Four Key Blocks To Let Go Of To Increase Sales In Your Business

[Annamaria Kimble]

Would you call Richard Branson a manager or a leader? Bill Gates? Richard Branson? Herb Kelleher? Great companies are led, not managed and that's the truth behind my final Fundamental Rule for Serious Business Growth. Leadership is the ability to inspire others to be as good as they can be. So if you're going to lead your people and your business towards serious growth, one thing you should never rush is hiring.

If well written and offered with little to no-strings attached, a free report can help expand your social media network, improve your social media and website response rate and grow your list of subscribers to your blog, newsletter or RSS feeds. If piggybacked with a sales promo, a free report also can help you build momentum and interest, not just for new customers, but also when it comes to formerly passive clients who will now become quickly incentivized to book an appointment or make a purchase.

If your customers or clients do not refer business to you, and neither do friends or colleagues, something is wrong. What? You've got to strategically analyze your business and come up with reasons for your lack of referrals. Then your plan must include remedies to the referral problem.

Instead of Business Growth being a vacuum separated from my personal life, I realized there is an ebb and flow. How I approach challenges, whether personally or professionally, is a similar process. These strategies have helped me continue to grow my business.

When was the last time you listened for your own knowing, noticed a fresh opinion bubbling up, intuitively knew something about your client and went with it. Our own knowing surprises us at times - in delicious ways! We each have a pool of wisdom within and a unique set of life experiences that inform how we see the Growing a Business world. Taking time to listen and tap into it is critical to getting off the imitation treadmill.

Back in the 1980's there was a company poised for small business success that came up with a retractable battery cable box. If you were starting your own business this looked like a sure fire idea for business success. For those of us who have used battery cables we know how it seems virtually impossible to put them back in a nice, neat format.

Now, ask yourself the following question and answer it candidly: "Do we just exist from year to year?" If the answer is "yes", transform your lifestyle company into one of continual progression and long-term success. If you do so, the rewards may never come to an end.