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Most businesses seek to increase their profit year to year. Here are five cumulative ways you can look to increase your bottom line.
First, build a larger pipeline of prospective customers by:
Anything you can do to get in front of new customers is a valid tactic.
Once you have more leads, increase your conversion rate (the number of leads divided by the number of confirmed customers). To help achieve this, try:
If you can entice your customers to buy just one more item, or hour, or extra service from your business, your sales (and your profits) should increase. On-selling additional items is a tried and true tactic to improve profit.
Tactics include:
If you can increase the average value of each sale, you should directly improve your profit (unless you’re selling any items for less than they cost).
To increase your average sale, try:
Net profit can be improved by looking carefully at your gross and net margins.
Try these tactics to improve your net profit:
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