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Business
One of the things you need most from your home business is money. A home business that is satisfying but costs more than it brings in or is only minimally profitable probably will not last. A little extra effort in the right areas is likely to have a very positive impact on your bottom line.
One area that is easy to ignore is studying your customers. No how much you might wish it were otherwise, your ideal customer is not “everyone” or even “all mothers.”
What would you like to know about them? Just about anything you can. Where they shop. What they read. What they need from your business. This is information you’ll be using to help target your ads. The more directly you can appeal to your potential customers, the better chance you have to sell to them. If you lack this information you are more likely to be wasting your advertising dollars.
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Don’t assume you already know or even that your old research is still accurate. Habits change. Do a survey of current customers if you’ve been in business a while and see what they say. You may need to offer an incentive to get customers to fill out your survey, but a well-written survey will give you information that will be tremendously useful to your business.
Make sure you’re taking advantage of all advertising opportunities. Your website address and any other information that will help customers choose your business should be on receipts, packaging, business cards, products, etc.
If your customers are ordering online you can take advantage of that too. A regular newsletter (monthly at a minimum) can keep your customers coming back. Don’t just send them ads, make the newsletter useful and make it easy to unsubscribe. You can offer tips relevant to your products, tell customers about special deals and so forth.
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