Setting Up as a Service Provider? Here's Your Business Checklist

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04/09/24 • 19 min

Whether you are just starting as a freelance service provider or have longtime clients already, you need to set up your business officially. In this episode, I prepared a business checklist with all the basics that will allow you to have a peaceful business with your own identity and offers.

To successfully set up your business and become a fully fledged service provider, you need to...

Get yourself an accountant.
Get contracts in place.
Set up a payment gateway.
Think about your niche and differentiate yourself.
Create your offer suite
Get a brand identity
Get an email program and set up an email list
Take messy action and don’t be afraid of doing things imperfectly.
Be confident in yourself and what you are doing!
Have a bit of consistency in whatever you do.

Listen in to have all the details for each of the steps and remember – a peaceful business is not only following a checklist but also having the right mindset.

Your offer suite should give you financial freedom AND a spacious schedule – without you having to earn more. Come and work with me over 4 months in my high-touch strategy mastermind, Offer Suite Oracle to double down on your client journey-based offer suite. Enrolling now for our April 2024 cohort:

https://www.ceelslockley.co/offer-suite-oracle

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Learn more about the different types of offers and map out your offer ecosystem:

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Work with me

Join my group program for service providers who want to design a profitable offer suite over 6 months:

https://ceelslockley.co/dreamium

Create an industry-leading offer ecosystem with me 1:1:

https://ceelslockley.co/main-event-experience

To successfully set up your business and become a fully fledged service provider, you need to...

Get yourself an accountant.
Get contracts in place.
Set up a payment gateway.
Think about your niche and differentiate yourself.
Create your offer suite
Get a brand identity
Get an email program and set up an email list
Take messy action and don’t be afraid of doing things imperfectly.
Be confident in yourself and what you are doing!
Have a bit of consistency in whatever you do.

Listen in to have all the details for each of the steps and remember – a peaceful business is not only following a checklist but also having the right mindset.

https://www.ceelslockley.co/offer-suite-oracle

Follow + Connect with Me

https://www.instagram.com/ceels.lockley/

https://www.threads.net/@ceels.lockley

Free Masterclass

Learn more about the different types of offers and map out your offer ecosystem:

https://ceelslockley.co/the-line-up

Join my Community

https://ceels-lockley.myflodesk.com/sisters-of-service

Work with me

Join my group program for service providers who want to design a profitable offer suite over 6 months:

https://ceelslockley.co/dreamium

Create an industry-leading offer ecosystem with me 1:1:

https://ceelslockley.co/main-event-experience

Previous Episode

Service Pro Spotlight: Hannah Spicer - E-Commerce Consultant

In today’s episode, Hannah Spicer joins me to share how she created a thriving e-commerce consultancy working with some of the UK’s leading luxury brands.

This episode is part of my Service Pro Spotlight series, highlighting individuals and businesses who have built excellence in their niche and sharing their journey and experiences to inspire and guide others.

Hannah is an e-commerce and Digital Marketing Consultant with over 18 years of experience working with fashion and luxury retailers, including Harvey Nichols, Stella McCartney and Kurt Geiger. She founded Hannah Spicer Consulting to help ambitious brands develop their E-commerce and CRM activities, to achieve increased revenue and active customer base.

Connect with Hannah:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannahspicer/

https://www.instagram.com/hannahspicer_consulting/

https://www.hspicerconsulting.com/

Mentioned in this episode:

Dubsado

The Island of Missing Trees

Follow + Connect with Me

https://www.instagram.com/ceels.lockley/

https://www.threads.net/@ceels.lockley

Free Masterclass

Learn more about the different types of offers and map out your offer ecosystem:

https://ceelslockley.co/the-line-up

Join my Community

https://ceels-lockley.myflodesk.com/sisters-of-service

Work with me

Join my group program for service providers who want to design a profitable offer suite over 6 months:

https://ceelslockley.co/dreamium

Create an industry-leading offer ecosystem with me 1:1:

https://ceelslockley.co/main-event-experience

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