{"id":5493,"date":"2018-10-18T17:43:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-18T09:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/?p=5493"},"modified":"2023-03-09T09:25:01","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T01:25:01","slug":"symptoms-of-a-dying-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/symptoms-of-a-dying-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Symptoms Of A Dying Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>For businesses, there are only three phases that a business can be: expanding, sustaining,\u00a0or death.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, every business wants to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/how-an-mra-grant-can-help-your-business-marketing-overseas-2\/\">expand<\/a>, but expansion\u00a0is\u00a0costly and requires a large sum of capital; sustainability then becomes a problem.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>When a business is in the phase of sustaining, the company is at a good position with adequate profit and expenses &#8212; everything is a-okay. But businesses\u00a0with good sustainability become complacent and don\u2019t think of growing their business further. Which, over time, leads to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/6-ways-google-drive-can-help-your-business\/\">high upkeep\u00a0<\/a>due to economic changes and inflation of prices.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, unsustainable businesses lead to the one thing every businessman dreads: death.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-12460 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/grave-2666827_1280-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/grave-2666827_1280-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/grave-2666827_1280-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/grave-2666827_1280.jpg 835w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Businesses who don\u2019t strike an efficient balance between sustainability and expansion die sooner or later. And this often leaves owners and shareholders downtrodden and in debt, a position no businessman wants to be in.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But a company doesn\u2019t die overnight. It usually starts months or years before the company finally packs up, and there are symptoms to know that your company is about to kick the bucket; knowing the symptoms are key to know how to salvage your business:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"1\">Your Brand Is No Longer Buzzing In The Market<\/h2>\n<p>When a brand opens up to the market for the first time, most of the time there is a long queue outside the store during the first two or three weeks. This is often\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/using-your-virality-to-make-your-small-business-explode-social-media-hacks-from-the-movie-chef\/\">generated by hype and curiosity<\/a>\u00a0about your brand and what it has to offer.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>But once your brand becomes common in the market and has nothing else to offer, the long lines start to dwindle and fewer people come and visit your store, hurting the overall health of your business.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>The solution<\/b><\/strong>: When your brand isn\u2019t getting any attention from the market anymore, it could be because you\u2019re lacking in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/how-taking-a-digital-marketing-training-course-can-boost-your-market-value\/\">activities or marketing<\/a>\u00a0that could help boost your brand. Other solutions could be re-branding\u00a0or expansion to a wider target market.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"2\">You\u2019re Getting Little To No Revenue<\/h2>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>Lack of sales is another sign that your business is heading to the doldrums. When you don\u2019t get enough sales and revenue from your operations, it becomes hard to sustain your company\u2019s day-to-day\u00a0and it would affect your overall operations.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Soon, you\u2019ll have to cut costs just to keep your business afloat.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>The Solution:\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>When you\u2019re getting little sales, you\u2019ll probably have little budget for marketing, so holding an event to boost your reach will be next to impossible. However, marketing yourself through\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/when-is-the-best-time-to-post-on-social-media\/\">online social media platforms<\/a>\u00a0like Facebook and youtube could cost less than a full-blown campaign. It could also be more effective than the expensive, traditional marketing campaign.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"3\">People Could See Your Brand Is Failing<\/h2>\n<p><strong><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>When people &#8212; especially\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/the-ridiculous-side-of-having-competitors\/\">your competitors<\/a>\u00a0&#8212; could see your brand is falling apart, then there\u2019s a likely chance that it is. This is never a good image to show your customers and competitors since they could take advantage of your vulnerability.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12463\" src=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/MAvVnlZ.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/MAvVnlZ.jpeg 612w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/MAvVnlZ-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/MAvVnlZ-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/MAvVnlZ-270x270.jpeg 270w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Solution:<\/strong> Negative image is hard to deal with, especially for a company that\u2019s on its last leg. However, if you can turn this\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/how-to-spin-negative-publicity-to-your-favour\/\">negative publicity to your\u00a0<\/a>favour, you might just get the boost you need to get back up.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"4\">You Have Unhappy Employees<\/h2>\n<p>When employees are starting to do tasks outside their job description and are jumbling\u00a0around the office just trying to keep everything together, they become very unhappy. When employees become unhappy and demotivated, it becomes hard to operate the business and eventually lead to a complete downfall.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><b>The solution:\u00a0<\/b><\/strong>When a company starts failing,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/how-to-be-a-boss-top-qualities-of-a-ceo\/\">employees look at the CEO<\/a>\u00a0to help improve the situation. It\u2019s now the job of the CEO to ensure that the company stays afloat through effective management and leadership.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"5\"><strong><b>Bounce<\/b><\/strong><strong><b> Back Now<\/b><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>When your company is on the brink of death, resuscitation can still be done with the proper procedures and strategies. Marketing efforts should be given particular attention as this would help bring in fresh customers that could begin to breathe life into your business once again.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for cheap and effective ways to market your brand and save it from death, hiring a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/contact\/\">competent\u00a0SEO team<\/a>\u00a0to help you with digital marketing could provide you with the necessary boost to remain\u00a0in business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For businesses, there are only three phases that a business can be: expanding, sustaining,\u00a0or death. Of course, every business wants to\u00a0expand, but expansion\u00a0is\u00a0costly and requires a large sum of capital; sustainability then becomes a problem. &nbsp; When a business is in the phase of sustaining, the company is at a good position with adequate profit [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":12457,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2261],"tags":[164,466,467,405,15,468,469,184,470],"class_list":["post-5493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-na","tag-business","tag-conversions","tag-death","tag-digital-content-marketing","tag-digital-marketing-2","tag-improvement","tag-lead-generation","tag-marketing","tag-sales"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12457"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glutenfreepleasure.com\/__proxy_domain\/www.oom.com.sg\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}