It’s a common problem. One minute you’re flooded with work, the next there are weeks…or months…of nothing. Perhaps your business is fairly new and you aren’t seeing the sales you want despite your best efforts? So many business owners tear their hair out – or worse, in those times of drought think that their business is failing – if this happens enough times, it can make you want to give up entirely. The only way to stop ‘the revenue roller coaster’ is to ongoingly evaluate what you are doing and have done and look for patterns so you can take action to fix the problem at it’s route. The most common trap that people fall in to is that they’ll work really hard marketing/selling their business from which they get some great results and find themselves quite busy. But because they’re a small business owner which effectively means that in …
Creating a Marketing Strategy….that works!
So often overlooked…but fundamentally the most critical element to the success or failure of any business….your marketing strategy. Does the word ‘marketing’ scare the pants off you? If so – you’re not the only one. For many small business owners, the term ‘marketing’ refers to having to spend a great deal of money on advertising that is entirely hit and miss and probably won’t yield any addition to their bottom line. What you may not realise however is that ‘marketing’ doesn’t just refer to advertising it’s so much more than that. Furthermore, you don’t need to have a huge budget to market your business successfully. The main thing when it comes to marketing is that you do it continuously – when you’re trying to build your business, you market it, when things are going badly you hit the marketing…and when things are going well…guess what…you need to keep marketing. Now, …