Get a Business Plan for your Start up or Exisiting Business with IWRITE

Get a Business Plan for your Start up or Existing Business with IWRITE

Ready to take your business to the next level? Get a Business Plan and Marketing Plan with IWRITE & Company.

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10 Tips on How to Run a Successful Non Profit Organization

How to Run a Successful Non Profit Organizations (10 Tips)

If you want to be successful and helpful at the causes that matter to you, you have to ensure that your non-profit organization have three attributes:

• It must be effective
• It must be efficient and 
• It must achieve its goals

While keeping those in mind, here are ten revised tips to making it happen:

1. Have a clear vision, mission statement, theory of change, and performance metrics.
If you can't clearly define (in eight words or less) the outcome you want to create for the world, you aren't focused enough. Once you have your goal, your organization needs to be very clear regarding how you will specifically achieve your goals. (Get help filing for 501(c) 3 and grant proposal writing with us.)

2. Say "NO" to every good idea.
There is never enough time, talent or "treasure" (i.e. money) to do everything that any organization wants to do. While you want to be flexible and opportunistic in bringing new ideas forward, the most important tool in your tool chest is the word "no." It is critical to be disciplined enough to only say "yes" to GREAT ideas.

3. Perfection is the enemy of the "good enough."
Once you are implementing your focused "great ideas," don't let your desire for perfection stand in the way of achieving solid performance metrics. Good results on a great plan are always faster, more efficient and effective than perfection. Perfection is too slow to achieve in a rapid 24/7 environment.

4. Work backwards from the finish line.
Determine the goal you want to achieve, and then work your plan and timeline backwards from your goal. If you can't get to your finish line of victory (however you define it) with the time, talent and treasure you have, go back to the drawing board and re-do your plan.

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To read the full report on all 10 tips, go here.

Your Business Needs a Business and Marketing Plan to Be Successful

Your Business Needs a Business and Marketing Plan to Be Successful

We pride on the great work we have done for our clientele who came to us for help with a business plan and a marketing plan. We have helped several people find funding and investment opportunities for their existing and new businesses and its all because they had a business plan to present to investors and others. 

This is the reason why we encourage all business owners to get a business plan and also a marketing plan for their business. We want to be able to help you as well.

Here are some important reasons why you need a business plan for your existing or new business right now!

1. Grow your existing business. Establish strategy and allocate resources according to strategic priority.

2. Back up a business loan application. Like investors, lenders want to see the plan and will expect the plan to cover the main points.

 3. Seek investment for a business, whether it's a startup or not. Investors need to see a business plan before they decide whether or not to invest. They'll expect the plan to cover all the main points.

 4. Create a new business. Use a plan to establish the right steps to starting a new business, including what you need to do, what resources will be required, and what you expect to happen.

 5. Sell your business. Usually the business plan is a very important part of selling the business. Help buyers understand what you have, what it's worth and why they want it.

 6. Deal with professionals. Share selected highlights or your plans with your attorneys and accountants, and, if this is relevant to you, consultants.

7. Develop new business alliances. Use your plan to set targets for new alliances, and selected portions of your plan to communicate with those alliances.

Read more important reasons HERE why you need a business plan now. Contact us today.

We Can Help You Get Investors or Funding for your Business

We Can Help You Get Investors or Funding for your Business

This is for the entrepreneur who is ready to make some waves and move forward in their dreams of owning or starting a business.

It only takes one decision to make when it comes to starting a business: You have to take the proper steps to achieve your business goals and get started on the right note.

In order to do so, you must have a business plan. You can't get funding or any investor to even listen to your ideas unless you have a business plan ready in hand. It's just that simple. IWRITE professionals can help you develop a professional business plan that will get grant writers, banks and investors to notice your business ideas and want to help you get it off the ground, financially.

IWRITE offers professional business plan writing services in which our team of consultants work hand-in-hand with you to understand your business, provide you insights, and ensure you get the business plan you need.

If you want to be ready to take the first crucial step, then you have to come to the table correctly with a carefully crafted business plan that conveys your start up's vision as well as your business needs.

So, contact an IWRITE professional to get your business plan so you can be equipped with the tools to take your start up business to the next level!

Call us at (803) 563- 8443

Get the Facts on What Not To Do When Launching a Start Up

Get the Facts on What Not To Do When Launching a Start Up
We can always find ideas, tips and advice on what to do when launching a start up but how many people find out beforehand what not to do? Sometimes knowing what not to do, can save you a lot of headache, heartache, time and money.

