Wat staat er in een ondernemingsplan?

businessplan

Als iedere startende ondernemer heb je een ondernemingsplan nodig om uit te zoeken wat je moet doen, wanneer je het moet doen, wanneer je je doel hebt bereikt en om je te helpen op koers blijven. Ook heb je een ondernemingsplan nodig om mogelijke financiers te laten zien waarom je het risico waard bent.

In dit geval geeft een ondernemingsplan aan dat je in staat bent kritisch (en realistisch) te denken, je voldoende kennis van de markt en de potentie van je bedrijf hebt, en je oog voor getallen hebt. Je (mogelijke) financiers willen uiteraard weten hoe groot de kans is dat je geld verdient en de lening terugbetaalt.

Of je een ondernemingsplan voor je mogelijke financiers of alleen voor jezelf opstelt, bevat een ondernemingsplan standard de volgende informatie:

Why should a business website have a blog?

Blog

There have been a lot of discussions about whether a business website should or should not have a blog. Those who believe that a business website should not have a blog often use one simple argument: “I don’t have time to blog” I truely believe that blogging should be considered as one of your social media marketing instruments. For obvious reasons, social media marketing is a MUST and therefore, you should make time for blogging. These are some other reasons why a business website should have a blog:

1. The new e-mail newsletters

You probably already write your newsletter at least once a month. Just consider blog articles as newletter articles because blogs

Why should your business have a website?

WebDesign

A lot of small businesses are convinced that a word-of-mounth advertising is the best way to do their marketing. They are right, but why should you restrict your possibilities to this off-line marketing strategy when you can do so much more online for your business?

Nowadays business strategy is that you have to be visible online! These are some reasons why you business should have a website:

1. Marketing

No doubt that a web presence is a great way to compliment your existing marketing plan. You can use your site to inform both of your existing and potential customers about your business’s services and it makes word-of-mouth advertising a lot easier.

2. Customers expect

Twitter apps for business

Twitter

Twitter is fun and is a free medium to boost your own personal brand (we know all of that already!). Twitter can do more! Much more … because you can use Twitter for your business as well!

These are some applications and tools that can help you to improve your business and finance [the list will be updated regularly]:

Twaitter

Allows you to organize and schedule your messages for your business purposes.

Twittercal

Allows you to connect your Twitter account to your Google Calendar and add your events and appointments in a snap from your favorite Twitter client.

StockTwits

Allows you to share the investment discussions on Twitter in real time.

Xpenser

Allows

Facebook for business

Facebook

Facebook is growing rapidly and becoming a destination for businesses to establish a free-access presence.

I have selected these great Facebook applications you can use to help to network, communicate, promote and collaborate with your business [list will be updated regularly].

Define me

Allows you to display a cloud of words to describe your business. Depending on your business and customer service, this cloud could be your best friend or worst enemy.

SmartMessage Center

Allows you to send messages to groups or individuals and gives you back one single result that you can share. It is a great tool for gathering informations and organizing them into a single page. You can also get the results exported as

Why should your business be on Twitter?

One of the members of Libelcom Community wondered why his business should be on Twitter. These are some answer to that question:

1. Because your customers and audience are there.

2. Because your potential customers and audience are there.

3. Because your customers and audience are already “tweeting” about you.

4. Because you can see what customers and audience are saying.

5. Because your competitors are there (remember, keep your friend close and your enemy even closer!).

6. Because you will reach more people than you ever dreamed off.

7. Because it is free, so why shouldn’t your business be on Twitter?

8. Because you have nothing to loose and everything to gain.

9. Because