{"id":57101,"date":"2016-09-26T11:30:22","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T09:30:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=57101"},"modified":"2016-09-26T15:36:30","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T13:36:30","slug":"7-tips-start-your-own-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2016\/09\/26\/7-tips-start-your-own-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"7 tips to start your own small business"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Start small<\/h3>\n<p>Create a simple, one-page <strong>business<\/strong> <strong>(INSERT YOUR WEBSITE HERE)\u00a0<\/strong>plan.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What will the end result of your business be?<\/li>\n<li>Why do you want to do this? What is the reason for the business existing?<\/li>\n<li>What are you going to do to achieve your vision.<\/li>\n<li>How are you going to achieve your objectives?<\/li>\n<li>Make a list of the actions required.<\/li>\n<li>Get going.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>What are other <strong>small businesses (INSERT YOUR WEBSITE HERE)<\/strong>\u00a0in your area doing?<\/p>\n<p>Check out the competition and figure out how you are going to be different.<\/p>\n<p>Use the internet for everything you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>Keep your eyes open for opportunities.<\/p>\n<h3>Use resources at your disposal<\/h3>\n<p>The best resources are those that present themselves to you with little effort and without a load of liability.<\/p>\n<h3>\u00a0Do NOT over-borrow<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/Debt-drowning.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83009\" src=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/Debt-drowning-520x400.png\" alt=\"Debt-drowning\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Being in debt can cause serious problems for your young business in <strong>(LOCATION)<\/strong>. Seek appropriate advice to avoid your business being trapped in debt by borrowing more than you can pay back.<\/p>\n<h3>Know who your customers are<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Who is going to buy what you are selling?<\/li>\n<li>How are you going to attract them?<\/li>\n<li>Who is your niche market?<\/li>\n<li>Describe your ideal customer?<\/li>\n<li>The clearer you are about who you are going to be selling to the clearer you can be about your branding, your location, your marketing and your pricing.<\/li>\n<li>Learn as much as you can about your customers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Fortune favours the brave<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/braveheart-006.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83169\" src=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/braveheart-006-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"braveheart-006\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Fear is a major factor in business failures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take a leap of faith.<\/li>\n<li>Make bold decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Execute your <strong>business (INSERT YOUR WEBSITE HERE)\u00a0<\/strong>plan meticulously and bravely.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Keep your eye on the goal<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/eye-on-goal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83010\" src=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/eye-on-goal-520x370.jpg\" alt=\"eye on goal\" width=\"520\" height=\"370\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Beware of losing focus. Sometimes in a race to get rich quick, you can lose track of your original goals. Plan your goals and stick to them.<\/p>\n<h3>Success breeds more success<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/success-failure.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-83011\" src=\"http:\/\/albertonrecord.stg.sites.caxton.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/35\/2016\/09\/success-failure-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Choosing between failure and success\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The more you are able to accomplish, the more you learn, and the more confident you become.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Be flexible.<\/li>\n<li>Adapt to change.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In (LOCATION) there are many opportunities for budding entrepreneurs to make money from good business ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7782,"featured_media":57103,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Caxton Central","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,2],"tags":[5638,5641,5643],"class_list":["post-57101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","category-news-headlines","tag-7-tips-to-start-a-small-business","tag-how-to-start-a-small-business","tag-tips-for-startin-a-small-business"],"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Local news"},"tag_labels":["7 tips to start a small business","how to start a small business","tips for startin a small business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57101","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7782"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=57101"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/57101\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/57103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=57101"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=57101"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=57101"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}