How To Innovate Brand Engagement

Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. I key component of your business is your brand. There is also engagement with your brand. The following contributed post is entitled, How To Innovate Brand Engagement.

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It’s all about branding. The jury has been out on this topic for quite some time. If you’re not actively creating opportunities for your consumers to engage with your brand in active and meaningful ways, you will likely find yourself courting irrelevance very quickly. It can sound particularly nerve-wracking, especially for smaller businesses that may not have the big budget spend of their conglomerate and corporate cousins.

But the truth is far more settling than you’d think because creating innovative, fresh, and engaging brand interactions is a lot easier than you might think – and it doesn’t have to ruin your bottom line either.

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INITIATE THE CONVERSATION

There’s an adage from street-hardened salespeople: those who ask the questions control the conversation.

We believe this to be true to the extent that if you’re not initiating conversations about your brand, whether through commercials or social media campaigns – someone else will likely and make no mistake, we live in a highly competitive age where not all the players in the game mean to do so with integrity.

So take the lead and develop meaningful conversations around your products or services within the marketplaces you’re serving.

“The more you engage with customers, the clearer things become and the easier it is to determine what you should be doing.” — John Russell, President of Harley Davidson.

DEVELOP A CLEAR AND CONCISE CONTENT STRATEGY

The content that you post online and across your various social media platforms should never be posted for the sake of having something “up there.” You want to ensure that content is dynamic, stimulating, relevant, and has a specific call to action hardwired in the message.

In other words, you want your content to inspire action, a movement that will give you access to the people interacting with your posts and content, access that can lead to a conversation, that can lead to a sale.

Many sportswear companies have been particularly successful at doing this by inviting consumers to post workout tips, diet advice and share conversations across platforms that guide newbies and experts alike.

Agencies like Traffik can offer highly specialized solutions that can elevate your brand engagement credentials exponentially.

“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou.

CREATING EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS

Take a look at this Volkswagen commercial from South Africa. From an age long before social media, when the web itself was in its infancy. It is an excellent example of the kind of emotional connections you want to create for your brand. To establish a legacy, a follow-through from generation to generation, and to appeal to the sentiment of your consumer and customer.

SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVATIONS

This should almost go without saying, but many companies and businesses still don’t understand just how valuable a resource social medial can be. Of course, it needs to be done right. You have to learn how to actively grow your base on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, and more.

When you can get to the point where your customers are taking selfies and then posting images and video footage of themselves using or enjoying your product or service, that image will likely be reshared and shared again. Gold, absolute gold.

Common Reasons For Customer Dissatisfaction

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“Customer dissatisfaction occurs when your business fails to meet the expectations of your customers.”

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Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. A key component to the success of your business is customer satisfaction. As such you want to avoid those things that would sour your customers. The following contributed post is entitled, Common Reasons For Customer Dissatisfaction.

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Customer dissatisfaction occurs when your business fails to meet the expectations of your customers.

For you, the consequences can be dire. After failing to satisfy your customers, you may lose their custom in the short or long term. The reputation of your business could be badly affected if bad word of mouth and online reviews reflect the areas in which your business has fallen down. And as a consequence of these situations, you could make losses in your business if news of customer dissatisfaction spreads.

As a business owner, you know the importance of making your customers happy. Dissatisfaction is not the word you want to hear. But to understand more, let’s consider why customers may be dissatisfied.

#1: Poor quality product or service

What are you offering your customers? If it’s a particular product, it needs to be of good quality, functional, and long-lasting. Something of poor quality that breaks within days or weeks of purchase is hardly likely to satisfy your customers.

If you are offering a particular service, you need to fulfill what you have promised. The work you do for the customer needs to be of good quality because this is what they expect when they pay you. A rushed job that fails to meet their needs is going to cause dissatisfaction.

To ensure quality, you should commit to training for yourself and your team when it is needed. And if certain tasks can’t be managed properly in-house, you should outsource to experts, such as industrial sewing services if you are selling fabric-based products. By taking these steps, you will be better able to offer quality to your customers.

#2: Bad customer service

When your customers reach out to your business, they expect timely answers, polite interactions, and a proper answer to the questions they are asking. They don’t expect a long wait on the phone, rude customer service representatives, and a less-than-satisfying response to their queries.

