Author: Cynthia

Need A Business Idea

Here are 55 Great Business Ideas

Need A Business Idea

Today, tens of thousands of people are considering starting a home based business, and for good reasons. On average, people can expect to have two and three careers during their work life. Those leaving one career often think about their second or third career move being to their own home. People who have been part of the traditional nine-to-five work force and are on the verge of retiring from that life are thinking of what to do next. The good news: Starting a homebased business is within the reach of almost anyone who wants to take a risk and work hard.

$1,500 or less to start up

1. ACCOUNTANT
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Create a flier outlining your services. Before you do that, you need to know what those services will be. Do you want to simply do bookkeeping for a small business? A more involved level of accounting would be do actually work up balance sheets, income statements, and other financial reports on a monthly, quarterly, and/or annual basis, depending on the needs of the business. Other specializations can include tax accounting, a huge area of potential work. Many business owners don’t mind keeping their own day-to-day bookkeeping records but would rather get professional help with their taxes.

2. BICYCLE REPAIR

In many parts of the country, this business tends to be seasonal, but you can find ways around that. Rent a storage unit and offer to store people’s bicycles over the winter after you do a tune-up and any needed repairs on them. If you want to cater to the Lance Armstrong wannabes, you can have business all year round. These road race riders are training through snow, sleet and dark of night. Some of them work on their own bicycles, but many of them don’t, so you can get their business all year. And if you keep Saturday shop hours, you can be sure you will have a group of enthusiasts coming by to talk all things cycling.

3. BOAT CLEANING
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Boats that are hauled out of the water for the winter or even just for mid-season repairs will need the hull cleaned. And depending on the type of boat, it is a good time to give a major cleaning everything else too–the decks, the sleeping quarters, the head, and the holds. Start by approaching homes that have a boat sitting in the yard. Or you could market your services to the marina to contract you to do the boat cleaning it offers to customers.

4. BUSINESS PLAN SERVICE
Has expansion possibilities

Offer a soup-to-nuts business plan, including market research, the business plan narrative and the financial statements. Plan your fee around the main one that the client will want and offer the others as add-on services. You can give clients an electronic file and allow them to take it from there, or you can keep the business plan on file and offer the service of tweaking it whenever necessary. Have business plan samples to show clients–and make sure to include your own!

5. CHIMNEY SWEEP

Learning to be a chimney sweep may mean nothing more than apprenticing with someone already in the business. By becoming a chimney expert, you can combine a chimney sweep business with a chimney inspection service–covering more than just whether or not the chimney needs cleaning but whether the chimney is in good working order or in need of repair.

6. CLEANING SERVICE

There are many directions you can take this business. If you want to work during hours when no one else does, you can focus on office clients. You can focus on retail businesses and keep your customers clumped into one or two blocks. Restaurants are in great need of daily thorough cleaning and can be a great source of steady clients. Perhaps you would be more interested in house cleaning. Many times with cleaning services you don’t have to spend lots of money on advertising or marketing because your customers will come by word of mouth.

7. COMPUTER REPAIR
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Study the main types of software that system users will want–word processing, photo manipulation software, mail merge, spreadsheet, design and especially security software. Investigate all the components–monitor types in all their varieties; keyboards, from wired to ergonomic to wireless; mouse types; as well as peripheral components like printers and scanners. Become completely familiar with all the ISPs (internet service providers) available in the market area you plan to cover. Establish yourself as the guru who can meet the needs of the personal computer user, the small business or a larger corporation.

8. CONSULTANT
Has expansion possibilities

To be a consultant, you need to have an expertise in something so you can market yourself as an advisor to others looking to work in that area. Perhaps you managed several large warehouses in your career with a drugstore company, you did all the marketing for many years for a large shoe manufacturer or you set up a chain of beauty supply shops or take-out restaurants. You can use this experience to help others do similar things without making the same mistakes that you made along the way.

10. EBAY ASSISTANT

Do you have items lurking around your household that you could sell on eBay? Figure out your asking price and decide whether to auction it or put it in your eBay store. Then decide if you want a minimum bid and how long you want the auction to last. You will want to establish a PayPal account to use for transactions. The eBay website provides all the information you need to know to get up and running with an eBay business.

11. EDITORIAL SERVICES
Has expansion possibilities

Here are some of the editorial services you can provide from the quiet of your own home:

  • Copyediting. This is where fact checking takes place, and where grammatical, stylistic and typographical errors are caught.
  • Proofreading. This is the last stop for a “finished” piece. The proofreader makes sure the copyediting changes have been properly made and no new errors are created in the process.
  • Indexing. There are indexing courses available and you can get indexing software.
  • Developmental editing. A developmental editor works with a manuscript on big-picture things like organization and content issues.
  • Book doctoring. This is an editorial service provided for manuscripts written by experts. They create a manuscript as best they can and then a book doctor puts it into publishable shape.
  • Ghost Writing. As a ghost writer, you actually do the research and write the book and someone else’s name is attached as the author.
  • Copywriting. Also known as business writing, this is writing that promotes a product or a service.
  • Book writing. Do you have an expertise in something professional, such as accounting or interior decorating? Or personally, like knitting? Why not write a book about it?
  • Magazine article writing. Magazines and newspapers are a great way to get your writing published before tackling the daunting task of writing a whole book.
  • Web page content provider. Providing content for a web site is a good way to make some money writing.

12. ELECTRONICS REPAIR
Has expansion possibilities

This business is similar to the computer repair business, but you will take on all sorts of electronic equipment besides just computers. With smaller electronics, you will need to be prepared to have customers bring their repair projects to you, as you would have difficulty recovering the cost of driving around picking up broken equipment and returning it. You may also want to encourage people to give you their old electronics so you can use them for parts.

13. EVENT PLANNING
Has expansion possibilities

One of the first things you need to do is visit every potential event location with which you plan to work. Work with the marketing manager to tour each site and learn what is available at each location. Start a database that will allow you to sort venues by varying features–the number of people each site holds, if there is AV equipment available on site, will you need to arrange for rental chairs, etc. Then when you are beginning to plan an event with a client, you can find out what the key parameters are for the event and easily pull up the three or four sites that meet the basic criteria. and engagement parties, etc.

14. EXPERT WITNESS SERVICE
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

One way to make money in this field is by being an expert witness yourself. If you have an expertise that could be useful in legal cases, you can market yourself to attorneys to act as an expert witness. Another way to be active in the expert witness field is to play a sort of matchmaker, matching attorneys up with expert witnesses for their cases–either for the defense or for the prosecution. Expert witnesses for big money cases can be expected to fly anywhere to testify. There’s no reason your database of witnesses can’t be from all parts of the country.

15. FINANCIAL PLANNER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

To start, you should go through the certification process so that you can label yourself a CFP (Certified Financial Planner). Your certificate shows that you have expertise and credibility, and this differentiation will help people choose you as their financial planner.

For more information and details on certification, click here. http://www.cfp.net/become/Steps.asp

16. FLEA MARKET
Has expansion possibilities

People love to spend weekends rummaging through tables full of other people’s unwanted items, looking for treasures. Make sure to change your layout and put new stuff out for sale often. You want people to come back time and again to see what’s new. You don’t even have to have that much new stuff to make things look new. Just moving an item from a table to the top of a bookshelf might get it noticed, even though the item has been in your inventory since you first started having sales.

17. GOLF COACH
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Let the local public courses know about your coaching business. Cultivate relationships with the staff and encourage them to recommend you as a coach. Another place to look for customers is the corporate world. Golfing is a game that business people use to develop relationships outside the office. You do need to be a better than average golfer to develop a reputation as a golf coach. You also need to be a good teacher, know how to be motivational and be willing to work with many different types of people.

18. HOME ENERGY AUDITOR
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

All homeowners are always on the lookout for ways to save on their utility bills. You can come to their aid by providing them with an audit of their house and giving them a breakdown of how they could accomplish real savings in heating, cooling and electrical use. You can go one step further and do the implementation and installation of some of your suggestions in their home yourself. Do a complete appliance audit, with efficiency ratings and calculations based on the age of the appliance. And don’t forget the water heater!

19. HOME INSPECTION
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

In order to be successful, you will want to establish contacts with real estate agents who can recommend your services to customers. The home inspection field is one where you will need to do constant updating of your education and knowledge. New products are constantly coming out on the market–if you only know about decks made of wood, you will not know how to inspect and assess the new materials on the market, such as composites that are made to look like real wood. Also keep apprised of all safety updates of materials and issues with things like off-gassing, carbon monoxide production, and other chemical precautions.

