Now you already have a good product and a ready market. The next step is to concentrate on areas that bring in the money. The first area is of course spending time servicing profitable clients. You have heard about the 80-20 rule. Not all customers are equal. This means go for those who are have their credit cards out first. Don't sell raincoats to those with umbrellas. Avoid spending time on customer support before you even have customers until you know what you are doing. Relationships are important but remember you cannot survive without turning a profit.

Look at your business as a system, with you working at the cash till. Where possible get someone to deal with the refunds, breakages and deliveries. You do not want overwork spending time on activities that could be hired out cheaper. Otherwise you could denying growth to your business since you will be busy fire-fighting with no time to plan. Personal freedom may be more elusive than the 9-to-5 job if your business does not grow to the level you desire.

While you are on the way to a spectacular online business, try as much as possible to commit effort in getting the system to work. Not money - time and energy. This is the only way to learn. Before you get into a new shiny venture, make sure you have perfected the art of the old one so that you are wiser, not just drifting.

Lastly, however confident you are of your abilities, don't be a lone ranger. Try and learn from others. Of course at the end of the day it is you who makes the final decisions and lives with the consequences but you must keep abreast with what is going on around you. Every single person who has exhibited great skill or excelled in his profession spent a considerable amount of time "sharpening his axe". Pay for a course, or workshop where you get to meet people who have made it. and then implement it.

I hope you found these tips useful. Now go and implement them!

Autor: Fidelis Makhambala Fidelis Makhambala
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