业务规划 & 在埃尔帕索解决问题

As the manager of a small business, you must wear several hats. Never stop investigating new ideas to improve all areas of your business. The astute manager will gather information to assist him or her in making the changes necessary to stay profitable in a competitive business world. 

Below are a few important strategies business owners can implement to improve their profits:

倾听客户的意见

You are not really selling products or services; you are selling customer satisfaction. Satisfied customers return to spend more money and are likely to refer new customers to you. It is estimated to cost ten times as much to acquire a new customer as it does to retain a current customer through good customer service.

实施继任计划

如果你不在的时候你的公司经营得很好, 它将运行良好的情况下，你的残疾或死亡. If you are currently indispensable, start training people now. One of the most rewarding forms of retirement is to own your own company and to be absent as much as you like.

有可靠的专业人士做你的后盾吗

ability这个词的拼写是“A”.B.I.L.-ity” stands for Accountant, Banker, Insurance Agent, and Lawyer. These professionals handle a variety of business problems every day. 他们是提议交易的绝佳代言人. Consulting with them before you conclude any deals can save you many problems.

参观你的贸易区域以外的类似企业

你可以成为自己最好的商业问题解决者. Consider arranging a trip to visit a half dozen businesses just like yours, 但是在你的贸易区域之外. 讨论产品或服务, 客户关系, 供应商, 物理厂房及设备, and financial statement information with these non-competing colleagues. 安排一个5到10天的旅行. Take your financial statements, a copy of your floor plan, your camera, and a long list of questions. When you return, you will be able to inform your staff of all you learned. This trip is especially beneficial if you are not affiliated with a franchise business.

为下一年制定适当的预算

每个企业都应该有预算. Your last year’s financial reports serve as an excellent guide to setting this year’s budget. Since it is designed with the best information you have available at the outset, the variances from the budget figures may give you valuable information in preparing the next year’s game plan.

确保你的社区能够支持你的新业务

Before you start a new business, be sure the community can support such a business. Some areas are not large enough to warrant certain specialty shops. A bicycle shop, for example, may take a population base of 50,000 people to make it profitable. A grocery store, on the other hand, can be profitable in a town of only a few thousand.

弄清楚是否有应收帐款是有益的 

有应收账款是必要的还是有利可图的? Credit is necessary to attract some business, and it is profitable if properly managed. 例如, a construction company finds it impractical to issue credit cards to all its employees and inconvenient to use a check for every purchase. 以换取你开个账户的好意, such a customer should be willing to pay immediately upon receipt of a billing statement.

那笔生意听起来好得令人难以置信吗? 我们可以帮忙

Business deals and special franchises which sound too good to be true usually are. We will gladly assist you in reviewing any new purchase or business proposal.

Business partnerships (marriages) seldom have the same courtship afforded most marriages. 在没有这种求爱的情况下, you should have your attorney draft a well-written partnership agreement. 这对家庭伙伴关系也很重要.

Check tax and non-tax considerations before incorporating your business

Don’t incorporate your business without first checking the long-range tax and non-tax considerations. There are many small corporations that would have been better off operating in some other legal form.

避免工资税存款罚款

Some businesses receive penalties for late payroll tax deposits. 为了避免这些问题, don’t sign payroll checks unless the first check in the stack is the payroll deposit to your bank. This may have you paying deposits earlier than required, but you will not be receiving penalties.