1. THINK ABOUT THESE FIRE STARTERS
1.1. ✅ Why: Why do you really want to start a (this) business
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1.2. How much do you need to earn?
1.3. ✅ Customers
1.4. Who are you going to serve?
1.5. Why do they need your product?
1.6. How will they discover your product?
1.7. What problems will you solve?
1.8. What are they struggling with right now?
1.9. What do they want (need) from your product?
1.10. ✅ List your Competitors. (The best)
1.11. 1 ____ ____ ___ _ _ ______
1.12. 2 ____ ________________
1.13. 3 ____ ________________
1.14. 4 ____ ________________
1.15. ➡️ What is their story?
1.16. ➡️ Where did they begin?
1.17. ➡️ How have they grown?
1.18. ➡️ What do they do well?
1.19. ➡️ What is their reputation? Is it ascending or declining
1.20. ➡️ Why?
1.21. ➡️ What do you do better?
1.22. ➡️ What do you do differently?
1.23. ✅ Practical considerations: What are your startup costs?
1.24. CRM: Customer relationship management is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.
1.25. Web hosting
1.26. Contractors
1.27. Website
1.28. What day-to-day tasks bring you pleasure?
1.29. Which tasks do you avoid?
1.30. What gives you the most satisfaction in your current job?
1.31. What are you really good at?
1.32. What skills do you have that others are happy to pay for?
1.33. How are people currently doing the things you can hel[p most with?
1.34. What tech skills do you have?
1.35. What would you spend your time doing, if money were no object?
1.36. What do people turn to you for?
1.37. Whom do you admire? Let’s list 5 people, leaders, historical figures, family, and friends. Why?
1.37.1. 1
1.37.2. 2
1.37.3. 3
1.37.4. 4
1.37.5. 5
1.38. Who do you really respect professionally?
1.39. Why do you respect them?
1.40. What do you read?
1.41. What are your online habits?
1.42. What really pisses you off in any industry or business?
1.43. Can you come up with a way to change that?
1.44. ✅ Where: Where does the idea come from
1.45. ✅ What: What is the purpose of your business
1.46. ✅ Who: Who is being served
1.47. ✅ How Big a team do you want?
1.48. Solo
1.49. Small core team
1.50. Big (task-based subcontractors)
1.51. Mid-sized
1.52. ✅ What are your revenue goals (after 12 months)
1.53. Total sales
1.54. Profit
2. LEVERAGE YOUR EXPERIENCE
2.1. For all the Threads: Show me the Money
2.1.1. Where are the secure budgets?
2.1.1.1. Current online classes and workshops.
2.1.2. What are the at-risk budgets?
2.1.2.1. Current online classes and workshops.
2.1.3. Are they internal?
2.1.3.1. Yes, older technology breaks down
2.1.4. Do they need backfilling?
2.1.4.1. No, not at this time but as the online school grows more artists will be brought on.
2.1.5. Can you deliver?
2.1.5.1. Yes
2.1.6. Do you want to deliver?
2.1.6.1. Yes!
2.1.7. What can disrupt the income flow?
2.1.7.1. Older technology breaks down.
2.1.8. Is there talent available to you?
2.1.8.1. Yes
2.2. Job/Industry
2.2.1. List everything fron babysitting as a kid to today's job. Don't forget time donated.
2.2.1.1. What is changing
2.3. Universal Challenges
2.3.1. List everything
2.4. Regional Challenges
2.4.1. Could be the same as Universal Challenges
2.5. Where is Disruptive Technology happening
2.6. Where are there shortages?
2.7. What are your special skills: Courses you have taught Systems you have developed
2.8. What certification did you need?
2.9. What moves and excites you?
2.10. Your Community
2.11. Your Passion/Hobby
2.11.1. Where do you find
2.11.2. Who makes a living off of your interests?
2.11.3. What does a successful business in your passion place look like?
2.11.4. What are your special skills?
2.11.5. Who or what inspires you?
2.11.6. Are they online? Podcasts? YouTube Chanels? LinkedIn or FB groups? Community sites?
2.11.7. Hobbies
2.12. Art instruction, googling solutions, convincing older public to embrace distance learning instead of in-person learning.
