Recently, I've had several people approach me about getting their site up and running fast. They all want to know, how they can do it without being techy, or spending endless hours learning how to write code. But they are missing the most important piece. The website business plan.
Here's what I tell them, do what I do:
Find free stuff on the web to get you going. Take this template for instance. Click here and you'll end up with a great free website business plan budget template in MS Excel at no cost to you!
Free tools like this help you understand the real costs of developing your site.
This same site also offers a great full blown website business plan complete with 3 year financials spreadsheet, for less than $30.00.
Deals like this get you started with a well documented plan you can share with investors. In less than a day, you can have a great plan ready to go, and be on your way.
Forget trying to build your own. Get a low cost plan, fill it in, and get going. Remember the SBA will tell you, businesses which pay regular attention to their business plan have a 80% or better chance of getting through their first critical two years in business.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
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