{"id":1211,"date":"2012-12-10T14:27:47","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T14:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.invoiceberry.com\/?p=1211"},"modified":"2014-03-03T12:27:51","modified_gmt":"2014-03-03T12:27:51","slug":"five-common-small-business-mistakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/five-common-small-business-mistakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Five Common Small Business Mistakes"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Any successful business owner out there will likely tell you that they failed at one point or another. When you\u2019re just starting out owning and running a business it can be quite easy to make mistakes, but that\u2019s okay. The famous saying \u201cYou learn from your mistakes\u201d remains true, even in the business world. Now, there are a few things that a lot of business owners do that are considered newbie mistakes, and I\u2019m going to address some of those now. These are some of the most common mistakes that small business owners make when they\u2019re first starting out.<\/p>\n

Lack of a business plan<\/h2>\n

I can\u2019t tell you how many times I\u2019ve seen businesses with great ideas fall short, only because they never put a business plan into play. You can have the greatest idea in the world, but it won\u2019t amount to anything if you don\u2019t have a strategy to back it up.<\/p>\n

Lack of competition analysis<\/h2>\n

You may have heard the saying \u201cKnow your enemy.\u201d This is especially relevant when it comes to running a small business. You need to know your competitors like the back of your hand. Find out what they\u2019re selling, where they\u2019re getting it from, how much they\u2019re selling it for and if you can sell it cheaper!<\/p>\n

Giving up before you\u2019ve started<\/h2>\n

It\u2019s really sad to see a great idea go down the toilet when a business faces a problem. Many first time business owners get discouraged very easily when things aren\u2019t going their way. In order to run a successful business, you need to make sure that you stick it out, even when things are rough.<\/p>\n

Taking on too much at once<\/h2>\n

While it\u2019s great to want to get a lot of things done; the sad reality is that this can be very problematic if you don\u2019t pace yourself. A lot of people will try to do 200 things at once and only end up completing 2. You have to remember you get what you put in and if you\u2019re rushing everything because you\u2019re trying to take it all on at once, it\u2019s going to lead to failure.<\/p>\n

Not expanding your business<\/h2>\n

Small business owners need to keep their sights set on the moon. The more aspirations you have, the more likely your business is going to grow. You should constantly be making an effort in order to expand the reach of your company as well as your profits.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Any successful business owner out there will likely tell you that they failed at one point or another. When you\u2019re just starting out owning and running a business it can be quite easy to make mistakes, but that\u2019s okay. The famous saying \u201cYou learn from your mistakes\u201d remains true, even in the business world. Now, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[57,58,6],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/business_mistakes.jpg?fit=3000%2C2250&ssl=1","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5m6q6-jx","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1211"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1289,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1211\/revisions\/1289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.invoiceberry.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}