20. HOUSEHOLD ORGANIZER
Has expansion possibilities

You can choose either to do the organizing work or to come in to a home and consult on the things the homeowner could do to better organize. Have a portfolio of different organizational scenarios in different rooms in the home and talk with the homeowner about the style he or she likes. Create checklists and questionnaires to understand how the family uses the home. Are the kids wildly busy with after-school activities? Or are they usually home after school and want access to their toys? Do they share rooms? All of these things will help you tailor an organizing plan and become the family hero.

21. IMPORT/EXPORT SPECIALIST
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

If you don’t already have work experience with importing and/or exporting, you will have a longer learning curve. You can start by learning the basics and hosting educational sessions to teach others what they need to know to get started in import/export. That alone would probably gain you your first couple of clients. If you keep going with educational seminars and expand your reach to outside your immediate region, you could probably develop a sufficient and ongoing customer base very quickly, but be careful not to outpace your learning curve!

22. INTERIOR DECORATOR
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Market your talents to building contractors. People purchasing new homes can often be overwhelmed with the choices and possibilities in home decorating. Design some questionnaires for each major element and each major room in the house. Find out how the homeowner will use the home–are there children? Pets? Does the woman of the house wear high heels? Do the home’s residents neglect to remove shoes? How will each room be used? Where might task lighting and ambient lighting be most appropriate?

23. JEWELRY MAKING
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

There are many different ways of getting into the jewelry business and many different types of materials with which you can work. Working in metal will probably require the most in the way of specific tools. You need to be able to heat the metal to manipulate it, and you need metalworking tools to cut and engrave it. But there are many other materials that you can work with to make jewelry–glass, plastic, beads, feathers, even wood, to name just a few.

24. MARKETING COPY WRITER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

If you can write copy that gets people excited about purchasing what your client has to sell, you can make good money in this business. Unless you are highly experienced from working in the copywriting field, take a course. There are online courses or classes at community colleges and universities that can give you a leg up in getting savvy at writing copy for brochures, catalogs, advertising and, of course, marketing copy for the web.

25. NOTARY PUBLIC/JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

In most states in the U.S., a notary public is a state officer who is authorized to witness and attest to the legalities of certain documents by signature and stamping a seal. Most states require that you pass an exam and a background check. It costs very little to become a notary and your income from notary work is negligible. A justice of the peace typically performs wedding ceremonies. States have varying rules and procedures for becoming a JP and performing services. Becoming a JP and/or notary public does not cost much money. And it is not a big moneymaking venture! Many states set the fees you can charge for JP services. JPs can add additional fees, and often do, including travel and hourly rates for additional meetings such as rehearsals, other prep time and any special requests.

26. PERSONAL CONCIERGE

This business is for someone who is supremely efficient and has the ability to make things happen. People who hire you will expect things when they want them and you need to be able to come through with not only what they want, but with a personal touch and a smile on your face. The most likely clients for a personal concierge service are top executives who find themselves at the office by 7 a.m. and are there most nights until 9 p.m., leaving them very little time to do all those things that often need to be done during those very hours.

27. PERSONAL TRAINER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Advertise your services in places where everyone goes, like restaurants and grocery stores. Having a website is a good idea–people want some privacy in their decision-making when it comes to getting fit. They can go to your website and determine if your approach to personal training is an approach that would work for them. It is important to emphasize the safety aspect of using a personal trainer. You can help clients get fit and avoid injury.

28. PROPERTY MANAGEMENT

Your job, in the case of rental units, will be to make sure the property is running smoothly. For seasonal properties, you will most likely spend your management time making sure the property is ready for seasonal visits and well-maintained when no one is around. If the owners go away for six weeks in the winter, the property manager makes regular checks on the property. You will be the contact number if the security system operator needs to contact someone about a breach in security.

29. SMALL ENGINE REPAIR E
xperience, training or licensing may be needed

Most community colleges offer some level of engine-repair courses. Another way to learn would be to take a part-time position at a repair shop or a rental facility where you could learn on the job, although you will want to be open about your plans. You should be prepared to work on push-behind lawn mowers, riding lawn mowers, generators, garden tools such as rototillers and edgers, chainsaws, wood chippers and snowblowers. You need to decide whether you’ll want to take on bigger jobs, such as tractors, snowmobiles and ATVs; space may be your decision-maker.

30. SOLAR ENERGY CONSULTANT
Experience, training or licensing may be needed
Has expansion possibilities

As a solar consultant, you can basically conduct a home inspection and give clients a report on their solar options for their particular home and site. This can range from full-fledged general solar installations that generate electricity to simple solar walkway lighting. You might want to start by working in a solar products company to become knowledgeable in the solar energy field. However, to be a consultant, it is often best not to be affiliated with any one company or product and be able to recommend products and options across the field of solar energy.

31. TAX PREPARER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Most tax preparation franchises offer courses, seminars, and training to get you ready to work for them. You will learn a lot about tax preparation while working for them before going out on your own. There is a lot of educational support out there to learn tax preparation and all its complexities. And there are lots of individuals and businesses willing to spend a few hundred dollars a year to have someone else prepare their taxes and keep watch for tax breaks or tax burdens on their behalf.

32. TAXIDERMIST
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Today’s world of taxidermy isn’t exclusive to preserving real specimens. Taxidermy also refers to recreating a specimen using completely artificial materials. Taxidermy schools where you can learn the trade are located almost throughout the country, typically as courses over several weeks specializing in certain levels of expertise, from beginner to master’s level. Like any enterprise, there are taxidermy conventions that you can attend and learn about the latest techniques and materials.

33. UPHOLSTERING

If you have a knack for sewing, upholstery repair might be a perfect business for you. One of the best ways to learn how to upholster is to get some discarded upholstered furniture and start tearing it apart. Many books and some videos are available to help you learn this trade. Often furniture ready for upholstering will also need repairs. Have a list available of furniture repair people you can recommend to your customers. Or you can take the piece in, have repair people you work with do this work for you, and add it to the overall cost. You can also learn to do this work, especially minor repairs, yourself.

34. USED BOOK SALES

Almost everyone has a few boxes of books stashed away in the house somewhere. Why not make a business out of them? In order to gain customers–especially repeat customers–you will need to have some regular shop hours. Make your shop known for something-a specific category (or two) of books, having some first editions for sale, all paperbacks a dollar and all hardcovers two bucks, and/or a swap program. Maps, illustrations, postcards, greeting cards and magazines are good sidelines to include in your shop.

35. WEDDING PLANNER

You will need to be up-to-date on wedding trends and fads, dress styles, color trends–almost everything under the sun! Offer your customers an ala carte menu of services, from helping pick flowers, the wedding gown and bridesmaid dresses to picking the venue and hiring the caterer. Before you open your business, shop at all the wedding shops, and even pretend you are a bride-to-be to see what kinds of services the wedding gown shop provides and how they treat potential customers. You need to know every detail of the business to give the accurate impression that you are the go-to person for anyone planning a wedding.

$1,500 to 3,000 to start up

36. APPLIANCE REPAIR
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Every household has a number of appliances, large and small. You can work on your own or on contract with appliance stores to cover their warranty service calls–or, best of all, you can do some of each. Plan to start slow and build your customer base on recommendations and referrals based on work well done. Consider developing relationships with contractors to be the go-to person to install appliances in newly constructed houses.

37. COMPUTER TRAINING
Experience, training or licensing may be needed
Has expansion possibilities

If you are proficient in both Macintosh and PC, you should offer training in both types of computers. You could probably make a living helping seniors learn how to use the internet and e-mail to keep in touch with their loved ones, who are now commonly spread around the country. Err on the side of caution in this business. People do not want to know all the details about what makes a computer work. If you overload them with information from the beginning by explaining bits, bytes, and megapixels, they will stick to their paper and pencil forever.

38. DESKTOP PUBLISHER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

You can use desktop publishing software to create newsletters, magazines, books or even marketing materials. You can create the content for your desktop publications, or you can pay a writer to create the content for you. Alternatively, you can advertise your desktop publishing services to design and create newsletters and books for others with their content.

