The Conference Coach™

Do what you love, and love what you do. This is how I first began my photography business: a previous hobby that turned into a true embarkation of transforming it into a flourishing business. While working for an audio and web conferencing company, Copper Conferencing, during the day, I also maintain a startup photography business. My goals: To be passionate about delivering exceptional service and products, and above all, keep my customers happy! Brita Photography places a strong emphasis on customer happiness. Fortunately, I can apply the skills I learned from starting a business to help me excel in working for Copper Conferencing and vice versa.

But, how do you start up a business while maintaining customer happiness with an audio and web conferencing provider? That’s a great question for the great entrepreneur, Bill Gates.

First, with passion as the foundation, you need organization as your backbone. They go hand in hand. As an entrepreneur, you need a summary of how you intend to organize and operate your endeavor and implement any activities necessary: A business plan. By this, I mean several pages explaining every detail; for example, Copper Conferencing’s business plan is over 100 pages. It varies among different companies: photography, audio and web conference providers, software businesses… etc. Provided that you have every aspect covered, you have everything in place to decide whether it will be a success or not. Not all business plans are realistic, which is why it is so imperative to create one before taking the next steps. The key is to stay focused.

How did I know it was going to be a success? After thoroughly analyzing my business plan, there was no doubt about it. I have passion and am focused, I want to deliver exceptional service and I have the organizational and technical skills necessary. It was time to follow through with my business plan and bring it to life. There was no way it would not succeed, especially by using Copper Conferencing as my guide in the processes of running a business.

Maintaining Brita Photography is not an easy feat; however, with the experience working in the audio and web conferencing industry, I can apply my organizational and technical skills while keeping a few things in mind:

• Passion leads to success: it is the foundation of your business.
• Focus and organizational habits will keep you on the right track: this is the backbone of your business. Create your business plan, now.
• Follow through with your business plan and strive to keep the customer happy: with this, everything else will fall into place (word will spread, customers will increase, and profits will skyrocket)

Although photography and audio conferencing may not be your passion, find out what is and begin the steps to starting your own business. With these steps in mind and passion in your heart, there is no business that can’t succeed.

Have questions about Copper Conferencing or need to do an audio conference or web meeting?  Contact a Conference Coach today.