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A website is just like any other advertising medium. It wouldn’t hurt to check out some of your competitors websites to see what their layout is like. You may not need one, but it’s inexpensive to build and host a website, compared to other types of advertising. Are you looking to build a website for a pastry shop? an online consumer shop for pastry/baking supplies? Do you plan to sell pastries online?
You could check out PastryNet which an online community for pastry professionals.http://www.pastrynet.com/
There’s also the Association of Pastry Chefshttp://www.associationofpastrychefs.org/
You could also look at any website designed for the hospitality industry in general.

Many business owners are struggling with their success and don’t know why. Are you one of them? Perhaps you’ve analyzed the workings of your business with a fine-tooth comb. You’ve even hired a consultant to come in and poke around. You’ve tweaked here, nipped there, and still something’s not right. What could it be?

Well, have you checked your thoughts lately? Yes, thoughts. While many factors can contribute to a lack of business success, the one most often overlooked is what you are thinking about. Ignore your thoughts, and you will be dispensing with one of your most powerful business allies.

Why are thoughts so important? Because your thoughts influence your feelings. How you feel influences what actions you take. And the actions you take have a direct influence on the results you achieve. Here’s how to align your inner thoughts with your outer business success.

Step 1 – Identify What You Want

Below is a list of 20 words and phrases often used to describe a successful business. Circle the three that most represent how you want your business to be:

- Prosperous

- Thriving

- Successful

- Inspirational

- Booming

- Solid

- Doing Well

- Exciting

- Gratifying

- Lucrative

- Sustainable

- Strong

- Growing

- Flourishing

- Profitable

- In the black

- Cost Effective

- Rewarding

- Stimulating

- Fun

Next, copy the three you circled and add two more of your own.

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Now, put feelings to your thoughts. Beside the five success words and phrases listed above, jot down the first one-word feeling that comes to you about that thought.

1. Example: Successful – Thrilled

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3.

4.

5.

Next to the feeling, rate on a 1-4 star scale just how strong this feeling is for you.

1. Example: Successful – Thrilled – 4 stars

2.

3.

4.

5.

Now, write any clarifying comment about your thought and feeling.

1. Example: Successful – Thrilled – 4 stars – This is exactly how I want my business to be.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Step 2 – The “Yeah, but What If . . .” Process

This is a very important step, so don’t skip it. It examines your business from the inside out by identifying any doubts, worries, anxieties, or fears that the voice inside your head is expressing.

The “Yeah, but what if…” process will help you silence the chatter of your mind so you can identify which thoughts are getting in the way of and undermining your business success. Best of all, this step will get your thoughts down on paper, making them tangible and releasable.

Of the five “clarifying comments” you wrote down (above), circle the one comment that most deeply resonates with you. Then, write next to it all the doubts, worries, anxieties, and fears that pop into your mind that begin with the words “yeah, but what if.”

Example: This is exactly how I want my business to be (clarifying comment). Yeah, but there is no way I’m going to have the kind of success I want. I don’t know what I’m doing and don’t have enough money. What if I don’t attract enough clients to make this work, run out of money, get sick, and don’t have enough time to put into my business?

Step 3 – The Release

Now it’s time to do a symbolic release of the thought that is keeping you from your business success. This one act may not entirely get rid of the thought. It will, however, alert your subconscious mind that you intend to release that thought and replace it with one that is more aligned with your business success. Have some fun with this release process!

Take the piece of paper containing your clarifying comment and “yeah, but what if” worry, doubt, anxiety or fear and, with great enthusiasm and vigor, crumple it up and get rid of it. You can throw it away, burn it (safely), or shred it to pieces. While you’re doing this, say out loud: I release all doubts and fears that hold me apart from my business success. I am willing and ready to be successful now.

Finally, remove the thought from your sight by sweeping away the ashes, flushing the pieces, or emptying the wastebasket into an outside trash bin.

Congratulations! You’ve now gone through a very powerful process.

