Finding the Right Help for Your Online Business

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The stats say that 90% of home based startups will flop before 12 months have passed. I'm writing this in hopes of inspiring you to not let that happen!

You'll find why you shouldn't really be surfing the internet for business advice and why one-on-one consultation with an online business professional is the only answer to a slump. Don't worry though this won't cost you an arm and a leg!

My task is to inspire home based and online business owners to either keep going through the hard times, reassess or prepare to sell. Walking away is not an option.

It's a harsh moment when you come to the point where you think the only option is to give up.  You likely started that business with big expectations, a dream of financial freedom, or grand hopes for the future. Before you think of walking away, give it one last chance (by emailing me for business advice) and remember the reasons why you first started your business. 

Giving Up Your Home Based or Online Business...

It's always best to have an exit plan in case things don't work out but you should never completely give up on your home business.

Smart alternatives are to rework it, rewrite the mission, change the focus to make your business more profitable or less time consuming - or at least salvage it for sale.

There is never a good reason to let a home based business sink into oblivion.

Here's an example from one of my subscribers last week (July 2007). She'd started a home based business but wasn't seeing much money from it after 6 months of advertising and struggling to get customers and turn a profit. Trust me on this, the business she'd started is not a business you'd ever want to be in, and for the life of me I don't know why she ever began...

As I said, after 6 months she was ready to pack it in. Should she throw in the towel and walk away? Not as far as I was concerned! She was already on her way to establishing her name and credibility in her market and community! Plus, she loved the business idea.

She just needed to rewrite a more profitable business plan, change her income streams and stick with the primary market she'd originally targeted.

Advice for a Failing Business

In order to take any of the steps I suggest above (before walking away from a business), you need to know how to plan - or you need to find someone (a business consultant) who has been around the block with a home or online business before.

For years I have been offering free advice for failing or struggling business and I have helped hundreds of people through phone, personal and email support - not to mention the books I have published.

What's really important to note here is that bad advice and information on home business survival run rampant online. Keep in mind that:

• Not all advice fits all business models.
• A lot of the advice online is years old and may not even apply in today's marketplace.
• Most people talking about business online have never run a business! Scary isn't it? These people read that giving business advice, selling business ebooks, and positioning themselves as an expert were the way to make money online. 

Will I be able to shed some light on your business? Offer you sound business advice? Provide you with a fair assessment or smart, next steps to take?

There's only one way to find out...

I'm only ever just an email away or phone call away. You can leave an introductory note here  - contact Laura Childs, telling me a little about your business and we'll take it from there.