Businesses United.
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Go with the flow.
Go with the flow. One of the great guide lines of being a ninja (no I am not kidding), is to use the obstacles of your surroundings to your advantage agents your enemy. Now if you take the enemy part out it's genius! For many businesses social media was an obstacle, but the ones that used it to their advantage have prospered. Your business WILL encounter many obstacles. Just use it to your advantage. Let me say it again and think about it when you read it. Use the obstacles of your surroundings to your advantage. Notice that you are only using the obstacles of your surroundings, people will often try to use every thing to their advantage. This is not a good idea... Number one because you are not spending time focusing on your business. Number two because if it is not in your surroundings then you have to reach, and you should only deal with what you can handle, and what is around you. If you have dealt with what is around you then you are not reaching to the outer things. Just deal with what is around you, and make your obstacles around you compliment your business.
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
Popularity.
Today I will go over yet another very important aspect of business. Popularity. Yes we have gone over this before but not thoroughly. I'll start today's post with an example. I am assuming that you have heard of or watched some videos from Mister epic mann. Mister epic mann (also my friend) got his popularity through YouTube. It doesn't provide any product, and yet his business is legit. His business provides entertainment, and entertainment is what people want. Because he's giving people what they want and they enjoy it the word spreads quickly. Friends will tell their friends and their friends will tell their friends and so on. His videos only took a few months to go viral. How animals eat their food in 1 week got 39 to 40 million views. He was then asked to come too many talk shows, and yet he was smart to stay away from them. If you provide what people want the word will spread. Now with YouTube it is easier to go viral, but the same applies for every other business in the world. Another example is watchmen cinema. Watchmen cinema got there publicity from person to person. You may not have heard of them. This is because watchmen cinema makes advertisements for senators. Unless if you are a senator you probably have not heard of them and yet they do quite well. You see popularity is only needed for the targeted audience. Watchmen cinema targeted senators, and mister epic mann's target is the public. They both are currently successful even though they went about their businesses differently. Notice that I am only comparing a business with one that produces the same product. In this case products we're videos. The difference in the products is one business makes funny videos and the other makes serious ones. Do not compare yourself with someone who does not provide something like what you do. Especially do not compete with them. That would make you idiotic. Remember if you have what others want you will get publicity and in return money.
Monday, April 15, 2013
Sunday, April 14, 2013
It's not about you.
The business does not revolve around you. It revolves around the product. It's not about you. It's about the customers. It's only because of the product and the customers that you make money, or not...: depending on the situation and occupation of your business. Because it is not about you. You need to treat your customers as lords and ladies. You are there servant your service is what you are judged by. If a customer gets off the phone saying wow they were great. Then you did your job right. Give them what they want, and they will be happy. If they are happy in your place. Then that is there happy place. When do you want to go to your happy place? All of the time! That's not a question; and the more they come the more money you make. Now don't let them eat you out of house and home. Your not giving them the stuff for free, but you want them to think that. Just build relationships with your customers. Be nice, talk to them, Hear them! Make them feel exempted, and remember...: it's not about you.
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Quick tips for finance.
- Make sure that more money in coming in then going out.
- Don't spend what you don't have.
- Always have a back up.
- Buy in bulk and read reviews.
- Do your research.
Keep it small.
Keep it small
Make it that
Or not at all
This poem clearly states that if you don't make or keep it small and simple. Then don't make or keep it at all.
"It" of course is your business. The poem is a bit dramatic but it's got the right idea. If you were to do a test, and lets say that you had a fat guy and a skinny guy in a room. You started throwing balls at them. Who's gun'a get hit more and worse. The fat guy. The big guy. The not so small and simple guy... Why? Because the skinny, simple, and small guy is able to maneuver around the blows. Unlike the fat guy. Now look at the guys as businesses.
The bigger the business the bigger the blow. Now there are many variables to this equation, but to narrow it down. You want to be flexible. You want to be small/simple. Now let's go over what I mean by small. Not popularity wise, or sales wise, but the business it's self. The amount of workers that you depend on should be small. Sure you want to make jobs, but not ones that can become blows if you lose them. Let your company breath. Give it room, and if your company is just growing. Let it grow! Just make sure that it's muscle and bone NOT fat.
Strengthen not weaken, grow not expand, and be flexible. Let's try clearing up that poem:
Keep it simple
Keep it small
Make it that
Or not at all
Make it strong
Make it tall
Make it better
Just don't fall
Thursday, April 11, 2013
FeedBack and Stats.
Work with what you have.
Wednesday, April 10, 2013
IT TAKES TIME!
When you have completed the suggestions that I gave you in: HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BUSINESS. You will be anxious and wondering "I did what I was told, why am I not getting that many or no views?". This is because not every thing is as fast as your browser (which can be good or bad). If you keep your site frequently updated and improve it every week it is only a matter of a few months before your views will increase GREATLY. How ever it is better to put it out there and leave it for a matter of time (3 to 4 months) and in the mean time you can get some really good ideas for your business and website. Write posts and get them ready for the next step and stuff like that. Then slowly every day for a week up to as long as you want, post and/or upload something every day and just watch your views fly up. As long as you have everything you need (stated in the HOW TO MAKE YOUR OWN BUSINESS post of this blog). Your views will go up. They will increase in time higher and higher. Remember the more views you get the higher your website will pop up on Google's list of sites when someone searches for something like your site, and the more Google shows you... the more views you get. This cycle continues and gives you more publicity. This cycle is what makes you sell. Use it and your business will prosper. Questions?
- What can you give to your customers?
- Why would they want it?
- What makes it different?
- Why?
- How?
- What?
- What can you give to your customers? (what is it?)
- Why would they want it? (what does it do for them?)
- What makes it different? (what's unique about it?)