For the benefit of your customers, you need to make sure your employees are trained in customer service skills. You need to monitor their interactions occasionally and give them guidance or warnings if they aren’t treating your customers well. And you also want to cut down on wait times when your customers try to reach you. Outsource to a call center if you need to, provide a live chat option on your website through a reputable source, such as OF chat service, and be diligent when it comes to answering emails and returning phone calls.

#3: Overpricing

You will be keen to make a profit in your business but that profit shouldn’t come from overpriced products. When a customer realizes that they have paid more than is standard for a product or service, they will be quick to let the world know on business review sites and social media.

You make a profit by gaining more customers and not by ripping them off. So, make sure your pricing is fair by conducting a pricing survey before settling on a final cost. This way, your customers won’t slam you for unfair pricing and you won’t lose them to business rivals that are offering cheaper prices.

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By keeping your customers happy, you will experience return custom, better word of mouth, and higher profits. So, consider your customers. Are they satisfied with your business? Find out by asking for their feedback and by checking reviews about your business online. If you need to make changes to counter criticisms, then do so.

Bringing Your Business Through The Pandemic

Three focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money, Business/Entrepreneurship and Current Events. My businesses were obliterated by the Covid-19 Pandemic while others made it through, thrived, or were even started. If your business is still alive, you want to consider how to keep it going as the pandemic may be nearing it’s end. The following contributed post is entitled, Bringing Your Business Through The Pandemic.

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Many businesses have been impacted by Covid-19, and while things are improving, firms are still battling to get back on track. Let’s take a look at some of the ways you may help your business grow stronger during this difficult time:

Keep Track Of Your Cash Flow

Identify any cashflow issues as soon as possible, and predict with the worst-case scenario in mind, ensuring that your company is ready for any future socio-economic shifts. Employees should be assigned to procedures that are critical to cash flow, even if this implies cross-training. Many businesses lack a proper, regularly updated cash flow projection, resulting in a lack of awareness of their finances and potential consequences; if this is your company, make it a point to build one. Using tools such as Wefunder Agency could help.

Examine The Dangers In Your Supply Chain

You must prepare for the worst, just as you must for cash flow. What if one of your suppliers is unable to supply you with the things you require? If possible, ensure you have viable backup providers, speak with them, and confirm that they can deliver what you require, as things may not be as advertised on their website at the time. You might also need to make certain strategic supply chain decisions, such as concentrating on your most profitable products or services while reducing other offerings and supply chain risks. While these may be temporary decisions given the current state of the economy, it is always necessary to risk analyse your supply chain.

Keep Yourself Updated

As a business leader, you must stay up to date on the newest COVID-19 developments on a daily basis, as the advice is constantly changing. However, double-check official recommendations, avoid sensationalised news and social media posts, and carefully consider what to tell your employees, suppliers, and customers. Avoid panic and perplexity! When planning your strategy for the coming months, keep in mind the government’s response and business assistance policies. The most recent advice can be found here.

Be Flexible And Open To New Ideas

Many firms that survive and prosper through a crisis like this will have open-minded CEOs who can adjust swiftly to change and inspire their employees to do the same. Given how our lives have significantly and rapidly altered recently, your business model may no longer be feasible and will need to be updated. There may also be fresh prospects for you to take advantage of and diversify your business. Check out the rest of my essay on how to adapt and diversify your business.

Make Preparations For The ‘After’

Start thinking about how you want your business to look once the pandemic is ended once all of the big obstacles have been addressed. It is preferable to begin planning now rather than face the shock of returning to ‘normalcy’ with no awareness of the significant changes we have all through. Make a list of everything that is functioning well for your team and that you might want to keep in place in the long run, as well as anything you want to get rid of. Are you looking for ways to work that are more productive and cost-effective? Is your team collaborating more effectively? Have you taken steps to reduce your company’s environmental impact? Consider how your customers and suppliers will function in the future and include them in your strategies.

How To Improve Cashflow As A Small Business

Two key focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. While the focus of a business is the generate profit, a key aspect of that is controlling costs and improving cashflow. The following contributed post is entitled, How To Improve Cashflow As A Small Business.

