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Each piece of the plan should come together to help your business prosper in the years ahead.  \n~~  ~~Description~~ ~~of~~ ~~your~~ ~~business~~  ~~  \nOutline what you do (product/service), and what you’re really good at (competitive advantage). Ensure you answer with details about the markets you target.  \n!  \nTry to think from the customer point of view and describe the benefit you provide. For example, rather than saying ‘we’re a café selling food and drink’the actual benefit for a customer might be ‘somewhere welcoming to sit and  \nre-charge with healthy choices’.  \n~~  ~~Goals~~ ~~and~~ ~~objectives~~  ~~  \nCarefully defined written goals tell you where your business intends to go. Be as specific as you can, such as ‘a 50% increase in sales, or launch two new products, or enter a new market’. For each, have a time-frame.  \n!  \nMore than 80% of small business owners surveyed said they don’t keep track of their business goals, while 77% are yet to achieve their vision for their  \ncompany.  \n~~  ~~Revenue~~ ~~Streams~~  ~~  \nIdentify the different ways that your business earns money. The ways to earn revenue the better. For example: retail, wholesaling, services, subscriptions, online selling, direct sales, online advertising, commissions, partnerships etc.  \n!  \nThe more revenue streams the better, as you open your business to more ways customers can find and pay you.  \n~~  ~~Core~~ ~~competitive~~ ~~advantage~~  ~~  \nA core competitive advantage helps your business differentiate from the competition.  \n!  \nCompare your business with your competitors, and list what makes your business unique and why a customer would buy from your business and not  \nsomeone else.  \n~~  ~~Strengths~~ ~~Weaknesses~~ ~~Opportunities~~ ~~Threats~~ ~~(SWOT)~~  ~~  \nWhen mapping out your business blueprint, a valuable exercise involves writing down your perceived strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats and then managing each to your advantage.  \n!  \nStrengths (build on these) and weaknesses (minimize where you can) are those factors you can usually control whereas opportunities (take advantage when they happen) and threats (avoid at all costs) tend to be external influences outside your control.  \n~~  ~~Cash~~ ~~flow~~ ~~forecast~~   ~~Market~~ ~~research~~  ~~  \nIt’s vital to have an idea of your financial liquidity over a certain time period, say 12 months. Get a plan underway by detailing your cash on hand, receipts and payments and anticipated balances atthe end of each month.  \n!  \nEnsure you include every item and take into account seasonal changes in sales. In addition, plan multiple scenarios such as an optimistic sales forecast and a pessimistic sales forecast.  \nUse a cash flow template to predict ahead.  \nWhether you choose to get customers’ reactions through an online survey or encourage them to fill out amore elaborate questionnaire, quality research can help you understand what your target consumer wants.  \n!  \nBoth primary research (surveys, interviewsand speaking to customers) and secondary research (government statistics, trade publications and information that’s already been gathered) can be useful for improving your business intelligence. Two great questions: ‘what did we do well’, and ‘what can we improve’?  \n~~  ~~Generating~~ ~~leads~~  ~~  \nOutline your best customers (those the easiest to sell to and the most profitable), then describe what are you doing to encourage the ideal lead (online content, referrals, word of mouth,  \nSEO, social, email, web, automation, advertising, direct selling, etc).  \nBarriers you can build  \nYour business plan blueprint should also outline how you’re preventing the chance of direct competition.  \nOutline how you prevent either new entrants or existing competitors taking your customers or entering your market. 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