How to Create a Free Business PlanIn Feburary 2016 30,

In Feburary 2016 30,
Gather the data for each section of your business plan. The seven sections are the executive summary, company summary, product or service, market analysis, strategy, executive team and financial analysis. The executive summary is the first section of your business plan. It is a summation of everything in your plan. You will compose it last. Complete the remaining sections in any order that works for you.
Craft a company summary. It is the basic description of your company. Describe its product or service, its history, legal name and length of time in business. If your business is a start-up include future plans. Office locations and/ or manufacturing plants need to be included.
Compose your products and services section. Focus on the customer benefits of your product. Communicate why your product is unique and who will purchase it. Describe any problems it will solve for customers. Include what makes it better than the competition. For example, the light bulb is a big improvement over candlelight. Also describe how you manufacture and distribute your product.
Put together the market analysis portion of the plan. Describe your customers and how you plan to reach them. Include your advertising, promotion and product distribution plans. Explain the difference between you and your competition and describe why your product is better.
Do your strategy section. Create a sales and distribution time-line for your business with deadlines. Explain how you will accomplish and track these goals. List management responsible for the various goals.
Craft the financial portion of the plan. List assets, cash flow information and earning projections. Include a projected profit and loss table.
Do the management team portion of your plan. Describe the previous experience and successes of the members of your executive team. Include this section even if you are the only executive.
Executive Summary and Final Product
Compose your executive summary. Briefly summarize each of the previous segments. Emphasize only the main points and be concise. Tom Berry, president and founder of Palo Alto Software and industry leader BPlans.com recommends executive summaries be only one page. Your executive summary is the first thing someone reads on your business plan. Make them want to read more.
Put all the previous sections together in one document. The executive summary is first. The order of the other sections is up to you.
Proofread your plan. Make sure you have included all pertinent information. If you can, have a friend or colleague proofread it as well. Make appropriate changes.
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How to Host Your Own DomainIn Feburary 2016 30,

In Feburary 2016 30,
Download a Web server. This is usually necessary since Windows doesn't come with a default Web server. Apache is a good program, but you can also download ABYSS, which is a free program that you can download (see Resources).
Read the documentation that is included with ABYSS to familiarize yourself with the program. This is only necessary if you've never used ABYSS, or if you do not have Apache on your system.
Visit the No-IP website (see Resources). Set up an account while you are on this page. Choose the domain name you want to use.
Download the No-IP client. Click on the Windows operating system download. Download the program and then install it.
Fill in the information the program asks for. Make sure the program runs after installing it. Once all of your information is entered, your IP address will resolve to the domain you chose, which should be something like xxxxxx.hostnameofserver.com (where xxxxxx is the name you chose).
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How to Install an IPB on a Go Daddy Hosted SiteIn Feburary 2016 18,

In Feburary 2016 18,
Launch your FTP software (e.g. CyberDuck for Macs or Fetch for PCs.) Connect the FTP software to your GoDaddy web server using the FTP information found in your GoDaddy registration email and on your GoDaddy account page.
Double-click the IPB zip file included with the Invision Power Board software from Invision Power Services. Your operating system will automatically unpack the file and present you with a folder.
Drag the folder onto the FPT software's window to upload it to your GoDaddy web hosting server's root drive. Wait for the upload process to complete. Depending on the speed of your Internet connection, this may take several minutes.
Launch a new window in your web browser. Navigate to the IPB installation page by typing http://yoursiteaddress.com/forum/install/index.php. Replace 'yoursiteaddress.com' with the actual domain name for your website. The IPB welcome screen will appear.
Click the 'Next' button to review the IPB terms of service. Click on the check box next to 'I Agree' and click 'Next' again. Complete each form as it is presented to you. For example, enter the name of your MySQL database and password (listed in your GoDaddy account page under 'MySQL').
Click 'Start Installation'. The IPB software will automatically install itself. Close the window when complete.
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