Survive your first years in business e-course

Your friends and relatives want to hear about the great success you’re making of your business and yet in the first few years, sometimes it’s just the opposite. I know…I’ve been there. There were times especially in my first year, where I thought that I couldn’t make it and I really had to fight to keep on going.

Working with small business owners taught me something – I was not alone. Most of the small business owners that I know have experienced the things I went through in my first few years of running a business. Let me give you a few examples:

• Finding it hard work and time-consuming to get customers on board
• Having no time to do anything
• Feeling demotivated and frustrated that it’s not getting off the ground quick enough
• Spending loads of money on marketing, but not getting any real results

As my business developed and grew I learnt how to deal with these things – how to successfully market and promote my business without spending a fortune; how to get my passion back for running my business; and how to manage my time so that I could fit more in the day and be much more effective. Now, there are six of us in the team and the business is going from strength to strength.

I wanted to pass all my knowledge and experience back to other business owners who are in their first few years of running a business and feeling the pressure. So, I’ve written a series of workbooks that you can download as and when you need them.

Here are the topics that I’ve written about.

Time is a constant problem for small business owners - there usually aren't enough hours in the day. Find out how to change that around for your business and get all the time you need.

Feeling demotivated? Not sure whether or not you want to carry on running your business? Lost your get up and go? Then this workbook is for you. We explore how to get your passion back so that you love running your business again and know exactly where you want to take it for the future.

Is the marketing you’re doing not really working for you? This workbook throws all the marketing rules out of the window and shows you how to get customers fast…without spending any money.

Not having enough time in the day is THE most common issue small business owners face. Well now you can do something about it. Find out why time management techniques don't usually work and what to do about it.

Do you find that you’ve spent money setting up a website and you’re not getting any customers from it? You’re beginning to wonder what all the fuss was about. Here we show you why you haven’t got customers so far and what you need to do to make your website work for you instead.

PR these days means a lot more than just press releases. There are loads of things you can do without spending a huge amount of money. This workbook gives you lots of ideas and shows you how to put together a PR campaign that really works.

Have you ever wondered how to explain what you do effectively to other people? Or whether you’re charging the right prices? What about encouraging your customers to buy more of your products and services more often? This workbook brings all the marketing things you need to think about together in one place.

If you find that closing the sale is something that you struggle with in your business then this workbook is for you. We look at writing proposals, asking for the business and how to persuade your customers that buying your products and services is for them.

Cashflow is vital to survival in your first few years of business. Many small business owners use book-keepers or their accountant to manage their finances instead of doing this themselves. This workbook takes all the stress out of managing your money and shows you how to look after your finance the easy way.