Kerri wanted this year to be different. She heard friends using a business goals template to scale their businesses.

However, she has never used this methodology before so she wondered how to pull it off.

You see, previously Kerri's approach to getting results in her business was a bit ad-hoc.

She would attend a few networking events, speak at summits and even engage with potential clients on Instagram.

None of her activities had any strategy behind them.

Kerri decided that this year she wanted to be intentional about her business activities.

No more hoping that things would work out.

Let me know if you experienced any of these.

* You never had a strategic approach to business growth* Your first set of clients were family and friends* You're tired of all the dry spells in your business income* You need more clarity around income-generating activities* You're aware that strategic effort brings results

If only there was a defined process that you can use to bring in more clients.

In this post, you'll learn the secrets that successful businesses use to exponentially bring in more income every single week.

Business Goals Statistics

Before looking at those closely guarded secrets it's important to take into account industry standards.

When you have a point of reference you'll have a better chance of doing what works.

Did you know that only 5% of businesses achieve their yearly goals?

What makes this even worse is that only 65% of business owners met half of their objectives, according to Small Biz Trends.

In another article by Stitch and Shutter 14% of those who have goals are 10 times more successful compared to those without.

The one thing I found strange is that 83% of the population don't have goals.

How is that even possible? Do people start their year, month, week and day just hoping that things would fall into place?

There is a glimmer of light because 77% of small businesses said that they are confident about strategy execution.

According to Boardview, 36% of companies have an established standard for goal setting.

Did you know that 40% of people who write down goals don't check to see if they achieved them?

Thankfully 46% of companies review and revise their goals throughout the year.

Those who set actionable tasks against their goals tend to achieve 40% more than those who don't.

Finally, 90% of people perform better with relevant and challenging goals.

Business Vision

Even though Kerri is a small business owner it doesn't mean that she shouldn't have a vision for her business.

Creating a vision for a business can be hard work mentally because you'll need to take a 10,000-foot view of the business.

A few years ago I went through the exercise of developing ...