{"id":360,"date":"2020-12-11T12:42:44","date_gmt":"2020-12-11T12:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wetnitro.com\/?page_id=27"},"modified":"2024-04-09T20:15:02","modified_gmt":"2024-04-09T20:15:02","slug":"designing-a-business","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/designing-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Designing a Business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>10\/25\/2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol type=\"1\"><li>Make a plan, or at least a written statement of purpose.<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Ex. \u201cThis business will create webpages and promote them through social media by hiring from a pool of qualified contractors.\u201d Often it helps to create a brochure or advertisement that highlights the best of who you are and what you can do. Change the statement\/plan whenever you need to. What does the success of this business look like, exactly? Write it down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Make clear agreements with everyone; your partners, contractors, vendors, and customers. Everyone needs to know exactly what to expect. No verbal agreements. If someone says, \u201cI\u2019ll have it by Friday,\u201d send them an email saying, \u201cThank you for agreeing to have it by Friday.\u201d<br>People may think that this is because you don\u2019t trust them. Explain to them that it is just so there are no misunderstandings around what you understood they agreed to. This includes written agreements with yourself. Write down what you are going to do today.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><em>ALWAYS<\/em> do what you say you\u2019re going to do. No matter how big or small. If you cannot do it, renegotiate it in advance. If you fail to do something, acknowledge it. You will be judged on this by everyone you meet. Be on time. Follow through.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Put the success of your customers\/employers first. You can never be more successful than the people that pay you. If you can\u2019t support yourself while making your customers successful, change your business model.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Keep good records. Keep it legal. Don\u2019t try to outsmart people. They\u2019re usually smarter than you think anyway. Don\u2019t count on someone not noticing. Grammar and spelling count.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>As far as insurance, realize that insurance companies make a lot more than they spend. They are more likely to make money then you are to make a claim. Insurance is very important, but ask around\u2026 how many people are getting sued for facebook slander?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Find a peer\/support group of people, many of whom are better, smarter, and more successful than you. You will be as good as the people you hang out with. Suggestions include BNI, Rotary, Chamber, and more. Especially BNI.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The more you learn, the more you\u2019ll earn. What business book are you in the middle of and reading daily? What classes are you taking?<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You\u2019ll have failures\u2026 learn from them. You\u2019ll get cheated, disappointed, you\u2019ll make bad choices. There are 10,000 mistakes you can make and still be successful. You\u2019ll do well!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10\/25\/2017 Make a plan, or at least a written statement of purpose. Ex. \u201cThis business will create webpages and promote them through social media by hiring from a pool of qualified contractors.\u201d Often it helps to create a brochure or advertisement that highlights the best of who you are and what you can do. Change [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=360"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":493,"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/360\/revisions\/493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=360"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=360"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markcrobinson.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=360"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}