HOW TO SEEK FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT

HOW TO ASK YOUR BOYFRIEND/HUSBAND FOR MONEY TO INVEST IN YOUR BUSINESSES

This post is for women who asks money from their men for business.

Dear ladies,

The man in your life has an emotional relationship with you.

He loves you and you are the source of peace and calm to him.

He has a different relationship with money.

His relationship with money is not emotional, it is rational.

It has to make sense for him to spend money.

He needs to see the benefit before he can spend it.

So when you use emotions to ask him for money, especially for your business, he doesn’t take it seriously.

Here’s what you could do.

1. Sit down and write out your plan for the business.

What will you do?

How will you do it?

Where will you do it?

How will you start?

What do you need to start?

How much do you need to start?

How will you market it?

You will not find all the answers sitting at home, you will need to do some research.

Go to other people who do what you want to do and ask questions.

Eventually, after all your research, you need to be able to say

What you will sell

How you will market it

How much you will make as profit in months, or 6 months, etc.

How much you will need to start

How you intend to manage it.

What you can bring on your own, no matter how small.

1. Prepare a presentation of your plan.

Your plan should be simple and straight to the point.

Your plan should include figures, not just stories.

Your plan should include what you need to start and how you will pay back the money.

Use PowerPoint to prepare slides.

This is not a joke, this is serious.

Remember, you are talking to a man, and his relationship with money is practical.

1. Prepare for the presentation.

Practice your presentation by yourself.

Use your phone to record yourself, watch the replay, and improve on it. That’s how I became good at public speaking. Shhhhh! don’t tell anyone.

Practice till you are confident.

If you have a friend, who will be blunt with you, do the presentation for that person, and tell the person to ask you questions. Write down their questions and plan your answers to those questions.

1. Ask your husband for a time when you and him can have a meeting, that you want to discuss something important with him.

Choose a time when both of you can be alone, without the kids.

It could be in his office when he is less busy, in your room, or late in the night when the kids have gone to bed. Once you agree on a time, be patient.

1. On the presentation day, dress smart for your presentation. Don’t tie a wrapper or wear a nightie or the presentation will turn to pre-sent-ta-ta-ta... I didn’t say anything.

Give him a sheet of paper and pen to write his thoughts or questions while you are doing your presentation.

When you are done, let him ask questions and you answer.

Ask him what his thoughts are, and use his thoughts to explain better. Be practical.

1. After the whole exercise, leave him be. Don’t put pressure on him. Maybe one or two reminders after a week or two, but generally leave him be.

If you did a good job, he will work out a way to fund your business.

And even if he doesn’t, your husband will see you in a different light after this.

I mean, if you’ve ever worked somewhere before, when you do presentations see how all your bosses admire you and work with you.

Why shouldn’t your husband see that side of you?

Make sense?

This post will work for your brother, your dad, and some other men who are in your life.

This post isn’t for everyone.
Those who this post is for will benefit from it...