2.13. Hot Opportunities (for the pragmatists)
2.13.1. Where is the Buzz?
2.13.2. How is it being monetized?
2.13.3. Is it a new opportunity?
2.13.4. What could disrupt it?
2.13.5. What skills do you bring to the table?
2.13.6. Can you identify any DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY?
2.14. Show me the Money
3. WHERE DO YOU WANT TO BE IN FIVE YEARS?
4. MUST HAVE ON YOUR BOOKSHELF
4.1. https://amzn.to/3Ph8QY2
4.2. https://amzn.to/3L9xPct
4.3. https://amzn.to/3LgRYgK
5. DEEP DIVE PLATFORM
5.1. What You Do? Type of art/services
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5.2. YOUR PLATFORM
5.2.1. What You Make
5.2.2. Who You Are
5.2.3. What You Think
5.2.4. What You Say
5.2.5. What You Make
5.3. Buliding Your Platform
5.3.1. You Can Start with Platform Before Products
5.3.2. THEY ASK, YOU ANSWER https://amzn.to/3LgRYgK
5.3.2.1. The Ultimate Fire Starter
5.3.2.1.1. Build An Audience
5.3.2.1.2. Serve an Audience
5.3.2.1.3. Discovery
5.3.2.1.4. Build A Relationship
5.3.2.1.5. Discover Content
5.3.2.2. Get Started
5.3.2.2.1. What Questions are My People Asking?
5.3.2.2.2. Where are They Asking the Questions?
5.3.2.2.3. How Can I Best Answer Them?
6. ✅ If you could have any job in the world, what would it be?
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8. PRODUCTS
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8.1.3. On hold
8.1.3.1. distrabution
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9. THE TRUST FUNNEL: •Underlining Principle •This is an overlay for each product • Transparency
9.1. 2-WAY STREET
9.1.1. Validation process on your prospects
9.1.2. Test interest
9.1.3. Test level
9.1.4. Test capture to pay
9.2. THE TRUST FUNNEL IS ABOUT QUALIFYING THE RIGHT CUSTOMERS
9.3. WE NEED TO SERVE OUR GOALS
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11. ROADMAP
11.1. Immediate
11.1.1. Nice to Have
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11.1.2. Essential Stay in your lane – Be focused!
11.1.2.1. Content Calendar
11.1.2.1.1. Develop June-July-August 2022
11.1.2.2. Platforms
11.1.2.2.1. CRM-customer relationship management
11.1.2.2.2. Social Channels
11.1.2.2.3. Content
11.1.2.3. Website
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11.1.2.5. MUST HAVE
11.1.3. Distraction
11.1.3.1. Revenue Delivery System: A revenue delivery infrastructure is the systems, processes, and teams responsible for collecting your customers' payments and delivering those funds as revenue for your business. It's how your business acquires new customers, grows their accounts and retains them for longer.
11.1.4. 'Prepare the soil then plant the seed.''Prepare your canvas before you you start to paint.'
11.2. Mid Term: Stay the course-done is better than perdect
11.2.1. Nice to Have
11.2.1.1. Revenue Delivery System: How are you going to sell
11.2.1.2. Paid Traffic Campaign
11.2.1.3. Product Complete
11.2.2. Essential
11.2.2.1. Lead Magnet
11.2.2.2. Promotion Campaign
11.2.2.3. Product Decision
11.2.2.3.1. They Ask You Answer
11.2.3. Distraction
11.2.3.1. The Things You Have Desided
11.2.3.1.1. Done Better Than Perfect
11.3. Long Term: 6-months
11.3.1. Nice to Have
11.3.1.1. Team/Subcontractors
11.3.1.2. Independent Studio
11.3.2. Essential
11.3.2.1. Revenue Delivery System
11.3.2.2. Course or Deliverable
11.3.2.3. Launch Event
11.3.2.4. Line Extension
11.3.3. Distraction: Get promoted not helping other businesses
11.3.3.1. Other People / Priorities
11.3.3.2. Helping With the Launch
11.4. Post Mortem
11.4.1. Review and Assess