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Smart choices guaranteed to improve your bottom li...

Smart choices guaranteed to improve your bottom line

In your business, you’re often going to want to reevaluate and see if there’s anything you could be doing that would improve your bottom line. Most businesses want steady growth and expansion, and with that usually comes more profits. If you’re trying to figure out ways you can improve your bottom line, below you’ll find some smart choices that are guaranteed to help you:

Figure out a new pricing plan

Perhaps it could be time for you to figure out a new pricing plan in order to improve your bottom line. What are competitors charging? Take a look and see if you can charge more. You don’t want to drive customers away, but you do want to make sure you are charging your value. Bear in mind that charging too much will be off putting for your audience, but so could charging too little. Many people often don’t trust cheap businesses and believe that it will be a reflection on the service that they receive.

See where you can cut down on expenses

You should always be keeping an eye on your business budget so you can cut down on expenses where possible. It’s not something you should put together once and then leave alone. Pay attention! Could you stop making small purchases that don’t really matter? Are you paying for ineffective advertising? Or do you have a workspace that is too big? Make sure you always consider the things you could change and how they could impact your business. You could even perhaps consider negotiating with your suppliers if you have been working with them for a while. It’s easier to negotiate a better price or deal once you’ve built up trust.

Find services that can help you

There are likely services out there that could save you time, money, or both. Having an effective IT Consulting and Strategy team behind you can ensure you don’t experience any downtime and that your data is always protected. Remember, time is just as valuable as money.

Look for new opportunities

Always look for new opportunities to expand. Could you perhaps partner up with another business? Create a competition? Think outside of the box!

Delegate and outsource

Delegating and outsourcing various tasks will save you time. You don’t always need to hire people to help you; outsourcing means you don’t have a commitment to the worker like you would with a hire. Make sure you think logically about the tasks you should delegate to other team members and the ones you should outsource. Unless you have a professional, in house content writer for instance, it’s probably better to outsource.

Get a mentor

A mentor will be able to look at your business objectively and give you ideas about how to improve. They will be able to see things that you can’t!

Refocus Your Marketing Efforts

Always monitor your results and refocus your marketing efforts if you need to. What’s working for you and what needs to be improved upon?

Whatever you do to improve your bottom line, never stop learning or trying to improve!


Christine Buske is a former academic who left science at the bench, and now considers herself a woman in tech. She is a frequently invited speaker, and enjoys talking about career transformation (particularly leaving academia for the business world), tech, issues around women in tech, product management, agile, and outreach. She is a proud Canadian resident, and qualifies as a "serial expat".

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