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How to Develop Products for Your Home Based Businesses
Developing
products can be a challenge in the home based business
environment. Where do you go for a laboratory to create
and test new product lines? Where do you turn for new
packaging and marketing? Where do you turn for help?
You’re there. YOU are the crack team, as Donald
Trump says. So forget about looking around. You’re
it. Here’s what to do for your own product development.
First
find a need. You want sales, so find something people
want. How? Communication is the key. Ask your friends,
your contacts, your business associates, your clients.
See what they could use to make their lives easier.
Poll them, survey them, email them, call them. Post
questions on forums and chat rooms. Be like television’s
Lieutenant Colombo (or the original Pink Panther) and
enjoy the search, but don’t give up until you get
your answers.
Second,
get organized NOW, if you aren’t already. Take
good notes as you go along. Keep organized, well-labeled
computer and print folders and files in handy places.
Use an organizer with a calendar if you need to. Third,
create a product based around the need you discovered
above. No need to be Einstein or invent the wheel. Search
and find others in the industry to help and see how
others did their product creation before you. Then copy
their methods –not ‘exactly’, but rather
‘similarly follow in their footsteps.’ I.E.
read trade journals, search the Internet, review archived
magazine articles, ask your local librarian to help
you – and research “how to” get your
idea off the ground based upon how others have done
it in the past. Then team up, share ideas, share resources,
share marketing funds and share revenue, etc. with those
experienced. Reach out and don’t be afraid to find
help and share. No need to go it alone or be greedy.
Third,
along the way, get legal or other authoritative help
as needed. Start with the Small Business Administration
and find out if you need special permits, licensing,
fees, contracts, legal structure, etc. Comparison shop,
if possible, and get set up properly.
Fourth,
there are plenty of ideas to go around. After one success,
you can move on and duplicate it again and again. Do
it. And give back to the community. Help others get
their businesses established and growing.
In
summary, product creation can be challenging. But the
results can be so rewarding. So take the plunge and
forge ahead!
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