This Simple Blueprint Can Help You Launch Your Online Business Successfully (Part 1/2)
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In my 20s I tried to start an online business at least 10 times.
I failed each time.
But this is why, now, in my early 30s, I am giving it a go one more time.
And this time I already started to see some results. After only one month.
Supposing that you know what kind of online business you want to build, here is the simple blueprint of starting an online business from scratch.
The Main Advantage of Building an Online Business
Some of the most fascinating businesses in the world are built online.
That’s because there was never a time in the history where someone can earn so much money from the comfort of their home, while doing what they like the most.
And the main reason for this is the possibility to build a product once and sell it millions of times, through the platforms you chose to focus on.
However, this also led to the creation of massive competition. One that can either make you or break you.
The Competition in The Online Business World
The speed with which the Internet and social platforms nowadays are developing attracts more and more people with different backgrounds, which makes this world even more challenging.
So if you were thinking for a while to start an online business, now it’s the best time to make the first step, if you didn’t do it already.
More competition also implies an abundance of ideas, one better than the other.
And if you want to start from scratch, the best thing to do is to start with something that you are passionate about.
This will benefit you immensely, especially in those moments when you will feel overwhelmed by other people’s online success.
Your Passion is Not Enough. You Also Need a Plan.
When starting an online business from scratch, although it’s a good idea to be passionate about what you want to grow, you also need a plan of action.
A set of rules that you will follow and a number of platforms you will post on, consistently, for as long as you will build your online business.
Because if it doesn’t have a backbone, it will not stand the test of time.
The good news is that in this environment each one of your actions will compound eventually and will help you gain even more traction.
But to reach this exciting point you need to have a plan in place.
And to follow it thoroughly.
What to Focus on in The Beginning
Whenever you plan to monetize your passion online, building momentum should be one of your main priorities, alongside with creating the necessary content for your online accounts.
Following a plan in a consistent way and measuring your success is also crucial to ensure a linear growth. Because what you don’t measure you can’t improve.
Each one of us is busy. Nobody has enough time to build a business. That’s why you need to make time for it.
Starting an online business has to be done in 1 or 2 hours a day. But if you work on it every day, you will get incrementally better at it as time goes by.
Building your habits around these working hours and making it as sustainable as possible will help you to not get burned up after just 1 month. After all, you are in for a long ride.
Make Your Online Business Sustainable From Day 1
Beside consistency, your plan has to reflect your ambitions.
However, here is an approach that will definitely help you grow slowly but will ensure you have enough time to prepare online content for all the platforms.
Choose 3 platforms to focus on:
- On 1 of them you post daily
- On 2 of them you post weekly
The best spread of an online presence for a business that wants to target all types of communication would be:
- 1 writing platform
- 1 video platform
- 1 social media platform
The Optimal Timing of Launching Your Content Strategy
Again, depending on your ambitions, you can start posting on all 3 of them from day 1.
However, if your “why” is not powerful enough and you didn’t gain enough momentum, this approach can often kill your gains.
I’ve seen this happened plenty of times.
What you really want when starting a business is to ensure that you go from earning $0 to your first $1 earned as smooth as possible.
This is why, in my experience I’ve noticed the best results can be reached by implementing this approach:
- On day 1 start posting on the platform you will post daily
- After 3–6 months start posting weekly on the second platform
- After another 3–6 months start posting weekly on the third platform
By doing so, you will be able to accommodate with this schedule and this way you will have plenty of time to prepare your content strategy in order to maximise your results.
The First Things You Should Notice When Starting Posting On One Platform Daily
In the beginning it will feel difficult and maybe even uncomfortable.
After all, this is something new for you.
As weeks go by, you should feel that you are creating content in a much easier way. In other words, it becomes more natural for you to post daily on your chosen platform.
In time this will lead to the increase of the quality of your posts.
On a business side, you start seeing some results. Either the number of your followers is increasing, or your engagement is slowly becoming a substantial one.
On a personal side, you gain confidence. To see that you can follow a plan you put in place, and post daily on an online platform, will help you understand that starting an online business can be done without too much effort.
And the most important thing is that you can do it by yourself.
Final Words
Starting an online business that is build around your passion is one of the most rewarding things you can do online.
The resources that are currently available and the people you can reach to help you with advice or execution, makes building such a business more accessible than ever.
In the beginning, the most important thing is to build momentum.
As soon as you prove yourself that you can show up daily, you also know that you are able to improve the quality of your content, from one day to another.
In the end, building an online business doesn’t have to be a sprint. If you treat it like a marathon you have more chances to enjoy the race without feeling that you gave your soul for building your dream business.
Thank you for reading until the end! This was part 1.
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