Growing a small business requires time, effort and dedication. Last time I wrote a viral detailed post on how to start an online business as a beginner in Nigeria. Once you have read that post and started yours, how do you intend to grow it?

o succeed in the business place today, you must have organizational, analytical, numerical, and good planning skills. As an entrepreneur myself, I can tell you that there isn’t a quick fix for growing a small business.

If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, thinking of starting up your own small business, you should take heed of these pieces of advice. These tips would help you while starting and maintaining your business.

Many aspiring entrepreneurs assume that starting a business is the best thing since sliced bread, but it is far complex than assumed. You just don’t sit in the corner of your new office, turn on your computer and start making money.

However, if you intend to achieve success with minimal efforts, then you should take your time and plan out all you would need to succeed.

What are the tips you need to grow your small business?



Create a profitable model

This seems obvious, but in a world where people are used to getting most things for free, running a profitable business isn’t always easy. This business model should explain exactly

-Which problem your small business would ease your customers.
-Why your solution is better than that of your competitor
-Your profit-making tactics
-Likely partners for your organization.

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Being smart isn’t enough but working harder than everyone else.

Learn how to be a leader by reading books or blogs and attending various training on marketing, finance, business leadership, salesmanship and management. Seek out mentors who ran or are running successful businesses. Ask them to help you grow as a leader. And then hustle harder than everyone else.

To grow a small business doesn’t require only smartness. You must be willing to sacrifice a sizeable portion of your night sleep to achieve success.

Make people aware of the problem you solve they don’t know they have

Use social media, storytelling and your customer base to get the word out about your product. Just because you built it does not mean the people will come. You have to communicate to them the problem they have and how you are fixing it in a clear, concise and compelling way. As an aspiring entrepreneur willing to grow a small business, your communication skills must be top-notch.

Stay lean

Resist growing too big too fast. Keep salaries low and expenses at a minimum, and hire temporary workers to help you stock away cash to funnel it back into the company. This way you can invest in a solid foundation that can sustain a market meltdown.

Spend more money staying front and centre

Work to keep your small business in the public’s eye. Use SEO, social media, publicity stunts, advertising, partnerships with big brands and good old advertising.

Keep experimenting!

Our world is ever-changing. If you’re not, don’t be surprised if your results do (for the worse). Try new things to find out what works best.

Stop what doesn’t work to make room for what might.

You don’t need to be everywhere. You need to be where it counts the most. Start counting. Start stopping. For most people to succeed, they just need to concentrate on 1 or 2 things. So figure out what works for you early and focus on it with hard work.

Don’t spend, invest.

Spend and it’s gone forever. Invest and it might return to you–and then some. What are you investing in?? One of the best investments is investing in yourself (personal development), the return on investment is huge when you invest right. If you want to invest right then you want to invest in the right training because it has huge value with high potential returns and not because it is cheap or convenient. When you invest in a training that is cheap and convenient then you are spending – most people spend on training and not invest.

Become highly organized

Good organization is one every successful business needs. It will help you complete given tasks and stay on things that need to be done. Creating a to-do list is one of the ways to achieve this.

Growing a small business isn’t easy. But with the right mindset and ideas, it can become a goldmine.

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