What the hell do cats have to do with an online business?
Well nothing - unless you choose to build an online business around them
Which might be a good choice given the massive interest in them on social media
But that aside, they can teach you a valuable lesson….
We have three of them, 2 X 3/4 year olds and a 16 week old kitten
You’ve heard the expression “herding cats”?
Well trust me, it’s impossible!!
Our latest addition has caused merry hell. When she isn’t asleep she is a crazed ball of energy which does not go down well with the other two
Our female Maine Coon in particular is not impressed.
So we’ve had to make a few changes and here is where the lesson comes in
All our cats are microchipped and we have a cat flat which is operated by the chips
Until the kitten came along this worked perfectly:
They could come and go as they pleased. The flap is set to only allow our cats in so no danger of stray’s popping in for a party!
But since she can't go out till she is spayed in another couple of months we’ve had to switch back to a manual system
The older cats can still come in whenever they want but we have to let them out.
It’s just easier to open the door and the cats have sussed this out
So now we have become trained door openers! Unfortunately as cats are basically nocturnal this often happens at 3am - grrrrrrrrr
But actually this idea of getting someone to do all the hard work for you is basically the basis of running an online business
Especially an affiliate marketing or e-commerce online business.
Internet businesses leverage automation - getting the computers and business systems do all the heavy lifting
So you don’t have to do sales, handle stock or any of the usual tedious business stuff
With Affiliate marketing you don’t even need to create products.
Taking this a stage further
We can also learn how to start run and grow Internet businesses by learning from the people who have already done it
That way we don’t have to make the mistakes they made, build the systems they built or waste time and money unnecessarily
The cats would approve!
If you want to learn how all this comes together Stuart Ross’s new 3 part on demand workshops are the place to start
They are free and cover in detail how easy it is to start an e-commerce or affiliate business, where to get the best training support and insider knowledge and even where to get products immediately
Register here to get started
Unfortunately Stuart doesn’t know how to herd cats - but who does?
Cheers!
Dave
