Business Planning for Increased Growth in 2026 – Part 1

Business Planning For Increased Growth in 2026

This time last year, businesses were being urged to “survive until 2025”. Unfortunately for many, though, 2025 has been yet another year to forget. But if you actively want to improve your business and haven’t already started the process, then right now is the time to start planning for a better, more profitable 2026!

There are several things that Into the Blue NZ Limited can do to help improve your business, so let’s start with the top item on the P&L which is the concept of GROWTH.

There are 5 main ways to grow a business:

1. Improved target marketing – this includes identifying both your point of difference and competitive advantage and then targeting specific market segments to exploit your point of difference.
2. Adding target markets – looking at additional markets into which you can sell your products or services. Although growth in target markets can be implemented very rapidly, it is dependent on your business having the capacity to meet the extra demand.
3. Improved productivity this will increase your capacity and may allow for improved targeted marketing and additional target markets.
4. New product development – bringing new/improved products or services to the market. This is a medium to long-term solution that requires significant business planning (and possibly cashflow) to increase capacity to be successful.
5. Acquisition of another business – this is a medium to long-term solution and requires significant business planning and cashflow to be successful.

It is our experience from using our Rapid Profit Radar Diagnostic that many business owners and senior managers know that their business can do better – but they just can’t see how to do it, as they are either too close or too emotionally connected to the business, or both.  Fortunately, we are experts in rapidly identifying and finding usually simple solutions and, by initially focussing on quick-win items, profit improvement decisions can be made and implemented in weeks rather than months.

And we’re not afraid to put our money where our mouth is because, if you engage us, Into the Blue offers most mature businesses a Zero-Risk policy… No Improvement – No Fees.

So, if you want to get ahead of the competition and hit 2026 at pace, please get in touch with us now by either replying to this post, emailing profit@intotheblue.co.nz. Or, if you are really keen, give John a call on the number in the supporting picture.