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One of the problems facing small businesses, even profitable small businesses is cash flow or lack thereof. Having a steady cash flow is important for all businesses as it is the means to meeting all overheads such as rent and bills. If payments are due to be made but cannot be met even a successful company could run into difficulty and uncertainty over their future. Here are some tips to consider when it comes to keeping your company cash available.

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Lease instead of buy

Choosing to lease over purchasing property or even equipment and goods may at first seem counterintuitive as commonly you will end up paying a higher amount over the duration of the lease than you would if you bought the property outright. While this may be the case outlying large sums of money into property or goods will tie up your company funds and could have a very detrimental effect on its access to cash and cash flow. It may also be that your lease agreements can benefit from certain tax advantages, advice on which should always be sought.

Liquidate assets

If you do choose to buy your goods or equipment then you will always have the option to sell them to liquidize those assets. Or, it may be that you have surplus inventory to your requirements that you can dispose of to increase your cash flow. Take a look around, and consider whether everything you have is truly needed. Your company tools or equipment will always be worth something and there are specialized companies available who can help value your stock and offer you competitive rates. If you are in the restaurant trade for example take a look at this site to see what services they offer for liquidating your inventory.

Stay on top of invoicing

It sounds like an obvious one but you would be surprised how many companies lag behind when it comes to invoicing. Firstly be sure to invoice as soon as possible and make sure all invoices are clear and easy to read with all of the relevant information easy to find. Relevant information such as payment terms and payment methods should be top priority. It is also a good idea to include a due date and to make it visible from several locations on the invoice. Finally be sure to chase unpaid invoices regularly. Set yourself weekly or even bi-weekly reminders to send out follow ups as the payment deadline approaches. If an invoice is unpaid after the due date be sure to charge late payment fees.

Consider how people pay you

If your cash is coming from your customers, which it will be, consider the payment methods you offer and whether you can expand these. There are so many viable payment options available from Paypal, Venmo, Apple Pay or even Bitcoin. The more possibilities you have and the more convenient it is for customers to pay you the quicker you will receive your money and improve your cash flow.

Tips For Maintaining Your Customer’s Attention

Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. Arguably the most important part of any business is its marketing. A part of marketing is figuring out how to maintain your customer’s attention. The following contributed post is entitled, Tips For Maintaining Your Customer’s Attention.

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Maintaining the attention of your customers is super important so that they don’t lose interest. Non-interested customers will slowly hinder your business sales, which will decrease profits and make it harder to grow and expand your business. To make your business more effective and successful, it is important to engage your customers.

On that note, here are the best tips for maintaining your customer’s attention.

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Make an engaging website
If your business runs an online website, that it will need to be as engaging as possible to maintain the attention of your customers. If your business doesn’t have a website, then it will benefit your business to work with a website design team who will help to build your site. A business website will help your business be more discoverable, which will boost sales and success.

Your business website should be as responsive as possible, which will maintain the attention of your customers. Using an expert in the field will ensure that your website is easy to use and smooth so that your customers do not lose interest.

Fast responses
An effective way to keep your customers engaged is to respond to their comments and questions as fast as possible. Although it would be ideal to offer your customers immediate responses, sometimes it simply isn’t possible. Therefore, ensure to stay on top of your comments/queries so that you can turn around quick responses.

If you do want to try and increase your response time and offer more frequent immediate responses then it can help to build a live chat service on your website. During business hours, customers can contact you there and attain an immediate response to their query, which will keep them attentive and interested.

Never promise anything
You should avoid promising anything to your customers because if you fail to meet the expectations that you have set out for yourself, then you will lose your customer’s trust. Therefore, never hand out promises.

Instead, fulfilling your own expectations should be enough to satisfy your customers and keep them interested.

Get to know your customers
The more personal you are with your customers, the more engaged they will be. Simply knowing their name or their preferences will ensure that you can be friendly and create a relationship, which will keep them coming back to use your business.

Getting to know your customers will also mean that you can rely on them for regular and honest feedback. The more feedback you attain from your customers about your business, the more you can improve and ensure that you provide your customers with what they want.

Offer regular deals
Every customer will appreciate a good deal from time to time. Therefore, offering regular deals to your existing customers will make them feel appreciated and encourage them to keep shopping with you to attain more deals.

You could offer a reward scheme whereby you offer a free product for every ten purchases made. It will keep them interested and engaged with your business, which will maintain their loyalty.

