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Staying Competitive in Your Industry
Consistently asking questions keeps a business on its toes and creates the drive for an answer. The question, “How can your business stay competitive?” leads to so many other questions like, “Who is your competition? What makes you different? Can you expand what you offer?”


Establishing who your competition is, can provide guidance to figure out what makes your business different. It also helps one observe the repetitive behavior of competition to back-up your future strategic planning. Though, GREAT businesses are not predictable and are always analyzing the path ahead.


Analyzing information already obtained is also a good way to know which way to approach when it comes to expansion in a business. When expanding, what you offer can separate you from your competition. Your business should be organic and ever-evolving. Break it down to your employees, are they good at what they do? When bringing in talented personnel, your business can effortlessly thrive against your competition. Making an expansion in personnel skills can also help fine-tune customer service and the experience given to customers.

Businesses should have the habits of exemplifying their strengths with the power of marketing to draw in new customers, improve customer retention and fuel sales. Even if the competition offers a lower price for a product, your business still has a brand presence due to your promoted strengths.

Overall, prioritizing your business’s changes, differences, and strengths will help you gain a competitive advantage in the marketplace. It’s not an easy task to set a business apart from competition but it will be well worth the effort and rewarding as a business owner.

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