2017 is coming to a close. We are all experiencing the beginning of the end of another year. Each year seems to pass faster and faster than the year before. Our lives are racing along right before our very eyes. Time is NOT standing still! Halloween, Veteran’ s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years are all Holidays that signify the end of another Season of Life, as well as the beginning of a New Season! One tax year ends and another tax year begins. Sorry... but we have to accept and be prepared for our annual obligation to disclose our total income to the IRS or Internal Revenue Service. Take time in December to start the process. Just two hours in December to get organized will make things much easier and less stressful as March 15th and April 15th approaches. If you perform this two hour exercise, you will thank yourself in April next year. While everyone else is stressed you will be much calmer and without worry!
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An End And A New Beginning
2017 is coming to a close. We are all experiencing the beginning of the end of another year. Each year seems to pass faster and faster than the year before. Our lives are racing along right before our very eyes. Time is NOT standing still! Halloween, Veteran’ s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, & New Years are all Holidays that signify the end of another Season of Life, as well as the beginning of a New Season! One tax year ends and another tax year begins. Sorry... but we have to accept and be prepared for our annual obligation to disclose our total income to the IRS or Internal Revenue Service. Take time in December to start the process. Just two hours in December to get organized will make things much easier and less stressful as March 15th and April 15th approaches. If you perform this two hour exercise, you will thank yourself in April next year. While everyone else is stressed you will be much calmer and without worry!
Allocate Some Time
After you have allocated those two hours for tax time, jot down a few things you would like to change or implement in your business next year. Many of us are so busy working IN our business that we overlook working ON our business. Working On our business makes it function better. It becomes more efficient. Your service or effort improves. You get more done in less time. The quality of your business elevates. As your business improves your clients take notice. Your customers enjoy and appreciate you and your business more than they ever have! Isn’ t that what you want? I know that I want my clients to appreciate and enjoy doing business with Select Marketing more each year. It’ s one of our goals!
Ask Your Clients
Make sure that your clients understand and appreciate the value that your business provides to them. If you are not sure how much they understand your value, Ask Them! Send your clients four or five questions regarding your business and pay attention to the answers. You may be pleasantly surprised or astonished. Either way you will learn what your clients think about your business. After you receive the responses to your
By: Steven Reddy,
Select Marketing
Steven @ selectmkt. com
questionnaire, you can take the appropriate actions to improve how your business is perceived.
Some of the areas that should be important to you are
• Courtesy
• Timely
• Convenient
• Knowledgeable
• Quality
• Pricing
Get Involved
Is your business involved with Chamber activities? Do you attend Ribbon Cuttings? Do you ever attend Chamber Lunches or Mixers? Do you or your employees ever help or volunteer at Non-Profit events? If you answered NO to these activities you may want to rethink those opportunities. Getting involved just a little in these activities will help the visibility of your business. FREE Visibility! You will also meet fellow business owners who may not know of your business. You may not know of their business either. New business activities can only help you grow and improve your business! All of these opportunities are Free-2- to attend except the Chamber Lunches. If you join the Chamber get involved! Getting involved in Chamber activities will help you promote your business without even trying.
As we approach 2018, let us reflect upon our successes, as well as our failures of 2017. We all have both, so let’ s grow and improve in all of the areas that we can. You and your customers will be pleased and appreciate the improvements. Your bottom line will reflect these improvements and that should make all of us happier. Have a great 2018!
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