What exactly is a mission statement?
According to Ownr.com, a mission statement is a way to state the mission or purpose a business serves. The bottom line of mission statements is that it should clearly defined what your business does and why it does it. A mission statement is just that, a statement, it should be one sentence or a very short paragraph, that is memorable.
Does my business need a mission statement?
The simple answer to this question is yes. A mission statement can be revisited as your business grows, as you update your business plans or when you need to revamp your entire business. Because most mission statements don’t change, they may remind you of why you started the business in the first place.
The other answer to this question, is also yes. Customers, investors, and potential employees, may read and dissect your company’s mission statement as the make the decision to do business with you or not.
Why are mission statements important to your business?
Your business mission statement can be very helpful to a small business, as its useful to keeping you focused and on track. It can help keep other people, involved in your business, working towards a common goal, or mission.
Mission Statement Of Popular Businesses
BossladyBlooms, the small business I own and operate, has a mission statement that says, “Our mission is to prepare the potential RBT to take, and pass, the RBT Exam, by providing the most up to date and accurate behavior analytic information available. Plan and simple, it tell what I do and how I do it.
Some mission statements, such as the McDonald’s mission statement, focuses on the way they want to make a person feel while enjoying their food. The Adidas mission statement on the other hand, focuses on being the best in their industry.
Whatever you focus on, you mission statement should define your company’s ongoing purpose. Most companies, particularly small business, do not change their mission statement over time.
How to write a mission statement.
First, write a basic sentence of what you business does. Then write, the how it does it, along with the why it does it. With this information in mind, build a mission statement.
If your business is a brick and mortar, you may want to display your mission statement in your customer’s view. If you have a service, or e-business, you can add it to your company’s website and to your business portfolio.
As always, wishing you business blessings.
#bossLadyBlooms 
Short and succinct. Thank you for this insight
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honestly? it is the hardest part for me. I can easily formulate it if I don’t want to make it short but if I want to formulate it using less words and smarter vision I fail terribly! I actually asked for help!
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Its a lot harder to make it shorter, but your customers will remember something short and catchy. Best of luck to you.
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A good mission statement helps you to focus on what matters in your business. And the mission guides you, allowing to be flexible and creative.
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Thanks for this tips, at least now I will be able to easily draft mine.
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I love how direct and precise you made this piece, thanks again for sharing.
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What a great blog to read! It is important to write mission statement. If possible, add vision on your business too.
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This is amazing!!! It is hard because it is the DNA of a business, thanks a lot for the tips, amazing.
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Thanks so much for the tips! I’m struggling making my own and this will really help!
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I had to come and take a quick look on this piece again, thanks for sharing.
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I am loving this post and will have to work on a mission statement of my own ;)Great inspiration!
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I was on the committee to help create the mission statement at my last job. I do think it’s important.
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This is a very profound post. Very insightful! I’ll share this to my friends.
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This is Amazing. Straight the point information. Thank you so much for sharing. I am starting to brainstorm my own mission statement.
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These are wonderful tips and I have to use them to re-write my blog’s mission statement. Thanks for the tips!
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A mission statement is so important because you’ll have a focal point of what your business does and why they do it. If someone wants to start a business, they definitely need to have one.
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It’s good that you know where to go with your business and to have boundaries
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I never thought that a business should have a mission statement until I read this post. This is very helpful for someone whose business is about to take off.
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Good to know about this, will definitely work on this in our future business. Thanks for the tips!
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You actually make it seem so easy with your presentation but I find this topic to be actually something which I think I would never understand.
It seems too complex and very broad for me. I’m
looking forward for your next post, I’ll try
to get the hang of it!
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