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Find others to help you promote.

I own a dance company where I teach engaged couples how to dance for their wedding.  With as much web promotion as I've done, all of my clients have come from word of mouth - which comes from the wedding planners and venues I've given cards to, as well as other satisified couples.  It could take just one good contact to help take your bussiness forward.

www.rubifirstdance.com

Thanks for the advice on growing your business some of the advice was important for me to take note of.

Network, network, network.

15 minutes per day of social networking goes along ways if you keep up with it.

Great tips Rich,

So often we get so caught up in looking out for number one (ourselves) that we forget about the business and spiritual benefits of giving back to someone else. I love how you add the benefits of why we, as business people should do each one! I have experienced great benefits, personally, from learning from others in my field. I guess they are competitors, but they are also potential friends, and for sharing with those who I can mentor as well. http://tinyurl.com/76xmpkw

This is really an informative shared.

Build scalability into everything to capture growth opportunities while mitigating risk. When talking about scalability, cloud computing usually comes to mind. But we’ve found that scalability can apply to many aspects of your business: Wages, rent, and equipment, to name a few. For example, if you hire two part time employees instead of one full time employee, when it comes time to make a full-time hire, you already have two potentially well-groomed candidates. Also make use of contractors that can be called upon if you get a surge in business. When you rent office space, find out about renting adjacent space and maybe even put something about expansion in your lease. Lease rather than buy equipment, and negotiate the price of upgrading to the bigger model ahead of time. If business suddenly ebbs, you can go back to where you were before instead of closing the doors.