What Will You Do When Your Business Sells For Half Its Worth... Just Because You Didn't Prepare Properly?

The sad fact is, no matter what you do, once you’ve sold your business for less than it’s true worth… that’s it. It’s over. Finished. Unfortunately, you won’t be gifted another chance to get it right the next time – because there won’t be a next time!

You only sell your business once - you only have ONE chance of getting it right the first time

Nothing you do after the event will make the slightest bit of difference to the outcome, or help recapture lost opportunities. Nothing will make the pain of losing out on thousands of pounds of your own money (perhaps even tens of thousands), any easier to live with.

The good news is… it doesn’t have to be like this.

There is a simple way to avoid the maddening disappointment and sheer frustration of not getting what you really want out of the sale of your business, either personally or financially, or both.

Life beyond the sale of your business will be so much more joyous, abundant and plentiful IF you purposefully and systematically plan and prepare for the sale in good time.

The secret to selling your business for ALL it’s worth, is how well you prepare for the sale

Now, you may be asking yourself how a mere publisher of business information knows all this stuff. And rightly so.

The answer lies in a chance meeting.

To cut a long story short, I was fortunate enough to meet with one of the U.K.’s leading business-selling experts, David Mattocks, at a Federation of Small Businesses networking event earlier this year, and we got chatting.

Soon enough the conversation worked its way round to the art of selling businesses and why is it so many business owners dive headlong into something they know very little (if anything) about with eyes firmly shut, fingers crossed and hands tied tightly behind their backs, only to end up surprised, confused and seriously out-of-pocket as everything falls apart round their ears and crashes to the ground in a heap of bricks.

Like me, you now know the reason…

Lack of planning and careful preparation sets you up for losing £thousands on the day of the sale

As you’d expect, being in the publishing business, I put it to David that he should write a book on the subject for the benefit of business owners like yourself. To which he replied (with a wry smile) something along the lines of "great idea, but where do I magic-up the time from?".

No problem I said, make your first book a short and concise guide that reveals the secrets of preparing a business for sale for the greatest return.

This would at least give business owners an idea of where to start, as well as a handy resource of useable, real-life guidelines and ‘insider’ tips to prevent them from straying off the path to a trouble-free sale, slap-bang into a minefield... blowing their efforts skywards before they really got to grips with things.

"Let me think about it" he said.

And that was that.

I didn’t hear from David for another six months or so when, clean out of the blue, I received a text message that simply said… “It’s done”. Of course, I knew exactly what that meant and eagerly replied, almost demanding the manuscript be rushed to me overnight for publication.

At long last, here it is!

David, to his credit, has taken my advice on board and written a truly punchy 40 page guide with the snappy title of...

"How To Prepare Your Business For Sale"

A 21-Step Short Course Primer for Owners of Small Businesses

Has it all the answers? No, of course not. How could it in just 40 pages?

However, what it does give you is a massive leg-up onto the right track from day one.

From the very morning you wake up and decide now is the time to sell your business, you’ll know precisely how and where to start the process.

Equally important, you will be able to quickly spot and avoid the tripwires and potholes so often stumbled over by the unwary.

How To Prepare Your Business For Sale by David Mattocks

What you’ll discover inside:

All the traps and pitfalls to steer well clear of for a trouble-free sale.
How to put a stop to the intrinsic value of your business slowly seeping away.
How to get buyers eagerly beating a path to YOUR door.
How to avoid the risk of being dragged through the courts by your buyer, your staff or your fellow shareholders and co-owners.
One simple strategy to dispel buyers’ fears that your business might sink without trace the very day after the sale.
The reason why being 'up-front' and honest about the downsides of your business, will sell it quicker!
11 little things that make the biggest difference between a burdensome millstone round your neck and a smooth, swift, hassle-free sale.
How not to inadvertently de-value your business in a single stroke overnight.
One little known tip to get a buyer to pay more for your business AND reduce your tax liability at the same time.
3 of the quickest ways to eradicate any niggling concerns a buyer may be silently harbouring.
One single step to endorse the ongoing revenue-generating capability of your business.
How to eliminate 11 potential deal-killers and improve the ‘saleability’ of your business.
What you should know about the 4 common types of business buyers.
14 reasons why people buy businesses and why it’s critical you should know.
How to make your business almost irresistible to the largest number of potential purchasers.
And lots more…

OK so far, but how much is all this invaluable help, advice and support going to cost you?

