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 base or core. 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.
Home Business Recipe:
Ingredients:
1. GOALS
Establish you’re why, the exact purpose of your business
2. MARKETABLE PRODUCT/SERVICE
Know what you’re selling and if there’s a market for it
3. COMMUNITY
Join a training and mentorship community to help you develop your business skills
4. 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
5. POSITION
Position yourself & your brand to attract the exact type of person who needs what you’ve got
6. WEB PRESENCE
Set up your web presence with an interactive blog (WordPress recommended)
7. COMPELLING OFFER
Develop an enticing free offer that would compel someone to exchange their contact information for it (aka: optin to your email list)
8. ATTRACTION MARKETING
Learn and implement attraction marketing skills to generate leads, sign-ups, and sales for your business without chasing people
9. 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 developing your online voice as well as the 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!