The Plan

The following is a list of activities in order that can be followed to bring some order to your business activities. The plan assumes that you have no money but will be making money to finance your business growth along the way as a result of your activities but it does not project sales or earnings amounts. The plan does not assume any time periods but the amount of time that you work on any plan will determine how quickly it works. You are responsible for accepting, modifying, or dismissing the plan and the plan’s ultimate success or failure. Any plan ultimately depends on your ability to execute it.

Design and print business cards
Download and print brochures
Let friends and family know what you’re doing
Email everyone in your email list
Enter business cards you have into email list
Enter good addresses from junk mail in your email list
Open at least two more email accounts from different domains
Continue to collect business cards (always)
Activate free traffic sites
Place free ads
Submit to search engines
Join online discussion groups

Begin to do business
Begin to sign up affiliates
Begin to sell some product
Continue to send emails
Continue to build your email list
Send out post cards to your local community

Continue to Do Business
Continue to sell product
Continue to sign up affiliates
Send your affiliates information that will help them be successful
Continue to send emails
Continue to build your email list
Send out post cards to your local community

Switch to your own domain
Buy your own domain ($5)
Buy your domain hosting ($10 per month)
Switch to your own domain email system and addresses (comes with your domain)
Initiate partnership ads with other web sites
Continue to sell product
Continue to sign up affiliates
Send your affiliates information that will help them be successful
Continue to send emails
Continue to build your email list
Send out post cards to your local community

Move to paid promotion status
Pay to have your site submitted to search engines and optimized
Pay for online ads with major web sites
Initiate partnership ads with other web sites
Continue to sell product
Continue to sign up affiliates
Send your affiliates information that will help them be successful
Continue to send emails
Continue to build your email list
Send out post cards to your local community

You may want to develop or buy your own product or start other non-competing affiliate programs along the way.