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Before making a decision should weigh up the financial risks of the two routes. Then they'll have a clearer idea about how best to use the Profit Focus toolkit

We'll be exploring how can grow the profits of their . Not just by finding more but also the opportunities have to cut their costs to grow their 's profits.

Of course, we'll also be looking at how can grow their base of as is just as important to as any other.

So I repeat: Before making a decision should weigh up the financial risks of the two routes. Then they'll have a clearer idea about how best to use the Profit Focus toolkit

On a more developmental note, we'll look at executive coaching for , especially of in . As specialist consultants to we provide specialist training for . We also have a series of publications for specifically for .

So once again: Before making a decision should weigh up the financial risks of the two routes. Then they'll have a clearer idea about how best to use the Profit Focus toolkit

Going back to the issue of how to get more for your , you need to think about who is truly expert to help ? We'd like to propose that, as specialist consultants to , we are certainly well positioned to qualify for that title to some degree.

So that's why the article you're about to read is especially relevant for and in particular.

What's the message? Dare I spell it out one last time? Before making a decision should weigh up the financial risks of the two routes. Then they'll have a clearer idea about how best to use the Profit Focus toolkit

12 Mini Case-Studies:
Secret Low Cost Marketing Strategies That Work Like a Dream

Please remember that these case-studies are not about theory. They're about 12 real business people. People just like you. People who need to balance conflicting pressures of work and family. People with bills to pay and to keep happy. But there is one difference between all 12 of these people and you...

These 12 are already benefitting from using these strategies in their businesses. They're already enjoying a higher level of personal success. Greater rewards for less time and stress. And that's what I call working smarter. Just like you can. And that's exactly what I'd like to encourage you to do.

While you're reading the case studies, if at any point you decide you'd like to speak to someone about your own situation, please click on the "Get in Touch" tab in the top right hand corner of your screen.

You'll see how the 12 managers used the Profit Focus tools. And you'll see what a difference they made in their businesses. How the tools helped them identify and implement secret strategies to:
- accelerate their growth
- turbo-charge their sales
- and explode their profits

Maybe some of these strategies will be completely new to you. And maybe some you will have heard of, but thought they weren't relevant to you; Maybe because you just couldn't see how to make them work for you.

And maybe some you will have tried before. But they didn't work. Simply because you were missing a final part of the jigsaw:

"How to make them work for in particular?"

Well, you're not alone. Those are some problems the managers in these 12 case studies had to overcome. And Profit Focus helped them to join the dots. To get these strategies working to their full potential.

For now you're about to discover how Profit Focus can produce these exact same results for you.

But first, if you'd like to see how the Profit Focus tools have worked for some other people, please click here to see a brief case study.

We need to decide whether to get help with these tools from a specialist consultant, or whether to use them on a DIY basis. So we're comparing these two approaches with a brief cost-benefit analysis:

There are five factors should compare between the two approaches. On this page we're looking at part 5. But you can jump to any other part of the analysis with these links:
1) The financial investment
2) The time-cost investment
3) The financial return
4) The time delay from investment to return
5) The risk/reward factor

Cost Benefit Analysis
Part 5) The Risk/Reward Factor

Let's start with the risks and then explore the rewards...

Three Areas of Risk:
There are three potential risks of using the Profit Focus toolkit on a DIY basis. Each of these can be kept to almost zero if you hire a consultant.

The first two relate to the investment costs, which fall into two areas...

1) Your financial investment to train in using the tools. If you only use the tools in your own there is a risk you may not get your full investment back. In comparison, if you hire a consultant on a pay-for-performance basis, your increased profits will be guaranteed to cover his costs many times over.

and 2) Your time-cost investment which, as we saw early, will be greatly reduced if you hire a consultant. That means, if you DIY, you'll end up investing more of your time. You'll also likely get smaller results. So there's a risk your time could be more productive if you simply manage your and get a consultant to do this specialist work for you.

The third area of risk is if you try to cut corners with your training. There would be a potential risk of harming your , by using the Profit Focus tools wrongly. Clearly a pay-for-performance consultant is going to be a much safer option here.

Two Areas of Reward:
The rewards need to be measured in two parts. Firstly the added value you get from using the Profit Focus tools in your . This will become evident as you:
- watch your grow,
- see your overheads trimmed,
- experience more positive cashflow,
- enjoy the boost to your profits,
- and rest assured that your future is far more secure.

All of these factors lead towards our principal goal, which is to help you raise the value of your . Both as a going concern and as an asset you may need to borrow against one day, or even wish to sell. Won't that be so much easier with a higher value?

Now as explained earlier, these results will likely be higher if you work with a consultant. You'll not only benefit from his objectivity, but also from his broader experience beyond your own and industry.

The second reward factor is the speed with which you can get your investment back. And of course to start banking a return on that investment. As mentioned earlier, this is going to happen fastest when you work with a consultant. This is much faster as you can set to work right away, rather than start training to DIY.

Conclusion
Hopefully you can see why I don't recommend the DIY approach unless you'd like to become a business growth consultant yourself. Because you'd need to complete the same training that a business consultant goes through. And that will take far more time and money up front than simply working with someone who's already trained in using these tools.

But, if you still want to use the Profit Focus toolkit on a DIY basis, then let me tell you about how to train to become a business growth consultant to .

But I'd recommend you take a quick look at how you can grow your on far more affordable terms. So here's how to get help from a consulant on pay-for-performance terms.