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It serves as the foundation for marketing and sales planning, including target market demographics, trends, gaps, customer targets, and key competitors plus relevant ecommerce software examples.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":78,"og:type":120,"og:title":59,"og:site_name":91,"og:description":61},"article",{"robots":122,"canonical":78},"index,follow",{"doc_id":124,"site_id":56},354978,1791746934,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":127},{"doc_id":124,"user_id":128,"nickname":88,"user_avatar":60,"doc_module":9,"category_id":8,"category_name":11,"doc_title":59,"doc_description":61,"doc_content":129,"file_id":130,"file_url":131,"file_type":132,"file_size":133,"view_count":8,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":9,"is_downloadable":9,"audit_status":9,"page_count":134,"language":135,"language_code":57,"site_id":56,"html_lang":57,"table_of_contents":136,"faqs":137,"seo_title":138,"seo_description":61,"update_tm":139,"read_time":76},4398046744996,"Eight Steps To An ONLINE Business plan  \nWhen it comes to making a business plan, very often the most difficult part is figuring out where to start. So, commercebuild has developed a Sage online business plan template that will help you to create your very own business plan and move to, or improve online sales! This plan will help you to focus on key parts of your business to ensure that you have considered all necessary processes and components of an online business before you make your digital transformation. This will ensure that you make your transformation into the digital world with confidence, knowing that you have considered everything you need to and that commercebuild is right by your side. We all know that the world is increasingly heading further into the digital realm, so you need to be prepared to make that digital transformation!  \nYour business plan should not just be used to get your business up and running, it should be a document that is used in the day-to-day running of your business. Make it your own! We’ve created this template as a guide to help you get started, but feel free to make it your own with graphs, charts, images, and anything else that helps you to express your vision of what you hope to achieve with your business.  \nLet’s get started  \n1. Executive Summary  \nYour executive summary should be an overview of your business plan and tell your team what they can expect from your business plan. It should highlight what your business intends to do online, how you plan to transition online, and how you will make it a success. Try to keep it short as it should only be a summary of what’s yet to come.  \nTip: You may find it easier to come back to your executive summary once you’ve written  \nthe rest of the plan.  \nThings to Include:  \n A description of your business and why online sales matter  \n Your mission and vision statements  \n A brief history of your business  \n A description of your products and services  \n A brief explanation on how you plan to be successful when you move online  \n Your online business goals  \n2. Your Business  \nYou should be clear in this section about exactly what your business does and where you seeyour business in the future. Be specific. Your aim here is for your reader to have a clear understanding of what your business does currently, using your Sage ERP, as well as how and  \nwhy you plan to move online.  \nTip: Keep this section short-no longer than a paragraph or two. You don’t need to go into details about finance, competition, audience, and market as these will be covered later in  \nthe business plan.  \nThings to include:  \n The history of your business  \n What does your business do and offer?  \n What makes you different in the market?  \n Outline if you're currently have any online marketing or eCommerce activity  \n3. eCommerce Business Goals   \nThis section lays out the goals of your company. You need to demonstrate in this section what your goals are, how you will achieve them, and how success will be measured. You should ensure that you have multiple goals and objectives and show how your short-and mediumterm goals will help you to achieve your long-term goals. The rest of your business plan centers  \naround these goals.  \nTip: Your business goals should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Time-based). Keep your goals ambitious but make sure they are still achievable.  \nThings to Include:  \n SMART Goals- All your goals should be Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, Timebased  \n A combination of short, medium and long-term goals for your business. You should also explain how the short-and medium-term goals will help you to meet your long term goals  \n The clear goals and objectives of your eCommerce business  \n Some but not all financial and sales goals  \n How do you intend to measure your success?  \nShort-term goals  \nWrite your goal here  \nWrite your goal here  \nHow will you achieve this goal?  \nHow will you achieve this goal?  \nMid-term","cbCailS4w4C2dmVk","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCailS4w4C2dmVk","pdf",2025335,8,"English","# Eight Steps To An ONLINE Business plan\n## 1. Executive Summary\n## 2. Your Business\n## 3. eCommerce Business Goals\n## 4. Market Analysis\n## 5. 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