Running a business takes a lot of cash. It’s easy to spend money before it’s even made, so budgeting a business is important to your overall success. Here are some tips to help you budget appropriately to watch your bottom line.  

Know Your Sales Cycle

Every business has busy and slow seasons. When you know your seasons, you can plan ahead to save money when business is slow and know when to ramp up inventory and customer service. Use your slow seasons for planning and marketing. Save money during busy seasons to have a cushion.

Overestimate Your Expenses

The budget above what you think you’ll need, to be prepared for overages. You never know when you’ll have a crisis that you’ll have to cover with your on-hand cash reserves. If you don’t use it, you can put it in your savings to give you options when you do need extra spending money.

Don’t Forget that Time Is Money

Your time is worth money. If you’re spending hours working on content marketing, you’re not necessarily focused on the overall business. Sometimes, it pays to outsource a project to let you bring in business. Treat your time much like your money.

Revisit Your Budget Regularly

Budgeting isn’t something you can do once a year and forget. Think about all the changes that businesses have gone through just in the first six months of 2020 under the pandemic. Go back to your budget every month or so. Annually, check your fixed expenses to see if you can save money.

Pay Yourself

As a small business owner, you need to be compensated for your time. Your budget needs to allow plenty of room for you to get a decent wage. If you can’t sustain your own income, what’s the point of having a business?

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