For many, becoming their own boss is the ultimate goal in their professional lives (image: https://www.pexels.com/photo/apple-computer-desk-device-159886/)

Have you ever dreamt of finally running your own business? Do you take pleasure in the thought of being a leader and an inspiration to a workforce of your own? According to research carried out in the United States, the number of self-employed people in the country has grown by nearly 150,000 since 2014 to 8,751,000. In 2016 the number of startup entrepreneurs was 8,602,000. Eighty-five point seven percent of these new founders were over 40 years old.

With the number of people starting their own business growing year on year, now could be the perfect time for you to be launching your own startup. If you have become tired of working from the same office space for a firm that doesn’t fully appreciate your efforts and you can no longer stand the sight of your mediocre boss, it’s time for you to launch your own business venture. Here we tell you how!

Identify your niche and market

With the current marketplace being an extremely competitive one, you should know well what you are trying to achieve by setting up your own business. Understanding the product you will be offering and the audiences you will be targeting will be crucial aspects that you will need to figure out early on in the process. According to several studies conducted over the course of the last few years, 75 percent of venture-backed startups in America fail to see any success. The main reason for this is that the people behind these ambitious projects  underestimate the amount of time it takes for them to see new customers buying their products and services. If you would like for your company to be successful, don’t rush to quick conclusions. Start by writing a proper and carefully designed business plan.

Have an attractive website in place

No business will ever be successful if this doesn’t have a presence on the web. Whether your company sells flowers, books or trips to foreign countries, you need to ensure that its existence is well advertised both online and offline. In order to promote this on the internet, you will first and foremost need a good website that will attract your clients’ attention. The ingredients of a good site are for this to have excellent mobile compatibility, it being accessible to all users, information across it being displayed in a way that is understandable and relevant, having content that loads fast and having efficient navigation. Unless you have coding experience or have at one point designed a website yourself, chances are you will have little idea as to how to create a good and reliable website. If you would like your business to have the presence it deserves on the world wide web, get in touch with these software developers. They will do the job for you!

Market your business

Once you have identified who you will sell your products to and how you will present your business online, it is time to start thinking about marketing your company to the audiences you will be trying to engage. If you are at this stage, it is likely that you will have no or little money to devote to your marketing purposes, but don’t fret, there are myriad ways in which you can advertise your business with no proper funds in place. One of these methods is by having an appropriate social media strategy. Your company is likely to have stories to share on a daily if not weekly basis and the best way to grow your audiences is by making use of social media to drive traffic to your website. An effective social media strategy will see your site receive thousands of visitors every month and if your posts are catchy and contain attractive visuals, you will most likely have returning visitors who are eager to find out more about your services. Don’t be afraid to get your creativity going!

Running your own business is not something that is easy to do. It requires a lot of talent, hard work, determination and a positive attitude to embrace the obstacles that will no doubt pop up along the way. However, if you have the above and are able to commit to running your own business 100 percent, you could become one of the success stories that occur amongst the luckiest of startups in America every year. Put your thinking hat on, start working on that all-important business plan, have a website designed and market your business appropriately through social media in order for yours to become one of the best business ventures this year!

Contributed Post.

If you like what you’ve read here, please let others know of this post, blog, and site.

And thanks for reading!  🙂