Running a company requires constantly looking for opportunities to optimize your operations and grow your revenues. Staying afloat in a crowded market and tough economy can be difficult, especially for burgeoning businesses. Many entrepreneurs start their own practices, open their own offices, or lead their own enterprises without a lot of capital to work with. Business Insider reports: “67 percent of people who start a small business still attribute personal passion to their driving force.” As you get your venture off the ground, you probably don’t have thousands of dollars to invest in the latest technology or the largest staff. Fortunately, you can still succeed if you commit to your company and work wisely. At Measurable Solutions, we’ve provided techniques, tips, and tools to help small business owners thrive for the past fifteen years. We know from firsthand experience that understanding and applying the right strategies can be priceless. In the following blog, we explain the top five free ways you can improve your business.
1. Organize your office space.
Amidst the hustle and bustle of managing a business, you might think you don’t have time to clean up clutter or implement a new filing system, but a little organization goes a long way. How well can you expect to do if you can’t find important documents and have to navigate around stacks of paper to get to your desk? Amongst “46 Tips to Help Improve Your Business,” Reader’s Digest recommends: “start a filing system and toss everything you don’t need. Eliminating will make it easier to locate important papers.” You can also dust off your desk space to create a cleaner work environment, rearrange your furniture to make collaborating with employees easier, and move older items into storage containers so they aren’t in your way. These tasks take just a little time, but can make your work atmosphere exponentially better and enhance your productivity.
2. Network with colleagues and clients.
Chances are, you have a wealth of connections and relationships, but you may not be realizing their full potential. It costs nothing but time and energy to get and stay in touch with your past customers, potential business partners, and peers. Networking can help build your business in a variety of ways. Keeping in contact with people in your field could help you:
- Learn more about your industry, including data and strategies that could make or break your company.
- Garner new clients from leaders in related fields. For example, it is very important for practice owners to cultivate great relationships with referring doctors, as we explain in one of our most popular offerings, the New Patient Course.
- Keep past clients coming back for more of your services.
- Improve your general reputation so that prospective clients and colleagues are more likely to know about your business and want to work with you.
For these reasons and more, simply picking up the phone, walking in to an office, or sending an email could help your business become more prosperous.
3. Learn about and leverage your employees’ skills.
Do you know what your workers can do? As a small business owner, it’s important to maximize every asset you have, including your human resources. Your employees could have expertise you never realized—for example, your secretary might also know how to build websites, or your accountant might have a flair for event planning. Taking the time to communicate with your team members about their skills could help you improve their contributions to the company. Since you’re already paying them, you might as well make the most of your employees’ capabilities. In all likelihood, your workers will be happy and excited to use their talents to benefit the business.
4. Consider and project the brand you’d like to create.
Branding is key to establishing a small business. Thinking about the identity you’d like your company to have and adjusting your approach to reflect it could help your business make a more memorable impression on current and future customers. It costs nothing to consider your brand and strive to make it a reality in your daily dealings.
5. Take advantage of our free courses.
Education is essential to ensure your success. Measurable Solutions’ experienced team of consultants has created a wide range of training programs to help owners boost their businesses. To give you a taste of our offerings, we provide numerous introductory online courses at absolutely no charge. We can help you learn more about:
- Advertising techniques for general businesses with our Marketing Booster Course. This program can help you locate and reach audiences that want and need your products.
- The particulars of healthcare promotion. We’ve devised a mini version of our New Patient Course to help even more practice owners prosper.
- How to become a more likeable communicator and salesperson, persuading prospects with language, emotion, and more. This is all covered in our Greater Sales Course.
- Growing your business above and beyond its current scope by enhancing your efficiency, overcoming barriers, and increasing output with our Business Expansion Course.
These complimentary courses can get you started on the path toward greater prosperity. We would be happy to answer any questions, address any concerns, and provide any further assistance along the way.
Are You Ready to Implement Measurable Solutions?
Do you want to sign up for one of our free online courses? Would you like to learn more methods for improving your business? Contact Measurable Solutions today to find out more about our services or schedule a consultation.
