4 Ways to Expand Your Business

4 Ways to Expand Your Business

Anas Bouargane 12/06/2020 5
4 Ways to Expand Your Business

Starting a new venture is one thing, but maintaining it and growing it over time is a whole different ball game.

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In the modern competitive economy, successful business owners must deploy continuous efforts to make their company or brand thrive. Expertise, rigor, ingenuity, and perseverance will indeed go a long way in helping a business expand its customer base, boost its sales, and generate more revenues and profits in the long run.

Now, whether your venture has been slowing down, or you’re simply looking for ways to take it to the next level, here are 4 effective, proven ways to expand your business successfully.

Diversify Your Product or Service Lineup

As a general principle, a business can quickly stagnate or become obsolete if it does not provide novelty and value. In that regard, adding new products or services to your current offering can be a valuable growth strategy, provided it’s well-implemented. This endeavor is particularly challenging in the sense that it requires thorough research, in order to grasp what the market looks like, what your typical customer wants and needs, as well as how much they’d be willing to pay for it. It will also help you figure out whether you can sell a new commodity at a profit. Needless to say, moving forward and allocating labor and financial resources prior to establishing a clear plan for expansion might set you back big time. As such, surround yourself with the best employees and consultants to make a genuine impact.

It's important to note that you don't need to start with these ventures from scratch. Entrepreneurs are often looking to buy businesses for sale so that they can have an established place that can be adapted to their specific needs. This is a much faster way to start making a profit with a unique offering. For example, you can buy a successful online store and stock it with new products that fit the trends in the market.

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Bet on Innovative Marketing

Speaking of impacts, we’ve all heard the phrase "market is everything”. In a market that welcomes countless new brands every year, it’s imperative to set yourself apart if you want to compete and get your venture thriving. It stands to reason that an exceptional marketing strategy, coupled with branding efforts, can help you boost your visibility and acquire new customers. When putting together your revised marketing plan, explore innovative channels through which you can advertise your company, like social media, pay-per-click ads, or email and SMS marketing for personalized messaging. In any case, consulting online guides to get acquainted with SMS marketing sales benefits and the advantage of other advertising schemes is bound to help you decide which strategy will yield optimal results, according to your industry sector and long-term business objectives. So always be sure to seek expert guidance before adopting new strategies.

Value Your Customers

Building a loyal clientele is a guarantee to see your business thrive and overcome the challenges ahead. In fact, once you have a regular customer base, your venture will be better protected from punctual or cyclical demand drops. Now, before bending over backward to acquire new customers or target a new demographic (which may be very costly in terms of customer acquisition), focus on retaining your existing ones. You can do so with a quality customer and after-sales service, creating a loyalty program, offering discounts, rewards, and the like. This will also help build and spread a positive image for your brand which, when done right, can generate free organic advertising through recommendations and peer-referrals. In the end, pampering your customers will help elevate your venture like you never imagined.

Expand Locally

Lastly, conduct some research and identify new opportunities and markets that you can tap into. While taking your business internationally can be a stretch for most, setting up shop in a new part of town, a new city, or a neighboring state can help propel it to new heights. This particularly applies if you have a retail-based business. By broadening your geographical outreach, you’ll have the ability to create more brand exposure and attract new customers, which is bound to generate more sales (and profits, thanks to economies of scale). Expanding into a new location can seem daunting and expensive, but the cost doesn’t come close to building a business from scratch. Invariably, you’ll need to crunch up some numbers, conduct feasibility studies, and study the market to make sure that your timing is perfect and that you actually have the means and resources for expanding.

All in all, modern business owners looking to grow their venture will need to take bold and decisive action in order to reach their growth objectives. While it does play a major role, the economic climate shouldn’t dictate your ability to expand your business. However, it’s important to realize that such endeavors inevitably require trials and errors to determine the right strategy and, course of, choose the right course of action that will enable you to expand your company and make your brand name resonate across town—or around the world if you’re ambitious!

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  • Richard Keen

    Hiring qualified individuals to grow your business is necessary in order to expand.

  • Tom Mitchell

    Everything is possible if you own a digital business

  • Robert Holdcroft

    It may seem scary and expensive but it's doable !

  • Jim Butler

    The right strategy is key here... It's obvious that there will be some failures down the road...

  • Kevin Jones

    Spot on !!!!

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Anas Bouargane

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Anas is the founder of CEF Académie, a platform that provides guidance and support for those willing to study in France. He previously interned at Unissey. Anas holds a bachelor degree in economics, finance and management from the University of Toulon.

   
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