5 things to do before the Year End

Ensure a great finish to 2012 for a great start to 2013.

As we approach the year end, it is time for you to make the most out of the last few weeks.

1.     Get ready with a game plan for 2013 - Use this time to create a new game plan to grow your business in 2013. You need to list down the important activities that you want to carry out during the forthcoming year to promote you business.

Analyze the strategies that you adopted in the current year and the results achieved. For instance, the number of new clients you developed, expenses for the year, failures and successes. See what more you can do to promote your business. This will help you measure what worked and what didn’t.

Have specific goals – instead of saying that you want to increase your client base, give yourself a specific number of clients to sign up this upcoming year. Draft your goals and stick it at your work place.

2.     Update your online skills – Before you step into the New Year, you should aim at updating your online skills so that it helps you to smoothly carry out your business. Use this time to update your skills in online marketing. You can also update your skill sets in using social media so that you are able to engage with your clients more intensively and effectively..

3.     Conduct an online client survey on their priorities – Use free online survey tools to help you to analyze your clients’ priorities for the coming year. This will help you put in place a marketing strategy for the upcoming year. However, keep the questions to a minimum number since your customers might be busy wrapping their important work before the end of the year.

4.     Host a tax planning workshop in your office. Tax planning is a top priority for clients during this time of the year as many of them will have to furnish proof of investments to their employers in a month or two.

5.     Sponsor a charity event to get your name out in the community while helping a    worthy cause. This will help you to promote your business as well as create a good  impression on prospects by supporting a noble cause.