Five minutes into the call I knew this client was going to make my life miserable. The problem was, I already said "Yes."
Imagine sitting on your porch and watching your kids play in the backyard. At the same time, you are holding a telephone and talking to 20 people from other states, Canada, Australia, UK, and other places all over the world. Modern technology made this possible!
If you enter a room with 300 people, chances are you won't find a single coach there. That's why when I arrived at a local women's networking group in a small town of York Pennsylvania, I was surprised to meet Barbara Hagler, a local life coach with a unique business name, Spa for the Soul.
You know you are an entrepreneur if...
1. You wake up in the middle of the night to write down a hot product idea that just came to you, because you are afraid you might forget it by morning.
It is important to your peace of mind to have a supplemental income while you're working on starting up your own business. Before you make any decisions, create an inventory of your skills and knowledge. This will be important when you start looking for ways to earn extra cash.
Do you ever notice how many talented people live in the world? Musicians, artists, actors, dancers. Many of them are so good, you wonder why they never become famous.
Cindy, a professional life coach, has been frustrated with the results her marketing efforts have been producing lately. Despite everything she is doing, the outcome is still not what she is looking for in her bottom line.
If you rely solely on your web designer, you may find yourself wondering how to take care of your web site if he or she can no longer maintain it for you.
As my online business approaches its 1st anniversary, I look back on my efforts and results, trying to summarize and draw conclusions. What would I have done differently if I had to start from scratch again? What could I have done better? If you are just starting out in an information publishing business, or thinking about going into an e-business, the information I will share with you could be absolutely priceless as I will speak completely from personal experience.
If I had to do all over again, here are the things I would do differently: