During the festive holidays I took time to look at business - to see what we did last year and what we would like/need to do for this year.
Reading an article today, brought me back to this, confirming I should have actioned my "train of thought" earlier. I had plans a while ago to focus on additional new directions to help us grow (......still work-in-progress.....).
However, it also made me look hard at what went right and what went wrong last year. So,I wish I had;
- spent more time with my Business Mentor/Accountant, talking thru these ideas, putting plans in place rather than waiting until January
- looked around earlier for another member of staff to join the great guys that work with me already
- been a bit more agressive in chasing/closing down some commercial work oppurtunities
- invested in more in back office software (such as LiberRate quoting system) sooner
How about you - what do you wish you had known a year ago?
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I wish i had started a dedicated marketing scheme before now. Last year and the years before that i relied on word of mouth and luck.
But now i am starting a regular marketing scheme to work throughout the year.
i wish i had know how bad / hard it is going to be this year ..................
good luck on taking another member of staff. if i do well in february i think that it will be a good yr . if not i dont think it will .. we will see .
What I wish I'd known a year ago.......Last years data.
Finally got enough years under my belt to see trends, changes, look at year on year. And things no longer scare me...it's a great feeling, taken lots of work, loads of bad choices and loads of good ones but I've now got a reasonably clear idea of the market...Onwards and upwards.
In Charles Darwin I trust, everybody else gives purchase orders or no deal :-)