DIGITAL STARTUP SOCIETY BLOG — Building Your Business Around Your Lifestyle

Sometimes when you’re learning how to reach your audience while establishing expertise, it can get overwhelming thinking about all the ways you can accomplish it. While considering all the possibilities and the potential, you may start getting anxious thinking that you’ll never have time to do it all and, by the way, you really hate public speaking. Then your confidence is shot because you feel like you’re going to fail because you can’t do everything.    But the truth is, there really is only one way to reach your audience, and that is to generate content.    Content is king....

People love to say that there is no shortcut to business success. However, there is a shortcut to learning how to be successful in business. The simplest way is to find the person who is already successful in doing what you want to do and then follow the leader.   Find the people who are experiencing the success you desire and learn from them. They’ve already done the research, and they already know what to do. They’ve made the mistakes and learned from them. Now they can pass that knowledge on to you. This is one reason franchising work so...

The world is on information overload. You can turn the TV on or turn on your computer 24 hours a day and find new information about almost any topic you can imagine. Because of this, it’s natural that you’re going to find a lot of different opinions out there that may or may not be based on fact. For this reason, it’s imperative that you never let other people dictate your path to success.    Manage Shiny Object Syndrome   Distractions are everywhere. Every day, a new software is born that promises to make your funnels work automatically. Every day,...

One of the best parts of building your own business is the fact that you get to change your mind when you want to. If you thought you’d love doing something, but it turns out you hate it, guess what? You can change your mind and do something else, hire someone to do it for you, or just not do it at all.   ow wonderful is that?    However, this freedom also leads to a huge danger for anyone who is trying to build a business that runs itself and helps them live the lifestyle they desire so much. Being...

When you become a business owner, one thing becomes clear fast. You’ll never get all the work done. Ever. Never ever. Let’s repeat that again for the people in the back. There is no possible way as a business owner that you’ll ever be done with the work that needs to be done. Because of this, you need to go into your business with your eyes wide open and with your boundaries intact.    Create a Dedicated Workspace   It really doesn’t matter if it’s your kitchen table or a full-fledged office, it’s important that when you go to work...