39. FENCE INSTALLATIONS

Fences are everywhere. And they don’t last forever, so they need to be repaired and replaced with a certain amount of frequency. The most common fence material is wood. However, vinyl has become a popular fence choice due to its longevity and relative freedom from maintenance. Wrought iron is another common fencing, especially in urban environments. You can have fun shopping for vintage wrought iron fencing at salvage yards.

40. FREELANCE GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Despite the proliferation of the internet, print media is here to stay for the foreseeable future! Fliers, newsletters, magazines, information sheets, letters and advertisements are just a few of the types of print media that business hire freelancers to create for them. Websites and online advertising need graphic design services as well. Even if your expertise is only in design, offer the works for potential clients, including the editorial creation and the printing and even mailing of the final piece. You can line up regular freelancers for those parts of the job you can’t do.

41. GIFT BASKET SERVICE
Has expansion possibilities

Finding a niche is the best way to start out in the gift basket business. Are you a dog lover, horse lover, or exercise guru who could put together baskets that hold the things that people with this interest would like? Do you already create a product that a gift basket could be built around? Have you made your own soaps for the past 10 years? A gift basket that included one or two of your soaps, hand lotion, a scrub brush and manicure kit could be a lovely basket to receive.

42. GRAFFITI REMOVAL

Create an arsenal of cleaning products that can clean almost every kind of product (paint, chalk, markers) from every kind of surface (cement, wood, pavement). The best way to conduct a graffiti service is to offer a subscription-like arrangement. Once a month or whatever interval makes sense for your clients, go around to their property and clean off the graffiti. Charge them a monthly or quarterly fee and make it simple for everyone–they don’t have to think about graffiti, and you just do your job.

43. HAIRSTYLIST
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Hairstyling is a popular business that can be quite lucrative. Generally a home based hairstylist business is likely to be started by someone who has already has a cosmetology career and wants a change. If you already have your cosmetology training and license, and loads of experience under your belt working in a hairstyling salon, you probably have a following that will follow you right home without any hesitation.

44. HERBAL FARM STAND

You need to decide whether you will sell your herbs as live plants, picked or cut in bunches and packed, or dried. If you plan to market to cooks instead of gardeners, you will want to sell your herbs either fresh cut and packed in sealed bags, or dried and sold in baggies. You can also consider a “pick-your-own” arrangement; however, be aware that herbs are more delicate than most P.Y.O products. You may save your garden a lot of strife and your plants a lot of wear and tear if you do the picking.

45. LANDSCAPER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

If you have a knack for this type of work, a degree won’t be necessary. Most people want their yards tidied up in the spring, their lawns mowed in the summer, their leaves removed in the fall, and their shrubs and driveways ready for winter snow. You will also want to offer garden work such as spring planting of annuals and perennials; vegetable garden preparation, planting and fall cleanup; pest control and watering. You can offer tree care service. There is plenty to do in the yard that has nothing to do with plants: stone wall restoration, fencing, irrigation system installation.

46. MASSAGE THERAPIST
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

You will want to become certified in massage therapy to be able to effectively market your services. Courses that lead to certification include not only information on human anatomy and physiology and the effects that massage has on both, but also on how to make a business out of the field of massage. You could do either a certification program or an associate’s degree and stay within the $5,000 scope of this book.

47. MOVING SERVICE

Lots of people who are moving want to hire someone to do the heavy lifting for them. You can leave the large-scale, long-distance moving to the big moving companies. Your work can be the local, moving-across-town or to the town-next-door jobs. These are the ones that people start off thinking perhaps they could do themselves, and it will be your job to convince them otherwise. Your signs around town will tempt them to let you take care of that part of the move, while they are busy taking care of those other 500 items on their list.

48. MUSIC LESSONS
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

You want to stick to the instrument(s) you know, but you may be a skilled enough musician to offer lessons on several different instruments, or those in a particular class, e.g., stringed or woodwind.You can decide to take on individuals or classes, depending on space and availability of instruments. Public schools are continually reducing their commitment to art and music classes for students, so you can try to work with the public school system to supplement their efforts in those areas.

49. PHOTOGRAPHER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Making money as a photographer can be done in a number of different ways. You can specialize in one area, the most common being weddings. There are niches you can explore for photography: portraits of people and their pets, families, and homes; photographs of holiday events, birthday parties or Christmas cards; the possibilities are endless.

50. RUG CLEANING

You will need to learn how to work with all kinds of carpet fabrics, from synthetic to wool carpets. Decide whether you will take on valuable antique carpets and family heirlooms; if so, you will want to get specialized training in how to handle these carpets and the specialized ways of cleaning them. Learn how to get tough stains and odors out of carpets–such as dog and cat odors–and your services will be in great demand.

51. WEBSITE DEVELOPER
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Many courses exist (many of which, logically, are offered online) where you can learn the language of website creation and can learn about the details, like how to set up shopping cart systems, security concerns, etc. You will, of course, need to learn about each company you design for. What is the atmosphere of the company that you need to reflect in the website design–is it wild and contemporary, meaning brilliant colors and fun graphics? Or will more classic colors like black, navy blue and maroon be more appropriate?

$3,000 to $5,000 to start up

52. BED AND BREAKFAST

Do you have a room that has its own bathroom and is private from the rest of the living space? Are you near attractions such as a tourist area, sports stadium or venue for a large annual event? Or is your home in the country with spring peepers, summer crickets and crisp fall nights that could give a city-dweller a weekend of peaceful living? Say you can rent the room for $150 a night for Friday and Saturday nights 48 weeks a year–that’s $14,400 in revenue! Utilize what you have and create a unique experience.

53. CHRISTMAS TREE SALES

If you want to start a Christmas tree farm, you need to plan ahead. It takes approximately seven years for a Balsam fir–perhaps the most traditional Christmas tree–to grow from a small sapling to a 5- to 6-foot tree. Selling your trees yourself is the best option. Consumers come to the property, pick the one they want, and you harvest it for them. The other option is to buy your trees from a wholesaler and sell them either in your yard or in a vacant lot that you rent from Thanksgiving to Christmas.

54. DAY CARE
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Perhaps you love children. Perhaps you have children of your own and the idea of taking care of a few more for part of the day appeals to you. Child-care needs continue to soar in the United States. Many people prefer the option of their child being cared for in a home environment while they are at work, opposed to a more institutional-like setting. These things mean that a homebased childcare business can get off and running immediately.

55. PET SITTING
Experience, training or licensing may be needed

Starting a pet sitting service requires almost nothing in start-up costs. You do need some general credentials that will cost little or nothing to acquire. Your list of credentials should probably include personal pet ownership–if not currently, at least in the past–as well as other pet-related experience, including working at a pet food store, an animal hospital or other animal-related business. You will need to spend a little to become “bonded.” This is known as “honesty insurance,” and ensures your clients that you won’t get their house keys and make off with their valuables (or that they’ll get their money back if you do).

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Prayer to create wealth and abundance by Elisha Goodman

This Life-Changing Prayer Releases The Flow of God’s Grace Upon The Works of Your Hands and Into Your Life

Prayer to create wealth and abundance

Pray this prayer right now and receive the abundance of God’s blessings into your life today!

Jesus Creates Abundance

He asked them, “How many loaves do you have?” And they said, “Seven.”

So He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground. And He took the seven loaves and gave thanks, broke them and gave them to His disciples to set before them; and they set them before the multitude.
They also had a few small fish; and having blessed them, He said to set them also before them. So they ate and were
filled, and they took up seven large baskets of leftover fragments.

Abundant Blessings Into Your Life

Mark 8:5-8
How much abundance are you creating in your own time? The following statements sum up all that we’ve been studying
so far:1. Abundance is created primarily through breaking and sharing.2. Anything that is shared multiplies, expands and attracts others of its kind. When money is shared, it multiplies,
expands and increases.3. The law of sowing and reaping begins to operate in your favor when you share the first fruits with God.4. There is a divine distribution point in the spiritual realm that you could call the “ocean of abundance.”
You attach yourself to it by becoming a re-distribution point yourself.

5. There are spiritual enemies that can divert the flow of abundance from you unless you know how to deal
with them.

6. You must confirm to God that you’ve overcome covetousness for Him to usher you into the higher
realms of abundance.

7. For those who have been faithfully paying their tithes, sowing seeds in their local churches, and sharing with
others, but have still not tapped into the ocean of abundance, certain spiritual gates may need to be dismantled. That can be achieved by releasing a steady stream of hot, gate-destroying prayers until abundance begins to flow into your life.

Prayer to create wealth and abundance by Elisha Goodman

Are You Ready?

