Best Practices for Your Business

So, here’s our list of Best Business Practices.  What would you add?  What makes you feel like you’re running your business as a business?

Basic Practices

  • Do you have an organized database of your clients and their contact info?

  • Do you have a regular time scheduled in your calendar to communicate with past-clients/leads/friends who might have a job for you?

  • Do you have a weekly appointment in your calendar to plan activities for the week?

  • Do you meet with your clients once a year to review their projects/system/etc?

  • Do you talk with your current clients regularly?

  • Do you have a schedule that is balanced and helps you be your best?

  • Are you generating content for web based leads, client retention, feeding the Google Monster, etc.?

Clients

  • Do you have a client interview sheet/system/checklist available?

  • What about one for projects?

  • Have you written out your process for working with clients?

  • Do you know where your business comes from specifically?

Branding

  • Do you know what clearly differentiates you from your competition?  Can you articulate it quickly?

  • Do you know what your value proposition is?

Planning

  • Do you have a written business plan or strategic growth plan?

  • Do you have written goals for your business and are you tracking them?

Self

  • Is your life balanced/integrated so that you are functioning your best?

  • Have you articulated your life goals separate from your business?