The integrity of a company's business is expressed through written correspondence as well as a verbal "Thank you for your business." Written communication is shared online, posted prominently on a wall at the business, and/or taken to a network meeting. With hours invested in social networking, sales, manufacturing, or designing, why isn't more attention paid to customers? Have you surveyed customers' needs from the reader's perspective?
Last week I participated in an online survey that missed several opportunities to gauge truer responses. Responses were forced not allowing for answers in two categories such as "I choose not to divulge" under income. How much do you know about your customer? Do you or your associates acknowledge his/her business or life events of your customers when you call on them for repeat business? How can you collaborate with your customers' businesses and/or refer to them others? Just as one produces labels for blogs to ensure greater readership, why not give that same attention to your customers and give them a boost that will eventually boost your business?
Evelyn Asher
Business Communicator/Freelance Editor
asher.evelyn.edits@gmail.com
Showing posts with label Small Business Start-Up Ideas. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Small Business Start-Up Ideas. Show all posts
Monday, February 21, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
What Are The Hottest Ideas Or Trends For Small Business Start-Ups?
Below are the top 10 observed as "Hot" recently on the SCORE airwaves:
** On line administrative assistant
** Services to the elderly- transportation, errands etc
** Pet Care and Training Services
** Federal government contracting to tap stimulus funding coming through 123 federal agencies in almost every field of endeavor
** "GREEN " Environmental initiatives in almost every venue
** Maintenance, Repair and upkeep of foreclosed properties
** Non-profit organizations for community development chasing grants
** Self-Help Guides for Business
** Training on all aspects of small business Management
** On-line Books
Successful small businesses are developing enterprises in these fields through market research and business plans to deliver unique products and services - then pricing them and comparing them to the existing market, the competition and client demographics to determine feasibility before applying for financing and launching an enterprise.
** On line administrative assistant
** Services to the elderly- transportation, errands etc
** Pet Care and Training Services
** Federal government contracting to tap stimulus funding coming through 123 federal agencies in almost every field of endeavor
** "GREEN " Environmental initiatives in almost every venue
** Maintenance, Repair and upkeep of foreclosed properties
** Non-profit organizations for community development chasing grants
** Self-Help Guides for Business
** Training on all aspects of small business Management
** On-line Books
Successful small businesses are developing enterprises in these fields through market research and business plans to deliver unique products and services - then pricing them and comparing them to the existing market, the competition and client demographics to determine feasibility before applying for financing and launching an enterprise.
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