Small Business Development Help

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Part of the Practical Manifestations Project is about starting an online business from scratch and sharing our story with others that can benefit from hearing about our experiences.  The project is an idea we are manifesting into reality and so we offer the story as an anecdote of successful manifesting.  Hopefully others can gain from our perspective.

We are marketing a book through the web site. Having never started an online business before, I like to share information that we come across that could be helpful to others that have businesses of their own. Practical Manifestations uses the Law of Attraction to bring things into our lives that we desire by creating an intent, believing it is possible to achieve, and coordinating our thoughts, words and actions with the intent.

I was researching online the other day for marketing consultants. I see a decent amount of traffic visiting the web page for the book, but I wanted to increase the number of actual sales from people viewing the page. When I looked up Rhode Island marketing consultants, I found a free service offered by Johnson and Wales University called Rhode Island Small Business Development Center. I met with them on Thursday and they were very helpful. We discussed putting together a focus group to take a survey of what they think about the book I wrote and the web site. I intend to give a presentation to the focus group prior to the survey.

The center has a program where Johnson and Wales University students work with small business owners to develop marketing strategies, and work on anything that will help to build the business. They work with the business owner but they do not manage the business for them. The center also offers seminars on various small business development topics. If anyone is starting a small business or manages a small business, I would definitely suggest looking into whether or not a similar small business development center is available in their area.

My first step is to better refine my business plan including an Introduction, Marketing Summary, Operations Summary, Financial Management Summary, and Executive Summary. I’ll keep you posted as the story unfolds.

Link to RI Small Business Development Center www.risbdc.org/

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