Well, we have found some really useful information that every business owner needs to know before they get started. The importance of knowing what not to do when launching a start up, will make all the difference in how successful the business will initially get off the ground.

It's been said that the investments for U.S. startups on the on the rise. In fact, the Phoenix Business Journal reported, startups are on the rise to nearly pre-recession investment levels. They also state they may be our secret solution to getting out of the recession.

So, if you are ready to get your business idea into motion, start off with a business plan and portfolio to map out your startup business structure and its goals.

Then, take a look at some important information according to Allen Steiman of Soletron and Gauri Manglik  of Fondu. They have some concrete knowledge of what not to do when launching a startup:

1. Don't put off the legal groundwork
2. Don't be afraid to learn faster than anyone else
3. Don't forget to reach out to mentors and advisors who have done it before and believe in you
4. Don't forget that you get what you pay for — especially when it comes to talent
5. If you don't have a lot of money, don't be afraid to compensate your team with equity
6. Don't forget that this will take over your entire life
7. Don't assume people will be as responsible as you are
8. Don't forget that you need a partner you can trust
9. Don't neglect your physical health
10. Don't forget to develop a thick skin. Not everyone will be sold on your idea at first
11. Just do it

Remember, by getting your business plan done first and then concentrating on these 'Don't Do's', you will have a smoother start at getting your business up and running.

Read more on the tips above in depth at Business Insider.

Get Your Business Idea Marketed Right with IWRITE & Company

We would like for you to read below about a business man who has developed a product that is sold overseas and used by celebrities. He summoned IWRITE to help with packaging and marketing of the product done:

Congratulations to Pablo Fernandez on his finished product; Tattoocyn Forte! Tattoocyn Forte is marketed and sold in Switzerland, Sweden, London, and Belgium and used by celebrities such as; Rhianna and many more. Pablo is a repeat client whom IWRITE has developed and completed the packaging for Tattoocyn Forte

This can be you if you are ready to get your business, product or services out in front of your clients and customers. 

Do you have an idea, but aren't sure how to jump-start your vision? Don't worry let IWRITE assist you! You may become like Pablo and have an international product! Let us help you with your business plan, marketing plan and our marketing services for your business.

Contact IWRITE today by calling 843-260-5491 or email us at iwriteltd@gmail.com. 

"Overcome Obstacles with Excellence"-IWRITE, Ltd Co.

Get Resume Ready! New Careers Offered in Columbia, SC Area

Get Resume Ready! New Careers Offered in Columbia, SC Area

There are new job postings available in Columbia, SC and the surrounding areas. If you want to be ready for the positions now open, make sure to get your resume ready with one of our IWRITE 

professionals. Contact us today!

Here are some of the job postings in the Columbia, SC area.

1. Richland County School District One- Some of the jobs available are: Principals, Teachers, Coaches, Nurses, etc. Apply HERE
2. Lexington Medical Center-  Some of the jobs available are: Occupation Therapist Assistant, Medical Office Tech, Physical Therapist, etc. Apply HERE
3. Lexington Richland School District 5-  Some of the jobs available are: School Bus Driver, etc. Apply HERE
4. First Citizens Bank-  Some of the jobs available are: Staff Appraiser, Loan Operations Specialist, Client Support Specialist, Recruiter, etc. Apply HERE
5. Palmetto Health-  Some of the jobs available are: Registered Nurse, RN Occupational, Physical Therapist Assistant, Dental Assistant.

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Entrepreneur Freedom: How To Manage Your Free Time Wisely and Successfully

 Entrepreneur Freedom: How To Manage Your Free Time Wisely and Successfully

Susan Strayer for Young Entrepreneur Council has some great information for those of us who need to manage their entrepreneur freedom. Don't take this advice lightly. To be successful at any business, even the free time you gain, needs to be used wisely for your business.

Read more to find out why and hear her story:

This isn’t my first entrepreneurial rodeo. I started my first business in the early 2000s, before I was lured back into corporate America and all its fancy resources, stability and brand names. But after five years of the so-called stability, I was ready for that freedom again—freedom to tweet, to travel and ideate. Freedom to speak as I saw fit, to work where I wanted and to manage my own time. That’s just not possible in corporate America.

I get it—there are brands and images to protect, a voice to maintain. But I’m from Philadelphia, and we’re just not quiet people.

