Starting your own business doesn’t have to be overwhelming. By following these five essential steps, you can set yourself up for success:

  1. SWOT Analysis: Identify your Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats to ensure your business idea is viable.
  2. Canva Business Plan: Use this simple one-page business model to clarify your target audience, revenue streams, and key activities.
  3. Online Marketing: Build your presence through social media, SEO, and email marketing to attract and engage customers.
  4. Sales: Master the art of overcoming objections and closing deals—your business won’t survive without selling.
  5. Business Registration & GST/HST: Get legal by registering your business and ensuring you meet tax requirements.

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SkillsBoost gives you essential buwiness skills to get ahead in business. After 40 years in advertising and marketing, and 5 years teaching business and sales courses at a local Toronto College, I founded SkillsBoost to help solo business owners, sole proprietors, and business professionals improve their performance. Our core online courses help you manage time and projects more effectively, create your own unique value proposition and help you overcome objections when presenting your business and ideas.

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