5 Hacks to Grow your Home Business
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What Is The Biggest Obstacle You Face When Starting A Home Business?
So you want to start a home business?
When you look at starting a home business as a new entrepreneur, you look at all the things you need to do to get started.
Website
Sales Pages
Traffic
Product creation
Design graphics
Social media
Funnels – what are funnels?!
All the other requirements like taxes, books, government regulations and so on ..
All you want to do is find the customers who need your solution to their problem or what they desire…..
All the equipment or technology you need to create a functioning business can seem like the biggest obstacle to starting a home business but it is not the biggest obstacle.
The biggest obstacle to starting a home business is YOU!
Paralysis
Your brain will get overwhelmed by all the “things” you have to do in your business.
Your Mind is powerful and it is great at collecting knowledge from here, there and everywhere.
But that can be overwhelming and cause “Paralysis Analysis.” You will become overwhelmed by all the information and get STUCK. What should I do next?!
Well… take a deep breath ..and make a step by step checklist of what you need to do and cross it off as you do it.
Perfectionism
Don’t try to be Perfect.
Perfectionism can also cause paralysis in terms of “waiting” till I get this done and it takes longer than you thought and suddenly, it has been three months of you trying to perfect a sales page.
Imperfect Action is better than no Action.
Perfect is unattainable so don’t even try for Perfect. Just Perfect Enough to get moving!
The Next Best Thing
There is no quick way to make money with a home business. It is about building a business that has systems in it to keep the cash flowing. So always following the newest idea on how to make the cash flow will get you into chasing the quick money instead of a business. It is called the “Bright Shiny Object” syndrome and the promise of the “NEW” has always moved people to buy but you don’t want to move “off your path” chasing rainbows, you want to be focused on a path to your business such that you can see how it works.
The Business of At Home Business Membership
As an entrepreneur working in home business, I have (and still know) known the challenges of being in home business so I have developed a Membership to help others get their home business started quicker and easier.
The Key to Continual Growth and Expansion
The best way to keep your business going long term and to experience more success is to continue to grow and expand. If you’re not growing and expanding, you’re stagnating. There are many ways in which you can experience continuous growth and expansion in your business and your life.
* Start a Joint Venture Partnership – Get out of your comfort zone and work on a project with someone you might normally see as a competitor. If you know someone who promotes complementary products and/or services to yours, get on board with them to promote something jointly. The more often you participate in JVs, the more you’ll expand awareness of your business and offerings.
* Create More Products or Services – Diversifying your offerings can help you expand and grow, too. For example, if you currently offer groups or online courses on how to do something, you can expand to offering one-on-one coaching services to delve even deeper than your current offering does. Plus, you can charge more money.
* Outsource More – A fast way to grow and expand is to simply get more clients. Of course, you’re only one person so you might need to outsource more work to others to ensure that you can accommodate more customers and clients.
* Teach What You Know to Others – If you have a skill that you can share with others to teach them to become successful like you, don’t keep it to yourself. Share it. You won’t create more competition even if you think that will happen. Instead, you’ll not only get more customers, but you’ll also be seen as more of an expert.
* Write a Book – If you’re already an expert in something, the way to expand your expertise is to write a book on the topic. Then, use the book to promote your other products and services. You’ll earn from the book and from the added promotional opportunities the book provides.
* Get on the Speaking Circuit – Once you have a book, a course, and a coaching program, you can easily get on a speaking circuit. Through paid speaking engagements you can get the word out about your business to a lot of people and finally solidify your expertise.
* Be Consistent and Persistent – If your business is already growing and expanding, keep doing what you’re doing. At the end of the day, consistency and persistence pay off for every business model.
* Network More Efficiently – Take a look at how you go about networking, and who you’re networking with. You want to network strategically with potential joint venture partners, potential customers, as well as colleagues.
Growing and expanding requires self-awareness of what you are doing and what you’re not doing to move forward. Occasionally assess your goals to ensure that you are on track to be where you envisioned you would be at a specific time. If you’re succeeding, keep on doing what you’re doing. If you’re behind, it’s okay; you just need to adjust.