Growth is never by mere chance; it is the result of forces working together.—James Cash Penney, founder of JCPenney The path to growth for startups and small businesses is not due to a singular business process or function. Instead, businesses grow as a result of strong processes and functions working together to create an integrated, dynamic company. Search engine optimization (SEO) is a strategy that startups and small businesses should invest in as a staple of their growth models. A … [Read more...]
How to Use SMB Financing Solutions to Increase Your Growth
Very few of us start a business with a million dollars in the bank. Therefore, finding financing solutions to grow your small business is important. It does not matter if you are just starting out or if you have been in business for years. You need cash to grow your business. Traditional SMB financing options, such as banks and the Small Business Administration (SBA), have become harder to approach in recent years. Since 2006, small business loans from the biggest banks in the country … [Read more...]
How to Grow Your Business the Easy But Boring Way
I asked Carol Tice of Make a Living Writing to share how her just-published new book can benefit us. You'd like to grow your sales, wouldn't you? There's a way to do it that many business owners ignore, because it's considered kind of boring. But it's so powerful for helping your business survive and then flourish that I recently wrote a whole book for startups about it, The Pocket Small Business Owner's Guide to Starting on a Shoestring, because I'd really like to spread the word about it … [Read more...]
Increased Demand: 3 Ways to Deal with Small Business Growth #smallbiz
Increased Demand Starting a business might seem fairly simple; it is. Building a sustainable business is certainly a different story. As a business grows, increased demand creates challenges. For example, there are times of the year where capacity needs to increase seasonally or may increase unexpectedly. Most businesses want to ensure that they can always deal with increased demand for their products and services. This might mean holding more stock, upgrading to a bigger warehouse, and even … [Read more...]
