I got this comment on my blog post yesterday about the daily activities I use in my business. I didn’t post it to get this kind of attention, I posted it for people from my company that read my blog. However I guess I should take some time to address this.

Please keep in mind these answers will be specifically about my company. If that doesn’t interest you just skip this post.

Bob Walton Says: February 5th, 2008 at 9:14 pmHey Ben,

I hope you don’t mind, but what are the real costs involved in starting up this business, not to mention the time costs as well?

It would be helpful to know as every start-up requires upfront costs to kick start any business.

It helps to go into any venture fully armed and eyes wide open to help weather the initial storms of adversity that most new business owners encounter.

I look forward to you response; it could be a full future blog post of its own. Thanks.

Hi Bob, I’m with Send Out Cards.

Our startup costs are on par with many network marketing companies. Our costs are $398. You’ll probably want to spend about $500 in total because you’re going to want to purchase some additional things to get your business going (like business cards.) I don’t recommend people go out and buy advertising and such right away. I want them to learn the basics first and make a little money before going out and doing more aggressive advertising or spending more money.
As far as a time commitment. What I like about the “Daily 8” is that it gives you a clear guide of what activities to do on a daily basis. These don’t need to take you 8 hours a day. If you can do them in 2 hours a day for example then you could theoretically do only 10 hours a week in your business. If you were able to do this consistently you’d grow a very nice business. Perhaps it takes someone else 4 hours a day to get them all done.

The interesting thing is that this helps focus on the important daily activities you need to do build a business in our company. It’s so often to get stuck doing busy work that doesn’t actually help grow your business. This helps focus your attention on the activities that are going to lead to building a strong business.

Bob, I’m not sure if this answers your questions appropriately or not?

- Ben Fitts

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