I would like to call to attention the incredible masses of struggling actors, up-and-coming musicians, starving artists, inspired dancers, and otherwise overwhelmingly determined men, women, and children everywhere.
There is a powerful secret used by many other determined individuals that can provide a clear path to success. This secret, guarded by a broad range of tight-lipped, successful pizza shop owners, dry cleaners, lawn care professionals, hardware shop owners, florists, and even used car dealers, continues to escape nearly every person engaging in a creative profession.
The secret…? They all have a plan!
Successful businesses are most easily built with a business plan that defines initial goals and outlines the series of logical steps that a business owner will take to reach those goals. This is pretty basic stuff for most conventional business owners.
Unfortunately, when it comes to folks entering a long list of creative or artistic occupations, many of the basic concepts of starting a successful business are absent.
Whether you’re a voice actor, comedian, painter, or any other creative type, if part of your goal is income, you can give yourself a tremendous advantage by recognizing that you are, in effect, starting your own business. Once you have a firm grasp on that basic reality, you can begin to use the same methods that have helped countless other unassuming small business owners build their long-term success.
Your Plan:
Creating a basic business plan is quite straightforward. You can begin with a single page. In this case, however, you’ll start at the bottom with your goal. Your goal should be something relatively short term, perhaps something you would like to accomplish within the first 6 months or year of your business. Once you’ve set your goal, you can then move back to the top of the page and begin to write down the steps you will take to move toward your goal. This is your basic business plan.
As you move forward you will add new steps, and eliminate steps that you find less effective. Once you begin to achieve success, you will also update your goal itself.
Keep this in mind: success becomes much easier to reach once you define it, and reaching your goal is much more likely when working from a plan for success.
David Bourgeois is the President and Creative Director of Voice Coaches, a company dedicated to voice over and professional communication training throughout the US, Canada, and abroad. His professional production credits include work for Discovery Network, HGTV, TLC, and the WE Network. Resources: Article Source:http://www.articlesbase.com/small-business-articles/plan-on-success-1040245.html
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