Five Practices That Can Hurt How Much Money Your Business Makes.
July 11, 2016 by Staff
Filed under Money/Business, Tech/Internet, Weekly Columns
(Akiit.com) Finances are important. You need to keep them healthy for a variety of reasons. To buy the services and resources that your business uses every day. To continue to improve and reiterate the processes of the business. Perhaps most importantly to support yourself and those who keep it all running. If your business isn’t making as much money as you would like, here are some the reasons that might be the case.
Not accounting for the ways your customers pay
Customers are a diverse bunch. Different things appeal to them. They may want your services for different reasons. They might even access your business in different ways. Some, for example, need new methods of payment processing to deal with. Some will use different devices to try and visit your business. You need to 
account for a diverse crowd of customers to get as many of them as you can.
Letting others get away with late payments
In other cases, payment is a more involved affair. It involves sending an invoice and getting payment back. Anyone who does this knows the risk involved in late or missing payments. If you don’t get paid for your services, you’re missing some vital money that you need to keep doing business. That’s why you need to take steps to prevent that. Methods like late payment fees and reminders of fees owed.
Relying on bad service providers
Some of the biggest recurring costs for your business as the services you rely on. It could be utilities like water and electricity. It could be resources like paper and the materials you use for the business. Whatever it is, a bad provider could slow down your business and be a waste of money. Make sure you’re able to notice the warning signs of bad service providers. Signs like missing deadlines, persistent errors and slow response times.
Failing to protect the aspects of the business you work on
Sometimes, it’s not the fault of service provider that your services are failing you. Sometimes things can stop due to no-one’s fault at all. It’s your job to be prepared to get things up and running against as soon as possible. You can do this through things like backing up the data your business relies on. Diversifying the internet connections your business relies on. Even getting a backup generator in case the electricity goes down.
Being out of your financial depth
It might not be that the costs are too much to account for. Or that you’re not getting enough customers to keep the business strong. It might very well be your own financial management that’s not up to snuff. If you’re finding it hard to keep on top of all the balances, you may need the help of someone or something that can. Whether this is financial software or an accountant.
To make your business a success, making sure that its financially strong is vital. We hope the points above help you do just that. Just remember to always keep an eye on your costs and what you’re making.
Staff Writer; Charlie Green