Quick and easy to do, this process will reveal which thoughts are keeping you apart from your business success. Then it will align your inner thoughts and feelings so that you can take the most inspired and productive outer actions. Whenever you find yourself struggling in your business, turn to these three steps to help you find out why.

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Many business owners are struggling with their success and don’t know why. Are you one of them? Perhaps you’ve analyzed the workings of your business with a fine-tooth comb. You’ve even hired a consultant to come in and poke around. You’ve tweaked here, nipped there, and still something’s not right. What could it be?

Well, have you checked your thoughts lately? Yes, thoughts. While many factors can contribute to a lack of business success, the one most often overlooked is what you are thinking about. Ignore your thoughts, and you will be dispensing with one of your most powerful business allies.

Why are thoughts so important? Because your thoughts influence your feelings. How you feel influences what actions you take. And the actions you take have a direct influence on the results you achieve. Here’s how to align your inner thoughts with your outer business success.

Step 1 – Identify What You Want

Below is a list of 20 words and phrases often used to describe a successful business. Circle the three that most represent how you want your business to be:

- Prosperous

- Thriving

- Successful

- Inspirational

- Booming

- Solid

- Doing Well

- Exciting

- Gratifying

- Lucrative

- Sustainable

- Strong

- Growing

- Flourishing

- Profitable

- In the black

- Cost Effective

- Rewarding

- Stimulating

- Fun

Next, copy the three you circled and add two more of your own.

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Now, put feelings to your thoughts. Beside the five success words and phrases listed above, jot down the first one-word feeling that comes to you about that thought.

1. Example: Successful – Thrilled

2.

3.

4.

5.

Next to the feeling, rate on a 1-4 star scale just how strong this feeling is for you.

1. Example: Successful – Thrilled – 4 stars

2.

3.

4.

5.

Now, write any clarifying comment about your thought and feeling.

1. Example: Successful – Thrilled – 4 stars – This is exactly how I want my business to be.

2.

3.

4.

5.

Step 2 – The “Yeah, but What If . . .” Process

This is a very important step, so don’t skip it. It examines your business from the inside out by identifying any doubts, worries, anxieties, or fears that the voice inside your head is expressing.

The “Yeah, but what if…” process will help you silence the chatter of your mind so you can identify which thoughts are getting in the way of and undermining your business success. Best of all, this step will get your thoughts down on paper, making them tangible and releasable.

Of the five “clarifying comments” you wrote down (above), circle the one comment that most deeply resonates with you. Then, write next to it all the doubts, worries, anxieties, and fears that pop into your mind that begin with the words “yeah, but what if.”

Example: This is exactly how I want my business to be (clarifying comment). Yeah, but there is no way I’m going to have the kind of success I want. I don’t know what I’m doing and don’t have enough money. What if I don’t attract enough clients to make this work, run out of money, get sick, and don’t have enough time to put into my business?

Step 3 – The Release

Now it’s time to do a symbolic release of the thought that is keeping you from your business success. This one act may not entirely get rid of the thought. It will, however, alert your subconscious mind that you intend to release that thought and replace it with one that is more aligned with your business success. Have some fun with this release process!

Take the piece of paper containing your clarifying comment and “yeah, but what if” worry, doubt, anxiety or fear and, with great enthusiasm and vigor, crumple it up and get rid of it. You can throw it away, burn it (safely), or shred it to pieces. While you’re doing this, say out loud: I release all doubts and fears that hold me apart from my business success. I am willing and ready to be successful now.

Finally, remove the thought from your sight by sweeping away the ashes, flushing the pieces, or emptying the wastebasket into an outside trash bin.

Congratulations! You’ve now gone through a very powerful process.

Quick and easy to do, this process will reveal which thoughts are keeping you apart from your business success. Then it will align your inner thoughts and feelings so that you can take the most inspired and productive outer actions. Whenever you find yourself struggling in your business, turn to these three steps to help you find out why.

