Not sure how to start an online business from scratch? You’re not missing a business degree – you’re missing a starting point, and you don’t need to wait until you have a business plan to begin!
In this episode, I’m walking you through the actual steps to starting an online business – no fluff, no 50-page online business plan required. Whether you’re exploring online business ideas for beginners or you already have an idea and need to know what to sell online, this episode gives you the foundation you actually need.
In this episode:
00:00 – How to Start an Online Business Using Skills You Already Have
03:59 – What to Sell Online: How to Build Your Core Offer
07:42 – How to Identify Your Ideal Customer Avatar
09:13 – Do You Actually Need an Online Business Plan?
What we cover:
- Why is it easier to start a business from scratch when you build around skills you already have?
- What does selling online actually mean – and why picking one thing beats trying to be known for everything?
- How to identify your ideal customer avatar so your marketing speaks to the right people?
- Why an online business plan is a myth – and the three things you actually need before you launch?
- Why doesn’t the question of how to start selling online need to wait until everything is perfect?
If you’ve been wondering how to start an online business, this episode gives you the three things you actually need – and strips out everything you don’t. Want to work through all three steps with me live? Join the free Freedom Business Bootcamp – I’ll help you figure out what to sell online, who to sell it to, and give you a three-day action plan for starting an online business for real. Join here: https://onlinebusinessschool.itssophiebiggerstaff.com/registration-page
About The Freedom Method Podcast:
The Freedom Method Podcast is for women on a journey to find freedom through online business.
Whether you’re still stuck in a corporate 9-5, wondering how you can navigate the transition from employee to entrepreneur, or you’ve already made the leap to becoming a female entrepreneur, but your business is feeling anything but free – this podcast is designed to help you create a better work life balance by building an online business that is set up for you to achieve your freedom business goals.
The Freedom Method Podcast is hosted by Sophie Biggerstaff – online business coach, strategist, mentor, and founder of the Freedom Business Model Method – each episode explores how to build an online business that works for you, not one you work for!
Subscribe for real female entrepreneur stories, freedom business inspiration, practical work life balance strategies, and conversations about online business.
Freedom isn’t just a fantasy – but you do need the right method to create it!
Find your starting point:
🔍 Want to go from employee to entrepreneur, but stuck on which online business to start? Take the FREE Freedom Seekers Quiz to find out which type of online business model suits your freedom business goals: https://onlinebusinessschool.itssophiebiggerstaff.com/freedom-seekers-quiz
📖 Ready to quit your 9-5 and start an online business? Grab the Freedom Founders Playbook – the roadmap I wish I’d had when I began my own freedom business journey: https://onlinebusinessschool.itssophiebiggerstaff.com/freedom-founder-playbook
🎓 Already a Female Entrepreneur building an online business, but feeling stuck? Explore ways to work with me and create more work life balance: https://www.itssophiebiggerstaff.com/#workwithme
Connect With Me:
🗣️ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sophie-biggerstaff-business-coach/
📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/itssophiebiggerstaff
💻 Website: https://www.itssophiebiggerstaff.com