I can tell you, I struggled long and hard nailing this one down!

David Mattocks’ extensive experience and unequalled expertise as a professional business broker, has led him to become one of the highest paid (if not THE highest paid) in the country.

So you would expect his book to cost you an arm and a leg, PLUS the fingers off the other hand, wouldn’t you?

Not a bit of it!

David insisted his book was to be priced fairly, and not so high as to be way out of reach of those who needed it most. OK, so what on earth is a ‘fair’ price tag to pin onto 20+ years worth of specialist skills, expertise and hard-earned knowledge and know-how?

(I should point out here, business owners gladly pay David £90,000 for his advice, guidance, support and sought-after expertise when selling their businesses… in some cases considerably more).

So… would it be fair for the book to be priced to faithfully reflect decades of knowledge at somewhere around £100, or £50, or £150, or more? Unable to decide, I gave up guessing and phoned David…

"Less than a fiver", he said

What? Not sure I'd heard right, and shocked into a stunned silence (very unlike me), I was interested to hear his reasoning...

David has made this information available to you for almost nothing (we finally settled on £4.99, after some raising of eyebrows and 'tutting', once I regained a basic level of communication) with the realisation that a percentage of responders to his offer (maybe you’ll be one of them) will want to go on and invest in one of his training programmes, or attend one of his ‘how to sell your business’ workshops or even become a private client.

David insists on investing in YOU before he ever expects you to invest in any further advice, mentoring or training

It’s David’s life-long philosophy to provide owners of small businesses with specific, proven, immediately useable information, up-front for little cost, so that it’s virtually impossible for you to turn down his offer of help.

Frankly, I think you’d be stark raving mad to refuse David’s selfless generosity on this, or on any other occasion.

Having said that, please be assured there is no commitment on your part now – or at any time in the future – to ever invest a penny more. It’s completely up to you and within your control.

There is one catch though...

All I ask is you agree to implement everything David reveals in “How To Prepare Your Business For Sale... ” that applies directly to YOU and YOUR type of business, when you decide the time is right for you to sell.

In return, if you’re comfortable accepting my small ‘catch’, I will personally, 100% guarantee you will be on the right track to selling your business for it’s greatest worth and within the shortest possible timescale.

And that’s not all. I’m also going to stand by my unrivalled guarantee for one whole year.

12 months, no questions, personal guarantee

This means if you don’t agree (for any reason whatsoever) that David’s book shows you clearly, precisely and succinctly how to implement well-reasoned plans and prepare properly for the day of the sale, then simply return it to me within 12 months for a full refund.

Yes, that’s a whole year, no questions, risk-free guarantee – something I’ve never offered before, simply because I’m mightily impressed with the immense value this book will undoubtedly bring to you and more than confident you will agree.

Now, be honest. When did you last come across a 12 month, 100% risk free, money back guarantee on a book? Put another way… imagine the look on the manager’s face as you breeze into Waterstones on a wet Monday morning demanding your money back on a book you bought a year ago. Can you picture the scene? Not pretty is it?

I'm in no doubt, you will have to search far and wide to find anyone else in the business selling world prepared to stick their neck out and lay a hard-earned reputation on the line by offering a one year money back guarantee on a book.

Buy today - completely risk-free - "How To Prepare Your Business For Sale... a 21-Step Short Course Primer for Owners of Small Business" for almost nothing (£4.99 + p&p) and take that first step on the road to changing your life for ever... starting tomorrow.

£4.99 + p&p

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With warm regards,

Roland Chine - Publisher

P.S. One more thing... buy "How To Prepare Your Business For Sale" today and I'll include one of just 20 limited, pre-publication copies of David's special report, "13 Winning Ways to Sell Anything to Anyone in an Economic Downturn", as a free bonus gift. This specially commissioned business report is literally 'hot off the press' and will be released on general sale priced at £29 within days. Grab a free copy now while you have the chance to beat your competitors to it... leave them scratching in the dust before they realise what hit them!