Internet businesses — they’re all the rage right now. Everyone from yoga teachers to chefs are taking their business online, but is an online business right for you? What skills do you need to run an online business?

It turns out, there are a few skills that will get you started on the right foot with an online business, and in this video, I’m going to go over what they are and why they’re important.

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Happy new year! It’s resolution season. Are you making any resolutions this year? Hoping to lose a few pounds? Start an exercise routine? Clear the clutter? What about a resolution for your business?

I’m Cat LeBlanc, and in this video, I want to challenge you to make a resolution revolution – in my first video blog!

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Cat LeBlancYou know you need a blog to support your online business.  It’s good for SEO, a great way for potential customers to learn about you, and a way to give back to your community.

But what the HELL are you supposed to blog about??

I see this problem come up with lots of new business owners: We start out strong, writing a few blog posts about what we know best, or even a few months of blog posts, and then we hit a wall.  We feel like we’ve talked about everything there is to talk about, or that we’re repeating ourselves.

And we’re supposed to keep doing this – FOREVER?!

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Cat LeBlanc What’s your biggest struggle with starting your business?  Is it lack of money? Lack of ideas? Lack of know how?

Or are you really the problem?

Ouch! Don’t worry, it happens to the best of us!

As a coach who helps people start their online businesses, I’ve talked lots of people through their business misconceptions and we’ve unraveled so many of the lies people tell themselves about business, that I’ve started to see some patterns.

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Cat LeBlancSometimes, being an entrepreneur feels lonely.

Especially for the entrepreneurs I work with, who tend to at least start out as solopreneurs, the path to success can feel long at the beginning, and it feels like something they have to do all alone.

But the truth is, many, many people have walked that path ahead of us! Even if you have a completely unique business (which most of us don’t), other entrepreneurs have gone through so many of the same things that you are experiencing. And, lucky for us, some of the most successful ones have really insightful things to say about it.

I collected some of my favorite quotes about business, and organised them into what I see as the five stages of business. See where you’re at and see if these excellent words speak to you.

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