With the rise in the unemployment rate today, a lot of people have begun to think of and make moves toward the starting of a business in order to remove themselves from the job market, whilst also creating jobs for people and reducing the rate of unemployment in their little way.

To prevail in business today, one has to be adaptable and have great planning skills. A large number of individuals start a business imagining that they begin to make money the moment they open their business. Sadly, there is more to bringing in cash than anyone will tell you, there are different secrets to developing a successful small business and a lot of business owners are oblivious to this secret which is why 70% of business startups go bankrupt in their first five years of operation.

However, you can be among the remaining 30% whose businesses last longer than 5 years if you carefully take time to analyze your business and make all the salient moves that you need to make to make profits.

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If you are looking to start a business, in no particular order, here are five keys that can help you in developing a successful small business;

1.          Be Consistent:

Consistency is a way to make people know that you are serious about whatever business you have decided to do. Being consistent requires you to keep doing what you have to do even if it seems like time-wasting.

2.          Be Unique:

There is a great deal of business opportunity that is yet to be explored today so do not strive to be like your competitors, instead search within yourself and discover that value which you possess that gives you an edge over your colleagues and puts efforts into promoting this strength of yours. Let people know what they chance to lose by not patronizing you.

3.          Be Creative:

Now, you are consistent in what you do, you post contents daily for an online business or you open your store every morning for an offline business, you must be creative in your approach to customers, market your business in such a way that you can easily catch the attention of prospective customers and you can also register your name or service in the head of people who have patronized you.

4.          Invest in Your Business:

It is important to calculate the cost of starting and running a business before you venture into it. Also, have an emergency fund if there arises some unforeseen event. To be on the safe side, try as much as possible to invest your money in the business, this helps you to stay focused and also reduces your debts. As your business begins to generate profit, it will be a wise decision to keep investing in the business so you can offer more service to your customers and also make more profit.

5.          Satisfy Your Customers:

Your customers are the reason why you started the business in the first place, so when dealing with a customer, make sure they are very impressed with your service. When you satisfy a customer after your first dealing, it helps to retain the customer and even get free publicity from the customer.

Now that you have these keys, it is a matter of whether or not you are ready to put them into use. If you do, you will see changes in your business.