On this episode of WPwatercooler we discuss treating your WordPress business as a real business and not a hobby. Treat it like a real business and you’ll being in more clients, make more money and gain a higher level or respect with your clients. Show airs Sept 1 at 11am PDT / 2pm EDT / 7PM UTC [LISTATTENDEES event_identifier=”wp102-your-wordpress-business-its-not-a-hobby-september-1-2014-5-5403d921cc” show_gravatar=”true”]
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EP102 – Your WordPress business: it’s not a hobby – Sept 1 2014
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2 responses to “EP102 – Your WordPress business: it’s not a hobby – Sept 1 2014”
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Hey guys, this was only the 2nd episode I have watched – I am just bringing my Agency (ChurchBuzz) into the WordPress world! Woohoo! But I have been in “business” for 20 years this October… about 5 years ago (lol) I FINALLY figured out what a “business” is and even though I had built up my business to a staff of 11 people twice – I realized I didn’t have a “business” after 13 years after we incorporated.
I would say to you each that being a freelancer in any way, at any rate is NOT a business. My definition of a business (that I learned from the E-Myth book) is a standalone ENTITY that takes in leads as input and produces cash as output AND DOES NOT DEPEND ON THE BUSINESS OWNER to do this…
In other words, if you can’t sell it, then it ain’t a business… look at it this way… even if you are charging $500 an hour, but you don’t have any repeatable business processes that take a lead, turn them into a customer (hopefully on a recurring revenue stream) and produce a profit – that someone ELSE could easily step in and do, then you don’t have a business…
What you all are calling a “hobby” I would just call a “job”… you are doing jobs for people, whether it is full time or part time it is just a “job”… it doesn’t become a business until it is a “thing” that makes money even when you are on vacation, or if you get sick, or if you turn the reigns over to someone else.
If you want to build a business, you have to commit to learning how to be a “business owner”, not a more skilled WP developer or what not…
(BTW, I sell church websites, not business classes, lol)
Love the show! Hope this is helpful and would love to “hangout” with you guys sometime… As I learn more about WP I plan to become more involved in the great WP Community…
Patrick Steil
@churchbuzz
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