your web presence with an interactive blog (WordPress recommended)
COMPELLING OFFER - develop an enticing free offer that would compel someone to exchange their contact information for it (aka: optin to your email list)
ATTRACTION MARKETING - Learn and implement attraction marketing skills to generate leads, sign-ups, and sales for your business without chasing people
PROMOTE - Use various advertising methods, including social media, to attract and engage your audience and expose them to your brand
Once you have all the ingredients in place, you'll be looking at a living, breathing online business. You can begin to grow it by adding your own flavor to it and develop your online voice as well as relationship with your readers and followers!
Time to get busy and join the revolution of people who are trying to stay ahead of the game and not playing catch up. No one likes to be left behind, so start building your home business now!
If you have questions or need assistance implementing what you've learned in this article, I'd love to help! Leave your comments and questions below or you can contact me directly here.
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Great post Eryn! Love how you listed all the business requirements as a recipe. Just follow the recipe, and implement each ingredient and you will have a great business soup!
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Love your recipe, Eryn! Do you have others…for other subjects? Do you use equal amounts of every ingredient? or does that vary?
Wow! this is an excellent post Eryn.
You did such a good job of using bullet points, and hyperlinks.
Let alone a fantastic article on how to create a home business that works.
Great job!
Martin
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