The Lord issued everyone born into this world with a key for unlocking the gate of abundance. Unfortunately, most folks
had their key stolen; some while still in the womb, others at PASSION PRAYER OF JESUS THE CHRIST
the gate of birth, and the rest during their time of ignorance without Jesus.

You cannot prosper or create any abundance without recovering that key. What’s more, you need to cooperate
with God so that He can smash open the gates for you to enter into the dimension of abundance that He wants to
take you through.

The spirits of these last days preventing folks from swimming in the ocean of abundance operate at the gate. The few
prayers in this section are designed by the Holy Spirit to overthrow any evil gate keeping you away from your
abundance. You’ll be victorious in Jesus’ name. Amen.Prayer Section2Confession: Ps. 24

Praise Worship

1. O Lord, let my season of divine intervention appear
in the name of Jesus.

2. O you gates in the (*) standing against my
destiny, lift up your heads in the name of Jesus.

* Insert each of the following:
• Heavenlies

• Waters

• Earth

• Under the earth

3. O God arise, and destroy every evil gatekeeper
assigned against my life in the name of Jesus.

4. I break the backbone of every spirit of scarcity in my
life in the name of Jesus.

5. O Lord, anoint my eyes to see divine opportunities in
Jesus’ name.

6. Lord, let every blindness to the treasures of my life be
cleared away by the blood of Jesus.

7. Let my divine helpers appear in the name of Jesus

May all of your be blessed God’s virtuous women entrepreneurs.

To God be all the glory.

Cyndi

www.beautyandtheface.com

www.godsvirtuouswomenentrepreneurs.com

Here’s To A Happy Snowy Saturday

And To All Christian Women Business Owners Who Are In The Office Working to Grow Your Businesses

Here's To A Happy Snowy Saturday

Here’s to a happy snowy Saturday!

Good Morning Girlfriends,

What a beautiful day.

It’s snowing in Philly and I am elated to see God’s hands, love and compassion displaying such loyalty.

Here I am again, coming to share a few new happenings that I am thankful for.

First, I have to tell you that as I prepare to launch my new hair grease, my printer still isn’t working and I still can’t find the Brother printer that I need to purchase. Once again, I will have to change my launch date, but that’s okay. I am not going to rush the launch until I have everything that I need in place. When all systems are go, then the hair butter will be ready to purchase.

Secondly, I am thinking about changing my body butter jars to glass jars because I want to give my customers the very best packaging that I can give. Talk about being grateful for some many things that I have and don’t have, in addition to my dreams and concepts, I am using all the tools and resources that God is laying right before me. I love God’s little notes and trinkets that He shares with me no matter how small or big. At times it takes me an entire day to decide what I want my jars to look like. It is also very important to me that I know and understand the difference between the plastic and glass jars and which one will serve my customers better which is the reason for the change. Whatever type of jar that I decide to go with I am give God the glory.

Writing Down Your Goals Changes The Game

Here's To A Happy Snowy Saturday

As I continue to grow my business you want to know what has been a game changer? Writing down all my goals. This year I am being more consistent.

Writing down my goals helps me to stay focused, Do you write down your goals? If not, you should. You should incorporate goal writing as a part of your system because every business needs to have a great system in place.

One good reason to write down your goals is that it can become an instant motivator as you begin to start your day. A wise woman entrepreneur writes down her goals and checks them off as they are accomplished. Achieving your goals will also encourage you to keep forging ahead in business no matter what your business looks like.

What are you doing today? If you’re not busy grab yourself a pen and pad, not  your cell phone, and start writing down your goals today. I am sure you are going to see a huge difference and help you to stay on your path to success.

Well, I am off to do more work. Here’s to a happy snowy Saturday!

Be blessed God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs.

To God be all the glory!

Cyndi

www.godsvirtuouswomenentrepreneurs.com

www.everywomanslifelovingjourney.com

www.womeninbusinessprosperingthroughwisdom.com

 

Happy Wednesday Virtuous Women

May Your Day Be Filled with Abundance, Wealth, Riches and Prosperity

Happy Wednesday Virtuous Women

Good Day and Happy Wednesday God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs,

I pray you all are doing great and enjoying this cold and rainy snowy day.

Are you enjoying the cold and snowy weather. I love it! It brings me great joy to see God’s love raining down upon us.

What are you doing today women of excellence?

Perhaps you are scaling your businesses to create more wealth for yourselves.

Whatever you decide to do, you have to decide.

Today I will be marketing my business all day. It is important that I keep my businesses in the front of those who are looking to remedy dry skin.

Let Your Passion Be Your Creativity and Enjoy the Abundance

Happy Wednesday Virtuous Women

Loving what I do and seriously passionate about helping others, I continue to build on what I already have. There is no a need to reinvent the wheel which I have honestly tried to do time and time again. The Holy Spirit has to remind me that I have a rich reservoir of abundance of tools and resources that He has given so keep using them. He says be creative. That is exactly what I am doing.

Well, brilliant ones, I hope and pray that your day will be blessed and that you will take time to take your empires to your destiny.

Be blessed God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs and give God all the glory in all that you do and say.

Sincerely,

Cyndi

www.godsvirtuouswomenentrepreneurs.com

 

Have A Happy Monday and A Great Week

May God Bless the Works of Your Hands

Have A Happy Monday and A Great Week

 

Have a happy Monday and a great week women of excellence.

Good Day God’s Virtuous Women Entrepreneurs,

It’s Monday, March 7, 2022.

I have a busy day ahead as I activate my faith in God.

Thankful to use my gifts and my limitless potential, I am doing a new thing, whether it’s small or big, to start my day and to constantly become a better human being and a more successful entrepreneur.

It is my hope that as you begin your day that you will use your success to become even more successful as you use your creativity to bless others.

Have a happy Monday and a great week.

To God be all the glory.

God bless you,

Cyndi

www.everywomanslifelovingjourney.com

www.abundantangel.com

www.beautyandtheface.com

www.godsvirtuouswomenentrepreneurs.com

Today Is A Great Day To Start A Business

How To Leave Your Corporate Job To Start A Business

How To Leave Your Corporate Job To Start A Business

According to Google’s latest search data, “how to start a business” beat “how to get a job” in Google search queries in 2021. This information comes from Google’s “Year in Search,” which features data from the last year broken down into a list of trends by category. It appears that while millions of Americans are quitting their jobs in search of higher salaries, many of them are doing so in the hopes of becoming their own bosses.

Government data supports this trend. U.S. Census Bureau figures reveal that Americans submitted a record 5.4 million business applications in 2021—the highest in almost 20 years. Moreover, applications are on track to be even higher this year. So, if you are thinking about going from corporate life to being self-employed, you’re not alone.

The pandemic has presented many opportunities for would-be entrepreneurs. But, of course, the transition to being an entrepreneur is not an easy one. Working for yourself may give you the freedom to choose your own lifestyle, but then again, you aren’t relying on a steady paycheck. So, if you are thinking of quitting to start a business, here are some key considerations to make the leap successfully.

Start a business you are passionate about

Starting a business is like having a baby. Not only is there never really a “right” time, but it also requires a lot of planning, preparation, and dedication. There are going to be ups and downs. You’ll even have days when you are pulling your hair out thinking, “did I do the right thing?” But if the passion is there, it will help you through those rough spots. If you’re going to make a giant leap, it should be to do something that makes you want to get out of bed in the morning. Then, when you find yourself involved in an activity that feeds your soul and leverages your strengths, you’ll know you are on the right track.

Start a business for the right reasons

Some people are destined to be entrepreneurs. Maybe you love variety, calling the shots, and building something from nothing. Or you dream about pursuing your passion while having more flexibility and leaving behind a legacy you can be proud of. And then, of course, there is financial independence. But if you want to start a business because you hate your job, despise your boss or want to get famous, it’s probably a good idea to reconsider entrepreneurship.

Know what you don’t know

One of the keys to being a successful entrepreneur is leveraging your strengths and finding resources to supplement your weaknesses. You cannot do everything yourself. Even as a solopreneur, you will need to rely on freelancers, interns or other assistance to get the business up and running. Another suggestion is to find trusted advisors, coaches or mentors that can provide valuable guidance and feedback along the way. Find people whom you would like to emulate. A mentor or coach can help hold you accountable while giving you the support and confidence you need to continue moving forward.

