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Tips For Those Who Work at Home Part-Time Work at home part-time and at another job full-time and find yourself in a time crunch a majority of the time? It can be tough balancing both jobs and trying to be successful at the same time. Knowing how to create time and manage it better in order... Why Failing In Your Home Business Is The Key To Your Success "Failure is the key to success; each mistake teaches us something." (Morihei Ueshiba, founder of Aikido) Thomas Alva Edison failed in his experiment for thousands of times before he was able to invent the electric light bulb. Laurence Peter...         10 Quick Steps To A Home Business Marketing Plan 10 Quick Steps To A Home Business Marketing Plan by BB Lee (c)2003 (500 Words) Did your know that without a solid marketing strategy your home based or small business will struggle to find success. You will need a marketing plan or strategy to introduce your business to the consumer market. To create a buzz about your business and keep it in consumer minds. Buzz and familiarity will create demand for your goods. And if this is successful...consumers will line up to purchase your goods or service, leading to P-R-O-F-I-T-S. Simple enough? You would be astonished at the number of business owners who start a new business without a solid marketing plan in hand. What follows are 10 tips to draft your own marketing plan quickly and easily. Adapt them to fit your business goals. 1. Research You must know who are your best customers for your business, what are their purchasing habits, their income level, education level, are they male, female, young, older, city dwellers, suburbanites, and who are your direct competitors. 2. Target Think of a unique angle or a niche to fill with your service. For example, there are hundreds of day care services in most communities. Here's an example, zero in on low income single moms with special needs children. Offering care they could not get for the same price. Or you might decide to open your day care center earlier and close later in the day than similar centers for parents who work long hours. 3. Details Write a detailed report of what you are offering. This will help guide you when you write classified ads or business sales letters. 4. The Competition Find out who is marketing a similar service in your community. How much they charge and their unique selling point. Determine ways toout finesse them. 5. Mission Statement Write a mission statement telling who you are and what you are about. Explain what you are selling and add your unique selling point. 6. Marketing Idea How will you create demand for your product? By offering extra's, quality, performance, price. 7. Price How much will you charge. Will you charge less than the competition to attract new customers. Charge a similar price, but offer extra's. Or you could charge slightly more and provide better quality. Use this as a unique selling point. 8. Budgets How much money will you invest in marketing your product: daily weekly monthly 9. Goals What income are you forecasting per week, month, year? How many sales per week, month, year? How many customers served per week, month, year? 10. Success What methods will you use to measure a successful marketing plan? Reaching a predetermined income. Selling more than the competition. Satisfied Customers. At the end of a year review all your marketing statistics. Did you reach your goals? If you did not reach your goal, revise your marketing plan until you find a winning strategy. Need More Info? Visit your local library for books on marketing plans or read the many free marketing ebooks found online. Read every thing you can on advertising or marketing. Set up your own research files on marketing strategies. Keep striving to improve. ______________________________________________________________ BB Lee is Editor/Publisher Of SmallBizBits Home Based Business Newsletter. Subscribe Now For Unique Startup Ideas, Great Home Business Articles, Tips, Advice. Visit:http://www.angelfire.com/zine/smallbiz mailto:smallbiz@angelfire.com _______ About the Author BB is editor and publisher of SmallBizBits home business newsletter and a published freelance writer.