do you have a website for sale?

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Whilst each of you are determining your own Online Business Strategy, I’ve been working on mine. That is, I am now in hot pursuit of Online Businesses and websites as a potential purchase for myself and/or my network of potential buyers… Do you have one?

Is your Online Business/website:

  • profitable?
  • traffic savvy?
  • niche driven?
  • older than 12 months?
  • ready to be sold?
  • priced to buy?

If yes to any of the above, please contact me at sell@theentrepreneurialmother.com advising the above details and the best way to contact you?

what does going Online mean to YOU, the Business Owner?

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It will fundamentally change the way the Business you built operates.
Are you OK with that? Really?

Because if you do want to pursue this path, you will need to be.

You started the business one way, which may now potentially look and feel a whole lot different. And you have to be fine with this evolution. If you find you are not then maybe it’s time to best get out of the way…

If you want your Business to be 21st century ready, then going Online has to feature as part of the growth plans. This is where you start treating your business with respect and as the asset it is, not just as a cash cow.

If your business is to no longer look and feel like your business, is this palatable to you? Is it something you can continue and run with? Or is this highlighting bigger decisions that need to be made?

the Online RollOut Plan…

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Your Online Strategy needs to be documented and reviewed with all parties who will help you implement and maintain it.
Effective plans should include:
  • shall we rework or rebuild current online presence?
  • what actions we plan to take over time
  • will we be static or dynamic?
  • who will be the single command and control point?
  • key points now worthy of mention
  • what is the order of priority?
  • what are our resource requirements
  • what is the budget, with estimated one-time and ongoing costs?
  • what are our assumptions?
  • how will we measure results?
  • what new information do we need?
  • what new activities may be required?
  • what is your competition doing? do we need to be doing it?
  • what “push” mechanisms to use?
  • what activities to participate in to initiate “pull” interest?
  • how to factor in mobile optimisation?
  • what other tools shall we review?
  • what content and in what order?
  • what social platforms?
  • what technology platforms?

This is all about determining how to get the Online Strategy up and running, in as short a time frame as acceptable

It’s often helpful to use analytics tools to understand how you’re found online and who your customers are, as well as their current comments about your products and services.Questions to include:
  • Who is in our immediate community?
  • Who comprises our indirect community?
  • Where are our communities hanging out online?
  • What is their opinion on our brand, products and services?
  • How do they react to items we request from them?
  • Who are the influencers?
  • Who are the followers?
  • What are the comments made?
  • Where are the comments made?
  • How often do we review?
  • How often do we ask for feedback?
  • What do we do with the feedback when we get it?
  • Who is in charge of the feedback loop?
  • Who should be in charge?
  • Are we even in front of the right audience?
  • What would be the ideal for our business?
  • What are our competitors doing? Does it matter?
  • What options does this present?
  • Should we build or buy?

Answering these questions is all about addressing why our customers will want to care and empowering them to share because they want to…

what’s worked Online and what needs to?

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This is all about defining the specific goals, deliverables, project sponsors and internal and external team members your Business wants to get from its Online Strategy activities. Whilst it sounds rather large, potentially draining and incredibly time-consuming, it does not need to be like that. Not in the way I do it anyway…

Questions to be reviewed and answered:

  • assess the current environment
  • what are we good at?
  • how do we know what we’re good at?
  • who is the audience?
  • what do they want?
  • what does we want?
  • why do they buy?
  • why do we think they buy?
  • who are our advocates?
  • what are their demographics?
  • what have they bought previously?
  • what are the “longtail” segments?
  • what are the trends?
  • how are we tapping into the trends?
  • what do we want done?
  • how do we measure what we’re doing?
  • what does the collection of the information mean?
  • what are we doing differently as a result of this information?
  • what technology is currently in use?
  • what technology needs to be accessed?
  • how will the offline/online businesses work together?
  • who will do what?
  • what options do we have?
  • how will we know we’ve got it right?

All these questions focus on Getting Clear
How clear are you?

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