Start slow but think big

Starting a business requires planning and dedication. Allow yourself at least 12 months to prepare your exit strategy. Ideally, you will want to start your business as a side hustle while still employed. Take time to get to know your target audience. If possible, conduct formal or informal market research. This approach will reduce your risk and give you more time to validate your business idea.

Financially prepare to start a business

It’s no secret that most small businesses fail within the first five years. But a study by U.S. Bank found that 82% of the time, poor cash flow management contributes to that failure. So before you make the transition, sit down with your accountant or advisor to review your financial situation. Having a healthy cash reserve will help you through the inevitable peaks and valleys that come with entrepreneurship. The amount of money you set aside will depend on your industry, expenses, and when you expect to begin generating income. You will also want to choose a legal structure, register your business, get federal and tax IDs and open a business bank account.

If you want to start a business, there is no better time than the present. You can benefit from the surge in entrepreneurship to network with other potential small business owners. Chances are, you are also working remotely, which gives you added flexibility. As Steve Jobs said, “Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma—which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of other’s opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

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Caroline Castrillon

Caroline Castrillon

Woman In Bright Lights

Woman in Bright Lights,

Featuring Jenna D. Morrow of

The Morrow Home

A business and a blog, The Morrow Home is for the modern day millennial woman who wants to create a life and curate a space she loves.
Woman in brigh lights

Jenna says, My favorite part of the design process and sourcing and concepting. I do it daily for clients and now I’m doing it for our house. Our foyer is getting a slight facelift this spring–keep reading to see my modern entryway mood board.

Here is a photo of how our foyer looked when the sellers listed it. They had area rugs with a matching stair runner that were beautiful but not my style. They let us keep them which protected our floors through some winter snow storms but eventually, my new decor started showing up so they had to go.

I’m a coffee and champagne lover whose cup is usually stained with a bold, red lipstick. And I’m a content creator who wants to welcome y’all along my journey of figuring it all out.

Welcome to The Morrow Home. My home away from home.

Entrepreneur. Content Creator. Wife & Mom.

I’m a home decor enthusiast who loves hosting those closest to me for a night in on the couch or a night out on the porch. I’m a to-do list junkie who prefers a pen and pad over a laptop.

follow me on IG @Jennadmorrow

Good Day Women in Business,

Happy March!

Can you believe it’s March 1st? Christmas will be here before you know it, again! I am always excited when the Christmas season is upon us. It brings me great joy and peace so for me Christmas is every day.

From this time forth, I will be honoring a Woman In Bright Lights. Yes, she is the entrepreneur who, by faith in God, starts a business and flourishes.

During the month of March we are honoring our own, Jenna D. Morrow. Jenna left her job in corporate America last July to start her own interior design business, The Morrow Home.

Jenna’s business, in such a short time, has taken off. She is in the process of hiring an assistance due to her work load.

Jenna is a mother of a 16-month-old and she needs help as her business is soaring.

Check out Jenna’s website, www.themorrowhome.com

I hope you enjoy learning more about The Morrow Home. We are elated that Jenna has jumped on her own exclusive cloud of faith to do what God has called her to do.

Be blessed,

Cyndi

www.beautyandtheface.com

www.godsvirtuouswomenentrepreneurs.com

 

Small Business Information for Female Entrepreneurs

SBA Offers Increased Assistance To Black Female Business Owners

SBA Offers Increased Assistance To Black Female Business Owners

Women-owned businesses continue to become more established in the American economy, however women continue to face more obstacles than men when launching and growing their businesses.

These challenges — including securing small business loans — thwart the success of female-owned companies and hinder their ability to innovate, create jobs, and grow. Fortunately, helping women-owned businesses — especially those owned by minorities — has been a priority of the Biden administration.

Female-owned businesses, which must be at least 51% owned and controlled by women, have become increasingly prominent over the past decade.

From 2014 to 2019, the number of women-owned businesses soared to 21%, leading to over 12 million businesses in operation, according to the 2019 American Express State of Women in Business Report.

In those five years, overall businesses across the country increased by just 9%. Looking back even further the number of women entrepreneurs has risen 114% during the past two decades.

As of 2019, about 50% of women-owned businesses were operated by women of color. In the five-year span from 2014-2019, the average revenue for those women of color decreased from $67,800 to $65,800. Meanwhile, the average revenue rose from $198,500 to $218,800 for non-minority women.

SBA Supports Minority Women Business Owners

The Biden administration and the SBA have made it a priority to help Black-owned businesses owned by women.

Last week, SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced the availability of $1.5 million for 10 new grant opportunities for established Minority Serving Institutions aspiring to host a Women’s Business Center (WBC) to provide local outcome-oriented business services for women entrepreneurs.

During Black History Month, the SBA has reaffirmed its commitment to creating funding opportunities that increase equity for small business owners. This effort has been a priority under Administrator Guzman. Through the SBA’s  Office of Women’s Business Ownership’s (OWBO), the WBCs help entrepreneurs pivot, grow and navigate new opportunities.

Some of these opportunities have been created through President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, such as competing in the burgeoning industries solving climate change and to grow clean-energy supply chains that will help expand global exporting.

“Our efforts to help establish more Women’s Business Centers at Minority Serving Institutions across America will not only deliver on the Biden-Harris administration’s priority to invest in equity, but also will help more women entrepreneurs, who are among the most energetic, innovative and fastest-growing segments of our small business economy,” said Administrator Guzman.

Guzman added that Women’s Business Centers provide vital support, connecting women entrepreneurs with many of the SBA’s most valuable resources including access to capital, professional networks, skills training for business growth and resilience, and much more.

“My hope is that leaders of every qualifying institution will seize this opportunity to establish a Women’s Business Center and start building bridges to opportunity for our nation’s women business owners,” she said.

The purpose of the new funding will be for up to 10 private, non-profit organizations to provide entrepreneurial development services to women, with an emphasis on socially and economically disadvantaged entrepreneurs in locations that are outside of the geographical areas of existing WBCs.

Eligible applicants include the following institutions of higher education or their affiliates:

·        Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)

·        Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs)

·        Tribal Colleges and University (TCUs)

·        Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions (NHSIs)

·        Alaska Native Serving Institutions (ANSIs)

“Our office looks forward to supporting initiatives to ensure that multicultural women and the academic institutions that support them across the nation, have access to resources and support to advance entrepreneurial opportunities and preparation,” said Natalie Madeira Cofield, Assistant Administrator of the SBA. “This notable expansion builds on our historic expansion in 2021, where our center footprint grew to include 24 new centers, 60-percent of which were located in rural communities across the nation, including Puerto Rico.”

Since March 2021 alone, 24 new centers have opened. Among the newest WBCs are three affiliated with Historically Black Colleges and Universities and two in Puerto Rico, as well several focused on reaching entrepreneurs from rural communities. Currently, OWBO funds and supports the largest WBC network in the history of the SBA, with 140 centers in 49 states and Puerto Rico.

The SBA’s WBC network provides one-on-one counseling, training, networking, workshops, technical assistance, and mentoring to women entrepreneurs on numerous business development topics, including business startup, financial management, marketing, and procurement. To find other WBC locations and additional SBA resources, visit www.sba.gov/tools/local-assistance.

How to Apply

Eligible applicants must be private, non-profit organizations with 501(c) tax-exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service and must or be affiliated with a Minority Serving Institution. The application acceptance period for this grant opportunity runs from now through Monday, March 14, 2022. Proposals responding to this program must be submitted through www.grants.gov by Monday, March 14, 2022, at 11:59 p.m. No other methods of submission will be permitted. Proposals submitted after the stipulated deadline will be rejected without being evaluated.

When women businesses owners pitched ideas for early-stage capital, they received over $1 million less than men ($935,000, compared to $2.1 million), according to research from BCG. While men received more funding, the report found that businesses founded by women were much more prosperous in the long-term, gaining 10% more in revenue over a five-year period.

In terms of how effectively companies turn a dollar of investment into a dollar of revenue, it was found that startups by women produced 78 cents, while male-owned businesses created 31 cents. The data underscores the importance of providing access to capital for women-owned companies overall.

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Rohit Arora

Rohit Arora

Need Traffic To Your Website?

Need Traffic? Here’s How to Get Visitors to a New Website (Even If You Don’t Know Where to Begin)

About the author

Adam Rogers
Adam Rogers is a Content Marketer at Shopify. He’s a lover of books, music, guitars, and his wife Lacey. Aug 5, 2020

Need Traffic? Here's How to Get Visitors to a New Website

“How do I drive more traffic to my online store?”

