What to do when business is slow?

George D Harrison
3 min readJul 1, 2019

All the experienced business people know that getting slow is a part of their job. It may have happened because of bad customer services, lack of information, seasonal slowdown, holiday, economic problems.… the way you react in this situation is the key to survive. You can make things get worse and destroy everything or try to solve the problem. Here are some tips that will definitely help you.

Interaction

Interact with people; you are probably sitting in your office and thinking how to get your business back to its place … but this is not the answer, get out of your office and communicate with people. Ask them about their interests and needs. Try to make them the central part of your business by involving them in your activities; it’s one of the best things you can possibly do because your business is all about people.

Social media

We talked about the matter of communicating with people, but there are ways to interact with them because you cannot always be there for them, I mean, not physically and in traditional ways. You have a time limitation. In this situation, Social media is the best place that you can present yourself and give your customers a bright outlook for your business’s future. Join top social media platforms such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram, etc.

Creativity

Have you ever think about creating a new thing? Why not? The idea is essential, you can create and improve what you already have. Give your customers the chance to test new things. Update your page. Take classes to learn and refresh your information. People always want to see unique and new ideas. Add some fun content to your website, let them spend blessing hours in your site, and stay motivated to follow you and your products. Give them some free extra options such as a tasty reward or one of your top products.

Update your website

Your website is a new you. Because it shows everything about your business. Put yourself in consumer’s shoes; the world is discovering new things day by day. But you are still in your first step, and nothing changes. How can they stay in your side and be still the fan?? First, update your website interface to attract your customer’s attention, then think about your content. Update your information and put away your old data. Add some new packages to entertain your audience.

Change your field

Whoever you are, a startup or a professional, you should have a plan “B” for your business. The more you spend time in one business, the more you risk becoming short-sighted. A wise businessman always thinks about these kinds of upside downs. Your audience won’t wait for you to solve your problem or create a new device. They want what they need on that exact time.

Leisure time

You shouldn’t always be active and provide services for your customers. You are human, and all the people need rest and some break time to be fresh. In this case, you can save enough energy to have a strong restart. Just pay attention to choose a suitable time that your absence doesn’t bother your audience.

To sum up

These are some crucial tips that work for almost every business. But you should focus on your business and find your own way. Because your audience is unique, and the only person who knows them is you, what they need and want. Give them some easy communication ways to contact you quickly. Be active and always be there for them to solve their problems.

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