Business Instruction Thoughts

For years we’ve been urging readers to consider getting a grant for some work they are thinking of doing. just today we came across a release telling of a women’s group which got a $20,000 grant to prepare a directory of women-owned businesses in a local area. This item shows what we’ve been saying for years:

Grants can be obtained from business firms
Most useful projects can attempt to get a grant
Large sums of money are available for grants
You need not repay grant money if you do the work
Work you do for a grant can lead to other opportunities To get a grant is easier than you might think! And you can get grants for many items that might interest you and might lead to more income for yourself in the future. And these other facts about grants might interest you:
Usual grants in the $5,000 to $100,000 range come easily
You need not be a college student or graduate to get grants
Both governments and firms issue grants
Worthwhile work of almost any kind can get a grant for you

To get a grant you must know several things. This is one place where information really pays off. Why? Because the source of grants today may dry up tomorrow and you may have to look elsewhere. Nothing can replace:
Information on who makes grants for what
Skill in making up your grant proposal
Range-in dollars-of grants being made
Data on grant-making organizations

Preparing an award-winning grant proposal can take many hours. But the result if you get the grant is well worth your effort. And if you do not get the grant the first time you apply, you can try again. We recommend:
That you always have at least two possibilities for a grant
That you send your proposal to source No. 2 quickly
That you not give up if one or more proposals are refused
That you study winning proposals and make yours win, too!

In a way, getting a grant is like mail order. Your proposal is a “selling’ letter designed to sell the organization making grants that a grant should be made to you. Now don’t be “turned off’ by all these mentions of a “proposal.” Why? Because you:
Can get standard proposals into which you plug your data
Can follow the many examples of winning proposals available
Can get a proposal writer who will be paid from the grant

So you see, getting a grant is really not a big chore! Some folks even look on a grant search as big fun because you learn a great deal from each one and this information can help you as you go after other grants. The big secret in getting grants is:

Have a work subject that is important to people
Seek a positive outcome to your work
Keep new grants lower in amount-say under $100,000
Be ready to go after another grant if more money is needed.
Try one grant source after another-push, push, push!
Make the mails work for you!

This is just the beginning of the information available about raising business money with grants. In his Raising Money from Grants and Other Sources Success Kit , Tyler Hicks shows You how to use grants as a tool to raise money for your own venture – OR – to create an income finding grants for others.

See all about this kit at Raising Money from Grants and Other Sources Success Kit