About 10 weeks ago we had an idea for a business in our area (think wellness spa). Today I’m sitting in our new location working on the website and wondering how this all happened so quickly. I’ve always wanted to start a small business and have a second stream of income but have been terrified of failing (I watched one of my old bosses run a small business into the ground). This has just worked though and all fallen into place. We have the perfect location and a solid niche for this area that no one else is doing. We’ve also had lots of interest on social media so far.

Humble brag aside, I’m curious to know if any of my plans would not be ideal or can be done better. As I mentioned, it’s along the lines of a service-based wellness spa. I have setup a Square account for payment processing and to manage bookings and customers. I like square because it takes care of payments, customer management, marketing, payroll if I want, etc. Financials will likely be managed with Xero (with square integration). We already have some events lined up (bridal show) for marketing and have a marketing campaign planned after our soft open.

I’d be gracious of any ideas or advice about this.

  • Akshatbahety@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    All the best, I would suggest using automations and AI for communications and scheduling’s and also for any kind of other help you may need such as creating content etc, this would help you keep your initial costs low in marketing and other areas.

  • thisonesusername@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    My advice would be to not try to do everything yourself. You are an expert at what you do, or at least you will soon become one. It isn’t a smart use of your time or talents to be fiddling around trying to build your own website, write your own content, do all your own marketing, AND try to run your spa.

    Many business owners make that mistake and rhey waste a lot of time and money, when they could’ve outsourced to someone with a lot more knowledge and experience, got the job done faster and at a professional level, and they instead make their brand look very amateur and half-assed. After the initial buzz wears off, customer flow starts to slow down and they begin a cycle of quick fixes and band-aids to paper over the mess they aren’t even aware they’ve made.

    You cannot do everything yourself. And you cannot make money without spending some.