Unfortunately, another run at entrepreneurship came with an unexpected freedom—freedom from focus. All this newfound freedom meant zero accountability to anyone but myself. Before I knew it, I was spending more time tweeting than consulting, more time having coffee than getting new business. As an entrepreneur, freedom must be managed properly and use it for true business productivity. Here are four key ways to do just that:

1. Avoid the downtime spiral. No more commute. No more required 9 to 5. No more endless executive approval meetings. It’s amazing how your calendar opens up! But it’s also easy to fill because initially, you have the perception of having more downtime (at least until you really get the business cooking). All of that flexibility means you can visit Mom and Dad during the week, or extend that weekend by an extra day. But it also means you quickly turn well-deserved downtime into wasted time. Instead, schedule your downtime in a way that works for you...
2. Use travel time wisely. Now that I’m not chained to a desk in a building on the other side of town, it’s easy for me to go anywhere for lunch or a meeting. Because of that, I often found myself spending more time in the car or on the subway than I did when I had a long commute to my corporate gig. I always offered to go to the person directly instead of meeting somewhere in between. Though there are cases where it’s appropriate and imperative to make that sacrifice, don’t always be the one to travel to an appointment...
3. Be social with a purpose. As an entrepreneur, you can now use that limitless voice as loud and as often as you want. But it’s so easy to get sucked into a long Facebook conversation with a fellow entrepreneur, or join every live Twitter chat your industry has to offer. Stop. Instead, be purposeful with your time on social media...
4. Be free from being an entrepreneur. While entrepreneurs are famous for living and breathing their businesses 24/7, there’s real value in stepping away, even if only briefly. I found that stepping away into something completely different is the best way to refocus.... Source

Susan Strayer gave some great information on managing your entrepreneur time. We can all use this knowledge to better our lives surrounding our business life.

To get focused again on what's important, if you do not have a business plan or need to create a new one for your new or existing business, you can get it done HERE at IWRITE. 

IWRITE professionals can help you turn your business ideas and goals into a winning and professional business plan.

Contact an IWRITE professional today!

Healthcare Industry Accounts For Nearly Half of America's New Jobs

Healthcare Industry Accounts For Nearly Half of America's New Jobs

The Business Insider reports:

The economy added a net 69K new jobs in May, according to this morning's Non-Farm Payrolls report.
And nearly half can be attributed to one industry: Healthcare.

Over 30K new jobs were created in this industry.

What's more, as you can see in the chart below (which measures the monthly change in the industry), there hasn't been a single negative month in this industry all through the recession and recovery. Source

The growth of this industry is proving to be stellar for the long term professional.

This bit of valuable news reminds us that getting our resumes renewed and updated is very important, especially if you are seeking to plug into the healthcare industry. 

An IWRITE professional can help you with your resume and get you on your way to landing a promising position with a healthcare provider and institution.

Who Made The Best Startups List in 2011?

(photo courtesy of startups.co.uk) 

Let's get inspired and ready to conquer the world with our startup business ideas. If you need to be motivated with seeing others make it happen and in a big way, check out the list of the 20 Best Startups in 2011. 

The Business Insider had the list of the best of 2011 below:

Simple (formerly called BankSimple)  wants to merge all accounts into one and do away with fees by splitting the net interest between all of the banks involved. It's partnering with Visa to create one, ultimate credit card that connects to all of its partner banks and 40,000 fee-free ATMs

Lytro is the first light field camera that allows you to "shoot now and focus later." Here's how it works: 1) Take a picture 2) Upload it 3) Click on a blurry section that you'd like to highlight 4) Watch the image instantly shift focus from 2D to 3D.

Betterworks is an employee rewards network for small businesses. Instead of having to scout out great deals for employees, small businesses and startups can use BetterWorks to offer their staff deals at local gyms, restaurants and more.

Zaarly is a local marketplace for real-time requests. Need chips at your party in five minutes? Find a neighbor on Zaarly who will do it now. Think Craigslist meets Twitter.

Turntable.fm is a way to listen to music online with groups of people. Users can join chat rooms and battle to become a DJ in a socially-integrated experience.

Oink is a recommendation app that lets you rate items at the venues you visit, like hamburgers and coffees.

General Assembly is a school for entrepreneurs with courses taught by the community and cheap desks to rent office space.

In order to compete with these few startups, you will need a business plan and portfolio done professionally.

