TAKE ACTION: THE SEVEN-STEP ACTION PLAN TO CREATING A WILDLY SUCCESSFUL ONLINE BUSINESS

Successful entrepreneurs don't emerge from the womb already formed and ready to go. As you've seen, they, like most people, had to start from scratch and claw their way up, rung by rung, to get to where they are today.

So what's next for you on your journey to online entrepreneurship fabulous-ness?

Are you keen to take that hobby, passion or idea and turn it into an online business? I encourage you to say ‘yes!', because if you don't, someone else will. In this dog-eat-dog world of online business, you've got to move fast. Ideas are a dime a dozen but it's the execution that counts, so do something about it now.

Maybe you're already online but just need a boost and some clarity on what you're doing and why and what needs to happen next.

7-step action plan

No matter where you are on the timeline of your online ‘journey', this seven-step action plan mirrors what we covered in the book and will help you get going. While you review it, take a pen and start jotting down some of the ideas that come to mind. This will form the basis of your ‘next step'. You don't have to do everything right now, but you do have to do something.

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