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Here are 3 quick questions for you to answer in order to learn how you can enjoy your nutrition business more.
1. What 2 things do I love doing for my business? How can I make the time to do more of these 2 things?
2. What 2 things do I hate doing in my business? How can I hand them off to someone else? How can I design them out of my business? If I can’t get rid of them then at least how can I make them more fun?
3. What one thing can I do different in my week next week that will help me feel more energized and engaged by my business?
Hidden Assets to Leverage Your Nutrition Business
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Hidden Assets to Leverage Your Nutrition Business
- Ways to Expand Your Client Base
- When you give a great nutrition services, ask for a referral.
- Cross sell with a colleague.
- Contact dead nutrition business leads who said no in the past.
- Ask for testimonials from clients and customers.
- Joint Venture (JV) with Competitors.
3. Have a reciprocal lead exchange with your competitors and joint venture (JV) partners.
4. Add another location.
5. Optimize your nutrition sales processes.
Are You Prepared To Succeed As A Nutrition Entrepreneur?
Posted by: | CommentsIs Your Nutrition-Related Business Prepared For “The New Normal”?
The world has changed. One of our country’s leading economist has called our current marketplace the “New Normal.” This will be one of the biggest challenges for nutrition entrepreneurs. If you are like many nutrition entrepreneurs, you have learned that you have to be nimble and course-correct to adapt to the changing health care marketplace.
What can you do if clients have dwindled, your nutrition-related business clients are really slow in paying on your invoices, and you have cut back as much as you can on your overhead?
Learn How to Thrive and Prosper in the “New Normal”!
By now, you probably realize that the economy is causing many of your customers to re-evaluate their purchases. Many people feel that your nutrition services are can be reduced or eliminated. Many nutrition-related businesses have accepted the reality that their profits are not going to skyrocket any time soon. That means, you need to be nimble and course adjust for the new decade, 2010. As we enter the winter season, we are symbolically discovering that our economy is in the midst of a long cold winter season and some do not think we will ever go back to the same revenue-streams.
We believe that those entrepreneurs who are creative and willing to venture into new areas should prosper in the upcoming years. That is why we have created a list of resources to help you out:
Best Places To Discover How To Prosper In The Next Decade
- Nutrition Education Solutions
- Nutrition Private Practice Builders
- Nutrition Websites for Nutrition Professionals
Here are a few topics to help you get the process started.
Structure Your Nutrition-Business for Success
- Prioritize your nutrition-related business goals for the next 1-week, 1-month, next quarter,1-year, 5-years and 10-years.
- Build on past success.
- Zero in on what matters for your nutrition-related business.
- Restructure your business systems and processes.
- Understand your target audience. Do you have a profile of your typical client? Can you visualize who they are? Consider whether you are marketing to your real client, or your idealized client base.
- Avoid reinventing nutrition-related products. Is there a better use of your time then creating a product, when you could be doing something else more lucrative?
- Think beyond pricing.
What tactics and tools can you use to increase revenues. Consider:
- Loyalty programs
- Pre-payment for packages of nutrition services
- Special offers or cross-promotions with other companies.
Some economists think that we have survived the worst of this downturn, but no one is expecting a dramatic change from today’s environment. Analyze your present nutrition-related business and understand exactly how to be succeed in the new marketplace. With our seven business suggestions to re-structure your business as well as the website links to get the right tools, you can survive any economic downturn.
Do you have the right nutrition communications plan to thrive in this “New Normal.” If you don’t what are you going to do?
10 Reasons to Not to Start A Nutrition Business
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Are Your A Recessionary Nutritionist?
If you are thinking about starting your nutrition business now, we have 10 reasons why you should reconsider.
1. The economy is shaky and economists believe it is going to get worse before it begins to get better.
2. How much free time do you have? Running a business is a 24/7 commitment and very stressful to you and your family.
3. If you lucky enough to have a job, experts recommend that you keep it as long as you can for a regular paycheck and benefits.
4. You are accountable for your actions, or inactions.
5. People either love you or hate you. If you start a nutrition business, expect to deal with difficult people, and tough people problems.
6. Mistakes will be expensive learning lessons.
7. Get used to having to bootstrap!
8. Most nutrition business, or any business in general fail, even in good times.
9. Few people are staring businesses right now because of the tough economy.
10. Taxes will vary depending on your business structure. Sole proprietorship ? Partnership? LLC? C or S Corporation? All business structures have pros and cons.
But, if you still want to start a company, you may be crazy or you are a true entrepreneur. The best nutrition entrepreneurs are aware of the odds against them when they start the business, yet they still dream, build a vision and actually start.
