don’t let “flat” be your new “up”

6 tips to help you get beyond cutting costs, and start building your business.

in order to compete in this new economy, chances are you’ve already pared down your operations. you’ve also probably adopted “flat revenue” as the new measure of growth. even typically profit-focused wall street is looking at sales growth to see how people are spending money again.

entrepreneur magazine is saying that growth is the only real measure of growth. and with your operations streamlined, now is the perfect time to grow.

here are six tips that can help your company position itself for growth:

1. stay positive

2. listen to your clients

3. share your clients

4. change how you do business

5. tell people you are open for business

6. create something wonderful

more: position yourself for real growth.

posted on january 6, 2010