Read about the others that are already successful and growing as we speak HERE

How Writing Down Your Thoughts Are Important To Achieve Goals

Writing on a daily basis can be beneficial to anyone. Lets admit, we all are guilty of going days, weeks, even months without writing. I'm not just talking about writing one or two words, but expressing your thoughts, ideas, and things that you would like to accomplish on paper. Often times we tend to become too busy to write, have more important things to do than to write, or we just don't write at all. It is very important that we take at least 5-15 minutes everyday to write.

Three specific reasons why it is so important to write down your thoughts, ideas, and the things you accomplish daily:

1.) Your thoughts are like specks of small pieces of gold that are found deep in the earth. Just think about it; your thoughts are full of precious imagery and imagination, that produces into an idea. The similarity of gold and writing your thoughts down is this: the earth represents your brain, and gold represents your thoughts. So, if your thoughts are like gold, why don't you cherish it as that?

2.)Your idea set the stage for your success. Anytime your mind produces a thought, that thought eventually turns into an idea,which enfolds into a process called, "Planting a Seed."

3.) Your accomplishments become noticeable. Your accomplishments allows you to appreciate the steps taken forward, even when you may not realize that you have taken those steps. Afterwards, those steps become milestones which you can allow yourself to look back on to see how far you have come in your journey.

"Write because after a while those things we don't acknowledge will be forgotten." -IWRITE, Ltd Co.

How You Can Turn $1,000 Into $1 Million with Your Business

 How You Can Turn $1,000 Into $1 Million with Your Business

In the following article, it describes how a few businesses were interviewed and how they turned a small amount of money into a serious cash flow with their own businesses. Are you put for the challenge and the reward?

Read below about a how these people did it:

Many of these individuals started businesses with less than $1,000 and are now earning more than $1 million per year in revenue. All of them bootstrapped their own business with no outside cash and a minimal capital investment from their own bank account. Here is a brief primer on bootstrapping a business.

So how does one start with very little money and turn that into $1 million per year? Here are five stories of regular people building million-dollar businesses. Also keep in mind many of these businesses came from a passion of what they loved to do.

PostcardMania. Joy Gendusa was a freelancer who wanted to buy some postcards to advertise her business. She was shocked by the unnecessary fees she had to pay just to get some postcards made, so she decided to start her own postcard business with a friendly price structure for customers. PostcardMania was born.

Gendusa started the company with no capital investment and used the money from the first customer to pay the printer for her first postcards. In the early days, the payment schedule was tight. She had to get money from the customers and use that cash to pay her printer, but she kept bringing in new business and eventually built up a little bit of cash.

As PostcardMania continued to grow, Gendusa noticed customers asking for other services. They would say things like, "Who built your website?" or "Can you do email marketing too?" So PostcardMania started branching into those areas as well. Today, the company offers all sorts of advertising and marketing for its clients and makes close to $20 million per year.

As you can see direct sales and marketing is what made her business the success it is today!

Blue Buddha Boutique. Rebeca Mojica went to a Renaissance Festival and noticed a unique metal belt made from chainmaille rings. After searching for something similar, she couldn't find the belts anywhere and decided to try and make her own.

Mojica spent $20 on that first set of rings and sold a few belts to a few friends and family. However, it wasn't until she started teaching other people how to make the belts that she really saw the potential for a business.

Mojica began teaching chainmaille classes and decided to sell the rings and pliers needed to make the belts to her students. She made $300 the first time she sold the supplies. Soon after, Blue Buddha Boutique was born and it rapidly became one of the top sellers of chainmaille jewelry supplies. Blue Buddha Boutique now has 13 employees and is set to break the million dollar mark in 2012.

M&E Painting. Matt Shoup worked as a painter during the summers in college. When he was let go from his job his financial services job a few years later, he decided to start a painting business.

Starting with just $100, Shoup woke up the next day and went door to door in his neighborhood, knocking on houses that looked like they could use a paint job. He enlisted a few friends for help and M&E Painting made more than $500,000 in that first year. Seven years later, the company has more than 4,000 customers and makes between $1.5 and $2.5 million every year. Source

As you can see, the passion to do what these business owners did, resulted in an overflow of revenue for them and with very little money. It did not happen overnight, but with hard work, dedication and a will to do their best, true success happened for them and it can happen for you!!

Take some time out to see what you've been wanting to get started. You may never know what you are losing out on if you never get your business idea and business plan into motion. 

