Turning Around a Struggling Business

Richard Scully • Aug 16, 2017

From increasing your selling efforts to minimizing layoffs, business experts offer 11 practical tips to counteract economic uncertainty.

1. Keep Selling
2. Evaluate Marketing Effectiveness
3. Anticipate Opportunities
4. Create a Rapid Response Team.
5. Get Creative
6. Minimize Layoffs
7. Look for Alternatives
8. Touch Base with Customers
9. Ask for Feedback
10. Take Complaints Seriously
11. Resist Negativity
by Karen E. Klein (www.businessweek.com)
Karen E. Klein is a Los Angeles-based writer who covers entrepreneurship and small business issues.
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