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What Business Are You Really In?

What Business are you really inIt is the very first question I ask my new clients. The answers I get obviously vary, and I have never had a client give me the correct answer.

If I was to ask you, as a business owner, what business are you in, what would be your answer?
Some of the answers I have gotten in the past are:

" I am in the recruitment business!"
" I am in the concrete business!"
" I am in the retail business!"
" I am in the real estate business!"

These answers are all wrong! And if your answer was like those above, then you are wrong as well!
When I tell my clients what business they are in, they all say " Well, that obvious!" and my reply is " If it is so obvious, why didn't you give it as your answer?"

The answer to the question " What business are you in?" is: You are in the profit making business!
I want you to read that again because in the day to day running of a business, business owners lose sight of this truth. You use your business to create profit.
In fact, your business is a delivery system for profit! Your business exists for no other reason other to create profit for you.

I want you to start thinking of your business as a delivery system. What do I mean by that? Well let me give you a few examples:

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Want to Grow Your Business?

Elie NassourAdvertising & Marketing:

You must understand that for any business to grow that you are going to need to advertise and market a lot. You are going to have to advertise and market on a daily or weekly basis in order to have large amounts of customers coming in on a daily basis in order for you to accumulate the revenue necessary to grow and expand.

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Sound Proof Your Office

If you are frustrated with noise emanating from the factory, you needn't worry anymore as this can easily be prevented. Loud noise from a factory can be so debilitating that it may often interrupt your work. In order to have a good working environment,

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Selling a Business

Howard Greenberg

Selling a business is one of the most important events that occur in a business owner's life. In many cases the business represents the greater part of a business owner's net worth.

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Identity Theft of your Limited Company

The UK registry at Companies House provides a useful service for limited companies. In addition to incorporating and dissolving companies they also maintain the national register. This involves the recording and storing of data relating to all UK incorporated companies and LLP's. Historically most records were updated by the submission of manual forms.

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Online Freight Quote

For the experienced shipper, yet alone novice, sending freight is often a cumbersome task as freight charges vary so much across transport companies.

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UK Courier Companies

The UK Courier market is very busy,with a spectrum of small to large firms operating around the country. The problem that many businesses and consumers face is choosing the right one.

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