#5: What to Do First - What's Burning?

10/14/14 • 19 min

Build a Badass Business with Diane Sanfilippo

1. What's burning? 2. If you don't have a list of ideas, where do I even start? What are the top 10 questions you get? What problems are you solving for your customers? 3. Focus on giving more than asking. When 40 hours a week in your new business isn't cutting it. Hat tip to #askgaryvee Gary Vaynerchuck "Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook." 4. Doubt means don't.

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#4: 5 Tips for Focusing

In this episode, I get into details on some tips I have for focusing (in terms of the big-picture/what to do first/getting yourself started, not day-to-day tasks). 1. Take money out of the equation. 2. Get your home-based business out of the house. 3. Just work for one hour (at a time). 4. The 80/20 rule. 5. Have Happy Projects.

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#6: Websites Part 1 - Pages You Need

Building a website seems so daunting, but if you start at square 1 and focus on the critical first pages, it'll get easier, I promise. Brochureware sites vary a bit from blog-based sites, but everyone needs these initial pages regardless of the end-resulting site type. Home, About, Services/Products (yes, with prices), Testimonials, Contact There's more to it, of course, but that's the barebones basic list of what you'll need at first.