Look at the different components that go into your business plan: your operational plan; your marketing plan; your advertising plan; your Internet plan; your human resource plan; and your strategic plan. The structure of your plan if you operate in the manufacturing sector or the service sector, the retail or construction business. Review software you can use to prepare your plan and factors to consider before printing your plan. Learn how to use your plan as a financing document and how to make effective presentations to potential investors or lenders. Finally, consider your plan as a dynamic document to be modified as circumstances change.