8 Keys To Recession Proof Your Business

Have you noticed how often the words 'recession', 'economic downturn' and 'the credit crunch' are mentioned in the media these days?

Is your business starting to feel the pinch?

With businesses large and small downsizing and closing down, what are you doing to make sure your business isn't next?

Peter Lisney is a business development and copywriting specialist. He developed his first commercial website in 1998 and has been integrating online and offline marketing ever since.

He has produced a comprehensive 8 step guide to recession proofing your business.

We feel it's definately worth a look:

http://www.recession-proof.co.uk/

Why not check it out.

Top Ten Money Making Tips For A Successful Business

Earlier this month, Sonia Colon, the lady behind My Fashion E-Mall Blog gave us some top tips on running a successful business. In this post, she takes a look at the top ten tips for maximising the earnings potential of a successful business.

1. Quality

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Provide a quality product/service which people want and need.

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2. Customer Loyalty/Service

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Help your customers feel that they can trust you. Be honest and trustworthy. Offer money back guarantees and stick to your policies. Treat your customers like gold.

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3. Offer something for free once in awhile

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Your customers concern is how your product can help them. How will it meet their needs; improve their lives; make them happier; etc. Offer something of value and they will buy what you’re selling.

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4. Creative / Unique

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Own and control your products/services. Offer something that only YOU can provide. Have exclusive control over at least one of your products/services. It should be something that people cannot find anywhere else and wanted by a lot of people.
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5. Make Money to Spend Money

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Spend money on advertising and promotion. Although there are many free methods to work within your budget, you will still need to spend some money in order to make money.
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6. Put back in what you harvest

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Take a portion of your profits and re-invest that money back into the business. Use that money to purchase more ads, brochures, catalogs, t-shirts, flyers, etc.

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7. Grow and Multiply

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Put others firstSatisfy the needs of others. Help them achieve their dreams. Show your expertise and in the process others will follow your lead.

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8. Seek the Help of Others

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Use services to help you reach a wider audience, such as dealers, distributors, Internet, customers and networking.

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9. Other Successful Business Owners

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Seek the advise of other successful people. Find someone who is making the kind of money that you want to make. Do exactly what they are doing, why re-invent the wheel?

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10. Get Personal

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Know your customers by name. Thank your customers and acknowledge them.

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There you have it the “Top ten money making tips for a successful business”
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Thanks again, Sonia!

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Sonia Colon is writer/publisher of My Fashion E-Mall Blog & The Biz Buzz of a Latina Mom Blog! Writing & sharing powerful business articles & successful Internet marketing tips on starting & maintaining a lucrative work-at-home business is a passion