Every successful small or home-based business owner will work to develop their business further by attracting new clients, procuring new orders, increasing their overall sales and profit figures. Developing a business requires much hard effort, startup funds and proper business development planning. There are various factors through which a small business owner can develop their existing business. However the factors would change from one business to another based on their business model and overall business plan.

The first step towards developing a successful small business is to carefully analyze the current business processes which may be related to Sales Management, Marketing, Production and Service to Customers. After analyzing the current business process, the business owner has to identify the areas of improvement and frame a proper plan for improvement. The business owner/ business development professional has to set goals and work towards them along with any employees. Some of the key components involved in business development are elaborated below:

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