Stuck In Startup Limbo: How To Be Effective Today

Startup limbo strikes 99% of those striking out with their own businesses at some point. This is when you know you want to do your own thing but you just haven’t defined a product or service yet or you are stuck waiting for web developers or designers to roll out your website.

This does not mean your momentum should stall or that you have to sit idle and wait. You could be waiting for weeks and then before you know it a year has passed and you still haven’t gotten your idea off the ground or made any progress. You don’t have many years to burn like this!

Instead, use this valuable time for setting an incredible foundation and developing a structure that will enable you to roll out and endless array of choices of products and services and make sales from day one of your official launch.

How? You can create an amazing and massive customer base as well as form strategic connections right now utilizing a wide variety of online and even offline social networks. Get out to local networking events, start building out your social media profiles and start a blog.

Even if you plan on using or are waiting for fancy custom images and profiles designs, tools or apps you can begin building your following today. Why wait? They will just be even more impressed when you upgrade. This is the perfect time for expanding on your social networking connections as later you will find many more demands on your time. Get started on Facebook, LinkedIn, Ecademy, Xing, Twitter, Stumble Upon, Google+ and more.

Start posting updates and information and interacting with followers and fans. It is actually much better this way as you really are not selling. You are truly providing value and using these platforms as they are meant to be – for real networking. This will help you establish yourself as an authority and expert in your field, help develop your personal brand and enable people to get to know, like and trust you.

Then when you do have a product or service ready to sell it is an easy transition and you are their natural choice to do business with and listen to. This means instant sales. If you are still stuck on specifics, even better just ask your followers! They will tell you exactly what they want and need and what they are willing to pay for it so that you can tailor design the perfect solution that will result in immediate orders or even pre-orders.

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