{"id":68,"date":"2017-01-10T15:39:00","date_gmt":"2017-01-10T15:39:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/10\/the-diary-of-a-biznessvirgin-tips-to-start-your-business-right-this-year\/"},"modified":"2020-02-20T10:06:48","modified_gmt":"2020-02-20T10:06:48","slug":"the-diary-of-a-biznessvirgin-tips-to-start-your-business-right-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.biznessvirgins.com\/?p=68","title":{"rendered":"The diary of a Biznessvirgin : Tips to start your business right this year&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Happy new year all!<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\">I am super excited about 2017 ,i hope you all are.<\/p>\n<p>Before business activities get in full gear, It&#8217;s important to decide how you will be doing business this year.<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\">&nbsp;Look back at where you have been,where you are and on to where you want to be.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\">Choose what to improve, continue or probably stop doing, it&#8217;s important to go through the year consciously.<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\"><\/div>\n<table align=\"center\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlD_hmIV_u0\/WHT_35o0AwI\/AAAAAAAAAeY\/YiCZ6CWX05EPbQ35nlsaoa51GCEaTTomQCLcB\/s1600\/routine-.jpg\" style=\"margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"tips to start a business year\" border=\"0\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-PlD_hmIV_u0\/WHT_35o0AwI\/AAAAAAAAAeY\/YiCZ6CWX05EPbQ35nlsaoa51GCEaTTomQCLcB\/s320\/routine-.jpg\" title=\"business year\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\">photo credit: www.charlesstone.com<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\"><\/p>\n<h3>Here&#8217;s a new year routine to help you get your business off to a good start<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\">1) Review your financials; this will help you<span style=\"display: inline;\">&nbsp;determine how well your business is doing or not doing&#8230;Take a close look at your financial records and ask yourself these questions&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\"><span style=\"display: inline;\"><br \/>&#8211; is my business making profit or loss<br \/>&#8211; is my cash flow positive or negative<br \/>&#8211; do I have loans within the business to repay<\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin-bottom: 6px;\"><span style=\"display: inline;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: white; color: #1d2129; display: inline; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\">\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\">2) Review your business operations<\/p>\n<p>How have you been delivering goods\/services to your customers\/clients?<br \/>What can you do to improve on that?<br \/>How will your business serve customers\/clients better this year?<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\">3) Review your <a href=\"https:\/\/biznessvirgins.blogspot.com.ng\/2017\/09\/review-hubspot-CRM.html\" target=\"_blank\">customer base<\/a>, profile your existing customers, determine the ones that bring in the most income&nbsp;<span style=\"font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt;\">and the ones that can potentially bring in more<\/span>; with this you can get more out of the market available to you.You are able to know what kind of customers you should be advertising more to,how you can provide more value and sell more to them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\">4) Service your most vital equipment(s) ,put them in order.This can be a good way to reduce sudden breakdowns during the year.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\">5) Sort out your personal\/ company taxes; so many opportunities these days are tied to taxes, it&#8217;s best to have it sorted so you don&#8217;t miss out on great opportunities.<\/p>\n<div>6) &nbsp;If you did not already do this at the <a href=\"https:\/\/biznessvirgins.blogspot.com.ng\/2017\/11\/how-to-end-business-year.html\" target=\"_blank\">end<\/a>&nbsp;of the previous year &#8211; Create your vision for the year ahead (you can do this using a <a href=\"https:\/\/biznessvirgins.blogspot.com.ng\/2017\/03\/vision-board.html\" target=\"_blank\">vision board<\/a>); based on your vision, set goals, write down your action plan and ways you intend to implement these plans as you go through the year<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\">In all, stay positive, keep an open mind and don&#8217;t start the year without a plan.<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\">Feel free to share your new year routine &#8230;<\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"margin-bottom: 6px; margin-top: 6px;\">\n<div>Happy new year and Cheers to a great 2017 !!!<o:p><\/o:p><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<h1 itemprop=\"name\" style=\"border: 0px none; color: #333333; font-family: robotoblack; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal !important; letter-spacing: 0.6px; line-height: 1.35; list-style: none; margin: 0px 0px 10px; outline: none; padding: 0px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/smallbiztrends.com\/2014\/06\/best-practices-small-business-operations.html\" target=\"_blank\">Practices for Building Solid Small Business Operations<\/a><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!--CusAds0-->\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; 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I am super excited about 2017 ,i hope you all are. Before business activities get in full gear, It&#8217;s important to decide how you will be doing business this year. &nbsp;Look back at where you have been,where you are and on to where you want to be. 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