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60 WAYS TO GROW YOUR BUSINESS Knowing Your Customers Understanding what your customers want is the first step to growing your business. Sales are everything in the world of business and the key to making those sales lies in finding solutions to the problems people face in their lives. You need to have in-depth knowledge of their lifestyles and challenges to provide your potential customers with solutions that they would be willing to spend their money on. Offering Excellent Service The kind of service people receive from any business is decisive. If the service is poor, it doesn't really matter what kind of products you offer. People simply won't come back. Reviews will be poor and your brand as well as the image of your business will greatly suffer. However, offering top-notch service will naturally have precisely the opposite effect of not only making customers return, but making them eager to tell others about what you have to offer. Hiring the Right People If you want to grow your business, you won't be able to do everything alone. Hiring people is crucial in the life of any business. Hiring not only the best candidates for the job but doing so at the right time can prove decisive in terms of the trajectory your business will take. Building the perfect team around you-the kind of team you can trust-is imperative for business growth. Understanding Your Industry In addition to understanding your clients, you also need to be knowledgeable about your industry. Knowing what your clients want is only helpful if you can complement that with the knowledge of how to produce the right solutions at the right time. This entails not only knowing your existing products inside out, but also keeping up with the latest developments and products in your particular industry. Identifying and Seizing the Right Opportunities Keeping up with developments in your industry has the added advantage of allowing you to be able to identify the right business opportunities. Taking advantage of the right opportunities, and, equally importantly, getting the timing just right, is vital for growing your business. While there may be an element of risk-taking involved in the process, remember the old and truthful saying: "No risk, no reward!" Forming Strategic Partnerships Any business needs suppliers. Most also need retailers. You have to make sure you find the rights ones and establish the right strategic partnerships with them. This is important not only to allow your business to run smoothly, but also to leverage those partnerships for the right strategic ends. Also, forming strategic partnerships with other businesses and business owners both inside and outside your industry can prove to be most fruitful in the long run. Specifying Your Niche You want to make money, but you won't be successful if you simply market yourself as a "Jack of all trades," doing everything and selling everything. In the modern world, people want specialization and value quality over quantity. If you want to offer a quality product or service, it is vital that you specify your niche and focus on delivering solutions to customers within that specific framework. Diversifying Your Products or Services While it is important to focus on your specific niche, you should utilize the room for manoeuvring you have within that framework. Within the specific industry where your business focus lies, you should offer a wide range of solutions, services and products and be flexible enough to adapt to the specific needs of clients, who most often prefer a tailor-made and one-stop service for all of their particular needs. Complementing Products and Services with New Features Improving all the time is one of the key characteristics of any successful business. Being sensitive to all customer feedback and maintaining an open mind about your products and services will go a long way to allowing you to improve and complement them with new features. This not only improves your product or the service itself, but keeps customers interested and excited about what you have to offer next. Focusing on Established and Return Clients You might be tempted to think that the only key to business success is constantly growing your customer base and introducing new people to your brand. While this is important, of course, you should not underestimate the value of loyal return clients. Most businesses achieve success by establishing a core base of clients who return to spend more money on their products and services. Leveraging Your Existing Customer Base Establishing a solid base of return clients is one of the best means to expand your client base. If you can get existing clients increasingly excited about what you have to offer, they will inevitably tell others about your products and services and encourage them to make use of them. Asking satisfied clients to write reviews about what you have to offer is another great way of utilizing your existing customer base to grow your business. Developing a Unique Brand In the modern world of business, you need to stand out from the crowd. There are likely to be competitors out there who offer similar products and services, and therefore it is of vital importance that you find a way to attract those customers for whom you are competing with your brand. To grab the attention of potential customers, your brand and its image need to be something fresh and unique. Anticipating the Future Many of the world's most successful businessmen, like Steve Jobs, have noted that being ahead of the curve has been vital to their success. If you can anticipate the next trends and developments in the industry and the market, you will be able to give your business that cutting edge it needs to get ahead in the industry. One stroke of genius effectuated by anticipating the future can really put your business on the map. Increasing Productivity This is perhaps the most obvious way to grow your business and probably the one that comes to mind first with regard to business growth. However, it must be remembered that the modern world of business is not simply one where increased productivity equals increased profit or success. So, while you need to be smart in the way you go about your work, productivity is basic to any successful business. Acquiring a Complementary Business If you want to expand your range of products and services while also maintaining your focus on a particular niche, it might be useful to acquire a second (or third!) additional and complementary business. This would allow you not only to expand your range, but also to effectively become your own supplier or retailer, thereby reassuring clients that you are taking care of the entire production process. Building Lasting Business Relationships Building relationships of trust is key in the world of business. Of course, this goes without saying when it comes to the clients, as no one will support a business they don't trust. But it is also true when it comes to partnerships and relationships with employees. If people like and trust you, they will be much more willing to help and guide you along the path to success. Expanding Internationally This idea may or may not be relevant to you, depending on the kind of business you run. But if you provide the kind of products and services that transcend borders, expanding internationally would be a great way to grow your business. Being limited to a small space or area normally limits growth, so if you can break away from these kinds of limitations, your business will increasingly flourish. Licensing Your Products If you want to expand internationally, licencing your products can be a very important step, as this would allow you to enter foreign markets more easily. Additionally, licencing products helps expands your possibilities when it comes to advertising and marketing as well as in terms of diffusing potential conflicts with other businesses
