Sample Business Plans

Here are three good sources for FREE sample business plans. The example below was written using "The One Page Business Plan" format.  They both offer business plan templates to make creating your business plans effortless.

• BizPlanIt’s Virtual Business Plan This unique and free on-line resource mirrors the major sections of a business plan - enabling you to point and click your way to the information you need to write and improve your business plan.

The One Page Business Plan

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Sample Business Plan

Vision

• Create a fully automated web based business that vitually runs itself.  Automate the ordering process, product fullfillment, customer service, and web promotion.

• Provide customers with useful accurate information or software at a reasonable price

• Make money 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Mission

• Help other people plan and start an online business

Objectives

• Build a web business that makes at least $10,000 a month.

• Draw at least 1000 visitors a day

• Easy to plan, start, run, and expand

• Automatically get paid

• No employees or boss

• Make my own hours, and work only part time

• Can be run from anywhere

• A stepping stone for bigger, more successful businesses

• A learning tool to gain experience and knowledge about running a business

Strategies

• Provide free useful information to attract people to the website such as free sample business plans.

• Create a professional looking web site that is easy to navigate.  Start by designing a sample or template page.

• Promote the web site by registering with search engines, directories and using banners.

• Make money with the web site with affiliate programs (links that pay you cash).

• Make money by selling information or software.

• Track my web traffic to learn what and how to improve the web site.

Plans: 5 Steps To Success

Step 1: Do Your Homework (1st week)

• Learn as much as you can about what sells well on the internet.

• Choose a product or service to sell.

• Find 3 examples of competitors web sites, what did they do right and wrong.

• Find 3 examples of web sites that have the look you want.

• Find useful information that will draw people to your web site.

• Write your business plan.

Step 2: Build A Web Site (2nd week)

• Write the text of the web site (check spelling, grammar, accuracy, & links).

• Add graphics (don't over do it, must load in less than 30 seconds).

• Add a descriptive title and meta tags to every page to draw customers.

• Find a place to host your web site.

• Use FTP to transfer the web page to the internet.

• Verify that everything works online

Step 3: Register with an online billing company (3rd week)

• Find a company that has a secure web site and accepts credit cards.

Step 4: Promote Your Web Site (4th week)

• Register the web site with the search engines (www.selfpromotion.com).

• Register the web site with directories (focus on getting listed in Yahoo).

• Use banner exchange

• Use newsgroups and mailing lists.

Step 5: Look For New Opportunities (5th week)

• Figure out at least 3 ways to improve your web site.

• Use software to evaluate your web site traffic (find your strengths & weaknesses).

• Find 3 new ways to increase your web site traffic.

• Develop a new plan for creating more wealth on the internet