Do You Need To Know How To Write a Business Plan? Part 2 of 4

February 24, 2009 by Carl Tambeau · 1 Comment
Filed under: Online Coaching, Relationship Marketing

There’s the million dollar question, maybe you do need to know How to Write A Business Plan and maybe it really doesn’t matter – only you can answer that question. Here’s the thing, no matter, how you feel about the very subject, it doesn’t really matter what “you” think BUT what does matter, is what “your readers” think.

If they enjoy the content you are posting and if the knowledge you share is working for them, then yes you will have followers. BUT if things aren’t being kept up to date, your content doesn’t make sense, you aren’t in it for the right reason, your business plan is not being worked, then followers “will” go elsewhere – bottom line.

How do you know if things are progressing as you would like:

You need to go back to your original plan

see what your projections were

what your intentions were

where did you expect to be at this point in time

Wait a minute – You do have a business plan? Right?

NO PLAN – so how did you record your revenue projections, your intentions, where you want to be by now. You Say – “I never thought of that”. or – “My plan was to work my butt off and see where things end up” – Great Strategy – NOT!

Come on people, you now know what makes you tick because we already covered that in the previous reports. You need to know what you will do with all of your interest and passions as well as all the research you did on your niche. By now you should know:

who your target market is

what they are buying in your niche

demographically where they are.

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Do You know How to Write a Business Plan? Part 1 of 4

February 23, 2009 by Carl Tambeau · Leave a Comment
Filed under: Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching

This is a very interesting subject for today’s infopreneurs as most people don’t realize the importance of a business plan in today’s fast paced business world, online or offline.

Why Do You Need to Know How To Write a Business Plan?

Helps you to keep focused on results

You need to know where to start

You Need to Know Where You Are Going

What Outcome Are You Looking For?

Use Your Plan For Periodic Reviews

The first thing you need to understand is “you”, just as we mentioned in the two reviews prior to this one – Take a look if you haven’t already.

When we coach our clients on How To Write a Business Plan, we always start with details such as:

1. What are Your Passions and Interests?
2. What Knowledge do you have in Your Subject?
3. How Committed are you to learning and building your online business?
4. What Time Sacrifices are you willing to make?
5. How Deep is Your Desire to Learning and Building Your Internet Business?
6. Where Do You See Yourself by the End Of 2009? 2010? 2011?

You need to be aware of who you are and what your interests are as this effects everything. Right now this may be a bit tough to wrap your head around but trust us when we say this can be everything in your business. Baby steps is the best way to go, as that avoids going back and repeating the same steps over again.

Sincerely,

Carl Tambeau
Founder of Pro Marketing Resource
Founder of Healing Music Emporium
Co-Founder of The Health Hub System

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What Is The Real Purpose of Your Internet Business Plan? Part 9 of 9

January 12, 2009 by Carl Tambeau · Leave a Comment
Filed under: 30 Day Challenge, Internet Business Plan, Online Coaching

We have arrived at the final page in our 9 part series.

Is there one particular purpose your Internet Business Plan serves?

Your Internet Business Plan is not about one thing, it is a plan with a series of carefully thought out steps.

Each step serves a purpose to an end result. You may have the most professional looking business plan, compared to everyone else in your group.

One very important factor will stand out in the end, irregardless of looks and fancy wording – and that is your Business Success.

The whole purpose of the Internet Business Plan is not so you can show off your graphics talents or writing skills (these are important), it is all about the success of your business.

How accurate was your research when analyzing related markets?

How well did you research:
your competition
your product or service
your start up costs

If you have done the best possible work on your plan, now you need to put it into action.

Setup weekly, monthly, quarterly review meetings so you can analyze your progress. During these reviews you need to determine an action plan:

Keep following the plan if everything is ok
Fine tune a few tasks to optimize results
Edit your plan to refocus as maybe something isn’t working

Whatever the action is, continue to follow your plan for the year. At the end of the year you will start your Internet Business Plan for the next year.

We hope you have a great day

This is Carl Tambeau
founder of pro marketing resource.com