What your Business Wants for Christmas

It’s that time again for owners and customers alike! Santa Claus is coming to town!

Here are a few tips on getting your business ‘Christmas Ready.

Get into the festive spirit.

Keep your customers engaged. It never surprises me how far some Christmas decorations can go. But the same can’t be said for every Christmas Promotion! We all love that ‘little extra’ so be a little more creative with your promotion ideas. What can you do better than your competition?

Be Visible.

There is currently 30 million Facebook users and 10 million LinkedIn users in the SA. If 0.1% of these people became your customers What impact would this have on your Business? The more visible you are, the better chance that you have! Share gift ideas; do ‘Countdown to Christmas’ offers. Give value on your product or service.

Plan your expenses

What about that Party for the staff? That little gift for great performance? Giving everyone a couple of hours off to go shopping? It all adds up, have you allowed for that?

Monitor your cash flow

Work out where your business is at by keeping an up-to-date cashflow forecast, then use this information to make important decisions for the festive season as well as the rest of the year. If you would like a copy of my Cashflow Forecast Template. Send me a email at peterdlange@actioncoach.com and I’ll send you a FREE Cashflow Forecast Template.

Reward your staff

Your team are your greatest asset, in any business. Make sure that you celebrate all that they have contributed to your business. Too often we focus on marketing strategies, sales drives, KPI’s and numbers, whilst forgetting that it’s your team that will have the biggest influence on making your business great.

Plan your holidays

If you are taking time off over Christmas, but the business is still working, talk to your team so you know that the wheels will keep turning whilst you are away. Delegate tasks and leave procedures for these tasks while you are gone, this should cut down on the calls to you.

HAVE FUN!!

Running a business is tough, make sure to have fun when you can, because you deserve too!

Now is the time to accelerate your business into the new year. Join me at my next.

Every week I allocate time to chat to Business Owner, CEO's and Directors.  If you would like to chat about your Business send me a email  at peterdlange@actioncoach.com and lets schedule a call.