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No matter how many years of continuous growth a business may have, we have yet to hear the entrepreneur/owner say that he didn’t want his business to grow.  He does.

There are several reasons for this:

  • Customers move from the area, retire, are attracted to your competition, close or sell their business: and yours decreases

  • Without new customers presenting new challenges, you become stale and complacent

  • Growth gives your good young talent the opportunity to move up the ranks, or you lose them and the time and effort you devoted to developing their skills.  You then have to begin the development process over again at an unnecessary cost.

  • New growth, when properly managed, reduces unit cost, with a resulting increase in bottom line profits.

Here then are the 4 ways to Build a Better Business:

1.  Increase the number of customers you serve

2.  Increase the number of times they come back (or refer others)

3.  Increase the average value of each sale

4.  Increase the effectiveness ( with which we do all these other things)

Let’s look at what’s possible:

Now:  you have 10 customers x 10 visits x $10 average sale = $1,000 gross sales

Assume you are able to increase each factor by 10%.  You then have – 11 customers x 11 visits x $11 average sale = $1,331 gross sales

So, therefore, a 10% improvement in each of the Critical Success Factors will result in a 33% increase in Gross Sales.

There are a great many techniques to increase the 4 Factors.  Here is just one possibility for each Factor:

Increase the number of customers you serve by establishing Host-Beneficiary Relationships with non-competing businesses who serve your target market.  Such as a carpet retailer setting up a reciprocal relationship with real estate agents.

Increase the number of times they come back by giving random rewards to beget regular behavior.  Such as an airline preferred customer program to increase the repeat factor.

Increase the average amount of each sale by establishing value to customers.  Such as setting up a phone conversion process that educates customers.

Increase the effectiveness by identifying Key Performance Indicators.  Such as identifying every customer interactions in the client cycle and then developing performance standards for client satisfaction for each contact.

If these concepts make you aware of the possibilities that exist for building your business, contact us.  Your first visit with us may be the most important . . . and it’s our gift to you.


Lawrence L. Richards, C.P.A.

   
 


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