At some point, that thought crosses the mind of every entrepreneur selling online.

Maybe you’ve invested time and effort in setting up your store and tweaked everything for launch, only to open up shop and wonder where all the traffic is. Maybe you’ve seen steady growth over the past six months, but hit a plateau on traffic and sales. Or maybe you’ve been successful with one traffic-driving tactic and you’re curious about what tactics you can try next.

Whether you’re trying to attract your first customer or your 1,000th customer, generating more traffic to your online store is a crucial part of growing your business. If your site is properly optimized for conversions, getting an increase in web traffic could mean more customers and more sales.

What you should know about increasing website traffic

From a marketing perspective, the good news is the process of getting your first customer versus your one hundredth is the same. But for traffic to successfully result in sales and profit, there are some essential prerequisites to ensure that traffic converts and the cost is sustainable. You should be asking yourself:

  • Is this a good product? A “good product” means that it’s good enough for your audience and passes their implicit cost-benefits analysis.
  • Is there a large target market? A market is a group of people already spending money on something. Are people buying the same type of product?
  • Is there an addressable target market? An addressable market is a group of people with visible shared qualities, already spending money on something. Is there a market segment you can focus on?
  • Is there a great product story and/or compelling copy? You might have a clear “why” for the product in contrast to competitors, but you need to translate that pitch to compelling web copy. Does your product pitch resonate with them enough to purchase?
  • Is there a low-cost way to reach this audience? The goal should be to keep customer acquisition costs low. Are there multiple ways you can reach potential customers?

How to drive traffic to your website

We’ve gathered a list of 20 proven, high-impact tactics for driving more traffic to your online store.

Navigate this guide:

Run paid social media ad campaigns
1. Facebook ads
2. Instagrams ads
3. Pinterest ads
4. Google Ads

Engage in conversation on social media
5. Get friends and family to share
6. Proactively engage on Twitter
7. Post your store to Reddit
8. Drive excitement with contests and giveaways
9. Offer time-sensitive discounts

Reach new audiences with influencer marketing
10. Send free samples to Instagram influencers
11. Reach out to bloggers and press
12. Write a blog post featuring influencers and their advice

Attract customers with content marketing
13. Write blogs to provide information or solve problems
14. Produce podcasts to reach new audiences
15. Use video to educate or entertain

Use SEO to increase your store’s discoverability
16. Write titles that match search intent
17. Write irresistible meta descriptions
18. Leverage internal links
19. Add long-tail keyword variations to your pages
20. Stand out with rich snippets

Which tactic is best for your business?

Some of these sources will generate higher quality traffic for your specific business and some will generate lower quality traffic.

For example, let’s say you’re targeting young professionals interested in buying wacky office supplies. LinkedIn might be a better option over, say, Pinterest.

Traffic acquisition success is found by doubling down on the most relevant traffic you can find. Of course, “the most relevant traffic you can find” is incredibly subjective and different for everyone, so let’s break down each tactic you can use to increase web traffic:

  • Tactic type. Whether the idea is a short-term or long-term traffic generator. Short-term tactics usually see results quicker but require more maintenance or reinvestment. Long-term tactics take longer to see results but are more evergreen and require little to no maintenance.
  • Effort. How much time, skill, or experience you’ll need to put into the tactic.
  • Time to return on investment (ROI). Whether you invest time, effort, or money into a traffic-driving tactic, it will take days, weeks, or months to see that investment increase traffic and sales.
  • Cost. The upfront budget you’ll need to launch the tactic.
  • Traffic potential. The total amount of traffic that could be sent to your store.

💡 TIP: You should aim to choose one tactic you can do consistently. If you spread yourself thin with trying too many tactics at once, you’re not going to see results—and that’s when you get frustrated, and feel like you should give up.

Run paid social media ad campaigns

To increase website traffic for your online store, you need to be able to get your business in front of your ideal customers. With paid social media ads, you can create highly targeted campaigns that serve tailor-made ads to the customers who are most likely to click through and purchase your products.

If you’re thinking about running paid social media ads, here are some platforms you should consider:

1. Facebook ads

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: Low

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤

With 2.6 billion monthly active users as of the first quarter of 2020, Facebook is the largest social media platform in the world. Facebook is filled with opportunities for you to reach new customers and drive them to your online store. Its robust advertising platform lets you target users based on their interests, behavior, location, and more. Facebook also can be a tool that saves you time and money by optimizing your ad delivery and getting your message in front of those most likely to convert.

Example of a facebook ad that's used to drive traffic to websites

Using Facebook Dynamic Ads you can even serve customers who have previously visited your website automatically generated ads featuring the products they’ve already looked at or added to their carts. These powerful ads can help you bring users back to your website, so you can make the most of the traffic you’re already getting.

2. Instagram ads

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: Low

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤Need Traffic? Here's How to Get Visitors to a New Website 👤

Instagram is an incredibly popular platform, with more than one-billion active users worldwide, with 90% of accounts following a business according to Instagram.

Finding hashtags on Instagram or creating videos or images for marketing are just a few of the Instagram tools to grow your following. Creating Instagram ads is most likely to result in growing website traffic and sales, so, if you’ve already built an army of followers on Instagram, you aren’t really using it to its full potential until you’ve tried its advertising platform.

Make sure you’re signed up for an Instagram Business account or convert a personal account to a business one. This will give you even more ways to connect with your audience through Instagram ads. The platform offers the ability to create ads as photos, videos, carousels, collections, and stories, so you can begin creating ads in the content format you find easiest.

Example of an Instagram ad that's used to drive traffic to websites

3. Pinterest ads

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: Low

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤

Pinterest is the ideal place to reach your potential customers as they visit the platform to consider future activities and purchases. According to Pinterest, 72% of active users say they use it to find new brands and services, and, in another study, 90% of respondents said Pinterest gives them ideas about which products to purchase.

Pinterest is extremely popular among niche groups like home decorating, renovating, landscaping, and DIY crafts and is ideal for businesses hoping to make inroads with these markets.

Pinterest is home to Promoted Pins, a form of paid advertising that pushes your Pins to the top of your customers’ search results, helping you stand out from the crowd. Promoted Pins blend in with the rest of Pinterest’s content, making it a great tool for capturing your customers’ attention and pulling them to your online store.

4. Google Ads

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: High

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤

Unlike social media advertising platforms, Google Ads offer a unique opportunity to advertise your products and services directly to people actively searching for them. Emarketer reports that 35% of users purchase a product within five days of searching for it.

Example of a Google ad that's used to drive traffic to websites

Google gives you the option to put your ad in front of users on the world’s two largest search engines: Google and YouTube. Although the platform gives you the ability to increase web traffic and sales, on the downside, it’s a complex platform to navigate for beginners, and you can risk spending a lot of money advertising to the wrong audience.

Google offers three ways to put your ad in front of web browsers; search ads, Google Display Network, and YouTube ads. Google ads operate on an auction basis: the amount you bid on your chosen keywords will determine your placement in relation to other bidders, as well as relevancy to the search term.

Engage in conversation on social media

Social media engagement is more than simply sharing a link across Facebook, Twitter, etc., to your online store in the hope it increases website traffic. Social engagement is about encouraging conversations with the right people, responding thoughtfully, and driving excitement and enthusiasm.

Free: Social Media Strategy Template

From choosing your channels to figuring out what to post, fill in the blanks to think through how you can best use social media to meet your marketing goals.

5. Get friends and family to share

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: Medium

Time to ROI: Weeks

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤

When you launch your business, turning to friends and family to get support is a great tactic to generate initial awareness, traffic, or even your first sale (thanks, Mom!). People don’t launch businesses too frequently, so it’ll probably be quite novel within your circle of friends and family to see you start your own online store. Hopefully they’ll be willing to share news about your brand new business endeavor.

Do you know the site Upworthy? Did you know that its initial momentum was generated by friends and family. It set a goal of getting 1,000 Facebook fans by the end of the day it launched. It worked, and that’s part of what gave it the initial traction to take off.

Reach out in a targeted way to your friends and family. You’ll get away with it without risking irritation. On Facebook, talk about your store in an update.

Are there channels for talking to your extended family? Do they plan reunions on an email list? Send a note and tell them about your new store.

