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Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Top Reasons To Form A Strategic Business Alliance A strategic alliance is when two or more businesses join together for a set period of time. The businesses, usually, are not in direct competition, but have similar products or services that are directed toward the same target audience. Below are ten reasons to create a strategic alliance ... Aug 9, 2005, 00:31 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Six Key Areas For Evaluating A Strategic Alliance Strategic alliances are increasing at a rapid rate. It is good for business, good for the consumer. A strategic alliance is similar to a joint venture. Everyone remains in his or her own entity, yet come together for a single purpose or period of time to create something that could not otherwise be created ... Aug 9, 2005, 00:29 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Is Your Company Growing Fast Enough for You? Are you frustrated by the lack of growth in your firm, or the effort required to squeeze any up-tick in performance? Are inadequate policies and procedures a root cause? To find out, take this simple self assessment to see if this may be inhibiting real growth at your company ... Aug 9, 2005, 00:04 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth The Magic Of Exponential Business Growth Is there a 'magical' way to exponentially grow your business? It's about the timeless business principle known as "Re-investment". Look, one of the most exciting times for any new business is the time when effort begins to pay off. Finally, the sales are coming in and you have profit to show for all your hard work. It is very tempting during this time to splurge those profits... Aug 8, 2005, 23:36 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Expanding your business in a franchise system If you are a successful franchise of a large franchise brand or chain, chances are you will wish to expand. The most important thing to do is make sure you are on the most positive terms with your franchisor. You should tell your franchisor at the earliest point of your plan to expand. It is important that you ask the franchisor for help when you are expanding. Growing your business is not an easy task. It requires systematic checks of your business. Aug 8, 2005, 22:37 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth How to Grow Your Business by Clearing the Way to Growth Is your business growing as fast and effectively as it could, or is it stuck at the same level it has been at for years? Research (Larry Greiner, 1972) has discovered 5 specific stages of business growth. Most business never grow beyond the second level. At this level, the business is characterised by a small group of owners (if not a sole owner), supported by a small team of people at an operational level. This describes the 90 plus percent of businesses, which have 10 or fewer staff. Aug 8, 2005, 22:15 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Strategic Acquisition Strategies for Small Businesses Growth through acquisition should not be considered an option reserved solely for large or Public Companies. Small and mid-size businesses that opt to grow by acquiring other companies, rather than growing one new customer at a time, can gain benefits in addition to increased sales and profits. Aug 8, 2005, 04:20 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Growing Your Small Business Through Alliances and Joint Ventures Many Solo Entrepreneurs work from a home office. Our only connections to the outside world are the internet / e-mail and the telephone. Cold calling, “warm” calling and sending e-mails may seem like the most obvious way to let people know about us and to generate sales. But, there’s another way that works even better. Jul 26, 2005, 03:13 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth The Key to Small Business Growth? Buyer Alignment Unfortunately for all buyers, each selling organization and their individual sales professionals are unique and often require immense amounts of energy to build a relationship with. This keeps buyers guessing, which in turn keeps the sales organization guessing. It’s a constant game being played out across offices across the country. Jul 26, 2005, 01:05 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Expanding your business. Are you a small business owner who wants to expand your business? Do you need to add another professional location to your company to test and explore a new market? Does a prospect of spending thousands of dollars to find a right location, sign a new long term office lease, purchase or lease office equipment and hire new employees holding you back? Jul 25, 2005, 03:12 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Make Your Business More Profitable More sales and more profit. Isn't that what you want from your business? It's not hard to achieve if you follow these 4 simple tips. Jul 25, 2005, 01:44 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth 1-2-3 Steps To A Successful Joint Venture A successful joint venture marketing effort is the goal of many small businesses, and is a great way to increase market visibility and profits. Joint venture marketing is rising in popularity everyday, but it does take some skill, good planning and foresight to execute. Here are the steps a business owner should take to be successful in this arena… Jul 25, 2005, 01:35 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Want to Grow Your Business? Make an Irresistible Offer My clients and many of my readers are small and home-based business owners, and one of the biggest struggles they face is getting new customers. Getting new customers is costly and requires a repeated effort. Once you have a customer it is easier to retain them as long as they are receiving value and benefit from their relationship with you. Jul 25, 2005, 01:20 Business Articles : Starting A Business : Business Growth Challenging the Gospel of Growth -- Must Business Grow to Survive? A cherished business doctrine is that growth must be a primary business purpose: “grow or perish” is a mostly unquestioned truth. At South Mountain we favor certain kinds of growth, but not expansion for its own sake, which author Edward Abbey described as “the ideology of the cancer cell.” We embrace growth to achieve specific goals, but always with consideration of the consequences: it may disrupt and endanger treasured qualities. We look for ways to develop and thrive without enlarging, thereby holding to limited growth. When we grow, it is by intention rather than in response to demand. We think about “enough” rather than “more”—enough profits to retain and share, enough compensation for all, enough health and well-being, enough time to give our work the attention it deserves, enough communication, enough to manage, enough headaches. Jul 25, 2005, 00:58