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12 Essential Tools for Your Startup Business

12 Essential Tools for Your Startup Business

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Updated April 2, 2020. While much of the content remains mostly the same, most of the tool recommendations have changed. When I first wrote this, I'd just begun my online business journey. Now I've been in the world of online entrepreneurship for almost 7 years. If you're like me, you didn't go to business school. You don't have a background in finance, and your parents weren't entrepreneurs. Want to listen? There's an audio version below Also, if you're like me, you're building a business one step at a time. You're figuring things out along the way, getting many things right, and other things, well… they're “learning” experiences. However, unlike me, you may have never worked for a Fortune 50 company. Maybe you haven't managed revenue in the tens of millions but would love to know how it's done. Ok, I lied. Sorta. I did go to business school, but only for a semester during my freshman year at Baylor. Although I didn't graduate with a degree in business, I did get an education in the real world. While on IBM and Dell's dime, I spent five years learning how to do business on a national scale. During my years at those companies, I learned about profit and loss. I spent my time figuring out how to sell to current customers and acquire new ones. My “Corporate Education” taught me the basics of how to run the businesses I'm building now. If you happened to study biology, or art, or creative writing in school, and if you haven't had the benefits of Corporate training, don't worry. This post will provide you with some of the essential business tools the Pros use to build the foundations for their businesses, connect with their customers, increase sales, and scale their startups. Some of the resources will help you get started, others will make you more efficient, and others still will help you communicate with your ever-growing team (if you choose to have one). These essential business tools are in these 12 categories: [one_half_first] Content Marketing Web Hosting Email Marketing Social Media File Management Sales Funnels [/one_half_first][one_half_last] E-commerce Analytics Automation Collaboration Legal Client Relationship Mgt (CRM) [/one_half_last] While you don't need every one of these tools when you start, having this list and using the tools below will help you scale your startup business. When it comes to tools, think about efficiency. When working with people, think effective. Systems will help your business scale. Templates can help you get there faster. These tools are in no particular order other than from beginner to intermediate and advanced. The beginner tools are ones you need immediately. The intermediate tools will help you grow your site from hobby-blog to income-generating and can probably wait until after you've made your first dollar. The advanced tools are more for when you're ready to hire your first Virtual Assistant or add to your team. Content Marketing Update: Instead of giving you 5-6 options, I've narrowed it down to one. This business tool combined with the web hosting tool below makes up the foundation for almost all of my businesses, and I use each almost exclusively. Sharing your story through blogging and content marketing is one of the best ways to establish your online presence and build your brand online. And WordPress is the best content management tool to use. Technically, WordPress is a content management system. To put it another way, WordPress is a free, simple tool that lets you manage all of the content you put online. WordPress is the foundation on which your website is built. By letting your readers and followers in on your journey, the struggles, the changes, and the highs and lows, you enlist people to your side of the ring. Your audience will be in the fight with you, and they'll be in your corner rooting for you. Yes, there are millions of blogs out there. And, yes, it's a crowded market. But people still love to read. Though there is power in video marketing, which I use a lot, people are still reading. A lot. If you create content that's authentic, (occasionally) vulnerable, courageous and with a knack for story-telling, you can change the world with your words. Additionally, content marketing and blogging are great for SEO. It's great for teaching and sharing. I always recommend blogging to anyone who wants to effectively communicate a message around the world. Want me to help you grow your blog in ? Then check out my free 30 Day Blog Transformation email course! Writing is also therapeutic and a great way to organize your thoughts – two very good things for the busy mind of an entrepreneur. If you're still not convinced blogging and content marketing are good for your startup business, read this. I started blogging in 2012. I had nothing, and I knew almost nothing. Now, three eight years later, I have thousands of readers, listeners, and followers in over 150 countries. You can do everything I've done (or your version of it) ...
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