Saturday, September 04, 2010
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The Irressistable Offer!

What would you say if I told we find ways to grow your business and/or increase your revenue?

What if I told you we can do this at little or NO COST TO YOU?

You are probably wondering what is the catch. There is no catch, we work hard to find ways to increase revenue and/or grow your business and we take an agreed upon percentage of what we bring into your business. You only pay for results! You have nothing to loose and only growth and revenue to gain!

How do we do this?

We have a strategic planning / analysis system that finds untapped assets, opportunities and markets for your business.

Strategic Planning
Simply put Strategic Planning is a road map you draw out for your business success. There are various phases that many organizations go through but they all focus on the same results. Here is a basic outline of our process:

1. Business/Owner Analysis
We identify or update what might be called the strategic "philosophy" for your business. This includes identifying or updating the organization's mission, vision and/or values statements.

  • Mission statements are brief written descriptions of the purpose of the organization. Mission statements vary in nature from very brief to quite comprehensive, and including having a specific purpose statement that is part of the overall mission statement. Many people consider the values statement and vision statement to be part of the mission statement. This is usually also included in the the corproation charter, constitution, articles of incorporation.
  • Vision statements are usually a compelling description of how the organization will or should operate at some point in the future and of how customers or clients are benefitting from the organization's products and services.
  • Values statements list the overall priorities in how the organization will operate. Some people focus the values statement on moral values. Moral values are values that suggest overall priorities in how people ought to act in the world, for example, integrity, honesty, respect, etc. Other people include operational values which suggest overall priorities for the organization, for example, to expand marketshare, increase efficiency, etc.

2. Strategic Analysis
This phase is all about analyzing and reviewing organization's current status. How did the business get to where it is? What were the investments made and results received. How have the assets been utilized? Are there reporting and tracking systems in place? We analyze business environment, including:

  • Political Environment
  • Economic Environment
  • Social Environment
  • Technical environments.

This is where we get an in depth undestanding of how the business got to where it is. We outline various driving forces in the environment and perform a SWOT Analysis - Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats.

3. Setting Strategic Direction
This is where reports and recommendations are presented and discussed about what the organization must do as a result of the major issues and opportunities facing the organization. These conclusions include what overall accomplishments (or strategic goals) the organization should achieve, and the overall methods (or strategies) to achieve the accomplishments. Goals should be designed and worded as much as possible to be "SMARTER" : specific, measurable, acceptable to those working to achieve the goals, realistic, timely, extending the capabilities of those working to achieve the goals, and rewarding to them, as well.

4. Action (Success) Planning
Action planning is carefully laying out how the strategic goals will be accomplished. Action planning often includes specifying objectives, or specific results, with each strategic goal. Therefore, reaching a strategic goal typically involves accomplishing a set of objectives along the way -- in that sense, an objective is still a goal, but on a smaller scale.
Often, each objective is associated with a tactic, which is one of the methods needed to reach an objective. Therefore, implementing a strategy typically involves implementing a set of tactics along the way -- in that sense, a tactic is still a strategy, but on a smaller scale.
Action planning also includes specifying responsibilities and timelines with each objective, or who needs to do what and by when. It should also include methods to monitor and evaluate the plan, which includes knowing how the organization will know who has done what and by when.
It's common to develop an annual plan (sometimes called the operational plan or management plan), which includes the strategic goals, strategies, objectives, responsibilities and timelines that should be done in the coming year. Often, organizations will develop plans for each major function, division department, etc., and call these work plans.
Usually, budgets are included in the strategic and annual plan, and with work plans. Budgets specify the money needed for the resources that are necessary to implement the annual plan. Budgets also depict how the money will be spent, for example, for human resources, equipment, materials, etc.
There are several different kinds of budgets:

  • Operating budgets are usually budgets associated with major activities over the coming year.
  • Project budgets are associated with major projects, for example, constructing a building, developing a new program or product line, etc.
  • Cash budgets depict where cash will be spent over some near term, for example, over the next three months (this is very useful in order to know if you can afford bills that must be paid soon.
  • Capital budgets are associated with operating some major asset, for example, a building, automobiles, furniture, computers, etc.

 

 

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