Growth Planning Services

Develop growth plans, allocate resources, brainstorm, and solve problems, with confidence.  Want a better ROI from your business?  This is the place to start.  

Annual Growth Plans

In partnership with your staff and leadership, Bungalo Group will help you develop your strategic growth plan. As part of this process we’ll make recommendations for reducing costs, increasing return on investment, maximizing resources, measuring results and achieving growth goals. Process and deliverables may include:

• Strategic planning sessions with key staff
• Develop and document business growth strategies
• Research and define target markets (the who)
• Recommend strategies for refining the offering and the customer experience (the what)
• Document short and long term goals (the results)
• Assist in breaking down large goals into measurable projects
• Determine key performance indicators (KPI). For example: sales by customer segment, margins, closing rates, revenue by division
• Establish marketing budget and high level goals

Growth Zone Check Ups

Regular quarterly meetings with Bungalo to review "Key Performance Metrics," make adjustments to strategy, and explore new opportunities for growth will keep your growth plan on track. Bungalo works with you to flush out ideas, analyze and make decisions, and brainstorm new programs.  We also lead discussions around trends and shifts in the plan as it relates to industry specific changes.  

Research / Customer Surveys

Understanding customers is a key piece of sales and marketing. The more you know, the better your chances of winning customers, and closing sales. How much do you know about customers and why they buy from you (or not)? What questions should you be asking clients, before you launch that new service area? Market research, customer surveys, and in-depth interviews shed light on your relationships with customers.  

• Why do people buy from us? Or not?
• What's important to them? How do they use our product or service?
• Which of our products and services are most appealing to buyers and why?
• How can we improve?
• What are the highs and lows of our customer experience?
• How are we different (or just like) the competition?
• What do people say about us?
• Is there a sweet spot for us in the marketplace?
• How has our performance changed?
• Which of our marketing strategies are working?

New Division Planning & Launch

Ready to launch a new division or service? A comprehensive growth and marketing plan will need to be specifically created for this division to ensure its success.  Bungalo will help you:

• Validate the idea
• Determine resources
• Set short and long term goals
• Determine Who/What/Why
• Create marketing tactics that will assist in converting existing clients
• Develop criteria for touching existing customer base
• Build a sales process that will be integrated into the existing sales process.  
• Create metrics to track the success of the division from a financial & customer service perspective

We can also help you determine how the new service will impact:

• Attraction & Engagement
• Closing rates
• Revenue per customer

Resource Management 

A key component to a firms growth is the decision on where to use the available resources.  Bungalo experts will work through a detailed planning session to help make decisions around where resources should be deployed to improve the business results.  If you want better business results, resource allocation helps you get more from what are your currently investing, and may give you insight into what is needed to get the results you desire.  

Referral and Partnering Programs

Although most firms in the home improvement sector are relationship-driven, few have a system for encouraging, tracking and rewarding referrals. Bungalo Group designs and builds programs that strengthen relationships with buyers and referral sources.

Transition Services

Are you considering buying or merging your business as your growth strategy, or are you thinking about an exit?  Bungalo Advisors can provide building industry specific guidance, resources, and contacts (CPA's, Attorneys, Bankers, Financial Advisors).  Bungalo will manage key deadlines while you run your day-day operations:

• Due diliegence checklists
• Financial modeling 
• Coordination of proessional partners