One of the keys to success in business is to affirm positive thoughts to yourself. This video will help you rewire your brain to think positive and attract valuable customers and business partners…

In today’s market, competition is fierce. Losing sales and market share to competitors is unacceptable. Over the years, I have observed that high-performance manufacturers and service providers consistently execute several key tactics that differentiate them and ensure their presence and market share despite changing market dynamics.

In this article, I have outlined ten of the most important tactics that winning marketers routinely do to maintain their lead. Let these ten tactics serve as a checklist to conduct a self audit of the effectiveness of your sales channel strategy.Capture and Use Detailed Market Information

A broad and deep understanding of the market is critical to the creation of a sustainable market position. Winning marketers have developed a “map” of their market–including the most actionable segment definition, size/outlook, profit potential, buying behaviors and decision processes, needs/expectations, competitive dynamics and sourcing preferences. The market map provides an objective context for internal discussions regarding strategy alternatives and resource allocation decisions.Accelerate the Planning Process

Markets are changing faster than ever before and so must your planning process. You cannot get caught in the never-ending cycle of analysis/planning that is characteristic of many organizations today. My view of the planning process of the future is one that is “decision centric” rather than “analysis centric.” The planning process should be designed to use the existing body of knowledge of your organization. Senior managers should be more involved, and involved earlier, in your annual planning process.

Rather than a management meeting to culminate a lengthy analysis conducted by several layers of the organization, the plan should be initiated by senior management. Use the senior management meeting to kick-off the planning process and define the strategy, then let the organization validate the assumptions. The result will be a quicker developed plan, much more reflective of current market reality, and one in which senior managers are much more invested.Streamline Your Organization for Speed and Flexibility

Effective market management will require speed in decision making and flexibility in action. An organizational structure that supports this will consolidate channel management under one group within the manufacturer’s organization. A single point of contact will lend efficiency to the marketer’s channel relationships. In addition, consolidating all products, programs, and channel relationships will serve to enhance the manufacturer’s market power.Regain the Power of Your Brand

One of the most vital tools the manufacturer has to retain customer relationships and power in the marketplace is the brand. Therefore, manufacturers will be well served to reinvest in establishing brand value. This will be done by clearly articulating the value your brand stands for and consistently delivering against this value. Brand value will be a powerful tool to secure your market presence. Many channel partners will see the brand value as a deterrent, thus keeping them from switching allegiance to your competitor. Others will see the brand as a clear benefit, causing them to seek you out. The result in either case is more effective “shelf space” in the market.Win at the Local Level

A local market management philosophy may be the single biggest factor that separates the winners today. Customers have a wider range of channel choices than ever before. Information is more widely available. Customer segments are using these choices and information to evolve their buying behaviors in different ways and at different rates. The result is that the “map” of local markets is likely to vary widely, and the most appropriate channel strategy is likely to vary significantly from market to market.

The successful marketer will recognize these differences. Local market managers will be given the autonomy and flexibility to “customize” the local channel strategy to local conditions. Corporate policies serve as a set of guidelines and programs serve as a menu from which the local manager designs the unique channel mix to optimize share and profitability. Winning marketers have recognized that it often requires different skill sets and compensation for the local market manager operating under this construct versus a traditional sales capacity.Create Multi-channel Strategies

The channel spectrum that has evolved in most markets is characterized by a wide spectrum of choices, ranging from highly efficient, logistics-oriented channels to highly focused, service-oriented businesses. Few manufacturers can assure optimum market presence by selling via only a single channel type. Market share leaders will include a variety of channels in their mix–and provide a differentiated offering to/through the channel to reflect the unique characteristics, needs, and market value of each channel type utilized.Make Smart Choices in Channel Selection

One of the key changes occurring in most channel classes is consolidation. It is rare to find the true independent, “mom and pop” operator today. (Even when you do, that mom and pop is often part of a buying group or cooperative to help boost its market power and buying leverage.) Given this consolidation, the manufacturer runs a higher risk than ever before associated with a poor choice of channel partner. There are fewer alternatives to offer you market presence and share if your existing relationship does not pan out.

