Company Creativity: How to Get Your Finances Back on Track
Friday, April 3, 2015, 5:00 PM | Leave Comment
Running a company is a game of bringing more money in than is going out. Unfortunately, there are times when companies end up operating at a huge loss. In this situation, spending is usually outpacing a company’s ability to generate sufficient revenue.
The simple reality is this state of business cannot continue for too long or you may experience financial collapse.
To stop the financial bleeding, it is important to take decisive measures that will both cut overspending and stimulate sufficient increases in revenue.
Here are a few ideas to push your company in the right direction.
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Budget More Effectively
One of the problems businesses get caught up in is in weak budgeting practices. Spending is going on, but there is very little genuine accountability behind it.
In many small companies, there isn’t even a person designated to do any significant financial accounting.
If this is the state of your business, it may be time to hire an accountant to come in, figure out how bad the situation is, and implement a plan to bring spending back within budgetary constraints.
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Stop Expanding
It is a nice feeling to be able to expand a business and to open that second store across town.
As business owners see more revenue coming in, they get bitten by the expansion bug and think they can start putting new retailers in as they go.
They imagine that each store will produce the same level of revenue for the parent company. It is not until the books indicate half their stores are financially upside down, that you realize something has gone wrong.
One way to avoid this financial disaster is to perform demographic studies before engaging in expansion. Having some idea of your consumer-base and your competition will help to determine if expanding the business is a financially sound idea or a disaster waiting to happen. Resisting the urge to expand until the numbers make sense is the key to getting your efforts under control and redeeming your company’s financial situation.
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Switch Marketing Tactics
Sometimes companies will pour way more money into marketing campaigns than is typically necessary. This ends up being a huge financial strain on a company which can often be avoided entirely.
A company can prevent huge amounts of wasteful spending on marketing by utilizing free methods of online advertisement as part of their marketing strategy.
A business, such as ASEA Reviews and its health promoting supplement products, is able to cut marketing costs by leveraging consumer product use and word of mouth advertising strategies to improve sales.
In the case of paid ads, running test ads, evaluating their effectiveness, and dropping unprofitable campaigns sooner than later is also a viable financial strategy for companies to employ to reduce costs.
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Downgrade Your Office
It is not uncommon for a business to bite off a little more than it can chew in the area of renting office space.
It is nice to have that tall building with three additional floors, but does it make financial sense at this stage in your company’s development?
If the numbers simply don’t work out, then it may be time to move operations into a smaller building with a more manageable rental agreement.
Bigger is not always better when your company is looking for ways to save money and get its finances back under control.
Taking control of your business’s financial situation can sometimes involve many painful sacrifices. Although this may be the case for you, it is better to regain control over the situation, rather than losing the business to financial collapse.
Cutting spending and changing how you operate are often key factors in bringing about dramatic financially restorative efforts.
With a little genuine effort in these areas, you should see your business return to a more financially sound state of operations with a far better long term outlook.
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