10 Powerful Business Principles that will build a strong healthy and ethical business.

Every successful business has clear business principles aligned with its founder’s ethics and values. When you set and maintain strong business principles your setting clear foundations for your business. You are setting the core elements, that will help you grow and be more resilient to different business challenges.

The problem with many heart based and spiritual entrepreneurs is they are so focused on their passion and purpose. They forget they are running a business, and therefore don’t have healthy foundations or some of the most basic business principles.

So What Are The Basic Business Principles Of A Successful Business? 

Well, different types of businesses and industries will have different recommended business principles. But here are what I believe are some the most important Business Principles of a Spiritual Business.

Ten Basic Business Principles At The Heart Of A Spiritual Business.

1. Do Something You Love, Something You Are Passionate About And Spiritually Guided To Do.

Business isn’t easy, when you first start out it can be more challenging than you thought it would be. But if you do something you love, you are passionate about it is much easier to remain heart-based. You will have more motivation and tenacity to get through the most challenging and stressful times. When you are spiritually guided in your business, you have a deep sense of purpose, strength and power that keeps you going.

2. Provide A  Need In The Market Place

Always provide a product or service that solves a need, a gap in the market that you are perfectly aligned to offer. If it seems to be a saturated market, niche down to your area of expertise or your uniqueness. Learn to specialise by offering a specific solution, a product, or service to a niche audience , for example your aligned audience or soul clients who wants your specific solution.

3. Research and Know Your Market

Do your homework! Research and  Understand your market, your niche audience,  your soul tribe. Identify their biggest challenges, identify their interests; learn where they hang out, learn how you can connect and nurture them, learn how you can help them.

4. Focus On Priority

Always focus on your top business and marketing priorities, that will make the most impact and conversion. Don’t hide your head in the sand and avoid things you don’t like doing. Believe me, this is a big problem in the spiritual industry. A business has lots of elements to it, one of the biggest ways many spiritual entrepreneurs sabotage their business is through resistance and avoiding things that are very important for their business to grow successfully. Also remember you can’t be an expert in everything in your business, you can’t do it all. Delegate tasks and get the right expert help when you need it. 

5. Reinvest A Portion Of Your Profit

Building a healthy business involves investment, when growing a business you need to be able to re-invest some of that income into future growth.  Especially income towards advertising and marketing at the early stages of your business and through slow periods.

This is one of the biggest mistakes many small business owners make. They often underestimate how much they need to invest financially to grow their business at the early stages and during slow times. If you don’t invest your business will struggle to grow.

6. Invest In The Most Important Tools And Resources

Choose wisely when making any purchases. Invest in the tools and resources that will help add value or save money in your business. This will help maximise profit, it can be tempting to invest in frivolous things that may look nice, feel nice but if they don’t add true value in growing your business or help save you money in the long-term. You are basically wasting financial resources that could help maximise growth.

7. Use A Business Model That Works For You And Your Business

Every spiritual business owner I meet is unique in skills, expertise, natural gifts, and personal circumstances. That is why the main principles of any successful business is always choosing a healthy business model  that will helps maximize profits and reduce time and energy expenditure.  I advise all heart and service-related businesses for example coaches, healers, and therapists to always have some sort of additional passive income stream in their business for a variety of reasons.

8. Have A Clear Concise Branding And Marketing Message

What you offer has to be clear, your business message, your branding, and your logo must all unite together. It should be so simplistic that a child can understand it. Archetypal branding and marketing is a powerful way to express the energy behind your solution and your business.

9. Hire Other’s Expertise

Remember you can’t do it all, even if you are on a low budget. Sometimes it is best to hire an expert or someone more experienced in certain areas.  If your struggling to do something in your business and simply have no money to hire help ask friends, family who are more skilled in specific tasks to help you get started.

Today there are also so many sites that offer very cheap services by students or those abroad who charge very little. Fiverr.com is a great site where you can get inexpensive logos, help with your website, or SEO expert help for very modest fees. But make sure you do your homework and only hire those with great reviews. I have used this service for website issues, for link building and SEO services,

10. Offer Great Client Customer Service And Care

Brilliant customer service will always go noticed, the little touches can make a huge impact to your customer and client. And so important in the caring, holistic and spiritual industry. People buy from people, they want to know you and your staff genuinely care, that it is not just about the money.