Don’t focus your ask on getting them to buy your products. While you could offer them your products for free or at a big discount—they are your friends and family, after all—instead, ask them to share your store with their networks. These are people with whom you have social equity, and you won’t ask for these kinds of favors very often. You’ll have a higher rate of success than reaching out to strangers, and if enough of them share, that may give you sufficient momentum to keep a regular stream of customers.

6. Proactively engage on Twitter

Tactic type: Long-term

Time to ROI: Weeks

Leverage: Medium

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤

You don’t need to start selling products before you engage with people on Twitter. There are a lot of ways to get on someone’s radar as a cool new store.

Blackbird Baking Company, a bakery in Toronto that sells fresh bread, built an audience of over 500 engaged, passionate bread lovers on Twitter, ensuring that when it opened the doors of its first bakery, it had a great reception.

Five hundred followers isn’t groundbreaking by any means, but gaining new followers is tough when launching a new business and growing a social media account from the ground up. So, how did Blackbird get a few hundred followers pre-launch?

First, the bakery followed a disciplined social media marketing strategy. It generated some follow-backs by following select people on Twitter it determined may be interested in a new bakery. These include restaurateurs and self-declared bread enthusiasts in Toronto.

You can find people with similar or niche interest in your field too. One tool to find relevant users is Followerwonk. Log in through Twitter and you can search relevant keywords in bios and profiles.

Second, Blackbird has been uploading photos of its breads being baked and delivered to stores around Toronto to Instagram and Facebook. The pictures are mouthwatering and shareable.

Third, Blackbird Baking Company engages proactively with people who tweet about the local community. Topics include life in Toronto, great food, and, of course, bread.

So when the bakery finally opened, there were lots of interested people waiting to buy bread.

How you can engage with a Twitter audience:

  • Use Twitter Advanced Search to look for keywords related to your business in people’s tweets or bios, or try a tool like Followerwonk.
  • Once you’ve found an audience, look for chances to help people or add value to their conversations in a way that lacks a sales pitch.

7. Post your store to Reddit

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: Low

Time to ROI: Weeks

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤):👤👤

Reddit, a collection of forums and subforums, is where people share news and content and leave comments. In addition to its main page, which aggregates the most popular content on the platform, it also has thousands of niches called subreddits. You can find a subreddit on nearly any subject, for example, /r/bicycling, /r/scifi, or /r/corgi.

Reddit poses an interesting opportunity to grow brand awareness and generate website traffic to your store. It’s a place where passionate folks congregate around their favorite topics to debate the minute and share advice, best practices, and personal life stories.

First, there are a few threads you should be paying attention to that may help your business. The /r/entrepreneur subreddit, with about 739,000 subscribers, has lots of interesting tips and discussions on starting a business. You might also be interested in the related /r/smallbusiness thread as another source of general business advice.

Let’s use the example of starting a business selling hair products.

Navigate to a few subreddits such as /r/femalehairadvice, as there’s a lot of discussion on all aspects of haircare for women. There are also subreddits like /r/haircarescience, /r/curlyhair, or simply /r/hair.

To promote your business and hopefully drive traffic to your site, create a new post. Make the post brief, displaying only the essence of what your new store is about. Here are the components of a great post:

  • Create a catchy headline. Keep it topical to the subreddit. For example, if we posted in the curly hair subreddit, we might try the headline “Who says that short hair can’t be fancy?”
  • Add value and be concise. The text within the main body of the post will be snappy, catchy, and not very salesy.
  • Add a photo. It’s not essential, but adding images can help convey your messages and as they appear on the subreddit page and might grab further readers.
  • Add a link to your most relevant product. This is essential. Leave a link so people can find out more about your product or business.

Pay attention also to the Reddiquette guide and check out whether you’re following Reddit guidelines rules of your subreddit. They’re always found in the sidebar to the right of the subreddit. Some subreddits don’t allow promotional material, so posting what’s basically an ad for your store is not allowed. If you post about your site to a place that doesn’t want it, either you’ll find that no one’s upvoting your link or, in extreme cases, you may even get banned from the subreddit.

8. Drive excitement with contests and giveaways

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: High

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤

Contests and giveaways are a great way to get more followers on Instagram, increase social media engagement, and drive traffic to your website. When you run a contest or giveaway, 94% of the time users share the promotion immediately after they register. And of the total participants, 62% share the promotion with a friend and suggest they take part too.

With viral contests, giveaways, and sweepstakes you can quickly drive more traffic to your store by offering exciting prizes in exchange for your customers’ participation. Prizes and rewards are powerful incentives for getting both current and new customers to actually visit your store.

Using tools like Gleam, Woobox, or contest and giveaway apps on the Shopify App Store you can embed giveaways into landing pages or blog posts on your store. These contests can even use social sharing as a method of entry, giving your sweepstakes a higher chance of going viral and spreading around social platforms. Once participants are on your store, you can use different techniques to guide them to your products, like offering discounts or coupons on first purchases.

9. Offer time-sensitive discounts

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: High

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤

Offering time-sensitive discounts can be an extremely effective way to get people to take action, generating traffic and increasing sales. Putting an expiration on your discount leverages scarcity, which is a powerful psychological sales trigger.

In the example below, bags and accessories brand Rareform offers a discount that expires after one day. Rareform is a larger brand and can afford a 50% discount and flash sales on its products. If you’ve launched your store recently, consider adding a minimum purchase limit. This can be a smart way to still offer your fans a nice incentive but also make sure you don’t give away the farm.

Product discounts aren’t the only offer you can provide customers. If you don’t normally offer free shipping, then occasionally doing so can be a compelling incentive to drive traffic from social media or email marketing campaigns onto your store.

Reach new audiences with influencer marketing

Influencer marketing is the process of building relationships with influencers to get your online store in front of new audiences. According to BrightLocal, 88% of people trust online reviews written by other consumers as much as they trust recommendations from personal contacts.

With influencer marketing, you can harness the creativity and reach of relevant influencers in your industry while leveraging the trust they’ve already formed with their audiences, generating referral traffic to your store.

10. Send free samples to Instagram influencers

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: High

Time to ROI: Weeks

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤

Instagram is one of the most effective marketing channels for ecommerce businesses. According to Yotpo, at least 30% of Instagram users have purchased products they discovered on the platform. It’s also a great way to increase awareness of your brand and potentially drive traffic to your store—especially if you know how to target influencers.

Bloggers and social media celebrities like Estee Lalonde are highly trusted by their followers, so getting them to feature your products is an effective, organic tactic for increasing your traffic.

Estee Lalonde applying makeup and promoting products she uses, with links to each to drive traffic to websites of her brand partners. Estee Lalonde on Instagram.

There are more reasons to work with an Instagram influencer other than accessing their audience. You can tap into their knowledge of the platform, see what works, and learn to create the best content for that platform. Also, you can work with them as consumers of your brand and get their feedback and perspective, which can help improve your products.

💡 TIP: If you’re yet to find an influencer to work with, find one through an influencer marketing platform.

Here are some questions to ask yourself when looking for an Instagram influencer to work with:

  1. Are they a good brand fit? Ask yourself: “Does the influencer we’re going to work with seem like someone we would want to be a customer, and would they actually use or wear our stuff?”
  2. Do they have good engagement rates? It’s not always about the number of followers—engagement rate is more important. Ideally, an influencer’s engagement rate is anywhere from 2–3%, with multiple comments on each of their posts.

11. Reach out to bloggers and press

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: High

Time to ROI: Weeks

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤

It’s hard to grow a business and market it alone. When it comes to selling online, the more connections you have the better—especially if they’re connections with an engaged audience of their own. Having connections who will talk up your product is essential to driving traffic to your site and increasing sales. This is where blogger outreach comes in.

Blogger outreach is about more than making friends online. It’s a process to help you achieve measurable success in your business. Even if you don’t have a lot of contacts online you can still reach out to people. The key to successful blogger outreach is to offer value and tell bloggers exactly what’s in it for them. Even if they are a good natured individual, asking for help rarely will work, as people are busy and have a million things of their own to do.

