Growing a business is never easy. Most companies consider a financial year a failure if they don’t increase profits or expand somehow. However, markets are not always favorable and can make the prospects of growth seem unreachable.

There are several strategies you can implement in your business to stimulate growth and higher profits. This article will lay out each one and provide a template for you to follow to garner increased revenue and possibly avoid the business cycle.

Merge or Takeover Another Business

Acquiring or merging with another business is the fastest way to expand your business. Taking over another company can potentially increase your economies of scale and add to your margins. When deciding if you want to merge or take over another company’s production, ensure their fundamentals are viable. Look to industry leaders like Executive David Geithner for examples of successful business acquisitions. A successful purchase should lead to a more robust combined enterprise and improve operations. Even if the company you are looking to acquire is profitable, make sure their contracts are good and haven’t taken on too much debt.

Expand Your Product Line

Adding more commodities to your business is an excellent way to generate interest and increase profits. However, if you don’t successfully launch a new product or service, you could waste significant resources in the development and marketing process. To launch new products, you need to allocate funds to market research. Communication with your customers is key to developing and distributing new products.

Market More to Current Customers

You might have customers who have greater demand for your existing products. Analyze the demographics of your customers and determine who is more likely to buy more of your goods and services. Perhaps there is a segment of your customer base that is underutilized or underserved. Try offering favorable rates and discounts to larger purchases to stimulate more profits.

Sell in More Regions

Once you have an idea of your customers’ demographics, conduct further research on regions that offer similar data. If you can expand into a market with similar demographics to your customer base, you can successfully sell your products there. Investing in more advertising in new markets will further guarantee your business will succeed in that territory.

Restructure Your Business

Changing your business model can be risky but also highly profitable. If you have not built an online presence, consider spending time to do so. It may be helpful to hire professionals or a third party to advertise your business and drive traffic to your website through SEO. Such methods have a relatively lower overhead compared to physical advertising and brick-and-mortar storefronts. You may find having a physical storefront is redundant and choose to save money through completely digital distribution.

Building your business can seem impossible when the market is slow. However, there are many creative solutions to stagnating growth. Increase marketing to your existing customers, expand to new territories and revamp your distribution model to help stimulate sales and increase efficiency. Consider acquiring another business to scale up production. Whatever route you choose, a more substantial business is always within reach, even in poorly performing economies.