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3 FUNDAMENTAL ESSENTIALS FOR A NEW ONLINE BUSINESS
We dream of opening and running a profitable business, be it online, brick and mortar or a combination of the two. A business is an opportunity to make profits preferably with talents we have acquired over a period of time or an opportunity to exploit raw talent others have perfected such as affiliate marketing. Where ever you stand on this, there are certain essentials that must be in place in order to start and run a new business successfully for posterity.
This thread proposes to explore these essentials for the profit of our community. Those who should benefit are not just people starting businesses but also those who have engaged in business, either successfully or not. We need your experiences and nuggets of wisdom.
Below are the fundamental requirements:
1. The omnipotent and strategic business plan
If you do not know where you want to go, any path will take you there. A properly scripted business plan will guide you every step of the way in your new business. It will contain your goals and objectives in a clear format that you can refer to when you get weary. It will identify your capital requirements and where you will get it. The moment you decide to start a business venture, prepare a business plan or you will get hopelessly lost on the road to nowhere.
2. Put the legal structures of the business in place
No business will operate successfully without binding by the law in the place of domicile. There are federal or local licenses to acquire. There are taxation complexities to sort out and such basics as a physical address for shipping if required.
The business will require bank accounts or a channel to make payments for clients and for services. For those engaged in online businesses, such international outfits as pay pal are available but require stringent adherence to rules and regulations which you must be familiar with as a business owner. Remember to open a separate account for you business as opposed to your personal one. This helps you separate your personal and business assets.
At some point in time, you might require to get loan facilities to augment your capital requirements. Good keeping of records will help you through the process. Another manner of acquiring “business capital†is having a reliable team of advisers and specialists at your beck and call. These include attorneys, accountants, mentors and even a board of directors to guide you through the dense forest that is a business.
3. Have an excellent online presence
A good online presence is a critical storefront to your business. It is an essential requirement in order to run a successful and profitable business in today’s environment. It ought be relevant to your product or service and offer memorable interaction with your current and prospective clients. The reputation of your business is at stake with your website. Bad habits online will soon come back to haunt you and your business. The current online scare about Penguin 3.0 is a case in point.
This is not the end
In conclusion, let this not be the end of this topic. New forms of businesses are coming up everyday, especially online. We all need all the advice we can get in successfully running a business for that is the reason we are all here. What are your thoughts?
We dream of opening and running a profitable business, be it online, brick and mortar or a combination of the two. A business is an opportunity to make profits preferably with talents we have acquired over a period of time or an opportunity to exploit raw talent others have perfected such as affiliate marketing. Where ever you stand on this, there are certain essentials that must be in place in order to start and run a new business successfully for posterity.
This thread proposes to explore these essentials for the profit of our community. Those who should benefit are not just people starting businesses but also those who have engaged in business, either successfully or not. We need your experiences and nuggets of wisdom.
Below are the fundamental requirements:
1. The omnipotent and strategic business plan
If you do not know where you want to go, any path will take you there. A properly scripted business plan will guide you every step of the way in your new business. It will contain your goals and objectives in a clear format that you can refer to when you get weary. It will identify your capital requirements and where you will get it. The moment you decide to start a business venture, prepare a business plan or you will get hopelessly lost on the road to nowhere.
2. Put the legal structures of the business in place
No business will operate successfully without binding by the law in the place of domicile. There are federal or local licenses to acquire. There are taxation complexities to sort out and such basics as a physical address for shipping if required.
The business will require bank accounts or a channel to make payments for clients and for services. For those engaged in online businesses, such international outfits as pay pal are available but require stringent adherence to rules and regulations which you must be familiar with as a business owner. Remember to open a separate account for you business as opposed to your personal one. This helps you separate your personal and business assets.
At some point in time, you might require to get loan facilities to augment your capital requirements. Good keeping of records will help you through the process. Another manner of acquiring “business capital†is having a reliable team of advisers and specialists at your beck and call. These include attorneys, accountants, mentors and even a board of directors to guide you through the dense forest that is a business.
3. Have an excellent online presence
A good online presence is a critical storefront to your business. It is an essential requirement in order to run a successful and profitable business in today’s environment. It ought be relevant to your product or service and offer memorable interaction with your current and prospective clients. The reputation of your business is at stake with your website. Bad habits online will soon come back to haunt you and your business. The current online scare about Penguin 3.0 is a case in point.
This is not the end
In conclusion, let this not be the end of this topic. New forms of businesses are coming up everyday, especially online. We all need all the advice we can get in successfully running a business for that is the reason we are all here. What are your thoughts?
