{"id":4580,"date":"2019-04-10T11:21:23","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T10:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rkjh.se\/zh\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2021-03-10T11:18:12","modified_gmt":"2021-03-10T10:18:12","slug":"tips-for-starting-a-small-business-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rkjh.se\/zh\/blog\/2019\/04\/10\/tips-for-starting-a-small-business-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips for starting a small business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>8.&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>Speak<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>up<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>about<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;<\/strong><strong>your<\/strong><strong>&nbsp;business<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;many&nbsp;business&nbsp;owners&nbsp;face is&nbsp;that&nbsp;they&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;know&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;sell. It&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;intimidating&nbsp;to&nbsp;share&nbsp;your&nbsp;business&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;world,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;when&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;new.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;worried&nbsp;what&nbsp;people&nbsp;will&nbsp;think&nbsp;about&nbsp;your&nbsp;business,&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to get over it. If&nbsp;you&nbsp;can\u2019t&nbsp;convince&nbsp;consumers&nbsp;to&nbsp;buy&nbsp;from&nbsp;you&nbsp;and support&nbsp;your&nbsp;company,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to make&nbsp;money. Not&nbsp;outgoing?&nbsp;Fake&nbsp;it \u2018till&nbsp;you&nbsp;make it. If&nbsp;you&nbsp;really&nbsp;want&nbsp;business&nbsp;success,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can\u2019t&nbsp;afford&nbsp;to be&nbsp;shy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In my&nbsp;early&nbsp;days&nbsp;as an&nbsp;entrepreneur, I&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;to&nbsp;do public&nbsp;speaking&nbsp;for the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time. Back&nbsp;then, I&nbsp;didn\u2019t&nbsp;have&nbsp;any&nbsp;training&nbsp;or&nbsp;experience&nbsp;in&nbsp;talking&nbsp;to&nbsp;large&nbsp;groups&nbsp;of&nbsp;people, not to&nbsp;mention&nbsp;I&nbsp;wasn\u2019t&nbsp;very&nbsp;keen&nbsp;on the&nbsp;idea&nbsp;of&nbsp;facing&nbsp;my&nbsp;worst&nbsp;fear.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But,&nbsp;if&nbsp;I&nbsp;wanted&nbsp;my&nbsp;young&nbsp;company&nbsp;to&nbsp;succeed, I&nbsp;need&nbsp;to&nbsp;to&nbsp;get&nbsp;out&nbsp;of&nbsp;my&nbsp;comfort&nbsp;zone.&nbsp;This&nbsp;came&nbsp;in the form&nbsp;of&nbsp;planning and&nbsp;hosting&nbsp;nearly&nbsp;70&nbsp;three-day&nbsp;conventions&nbsp;for my&nbsp;customer&nbsp;base&nbsp;of\u202fnetwork&nbsp;recruiters.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&nbsp;can\u2019t&nbsp;begin&nbsp;to&nbsp;tell&nbsp;you&nbsp;how&nbsp;afraid&nbsp;I&nbsp;was. As it&nbsp;turned&nbsp;out, I&nbsp;became&nbsp;a&nbsp;lot&nbsp;more&nbsp;comfortable&nbsp;in front&nbsp;of&nbsp;people&nbsp;after&nbsp;speaking&nbsp;at the&nbsp;conventions.&nbsp;Though&nbsp;I&nbsp;was&nbsp;more&nbsp;introverted&nbsp;than&nbsp;extroverted, I&nbsp;learned&nbsp;to \u201cput&nbsp;myself&nbsp;out&nbsp;there\u201d for the sake&nbsp;of&nbsp;my business.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Be ready to&nbsp;speak&nbsp;confidently&nbsp;about&nbsp;your&nbsp;business,&nbsp;even&nbsp;if&nbsp;it makes&nbsp;you&nbsp;uncomfortable. As a&nbsp;new business&nbsp;owner,&nbsp;you&nbsp;will&nbsp;need&nbsp;to market and&nbsp;network&nbsp;constantly. From&nbsp;networking&nbsp;with&nbsp;clients&nbsp;to&nbsp;negotiating&nbsp;supplier&nbsp;payment&nbsp;terms,&nbsp;you&nbsp;must be&nbsp;able&nbsp;to&nbsp;communicate.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rkjh.se\/zh\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/04\/large-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4581\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8.&nbsp;Speak&nbsp;up&nbsp;about&nbsp;your&nbsp;business&nbsp; One&nbsp;challenge&nbsp;many&nbsp;business&nbsp;owners&nbsp;face is&nbsp;that&nbsp;they&nbsp;don\u2019t&nbsp;know&nbsp;how&nbsp;to&nbsp;sell. It&nbsp;can&nbsp;be&nbsp;intimidating&nbsp;to&nbsp;share&nbsp;your&nbsp;business&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;world,&nbsp;especially&nbsp;when&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;new.&nbsp; If&nbsp;you\u2019re&nbsp;worried&nbsp;what&nbsp;people&nbsp;will&nbsp;think&nbsp;about&nbsp;your&nbsp;business,&nbsp;you&nbsp;need&nbsp;to get over it. If&nbsp;you&nbsp;can\u2019t&nbsp;convince&nbsp;consumers&nbsp;to&nbsp;buy&nbsp;from&nbsp;you&nbsp;and support&nbsp;your&nbsp;company,&nbsp;it\u2019s&nbsp;difficult&nbsp;to make&nbsp;money. Not&nbsp;outgoing?&nbsp;Fake&nbsp;it \u2018till&nbsp;you&nbsp;make it. If&nbsp;you&nbsp;really&nbsp;want&nbsp;business&nbsp;success,&nbsp;you&nbsp;can\u2019t&nbsp;afford&nbsp;to be&nbsp;shy.&nbsp; In my&nbsp;early&nbsp;days&nbsp;as an&nbsp;entrepreneur, I&nbsp;had&nbsp;to&nbsp;to&nbsp;do public&nbsp;speaking&nbsp;for the&nbsp;first&nbsp;time. 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