At M Communications and M Com Publishing, we have a pretty stellar team. For me personally, I normally get a slight bit of slack from a certain editor of mine, but I have to say that 9 times out of 10 … I had it coming. Anyway, as a business owner/author, be sure to make sure you have the following types of support.
1. Awesome Administrative Support. You will get to a point where you realize you cannot do it all yourself. All of a sudden, I met a stealer administrative assistant a.k.a.; future Amazon Goddess and stellar client personal woman. And, we happen to have the same name. This should be nice and confusing for everybody.
2. Magnificent Mental Support. When you are having a bad week, and that happens from time to time. It is great to have a colleague where you can vent, pick their brain, etc. etc. Align yourself with other entrepreneurs and authors in the same boat. It is a good mental thing … even if they make fun of you for having the capability to erase a DVD when you can barely log in to your website.
3. Perfect Power Partners. This is one thing I learned along the way. Competition is not necessarily competition. I have partnered up with a local PR agency on several capacities, including hiring them to promote a television pilot. When you partner up with others, you can save costs and refer to areas you do not necessarily cover.
My point? All of the support above is a good thing.
