Today’s Tip: Trust Yourself
It’s natural to feel uncertain sometimes when you’re building your business. Keep in mind the knowledge and experience you’ve gathered along the way and be confident in it. When you trust and believe in your work, other’s will too.
Today’s Tip: Underpromise and Overdeliver
As an independent worker you will still have “clients” or “customers” and you want to serve them well. The concept of underpromising and overdelivering is when you give your customers more than you initially promised to gratify them and make them feel valuable. Clients will be your best advocates when you treat them exceptional.
Today’s Tip: Know Your Audience
When you know your customer, you can serve them better than anyone. You will be the one they will go to for the solutions they need. Take time to understand who your audience is and you’ll build a loyal following.
Today’s Tip: Ready Set Goal
When you’re working independently, you’re going to have a lot of tasks at hand. It can be easy to get distracted and lose focus. Know what your goals are and make sure you’re working towards them every day.
Today’s Tip: Be Fearless
It’s scary to share your work with the world. When you promote the work you believe there’s fear of rejection. You’re opening yourself up to criticism and that’s not easy to do. People will tell you “no” and some might not see the vision like you do. That’s fine, use it as fuel to fire […]
Today’s Tip: Commend Character
When you’re building your team, look for individuals who embody the values and character you find commendable. Skills can be taught. When your group has great character and values then you’ll have a winning team.
Today’s Tip: Start Doing
Ideas develop when action is taken. Successful people do more than talk about plans, they put them into action. Getting things started will be a little easier when you quit talking and start doing.
Today’s Tip: Learn for Life
Always be learning. These days there are plenty of classes that you can take to strengthen you business savviness and help you solve problems. Coursera offers courses that can be audited for free. There’s a vast stream of knowledge online, soak it up. Always be learning!
Today’s Tip: Ask For Help
Starting a business is a big undertaking and it’s ok to ask for help. Finding mentors that can help with marketing, business plans, gigs, and more will be invaluable. Networking groups often have chapters dedicated to helping newbies. If you can’t find one, create it! The only way to get what you need is to […]
Today’s Tip: Provide Outstanding Customer Service
Even if your primary craft is writing or doing solo tasks, there will be times that you will work with other people or clients. Make it a great experience. Especially if your business thrives on a strong customer base, the best way to keep it stable is to make working with you an outstanding experience. […]