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Practical Steps to Starting an Online Retail Business
with
Wangari Maina
Business Knowledge Consultant
PLAN BUILD LAUNCH
PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness Who describes you
Nancy
Simon
✓ Laid off after unforeseen restructuring
✓ Wants some income in between jobs
✓ Wants to provide the best for the son
✓ Graduated
✓ Can’t find a decent job
✓ Needs to be financially
independent of his
parents
✓ Graduated
✓ Low paying job
✓ Needs to supplement
her income
Ndeba
Course Structure
Plan
• Define your product
• Zone in on your market
• Heal the Achilles Heel
Product
• Formulate the product
• Source the product
• Make the product
buyer-ready
Finances
• The transaction
• Accessing your money
• Refunds: The great
pitfall
7 palatable sections with short lectures
+
An Assignment
PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness
Course Structure
Infrastructure
• Where is your
shop?
• How secure is
your shop?
Set up
• Set up your shop
• Stock your shop
• Set up your ‘cash
register’
• Test your
infrastructure
Marketing/
Promotion
• Charm. Don’t
offend
• Hacks to apply
Launch
• Open the doors
• Engage
• Customer
Support
7 palatable sections with short lectures
+
An Assignment
PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness
You can’t effectively
tackle an enemy
that you run away
from every time.
Excerpts from the course
People need to find
themselves in your
product/ service
offering
Engage Unapologetically
Course Details
Excerpt from the Course: Your Achilles Heel
Your Purpose Neutralizer.
Immobilizes you
Causes fear in you
Interrogate
the blockade
PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness
Yes. More Details Please
Practical Steps to Starting an Online Retail Business
Sounds Good So Far?
Not really
PLAN BUILD LAUNCH
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Practical steps to starting an online retail business

  • 1. Practical Steps to Starting an Online Retail Business with Wangari Maina Business Knowledge Consultant PLAN BUILD LAUNCH
  • 2. PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness Who describes you Nancy Simon ✓ Laid off after unforeseen restructuring ✓ Wants some income in between jobs ✓ Wants to provide the best for the son ✓ Graduated ✓ Can’t find a decent job ✓ Needs to be financially independent of his parents ✓ Graduated ✓ Low paying job ✓ Needs to supplement her income Ndeba
  • 3. Course Structure Plan • Define your product • Zone in on your market • Heal the Achilles Heel Product • Formulate the product • Source the product • Make the product buyer-ready Finances • The transaction • Accessing your money • Refunds: The great pitfall 7 palatable sections with short lectures + An Assignment PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness
  • 4. Course Structure Infrastructure • Where is your shop? • How secure is your shop? Set up • Set up your shop • Stock your shop • Set up your ‘cash register’ • Test your infrastructure Marketing/ Promotion • Charm. Don’t offend • Hacks to apply Launch • Open the doors • Engage • Customer Support 7 palatable sections with short lectures + An Assignment PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness
  • 5. You can’t effectively tackle an enemy that you run away from every time. Excerpts from the course People need to find themselves in your product/ service offering Engage Unapologetically Course Details
  • 6. Excerpt from the Course: Your Achilles Heel Your Purpose Neutralizer. Immobilizes you Causes fear in you Interrogate the blockade PracticalStepstoStartinganOnlineRetailBusiness
  • 7. Yes. More Details Please Practical Steps to Starting an Online Retail Business Sounds Good So Far? Not really
  • 8. PLAN BUILD LAUNCH Thank you for your time. Please leave a comment below & Subscribe to our blog