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Mutala’s Answer
1. Define Clear Goals: Set specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, and time-bound (SMART) goals for your business. This gives you a clear direction to work towards.
2. Develop a Business Plan: Create a comprehensive business plan outlining your business structure, products or services, target market, marketing strategies, operational plan, and financial projections.
3. Organize Finances: Keep track of your finances meticulously. Monitor cash flow, manage expenses, and ensure you have adequate funding for operations and growth.
4. Understand Your Market: Conduct market research to understand your target audience, competitors, and industry trends. This knowledge helps you make informed decisions and stay competitive.
5. Build a Strong Team: Hire talented individuals who align with your business goals. Delegate tasks effectively and empower your team members to contribute to the success of the business.
6. Implement Efficient Operations: Develop streamlined processes to enhance productivity and efficiency. Continuously look for areas where you can improve workflows and reduce costs.
7. Customer Focus: Prioritize customer satisfaction. Build strong relationships with your customers, seek feedback, and adapt your products or services based on their needs.
2. Develop a Business Plan: Create a comprehensive business plan outlining your business structure, products or services, target market, marketing strategies, operational plan, and financial projections.
3. Organize Finances: Keep track of your finances meticulously. Monitor cash flow, manage expenses, and ensure you have adequate funding for operations and growth.
4. Understand Your Market: Conduct market research to understand your target audience, competitors, and industry trends. This knowledge helps you make informed decisions and stay competitive.
5. Build a Strong Team: Hire talented individuals who align with your business goals. Delegate tasks effectively and empower your team members to contribute to the success of the business.
6. Implement Efficient Operations: Develop streamlined processes to enhance productivity and efficiency. Continuously look for areas where you can improve workflows and reduce costs.
7. Customer Focus: Prioritize customer satisfaction. Build strong relationships with your customers, seek feedback, and adapt your products or services based on their needs.
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Pam’s Answer
Are you already the proud owner of a business? Or perhaps you're planning to run a family business with a rich history of loyal customers? Embarking on a business education journey can equip you with valuable insights that you can directly apply to your current role. You'll have the opportunity to hone your communication skills, learn effective marketing strategies, understand analytics, and master strategic positioning, all as part of your curriculum. Plus, you'll get a chance to familiarize yourself with essential software programs like Word and Excel. These tools can provide insightful data on financial profits and overall expenses, helping you stay in tune with your business operations. Remember, the energy and dedication you invest in your education will directly contribute to your success.
Now, let's take a moment to think about your future. Where do you see yourself in five years? How about ten? Consider the potential pathways you might explore to achieve your aspirations and objectives. Always bear in mind that this journey will have its ups and downs, but don't forget to take pleasure in the ride. Your goals provide direction, and your willingness to embrace change with an open mind will ensure the journey is not only successful but also enjoyable.
Wishing you all the best!
Pam
Now, let's take a moment to think about your future. Where do you see yourself in five years? How about ten? Consider the potential pathways you might explore to achieve your aspirations and objectives. Always bear in mind that this journey will have its ups and downs, but don't forget to take pleasure in the ride. Your goals provide direction, and your willingness to embrace change with an open mind will ensure the journey is not only successful but also enjoyable.
Wishing you all the best!
Pam
Levi Bradley
Small business owner of 3 different business , Commercial cleaning, Construction, Holiday Lighting
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Farmington, Maine
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Levi’s Answer
Depends on what type of business, what type of business?
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Kim’s Answer
Managing your business, whatever kind of business it is, means having your financial goals outlined. Go over the cost, budget, and time frame, then tweak those goals as you go along. Whether you’re selling a product or service, you’ll also need to keep an eye on what’s trending to help predict a more accurate need to your financial goals and budget. Have a weekly and monthly check in to see where you are and tweak your plan as you go. There are many apps you can use to help do this. Plus, the market is unpredictable, so keep in mind the cost of living, location, and how the economy is doing. City location is going to be a lot more time and money compared to small town or other location. If it is on line only, (or both online and on site), you’ll need money for advertisement to help gain traction so people can learn you exist and what you sell. And also think quality over quantity. If you sell a lot of cheaply made products or inadequate services, it can really hurt your business. It’s important to make sure your product or service is worth the time and money to consumers. Other factors are things you can’t control. When Covid first hit, the cost of living skyrocketed, which means uncontrolled instances can have a huge impact, so always keep that in mind, make sure you have some financial cushion, and adjust as you go along. As long as you stay sharp and on top of your goal, you can really thrive and succeed. Discipline can make or break your business.
Nikolaos Zormpas
Global Manager – Digital Services Offerings / Technology, Software & Services Offerings Marketing
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Athens, Greece
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Nikolaos’s Answer
Hi Grazia,
It would be really great if you could share some additional details about your business so we can evaluate more specific tactics. Until then, I would like to share a piece of advice that I often repeat to entrepreneurs within my network: client centricity is essential, especially in the modern business world.
Leveraging tactics that enable you to listen to your clients and involve them in the design of your operations, services, and products is a strategy that maximizes long-term success. Consider fostering a culture that keeps clients at the center of everything. An equally important thing to remember is that happy employees often result in happy clients. When employees are satisfied and engaged, they are more likely to provide exceptional service, which in turn leads to greater client satisfaction and loyalty. Having said that, managing your business in a way that will increase employee and client satisfaction is a really important strategy that you should definitely take into consideration.
I hope this helps!
Best regards,
Nikolas
It would be really great if you could share some additional details about your business so we can evaluate more specific tactics. Until then, I would like to share a piece of advice that I often repeat to entrepreneurs within my network: client centricity is essential, especially in the modern business world.
Leveraging tactics that enable you to listen to your clients and involve them in the design of your operations, services, and products is a strategy that maximizes long-term success. Consider fostering a culture that keeps clients at the center of everything. An equally important thing to remember is that happy employees often result in happy clients. When employees are satisfied and engaged, they are more likely to provide exceptional service, which in turn leads to greater client satisfaction and loyalty. Having said that, managing your business in a way that will increase employee and client satisfaction is a really important strategy that you should definitely take into consideration.
I hope this helps!
Best regards,
Nikolas
Katherine Avery
Run a music studio and teach private music lessons; teach college-level religion classes
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Spanish Fork, Utah
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Katherine’s Answer
The best resources I know of for learning about running a business are this workbook (https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/ldsorg/topics/self-reliance/2017/14678_sgmb_book_eng.pdf?lang=eng) and a book by Dave Ramsey called EntreLeadership.