Investment Tips Anyone Can Profit From

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“Whether you are new to investing, investing for yourself, or for your business, there are many avenues you can go down.”

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Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. A critical piece to winning with money is learning to invest. As with most things, there are numerous important aspects to learning to invest money. The following contributed post is entitled, Investment Tips Anyone Can Profit From.

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Whether you are new to investing, investing for yourself, or for your business, there are many avenues you can go down. Creating more wealth is a sensible life choice that offers you a lot more choice. How you choose to invest will play a huge role in how successful you are, and your choice is always going to be affected by your personal circumstances. So, when you look to invest, always be honest with yourself, invest only what you can afford to lose, and never get into an investment that you do not fully understand. Let’s have a look at a few options:

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Cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency is still rising in popularity. In fact, more and more businesses are seeing this as a viable investment option and making investments this way. The rise in technology such as blockchain has made cryptocurrency easier than ever to use. There are also a lot more financial; institutions that can help you create an investment portfolio with cryptocurrency. Cryptocurrency may well be the future of all online transitions, so this could be a very good long-term investment. However, there are risks, such as law changes and the volatility of cryptocurrencies. So, be careful.

The Stock Market

The Stock Market is a great way to invest, you can make money on the share price increasing, and you can make money in dividend payouts too. The short-term, high-risk investors may not be so interested in dividends as they are about making big returns on the stock increasing over a short period of time. Long-term investors may well be more interested in the dividend payouts than they are about huge increases in the share price value over the short term. Decide what kind of investor you are and choose something that suits your needs. Younger people may well be more inclined to take risks, whereas older people may find the less risky, pretty much sure thing dividend payout a more attractive option. It may well be worth your while speaking to a financial advisor such as Prio Wealth Management, who can advise you on the best form of investment for your situation.

Spread betting

Spread betting is another way you can make money off the stock market. Instead of buying and selling shares, you make informed bets on whether the value of a particular share will go up or down in a predefined period of time. If you have put in the work, this is less like gambling and more like educated betting.

Alternative Assets

In recent years, alternative investments have gained popularity as investors look to diversify their portfolios beyond traditional stocks and bonds. Assets such as fine art, collectibles, wine, and even music royalties are drawing interest for their potential to hedge against market volatility. These options may not be suitable for everyone, as they often require specialized knowledge and can be illiquid, but for those willing to explore unconventional paths, they offer unique growth potential. Some investors are also exploring blockchain-based assets like NFTs and stablecoin backed savings protocols, which aim to blend innovation with stability.

Real Estate

Investing in real estate is a great thing for both the individual and the business to do. The buy to let market is always thriving, as is buying something as a project to do up and sell later. Property is currently on an upwards trend, and having a few properties in your portfolio can be a very business savvy choice. If you end up with enough properties, you can even create a property sideline or use a realtor to take control of the properties for you, so you can make money with minimal stress.

Phone Etiquette Tips For Business

Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. A component of your business is its customer service. Even in today’s digital age, a key aspect of that is communication over the phone. The following contributed post is entitled, Phone Etiquette Tips For Business.

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Phone etiquette is very important for maintaining customer satisfaction and representing your brand professionally. Your manner on the phone matters, and will change how your customers feel about you and how effective your business is.

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Here’s what every business owner needs to know about managing phone lines, whether you’re a one-man band using your mobile phone, or a larger business with a voip phone provider.

Be Consistent

Make sure everyone answers the phone in the same way. If it’s an inbound call, all the customer wants to know is that they have called the right place. Keep your hello brief. Choose a professional greeting that mentions the company and then your own name. Don’t waste time with extras like, “How can I help you?”. Something like, “Hello, Mary’s Cafe, Ryan speaking,” is enough.

Never Interrupt

Don’t interrupt a complaining customer. It can be hard to do this, but listen to the whole problem, no matter how long the customer talks. Even if you use call center that will hand off the call to a member of your staff, listening to the whole problem is important so that the customer feels you are taking them seriously.

Use The Hold Button

Make sure everyone at your company knows how to use your phone system, including the hold button. Never put the phone to your chest to muffle the mouthpiece so you can talk to someone in the office. Clients might hear things that you don’t want them to hear.

