[daz1977]

do you still set ur self goals, after been in business a while, or do you just let the business tick over, i only ask as i have been in business about 8 months and have decided that am going to make 2010 the year i take this business seriouly

like a lot of people i started off part time and just let the business tick over,  am going to get 300 domestic custys before the years out and up my average prices, also want to move over to pressure washing

[pingu]

Into my 4th year and I set goals for loads of work related items...

Personally I am very anal about stats etc and collect lots of information about the business...I intend to carry on collecting the stats for another 2 full work years then I'll relax the data collection..

This year just want another 37 new customers ontop of the customers I WILL lose..
Once the yearly turnover is achieved then it'll be culling the jobs I don't like doing.

...Keep an eye on everything for the 1st few years it'll enable you to make decisions based on facts and not 'what you think'...

Cheers and good luck.

Dave.