Here are some blogger outreach ideas to help you generate traffic:

  • Guest post on other blogs. While growing your own audience, guest posting gives you a way to get in front of someone else’s. Link back to your site where relevant, even if it’s only in the author bio.
  • Do an expert roundup. Seek out experts on a topic and ask them to contribute an idea, such as a tip, recipe, or story, to your blog post. Then, publish a list of all the responses you get back. Let them know when you publish your insight and they’re likely to share it with their audience.
  • Solicit product reviews. Contact bloggers with relevant, engaged audiences and offer to send them your product for free in exchange for an honest review. If you have a great product, they’ll love it and tell everyone.
  • Find affiliates to promote your business. Incentivize other people to drive traffic to your business by using an affiliate program and offering a commission on every sale .
  • Get included in gift guides. The right gift guides can increase sales and traffic to your website. However, inclusion in these guides does not happen randomly and requires some effort, as there is strong competition to get your product listed.
  • Ask Instagram influencers to promote your product. The same techniques for reaching out to bloggers still apply when contacting instagram influencers. Getting the right mention or stylish photo can drive traffic or sales to your store.
  • Get press coverage. If you have a great story or an interesting product that people will want to write about, put it out there! Get in touch with bloggers and journalists who cover businesses like yours and tell them what you’re up to.

You don’t have to target the biggest and most successful people. You have a better chance of getting featured by influencers with a smaller audience because they’re not constantly swarmed with requests. Keep in mind that the loyalty of the audience matters almost as much as its size.

12. Write a blog post featuring influencers and their advice

Tactic type: Short-term

Effort: Medium

Time to ROI: Days

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤

This tactic is an expansion of blogger outreach that deserves its own section, as it has worked well for a long time and continues to do so.

The core of the tactic is: write a blog post featuring an influencer and/or their advice, and send it to them in an email or via Twitter in the hope they share it with their audience.

For example, here are two ideas to get started:

  1. Ask influencers their advice on a product. Imagine you’re a cosmetics brand and you’re writing a blog post on what to look for in buying your next foundation. You might want to reach out to influencers that write or record videos of their reviews and ask them what they think is the most important thing to look for when buying a new foundation. You could do this with only one influencer or as many as you see fit.
  2. Create a master list of trustworthy voices in your niche. Potential buyers are always looking for authorities in the space they can trust to get consumer reviews. If your industry has influencers, try writing a blog post that lists the top five, 10, or 20 trustworthy influencers in your niche. By doing this you’ll help potential buyers and start building a good relationship with influencers.

After you’ve produced your blog post, reach back out to the influencer with a link and ask them if they can share it with their audience.

Instead of waiting for an influencer to feature you, you can feature them first. If you’re looking for influencers to connect and build a relationship in your industry with, this might jump-start the process.

Attract customers with content marketing

 

Content marketing is about creating interesting, informative, and engaging content to organically attract customers to your online store. From videos and podcasts to guides and ebooks, there are endless opportunities for your business to branch out into the world of content and generate traffic.

Original content helps position your business as an industry thought leader and build your brand. Your business’ content strategy can include anything your customers might find relevant or interesting—don’t limit yourself to content that includes or focuses on your products. Instead, consider any and all topics and resources related to your business that your customers would find useful.

Content marketing also gives your store the chance to conquer search results beyond product and brand keywords. Using free tools like Google Keyword Planner and Keyword.io, you can identify new opportunities for your business to rank in search results and get in front of larger audiences.

13. Write blogs to provide information or solve problems

Tactic type: Long-term

Effort: Medium

Time to ROI: Months

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤👤

According to WordPress, the world’s largest blogging platform, each month 409 million people view more than 20 billion blog pages. In the same period of time, WordPress users produce about 70 million new posts, and 77 million new comments.

While there is ample opportunity to reach an audience, if you want to attract relevant buyers and generate traffic back to your store through blogging, you’ll need to be purposeful about your targeting. Solving problems through content while also producing “search engine findable” is the best method for a blog, but it isn’t easy. It’s literally the job description of a good content marketer. Content marketing on a blog involves some customer journey mapping, persona building, keyword research, and content gap analysis.

Successful content marketing on a blog starts with two things:

  1. Figuring out who your ideal audience is. Put yourself in your potential customer’s shoes: what problems do they have that they turn to your store to solve? What interests them outside of your products? What do they do for fun with friends? What are they passionate about? Craft blog content based on the answers to these questions.
  2. Creating content where your ideal audience would want to hangout. Sites that win big have pages with information that people are looking for. To get in front of the right audience, make a list of topics and phrases to target. Ask yourself: If I were looking for this product/service/article, how would I search? What words would I use? What phrases? Getting in the mind of your visitor-to-be is the key to generating quality traffic.

Don’t go into blogging unprepared. Know your ideal audience, have a strategic plan for gaining mindshare with that audience, and eventually create a new place for them to hang out online.

14. Produce podcasts to reach new audiences

Tactic type: Long-term

Effort: Medium

Time to ROI: Months

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤👤

According to Edison Research, the number of Americans listening to podcasts every week increased 175% over the last five years, with roughly 90 million listening to a podcast each month.

Much like blogging, podcasting gives you the potential to excel in a specific niche, targeting a specific audience.

The problem is that podcasting isn’t necessarily optimized for traffic acquisition. Podcasts are enjoyed at the gym, on the bus, or during a lunchtime walk. Unlike a blog post or social media post, there’s no call to action to click while you’re listening. There is a heavier lift on the listener to remember key points and take additional steps after listening to a prompt or suggestion.

You have to find other ways to drive traffic and make it as easy as possible for listeners to find information mentioned in the episode, says Shuang Esther Shan, who manages the Shopify Masters podcast. “We stick to three core principles. First, for in app podcast descriptions we provide a concise and accurate summary of the episode with a link to our blog post that accompanies the episode. Second, on our blog, we’ll publish a key summary for easy access and reading as well as the transcripts for our hearing-impaired audience. Finally, if an episode covers a lot of apps, tools, or any other useful resources, we’ll provide a list of relevant resources with each item linked accordingly.”

📚 Learn more: How to Start a Successful Podcast (For Under $100)

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15. Use video to educate or entertain

Tactic type: Long-term

Effort: High

Time to ROI: Months

Cost (out of 5 💰): 💰💰

Traffic potential (out of 5 👤): 👤👤👤👤👤

While there are various options for hosting videos, YouTube is the most popular and the best channel for generating traffic. It’s also the second-largest search engine in the world.

The potential audience and numbers you can reach are impressive. According to YouTube’s stats, it has over two billion users (almost one-third of all people on the internet), and on mobile alone reaches more 18–34 year olds than any TV network in the US, with more than 70% of YouTube views.

For more information, go here https://www.shopify.co.uk/blog/how-to-increase-website-traffic

Creating Products and Services for the Health of Others

The Importance of Blessing Others

Creating Products and Services for the Health of Others

 

Hello Women of Wealth,

I pray you are well.

Today is Wednesday, January 26, 2002 and I am in my office working to create jobs, health and wealth for others.

Creating products and services for the health of others is my motto this year. However, before I can help others I have to help myself.

The year thus far has been wonderful. While there have been a few hiccups, I continue to work for the glory of the Lord.

In my element whenever I enter into my home office, I welcome this much needed therapy.

This week has kept me busy preparing, for yet, another launch.

I have a new product coming out soon. Why did I create this product? There are a few reasons for this new line of love.

My Reasons For Creating Love for Hair and Skin

First, because I suffer from dry damaged hair I wanted to make something all natural that would bring life by to my locs.

Second, whenever I whip up new products it is because I believe I know what women need. Well, maybe not all women. Knowing what people need and providing life-changing product or service is my passion and happiness. What better way is there then to produce, offer and provide what people need.

Third, I know that there are many women who have damaged their hair due to excessive heat, coloring, perms and relaxers. None of these man made products do hair any good. Don’t get me wrong, there is nothing wrong with using any of these type of products as long as they are professionally done.

Whenever I create a new line of product it’s because I need it most. If the product works for me, then that is when I add it to Beauty and the Face, LLC, my skincare line. This is how BATF was created in the first place. All because I wanted softer, smoother and more radiant skin.

Even though Beauty and the Face started as a blog it is now a full-fledged business. My family and I are enjoying great business success with our wonderful line of moisturizers. I love to hand craft body butters from 100% pure ingredients.

The newest addition to our skincare products is hair butter. It offers amazing growth ingredients and nutrients to give your scalp and hair the health it needs to grow.

Ladies, what have you been up to. My prayer is that you are enjoying the success of your business. May this year bring you all an abundance of wealth, profits and finances so that you get to experience how business is supposed to be.

It is my prayer that God continues to bless the works of your hands because it is a blessing to bless others.

To God Be All the Glory!

Cyndi

Email: cyndisdesignz@gmail.com

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