12. 7 Steps to Starting Your Successful Online Business

What are the steps to starting an online business? How do you make sure it’s successful? 

Starting a business is the adventure of a lifetime! We want to make sure you have everything you need and know what you need to get started. In this episode we cover 7 basic steps to getting started:

1. Start with a business idea
2. Conduct market research
3. Build a portfolio
4. Make your business official
5. Plan your finances
6. Know what software you’ll need
7. Marketing

This episode is the beginning of a series of episodes we’re releasing in preparation for our new course, The Beginners Guide to Working and Traveling as a Couple. If you’d like to learn more about business basics through the lens of becoming a digital nomad and working online with your partner, join our waitlist! 

Links/references mentioned in this episode:

• Course Waitlist (join our beta launch for a 50% discount!)
• Nomad Tax
• 63 Ways You Can Make Money While Traveling

Recommended Tools:

• Wells Fargo (business banking)
• Slack + Google Meet (communication software)
• Clickup, Google Calendar, Microsoft To-Do (work/project management software)
• Dubsado (client management software)
• Stripe, Quickbooks, Wave Accounting (finances)
• Showit (website building)

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