Week 9 - MKTG348 - The Power of Smarketing

Finding a job nowadays is no easy task and once you find one, you aren’t guaranteed permanent employment because we are replaceable. One of the best moves to help prevent such a case is to start a business. It is a risky task, which needs to be implemented properly to see real success. And what better way to start a new employment where you are your own boss, now that’s dream of most of us I would say

Starting a business can be different but in some cases it is really easy. Now this all has to do with the right approach.  Having money to invest will help tremendously, but there are other ways that doesn’t require for this luxurious advantage. Thanks to the internet we have access to many free tools that will help use start a business, especially one that runs essentially with the use of the internet as the main tool.

When you have no Idea what business you want to go into. There are four steps to consider if you want to approach this dilemma intelligently:

1. Write: Get out a piece of blank paper, and jot down any ideas. Use your resume as a tool.
2. Read: Read up on all the benefits and risks of running your own business. Look before you leap! The Internet has tons of stuff about this.
3. Explore: You want to interview others who have started the same kind of business, so you must find out what skills, knowledge, or experience it takes to make this kind of business idea work, by interviewing several business owners. Then you need to make a list of the skills, knowledge, or experience that you have. After that compare the two and finding what you are missing to start the business, you must then go out and hire a friend or helper who has those skills you lack in. This can be temporary till you can do it on your own.
4. Feedback: Get feedback from the progress in the business and analyze it to implement new business strategies.

These are just a one simple way to go about starting a business there is more to it, but this is the over view of how you should act on it. I believe starting your own business is one of the best things you can do for yourself. Yes, it can be quite hectic, but at least you are working for yourself and not making money for someone else. All your hard work will be done to install a better future.  How to Start Your Own Business