How-to to run a software consulting business

Investing in your business

by shabda on October 16, 2011

So your business is all setup, you have grown your team and your business is making money. You should reinvest in your business to keep it growing, here are some ideas

  1. Do you have the perfect domain for your business? If not consider buying one. (We started as agiliqsolutions.com, and bought agiliq.com later)
  2. Build links to your site. You already have a headstart in this by blogging and your open source work. Now is the time to take this a notch up. You should ask your team to guest post, and build relationships with other sites to build links.
  3. Build relationships with other related businesses. You have been doing this, but be proactive now. Use linkedin, twitter to find people in related industry.
  4. Upgrade your equipment (computers, printers and such)
  5. Invest in advertising in paid media(Google Adwords, Facebook) and check if you get a positive ROI. (I did not get a ROI but I ran a test.)
  6. Is a website or a business related to your business being sold? Why not buy it?

These are just some ideas. The key takeaway is that there can be lot of areas where you can spend money to build a stronger business. Investing in your business is the best investment you can do.

Did I miss anything? Email us at [email protected]
Have you joined our newsletter yet http://eepurl.com/e1zk2

We cover Webdev, Django, SaaS, Mobile and cloud computing and
help you “Build amazing webapps”.

Leave a Comment

Previous post:

Next post:

Turning customers to repeat customers

The best way to get business is by getting more work from an existing customer. New customers cost money to acquire. They need to be nurtured before they will get trust with you to let you work on the most... »

Turning customers to repeat customers

Moving up the value chain

  If you want to grow the business without growing headcount the only way is the provide higher end services or to sell products. Do you sell services which can be productized? Do you have technology which can be sold... »

Moving up the value chain

Keeping costs low

As you start to scale the business, the overhead costs start increasing. Eg. When you are self employed you maybe doing billable work 90% of the time. As your business grows, you will have to add admin staff, accountants and... »

Keeping costs low

Browse Agiliq

  • Home
  • About Agiliq

    We develop bespoke web applications using Django, the related Python technology stack and the Jquery javascript library. We primarily work with web development companies as technology partners.

    Copyright © 2009-2011, Agiliq. All rights reserved.