Do you have a human-Interaction plan in place?
| Category: Net Business Start ups | Date: 2003-04-16 |
So you are ready to take the plunge. You got it all figured out. You have been reading all the business start-up newsletters, you got an idea; you have saved a little cash to last a few months - just in case your baby takes a little longer to start walking and then running. You have been talking to yourself, on the exact lines you want to tell your boss, when you quit that day job next month. Its all set. You are going furniture shopping next weekend.
Hold your horses. Are you planning to go at it alone? Dont you think you need other people around it to make your venture a success? No matter what everybody says, business is team work. You work with employees, customers, professionals and other human beings to run your business. Be it in person-to-person or electronic communication, you will in touch with the rest of the mankind. Have you considered your human-interaction plan for the business? Follow the following 7 tips to establish a strong team working attitude with respect for others.
1.Dont burn ANY bridges - Dont throw that resignation letter in your managers face after giving him a piece of your mind. Hes still "a" manager and tomorrow he could be a decision maker at a potential customer of yours.
2.Respect people. Respect your employees, customers, peers and other people you work with. Respect their abilities and weaknesses. Compliment them on their strengths and overlook their foibles. If you want them to have a high regard for your abilities and skills, you have to display the same towards them.
3.Before you quit you day job, make sure everybody know that you are going into business for yourself. Let them feel that you really enjoyed working with them and would really love to do it again some day (It could really happen, in ways you cant even think of now).If you are in a related business, discuss the possibility of working out a co-op deal with them. Its always better to discuss these while you are still an employee than when you are an ex-employee.
4.Consider the product or service that you are planning to provide. Why do you want to do it? Do you think that theres a genuine need out there that you can fill? If you dont think you are filling a need-void of your customers, but plan to use "aggressive marketing" to "sell" your goodies - you are not respecting yourcustomers. You might sell a little, could make a little money, but it wont last long. There *has* to be value in what you are providing.
5.Have you identified the skills that you lack but are essential to the success to your business? If you think you can do it all, you are deluding yourself. Create your team. Get the best-you-can-afford person for each of the specialized skills that you need. You could work out different business deals with each of them - but make sure that all of you can work independently as well as together without stepping on each others toes.
6.Take ego out of your vocabulary. I have seen smart people with great ideas falling out because they could not keep their egos under control. Think before you act. If you think you cant work with a particular person, dont bring him into your team to start with. Its not always possible to realize this in advance, but do your due diligence.
7.Can you work with other people in the same competing-domain in a strategic way? What I mean is, can you simultaneously work with them, while competing at the same time, without jeopardizing a professional and decent relationship? Its a tough game even for the best and its always good to have a strategy in mind.
One argument I have heard is from those who call themselves "Internet Marketers". They presume that since most communication is via electronic means, human interaction is not an issue. What about the subscribers to your newsletter, or the customers of your ebook or members of your paid web sites? They are people too. Show them lack of respect by peddling goods and services of little value, making inconsistent and impractical claims or misleading them into buying-and you will lose them forever.
"Respect" is the word to keep in mind..
About the Author
Nadin Rath is an Industrial and Hi-tech copywriter and freelance writer. You can subscriber to his newsletter on practical info and tips on Marketing, copywriting and business success by send an email to diary@inkscribe.com. Visit his web site at inkscribe.com
nadin@inkscribe.com
http://www.inkscribe.com
Hold your horses. Are you planning to go at it alone? Dont you think you need other people around it to make your venture a success? No matter what everybody says, business is team work. You work with employees, customers, professionals and other human beings to run your business. Be it in person-to-person or electronic communication, you will in touch with the rest of the mankind. Have you considered your human-interaction plan for the business? Follow the following 7 tips to establish a strong team working attitude with respect for others.
1.Dont burn ANY bridges - Dont throw that resignation letter in your managers face after giving him a piece of your mind. Hes still "a" manager and tomorrow he could be a decision maker at a potential customer of yours.
2.Respect people. Respect your employees, customers, peers and other people you work with. Respect their abilities and weaknesses. Compliment them on their strengths and overlook their foibles. If you want them to have a high regard for your abilities and skills, you have to display the same towards them.
3.Before you quit you day job, make sure everybody know that you are going into business for yourself. Let them feel that you really enjoyed working with them and would really love to do it again some day (It could really happen, in ways you cant even think of now).If you are in a related business, discuss the possibility of working out a co-op deal with them. Its always better to discuss these while you are still an employee than when you are an ex-employee.
4.Consider the product or service that you are planning to provide. Why do you want to do it? Do you think that theres a genuine need out there that you can fill? If you dont think you are filling a need-void of your customers, but plan to use "aggressive marketing" to "sell" your goodies - you are not respecting yourcustomers. You might sell a little, could make a little money, but it wont last long. There *has* to be value in what you are providing.
5.Have you identified the skills that you lack but are essential to the success to your business? If you think you can do it all, you are deluding yourself. Create your team. Get the best-you-can-afford person for each of the specialized skills that you need. You could work out different business deals with each of them - but make sure that all of you can work independently as well as together without stepping on each others toes.
6.Take ego out of your vocabulary. I have seen smart people with great ideas falling out because they could not keep their egos under control. Think before you act. If you think you cant work with a particular person, dont bring him into your team to start with. Its not always possible to realize this in advance, but do your due diligence.
7.Can you work with other people in the same competing-domain in a strategic way? What I mean is, can you simultaneously work with them, while competing at the same time, without jeopardizing a professional and decent relationship? Its a tough game even for the best and its always good to have a strategy in mind.
One argument I have heard is from those who call themselves "Internet Marketers". They presume that since most communication is via electronic means, human interaction is not an issue. What about the subscribers to your newsletter, or the customers of your ebook or members of your paid web sites? They are people too. Show them lack of respect by peddling goods and services of little value, making inconsistent and impractical claims or misleading them into buying-and you will lose them forever.
"Respect" is the word to keep in mind..
About the Author
Nadin Rath is an Industrial and Hi-tech copywriter and freelance writer. You can subscriber to his newsletter on practical info and tips on Marketing, copywriting and business success by send an email to diary@inkscribe.com. Visit his web site at inkscribe.com
nadin@inkscribe.com
http://www.inkscribe.com
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