Originally posted on http://themumingtonpost.com/how-do-you-know-that-all-is-well-in-your-business/

No doubt by now you have had periods of doubt in your mind about your business. Owning and running a business is unlike any other walk of life. You future is in your very own hands and success only depends on you. It’s a major responsibility but you’re also free from doing what other people want you to do. You’re only beholden to the consumer market and even then you can choose to be a leader instead of a follower. The doubt in your mind usually can be summed up with the question of whether or not you’re ‘doing it right?’ it’s normal to ask this of yourself because you see the large corporations and you wish you could be them one day. There is no right way but there are plenty of wrong ways, By this, it means you have a lot of ways to succeed but failures in business almost always have the same pattern to them. Here’s how to know you’re heading in the right direction.

Originally posted on YouTube by Christina M. Durta, CPA, LLC

Everything stacks up

Do you believe your own books? Businesses of all kinds make reports on their financial quarter performance and overall risk assessment scope. They do this because they want to make sure every dollar and cent adds up and they have accurate sales figures to track their growth or decline. Without these reports they do not have any proof which they can use to chart their next venture. Effectively, they would be sailing out blind into the big wide world. This is why your business needs a service provider which can audit your business from top to bottom. Simply write out a job description and allow professional auditors to offer you their services. You’re only paying for the leads that you use. When you find one that takes your fancy, you pay for it and then get the auditor’s name, email and phone number. From there you can set up meetings and hire or decline them.

Clients come looking

Clients can be distributors, investors or other businesses that look to partner with you in some way. Every successful business has always had a number of clients that work with to make it into the powerhouse that it is. It’s in your best interest to have clients too because you will have financial backing and industry exposure at the same time. If you have found that you’re receiving more emails and inquiries from such entities then you can rest assured that you’re heading in the right direction. For another business to want to utilize your products or service it shows you’re making a truly great product. Work together with clients and grow in confidence that you bring something to the table that they need rather than want. The more clients that approach you, the stronger you hand becomes in any sort of negotiation.

It’s difficult to know when you’re doing something right in business as sales figures can be subjective to the consumer climate of the day. But when you start getting calls from other businesses to partner with them and when all your books come out clean in the reports of an auditor, you’re becoming stronger and more stable.