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By Patty Bean


Do you want to succeed with your small business? Most people do, however, they are unable to do very well because of making small and costly mistakes that you should avoid. Your success ultimately comes down to a ratio between providing great service, yet cutting corners as much as you can. The following principles will help you find the place in the middle where you can have success and maintain a happy clientele base.

The number one rule of making a business successful is watching your competitors and noticing what they do. Whether your competitor is online or off-line does not matter; it is only important that you know what they are doing and learn from them. The fact is, there will always be competitors who are giving your customers another choice. Simply learn from what they are doing, and modify your own sales tactics; this is how you learn even if they are outselling you. Your goal is to determine which products are selling best for them and which ones are not. This may give you ideas for improvements, and also guidelines for setting prices. It is important to not overcharge for a service or product that you have that is inferior to your competition as this will not help your bottom line. Websites for businesses are often very transparent regarding this information which makes it easy to gather.

Showing your product or service off to other people, you have to learn how to do it in a way that conveys integrity, yet in a laid-back confident way. In essence, people do not like to be sold anything. However, in many cases, someone will be genuinely grateful to learn about your business if you can offer them a solution that they've been seeking. When you tell someone what you do, pay attention to their reaction to find out if they really want to know more. It is all about timing, and realizing how to be a good networker.

Being flexible in whatever business you are doing is important. This means you have to stay detached from your business, and look at it objectively with only success in mind. For instance, people that still send faxes instead of e-mails or text messages are behind the times and their business may suffer from it.

This means you have to be flexible, willing to change how you have done business for more modern ways. Remember that you have to base your actions on the needs of your target market, so don't let yourself get stuck in a rut.

Success with any small business, online or off-line, begins with creativity and innovative marketing efforts. Hopefully, some of the ideas presented in this article will help you succeed. As a general rule, if you concentrate on giving people the best possible service and always seize every opportunity for publicity, your business will have a good chance of growing steadily.




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