Your 7 Step Personal Service Business Plan
What Kinds of Businesses Benefit From the Personal Service Business Plan? There are without doubt thousands and thousands of different kinds of personal service businesses. One might even argue that EVERY business is a personal service business. Here are just a few:
| Auto repair service Auto painting service Truck rental and leasing Auto rental Chauffeur service Limousine service Trailer rental Funeral services Barber shops Men's salons Color consultant Diet consultant Diet center Hair weaving or replacement Tattoo parlor Steam bath service Turkish bath |
Cosmetology services Manicurist Hairdressers Carpet and upholstery cleaning Coin operated laundry Commercial laundry Laundry and garment services Optometry services Horse care Dog training service Tour operator Sightseeing company Tourist agency Trail guide Rafting tours Water taxis |
Each of these businesses, and thousands more, depend on this
business plan to snag the funding they need:
Service business plans do more than help raise financing, although they certainly do that. They also help structure the business for greatest success, and help define its real mission. There are a million different kinds of personal service businesses -- some large, some small, some with high hopes. Whatever your style, there are three things that you will need to get your business plan in shape for financing:
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Your workbook.
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Your business plan template |
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Excel spreadsheets |
All that, and more, in your Service Business Plan!
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WRITING SERVICE BUSINESS PLANS: TARGET, TARGET, TARGET
Service businesses are truly unique. Many are one person powerhouses, and others employ thousands of people (think "international fitness club"). While the funding strategy will vary dramatically for each, there are a few truisms that hold fast.
TARGET YOUR LENDER / INVESTOR
While there are truly dozens, if not hundreds, of funding options, very few of those will apply for your business. Determine which one will work best for your circumstances, and target that entity. "Targeting" means finding out everything you can about that bank/lender before ever meeting them, even establishing a relationship beforehand if you can. The better you know "your person", the better the reception for your business plan.
TARGET YOUR CLIENT
There is no way to be everything to everyone. Really know who your client is, and how to reach that client base.
If there is one mistake that most businesses make, it is in falsely identifying their core target base. And, once you've got it tied down, demonstrate your thought process to your lender. Show him how you arrived at your conclusions, not just the final numbers themselves. Your service business plan will stand head and shoulders above the others with this one technique.
TARGET YOUR ONLINE MARKET
Very few businesses can thrive without a strong online presence. Claim your space on the web and make it work for you. It is easy to put in hundreds of hours on a website; it is harder to make those hours really count. Make yours count.
We can't guarantee your success in your service business, but we can provide everything in our arsenal to help you on the way. Your success is now up to you.
Your personal service business plan will come together quickly with all the resources that we have included.
I wish we could sit at your elbow and help each and every one of
you create a great personal service business plan. But
since that isn't possible, this is a pretty darn good option.
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Customer Reviews of the Personal Service Business Plan
Overall rating: (4.8 out of a possible 5 stars). Here's a sampling:
Maysaa. "As a foreign language teacher, i wasn't sure a formal business plan would help me, but it really has. Most importantly, I think, I've been able to expand my business so that it covers the world. I have clients now that I never expected to have. And I have the resources I need to help them."
Deidre D'Angelou. ""I never suspected that my secretarial service would grow so rapidly that i would have to hire employees. But here I am, with two new employees. the expenses just piled up -- desks, phone lines, computers, insurance, etc. When I put the whole thing into a comprehensible business plan, I got enough financing to get everything running smoothly."
YOUR REVIEW OF THE PERSONAL SERVICE BUSINESS PLAN
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