Use The Transfer Button

You need to know how to transfer someone to another member of your team. Tell your customer something like, “The best person to handle this is Claire, so I’m going to transfer you.” If you need time to find Claire or explain the customer’s problem to her, tell the customer this, and put them on hold, so they understand why they’re waiting. Make sure Claire takes the call with some knowledge of what the problem is.

Keep Customers Informed

It’s important to train your team on this. They need to give the customer a list of what they are going to do, then a longer timeframe than necessary. Do this, because when you solve their problem faster than you said you would, the customer is pleased and feels you went above and beyond to help them. If you take longer than you said, they’ll be annoyed.

Smile When Your Talk

You can hear when someone is smiling. When you smile while you’re speaking on the phone makes a detectable difference to your tone of voice, so make sure that your team sounds as though they’re in a good mood when they’re on the phone. If a member of your team sounds bored or miserable, it will be worse on the phone, as the customer can’t see their body language. Words and inflection are very important over the phone, more so than they are in a face-to-face encounter. Smile, and keep your tone friendly and professional when you talk.

Helping You To Understand What Could Be Wrong In Your Business

Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. If you’re running a business, you may hit stretches were you’re taking losses or a system goes down. You may experience difficulties from the start. The following contributed post is entitled, Helping You To Understand What Could Be Wrong In Your Business.

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Is something going wrong in your business? At some point in their business life, every business owner is going to go through a patch where something isn’t quite right with the business that they own. As such, it’s up to you to find out what the problem is so that you can start working on the solution. In this article, we’re going to be taking a look at some of the more common issues so that you can work out where to go from there. Keep reading if you would like to find out more about this topic.

Employees Aren’t Dedicated

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The first problem that you might have is the fact that your employees aren’t dedicated to helping you see success. If this is the problem, then you need to either put your current employees up for performance review, or you need to get new employees. You don’t have the time to let them sink your business by not caring about what goes on, so you need to make a decision fast. Of course, if there is an employee who is usually working really hard and things have slipped recently, try talking to them first to see what is going on. You never know, there might be something that you can help with.

If this is an issue for you and it’s becoming a constant problem, you can always look at outsourcing instead. This is a cheaper option, and you can get managed devops services, accounting services, human resources and so much more when you outsource.

Your Marketing Isn’t Working

Potentially, the issue is that your marketing just isn’t working. If this is the case, you need to start evaluating why this might be. Have you run your marketing campaigns past a focus group before you launched them? If not, why? A focus group will give you invaluable feedback that will help you understand the position you are in when it comes to your marketing. They will tell you if your target audience is going to find this campaign interesting and engage with it, or if it’s going to flop.

It could also be true that the issue is that you are not being creative enough with your content. People want to see something a little different than they are always seeing. The same thing over and over is extremely boring, and you’re not going to catch anyone’s attention like this. If your marketing is failing to garner attention, this will be your biggest issue.

Customers Don’t See You As Reliable

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Have you ever stopped to consider your reputation? Some business owners seem to think that a bad reputation is better than no reputation at all but this is untrue. If you have no reputation, it’s easier to try and build one, but if you have a bad one, then this is going to be extremely difficult to turn around. One of the things that they might say about your company is that you are not reliable. Now, you will know if this is true or not. You will know if you are consistently providing high-quality to your customers, and you will know if getting through to your business is as simple as it should be. If you are not reliable, we suggest that you get to work on changing that if you want to see an improvement.

Leadership Is Lacking

The final thing that we are going to look at is the leadership in your business. If the leadership is lacking, then things are never going to be successful. Think about the way that you run your business and ask yourself whether there is anything that you could be doing better. If you can’t come up with anything, then you may want to look at taking a leadership course. This might give you insights that you needed, but never would have found otherwise.

We hope that you have found this article helpful, and now see some of the things that could be going wrong in your business. It could also be none of the things on this list and be something entirely different, but if any of these sound familiar to you, it’s well worth taking a look at trying to fix it. Try to remember that all issues in business can be fixed as long as you are willing to find the solution rather than just leave it to fester. We wish you the very best of luck, and hope that you find the answer you are looking for soon.

How To Make Your Business More Effective

Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. Once you’ve started a business, one of your keys to success will be ensuring it’s growth and prosperity. The following contributed post is entitled, How To Make Your Business More Effective.

