Starting Your Soulful Business | Good Fronds

So, you’ve decided to take the step and create your own soulful business? This may have been an idea in the making for some time, or you’ve just decided that you want to get a bit more of a balance between working and home life. You want to start a soulful business, your very own dream venture full of soul. However you may have reached this point, it may be the time to start thinking about how you are going to put your dreams and ideas into action. So here are some tips and ideas that will guide you in starting your own soulful business…

Purposeful Planning

When it comes to your business, firstly you need a plan. You need purposeful planning. You need to establish what the purpose of your business is and who it’s going to serve. This is why a business plan is so important. It can outline not just the next twelve months, but also the next few years and help you guide your business in the right way. Investors look for this to be detailed and informative, and it can certainly help you get the investment you need to move your business forward. You don’t need to pay for someone to do it. You also need to register your business and part of your plan should be clear about what sort of business you will be. You might not understand the different formations, such as ‘What is a Limited liability partnership?’, but it’s a critical step to research and plan for. There are plenty of templates online to help you structure your business plan by yourself if that is something that you would rather do. If anything, it helps you to be in-tune and purposeful with the direction you want your business to take.

Align Your Message

The next thing you may want to think about is how you might want to showcase your business online. The online world is fast becoming the place where people not only want the information but they also want the opportunity to purchase items or order services. You want to ensure your message is aligned across all digital platforms. So you may want to start working on your website if you haven’t done so already. In today’s modern world, your website needs to be quick at uploading and responsive. It needs to be attractive with all the relevant information. You also need to ensure that you are advertising your business through social media channels. Making sure that you are appealing to your audience, providing value without appearing too focused on sales posts.

Think Local

Sounds counterintuitive in todays global economy. However, starting advertising and connecting with people locally is an excellent way to build up your business. Focus on your local community, this could provide an excellent opportunity as you may be the only business in your area doing what you do. You could attend events, connect and collaborate on sponsorships or even pop-up shops. Even if you’re just starting out selling your products, you can easily make sales or place orders if you get a card reader. You could also look at different ways to ensure that you make the most of the local audience that you have. Associate your business with local charities and give back to those around you.

Soulful Business

Building a soulful business means developing meaningful connections. Networking can be a great way to try and help expand your business in an authentic way, with real soul. Not only does it give you the chance to collaborate and work with different people, but it also gives you the chance to meet like-minded people in similar situations to yourself. Working from home, or on your own business can be quite isolating, so it can be a great to be out with people and discuss business, trends and also make contacts.

Thoughtful Future

Keeping the future in mind is paramount to the sustainability of your business. It is always going to be good to think about your future of the business and what the next steps might be for you. This can include things like whether you plan on expanding, be that with your products or your services, or whether you plan to open up a business location or even a shop. It could be that you have plans to improve the ethical standards of your business, hire people, or expand into different areas. Thinking about the future and the next steps helps you to make the waves to get there when the time is right.

Mindful Time Management

Being mindful about your time management is so important. When you start off, or indeed work on your soulful business, you have a lot of responsibility. It is important early on to place a value on your time, and then consider outsourcing areas that you won’t be best suited with. It might also be worth looking at the way you manage your time at home when working and taking on mindful time management hacks and techniques to help you get through other things that need to be done. We can all be distracted at times, so this can provide you with decent methods and techniques to make the most out of your working hours.

Let’s hope these tips help you when it comes to creating your soulful business venture.