IWRITE can help you with your business plan and get you started on your way to not just dreaming of being a success but really living it!

IWRITE Can Help Baby Boomers With 2nd Career with New Resume or Business Plan

 IWRITE Can Help Baby Boomers With 2nd Career with New Resume or Business Plan

We know those who are at the retired age are not giving up on being productive in society. The truth is: they don't have to. Read the following article from US News is about how baby boomers are seeking new careers with stride:

Many baby boomers plan to keep working in some capacity after retirement. While some people will delay retirement because they need the money, others will take a job to ward off boredom and keep busy.

Previous generations of retirees may have envisioned retirement as a relaxing, stress-free escape from the demands of the working world. A more labor intensive and often physically demanding work typified earlier careers, and retirement was often necessary for a tired and worn out body.

However, the demands on today’s knowledge workers are more mental than physical. Many baby boomers, who have already begun to reach age 65, are far from physically exhausted and often have much more to give. Few of these active seniors have a physical need to retire from the working world. And many baby boomers are choosing to continue working well beyond age 65...

Instead, retirement can be a time to explore creative new avenues, and put the skills you have cultivated throughout your career to work in new ways. Your second career can be an opportunity to venture down an avenue that has interested you, but that you were unable to pursue due to circumstances. In retirement, you have the freedom to choose what you want to do rather than what you have to do. 

So, there is no reason why anyone has to retire and be made to feel like life is over, because it is not. Baby boomers are free to explore career avenues they dreamed of but were not able to pursue years ago.

Now is the time to get your resume renewed and refreshed. How about getting a business plan done by our IWRITE professionals and getting on the road to operating your own business?

The time is NOW to get started and IWRITE can help you make those critical first steps to pursuing dreams you have always wanted.

Call or contact us today. We will be happy to assist you!

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What Are The Do's and Don'ts of Writing a Blog?

For all the blog writers. The 12 dos and don'ts of writing a blog.....enjoy!

Read article below:

Thinking about writing a blog? Been writing a blog for some time now and have yet to establish any growth (and by “growth” I mean “increased pageviews”)? Over the past 10 years I’ve refined my blogging skills—that’s right, I started my first blog back in 2001 and it is so embarrassing by today’s standards that I’m almost unwilling to link to it … almost. Blogs for writers are everywhere, and there’s often good advice on them about writing a blog. There’s also plenty of not-so-good advice. It can be frustrating.

Now I currently run three successful blogs: Questions & Quandaries, The Life of Dad and this online editor blog (which I’ve begun calling The Writer’s Dig). It’s been a challenge juggling them but, by sticking to these 12 specific dos and don’ts of writing a blog that I’ve developed over my years of experience, I’ve been able to establish growth (increased pageviews). I hope they can help you learn how to write a good blog too.

When Writing a Blog Do …

Find your focus.
To do this, you must first ask yourself this question: Who are your target readers? Once that’s settled, you can home in on a niche category (like this one focuses on writing) and be the expert on it.

Be relatable, be yourself.
What sets bloggers apart from newspaper article feeds is voice. Your content is what draws them in while your personality, or your voice in writing, is what will keep them there. Let your readers get to know you.

 Read the full article at Writer's Digest

How Capitalization In Writing Is Properly Used

This article gives examples when capitalization should be used.


Writing Forward has another great resource on capitalization. Read below what they state is the proper use:

Proper capitalization is one of the cornerstones of good grammar, yet many people fling capital letters around carelessly.

Not every word deserves to be capitalized. It’s an honor that must be warranted, and in writing, capitalization is reserved only for special words.

Most of the grammar rules are explicit about which words should be capitalized. However, there are some cases (like title case) in which the rules are vague.

Capitalization of Titles

There are several contexts in which we can examine capitalization. When writing a title (of a blog post, for example), almost all of the words in the title are capitalized. This is called title case.

Read the full article HERE

IWRITE's Did You Know: Grammar Tips

 Did you know: Using " into" and " in to" is considered interchangeable. It is also known as a common grammar faux pas. The word "into" is a proposition that expresses movement of something toward or into something else."In to," on the other hand is the adverb "in" followed by the preposition "to."

Welcome To IWRITE, Ltd Co!

Welcome to IWRITE, Ltd Co! Are you a full time undergraduate, or graduate school? Perhaps, a single parent struggling to find the time typing papers, or preparing PowerPoint presentation? Well, Good News! IWRITE is at your service to assist you!