You’ve probably heard it said that most business end up in failure within the first year they start. This is a true statement and the reason for this is because most of them fail to develop a plan. There needs to be a sobering idea of what it will take in order to succeed. This is what I call a practical business plan!

Here is a few things I had to consider:

  1. What was the cost of operation?
  2. How much did I need to profit above my expenses in order to live?
  3. After calculating what I needed to make in one month I then broke it down to the week, day and per job average. From there I set my prices.
  4. I needed to know how many jobs I needed in one week in order to accomplish my financial goal
  5. In order to have profit I tried to beat the necessary amount of jobs needed just to pay my bills.
  6. I created 7 different ways of advertisement. I joined a chamber, developed a referral program, knocked on doors, did door hangers (vista print), visited business handing out my business card (landed a hotel that makes me around 1,300 a month of steady income), developed and a web site and submitted free articles to the newspaper.
  7. When starting your business you need to consider the cost for advertisement. There are very creative ways to advertise without spending lots of money. Check it out online. You don’t need to go into more debt to advertise. You’re already there! Don’t dig a pit so deep that you can’t get out of it. Use your profits for advertisement. For me I found I had to go get em! Door to door! It was FREE! And I had great success! I dint have to sell to make money I only informed people I provided a service in the area then asked if they had questions or concerns. Sometimes I offered to clean 1 room for free only if they promised to tell a friend or give a review online. This brought lots of business. Be creative.

So there it is. Go make it happen! Do your research and be willing to be creative and work hard. It’s very rewarding. Fulfill your American dream and follow your heart but don’t forget your head in the process! I hope you experience great success!