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Start Small Win Big: Your Week 1 Action Plan
Editor’s note: This is the first of eight installments for SUCCESS’s 2nd annual Start Small Win Big entrepreneur challenge.
Welcome to the best eight weeks of your small business and welcome to Week 1! Let’s get started with Step 1: Refine your elevator pitch.
This week’s assignment is to prepare five pitches– one that fills 20 seconds, one minute, five minutes, 20 minutes and one hour. Grab the notebook you’ll use to collect your thoughts and assignments for this entrepreneurial challenge, and start writing with our tips below. Comment below with your core outline. Then, we encourage you to record your one minute pitch for the SUCCESS YouTube channel, where you’ll meet your fellow Start Small Win Big contestants. Continue…
- ‘Start Small, Win Big’ 2012 Winner Shares Lessons
by: Tami Provost Who knew this New Hampshire gal’s first trip to New York City would be an all-expense-paid trip by SUCCESS magazine for me to meet Good Morning America’s Tory Johnson? Having attended Tory’s Spark & Hustle event in Boston, I knew I was in for a treat. Her high energy and “spark” during [...]
- Start Small Win Big Challenge 2012 Call for Essays
Don’t forget this Monday, April 30 Monday, May 7 is the final deadline to submit your essay form for the Start Small Win Big entrepreneurial challenge. Visit SUCCESS.com/winbig for the essay submission form. You could win lunch and personal coaching sessions with Good Morning America’s Tory Johnson and SUCCESS Publisher Darren Hardy! Plus, you could be featured in SUCCESS magazine, [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012–The Cliff Notes Version
We’re nearing the end of the SUCCESS Start Small Win Big Challenge and it’s time to start gathering your thoughts for the final essay submission. Before you get test anxiety, don’t worry–we’ve provided a number of tools and links here to help you. Consider this the test review your professor gives before mid-terms. Pre-Contest During registration, [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 12 Action Plan
Congrats! You’ve made it to Week 12 of the Start Small Win Big entrepreneurial challenge. For the final step this week (April 9), read the April 2012 issue for Step 12: Track your time/demand a larger return. Then check your inbox for the April 9 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about preserving your [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 11 Action Plan
For Week 11 (April 2), read the April 2012 issue for Step 11: Identify Collaborators. Then check your inbox for the April 2 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about collaboration. Within your industry, who are potential promotional partners? Be creative, because it may not be obvious at first. Examples: A financial adviser partnering [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 10 Action Plan
For Week 10 (March 26), read the April 2012 issue for Step 10: Pitch the Media. Then check your inbox for the March 26 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about finding and creating media coverage for your small business. That means thinking like a journalist. Here are 8 do’s and don’ts for [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 9 Action Plan
Your Week 9 Action Plan For Week 9 (March 19), read the April 2012 issue for Step 9: Ramp Up Social Media Activity. Then check your inbox for the March 19 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about social media for your small business. Take a look at your social media efforts and evaluate whether [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 8 Action Plan
Your Week 8 Action Plan For Week 8 (March 12), read the March 2012 issue for Step 8: Don’t Reinvent the Wheel. Then check your inbox for the March 12 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about being inspired by what your competitors do well. This week’s assignment is to do some snooping. Let’s [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 7 Action Plan
Your Week 7 Action Plan For Week 7 (Mar. 5), read the March 2012 issue for Step 7: Change Your Environment. Then check your inbox for the Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about creating your perfect, productive work environment. Take a look at our inspiration wall below and use this to get excited [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 6 Action Plan
Your Week 6 Action Plan For Week 6 (Feb. 27), read the March 2012 issue for Step 6: Create a Top 50 List. Then check your inbox for the Feb. 27 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about making your list of top 50 sales prospects or people you’d like to do business with. [...]
- Tory Johnson: What Exactly Do You Do?
You’ve been there before, at a party or picnic or whatever: Ask a stranger what he or she does and 10 minutes later you’re still listening, but your eyes have glazed over because you still don’t have a clue. All you want to say is, “See ya!” If you do that in business — if [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 5 Action Plan
Your Week 5 Action Plan For Week 5 (Feb. 20), read the March 2012 issue for Step 5: Know Who You’re Targeting. Then check your inbox for the Feb. 20 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is about knowing your clients. Think about facts about your product or service that might influence your potential customers. From these [...]
- Start Small, Win Big 2012: Your Wk 4 Action Plan
Your Week 4 Action Plan For Week 4 (Feb. 13), read the February 2012 issue for Step 4: Own Your Destiny. Then check your inbox for the Feb. 13 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is discovering your brand name and create a three-goal strategy to fulfill your brand ideal. Brand Brainstorming What industry [...]
- Start Small, Win Big 2012: Your Wk 3 Action Plan
Your Week 3 Action Plan For Week 3 (Feb. 6), read the February 2012 issue for Step 3: Know Your Numbers—When You’re Down, by How Much and Why. Then check your inbox for the Feb. 6 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is to understand and evaluate your small business’ numbers. Roll your sleeves [...]
- Tory Johnson: Secrets of High-Achieving Entrepreneurs
Ever have those days when you wake up determined to tackle specific challenges? You have the best intentions about all you’re going to accomplish and you can feel the sense of elation that you’re sure you’ll experience. Then the phone rings, the dog barks, someone needs you to drop everything to help with the unexpected. [...]
- Start Small Win Big 2012: Your Wk 1 Action Plan
Your Week 1 Action Plan For Week 1 (Jan. 23), read the February 2012 issue for Step 1: Commit to Your WHY. Then check your inbox for the Jan. 23 Start Small Win Big newsletter. This week’s assignment is to find and confirm your WHY–what does your small business mean to you and why [...]
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