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When you run a business, you want it to be as profitable, efficient and useful as possible. You want to get the most output possible, whether that be through the capabilities of your staff or the amount that you bring in each money. Luckily, through the use of technology and a few other tactics, you can soon make your business more effective. After all, the most important thing when running a company is to remember all times to work smarter, not harder. If you are looking for some great ways to make your business more effective we have put together some top things to consider below.

Make use of the technology on the market

There is so much innovative technology on the market now, it is important to utilise it to your advantage. Whether it is implementing the cloud so your employees can access documents from anywhere, or using a more advanced accounting system, it is up to you. It is also important for you to keep an eye on emerging trends such as virtual reality which can be a real selling point to your company, or World Mobile Token which enables you to connect to any network in the world. By keeping in the know about technologies that are coming up, you are well set to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of your company.

Ensure your staff members are happy

Your staff members are integral to your business so the happier they are, the more money you will make and the more effective your company will be. There are many ways that you can ensure your staff are happy, from giving incentives such as finishing early on a Friday, to an employee of the month and end of year bonuses. By adding simple things like this to your strategy, you will soon find that your staff members are much happier and your business will be reaping the results. Try to book appraisals with your employees too, so you can find out anything that is bothering them and also help them to improve if they need to.

Think about where you are spending your money

It can be easy to spend money needlessly in a business. This could be through different monthly subscriptions and programs, or simply through using a service that is more pricey than it necessarily should be. To combat this, go through where all your money is going and see if you can cut it down. It could be that you are paying over the odds for your phone contracts, or perhaps you are ordering more stationery supplies than are needed.

These are just a few simple ways that you can make your business more effective. By implementing these top tips you are sure to improve how it runs and find an increase in profits and hopefully a decrease in your expenditure. Do you run a business? What are some top tips you like to follow in order to make it more effective? Let us know in the comments below!

How To Give Your Business The Competitive Edge

Two focuses of my blog are Financial Literacy/Money and Business/Entrepreneurship. Once you business is up and running, you want to determine if you have competitors. If so you, need to determine how to set yourself apart from you competition. The following contributed post is entitled, How To Give Your Business The Competitive Edge.

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Keeping a business afloat isn’t always easy and this is largely due to the threat of the competition. If you don’t take steps to give your business the competitive edge, your nearest rivals could steal away your potential and existing customers and limit your chances of making a profit.

There are a number of things you can do to gain a competitive edge and these include the following.

#1: Improve your SEO

The higher your business website ranks on search engines the better, as you will instantly elevate your business over the competition. This is because customers tend to trust the businesses that rank highly so you will be giving your business the credibility it needs To improve your SEO, you could take steps yourself, such as tweaking your website content to accommodate the keywords your target demographic will be searching for. You could also outsource to web design services akin to WebX360 as they have the know-how to improve your website, manage your content, and elevate your search engine ranking.

#2: Work on your brand identity

Your brand is what sets you apart from other businesses. At a very basic level, it’s about working on your businesses’ physical image, such as the logos and colors you choose to represent your business. However, it’s also about less tangible qualities, such as the values that your business represents. One such value could be care for the environment as this would do much to win over the hearts and minds of those shoppers that prefer to go green with their purchases. Check out our branding tips for more advice and browse our website for any similar topics.

#3: Become an industry expert

If you have worked in your industry for a while, you will have built up quite the knowledge base related to the products and services you provide. You can use this to your advantage by sharing what you know with others. When you do this by speaking at events and conferences, you will increase your credibility with a wider audience. You could create your own podcasts and YouTube videos too, write ebooks, and write informative articles that could be placed on prominent sites online. This is your way to make an impact on the people that use your business and is an excellent way to leverage yourself above your competitors.

#4: Find your niche

If your business isn’t very different from the others in your industry, it’s understandable that your business might get lost amongst the crowd. You need to stand out in some way, as we have discussed within our other suggestions. One way to stand out is to find your own niche, giving people something that isn’t being offered by any of your rivals. To do this, you need to research your competitors, look for gaps in the market, and then fill those gaps if you think there is a demographic for something unique.

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Too many businesses experience failure because of the competition but you don’t have to let this happen to you. By giving your business the competitive edge, you may be able to sidestep failure, as you should be able to attract more customers to your side. Consider our suggestions and then think about the other things you need to do to elevate your business over the competition.