Winning channel managers address this risk through a more considered approach to channel selection. More time is spent up front defining the ideal characteristics of a channel partner. These characteristics usually include financial and management capabilities to support growth, sales/marketing capability to support manufacturer programs/goals, and operations considerations to help drive efficiency. Potential partners are put through a more rigorous screening process against these characteristics, resulting in fewer mistakes. The partners that are selected participate in a more rigorous planning and review process to help the channel show continuous improvement when measured against the ideal template.Tackle Channel Conflict Management Strategically

In an environment where multiple channel strategies are the norm, conflict management should be considered an integral part of the strategy planning process. A fair and impartial approach to channel management helps control conflict through a variety of “ground rules”–around access to brand, product authorization, and economics that reflect the role of the channel. Additionally, clear policies and consistent enforcement around issues of authorization, channel standing, management issues and termination provide the most level “playing field” for your channel partners, allowing for effective conflict management.Use Channel Pricing to Manage Market Complexity

Too often today, manufacturers still base their channel pricing on volume. This approach fails frequently in the environment where the manufacturer utilizes multiple channels with significantly differing business models. The volume-based approach invariably favors the logistics-oriented channel over the service-based models. This leads to destructive channel conflict for the manufacturer by putting relationships with the service-based channel model. Compounding this risk to the manufacturer is the fact that we find service-oriented channels are usually more effective in “creating” customers for the manufacturer, rather than just “harvesting” existing customers.

A more pragmatic approach to channel pricing is a value-based compensation model. This approach places a value on each of the functions the channel performs for the manufacturer, allowing your overall payments to the channel to more directly represent their role in your go-to-market strategy.Create Programs for Strategic Advantage

The most successful manufacturers take the time to assure their programs offered to/through the channel partners are linked to market dynamics. These programs (which often represent the largest line items in the sales/marketing budget) are carefully designed within the context of the market “map.” What are the priority decision factors used by the target customer and how are programs crafted against these? What is the true willingness/capability of the channel partner to create customers and service existing customers? Do the channel programs reflect these attitudes and capabilities? The manufacturer who has put their market programs to these tests can expect a much higher return on their resource investment.Summary

Given the high number of “degrees of freedom” that exist across customers, markets, channels, and manufacturers’ objectives, it is unreasonable to suggest there is only one success formula to assure optimum market presence and share. However, we find the issues discussed here are consistently addressed by market leaders in both the design and management of their channel strategies. You should find this is an effective checklist to examine your channel strategy.

One person makes a sale and earns a $50 commission. They are so excited they can not sleep that night. Another person is in the top 5 for affiliate product sales and is getting ready to spend a week in Hawaii. Who is more successful?
In this article we will answer the question of what is home business success.
1. The fact that you can work at home for yourself makes you a success in the eyes of the person who drops their kids off at daycare and heads off to a job they do not like. Success does not have to be defined by the amount of money you earn.
2. Home business success can be achieved by anyone willing to learn how to run a home business. This is not as easy as it sounds because you will face many challenges when you work at home. Your ability to deal with those is paramount to your success.
People think since you work at home for yourself they can call or stop by anytime they want. You will have to define what your hours are and stick to those if you want your home business to be successful.
Some people go so far as to set up a home office with posted hours on the door. The kids know this is off limits when you are working.
3. Any home business needs customers to survive. You will have to learn how to advertise and promote your business. The internet offers many ways to do this, but very few people have the skills at first to do it right.
This will mean learning something new. Even offline advertising like business cards, newspaper ads, flyers, word of mouth, and others methods will take a lot of work. Understand this though, the heartbeat of your business is advertising, no matter how many ways you do it.
4. A successful home business ultimately is one that you enjoy getting up and going to work everyday for yourself. Finding something you love to do is the greatest thrill you will ever experience in your adult life.
As you can see we spend very little time associating home business success with the amount of money you make. Money is important because it buys you time to do what you want. A successful home business is one that is profitable, but that is not the main key to your success.

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