How Well Are You Growing Your Business?

Julie Starr • June 30, 2020



When starting a business, it’s easy to feel a little intimidated and confused. The modern world has never been more fast-paced and competitive. More often than not you can end up left wondering where to even start when it comes to growing your business . Well, don’t worry! Here are some tried and tested ways to help your business expand and to reach your customers effectively. 

To grow your business and succeed in the crazy world of business you need to ensure you are in the right place to take on the role of business owner. As well as being careful and looking after the growth of your business, you need to take care of your own personal growth as well. Your personal growth is very important, focus on your human design and make sure you don’t burn out while running your business. Make sure you have a strong unit around you to lean on as and when needed.

Stay focused

It’s pretty easy when starting a business to lose focus in the face of your ambition. You might want to change the world right away, but the important thing to do is to start simple. Pick a single product or service and dedicate your time and energy to marketing, selling, and promoting it. Too many businesses throw themselves from one idea to another without actually spending the right amount of time on each one. Eventually, you’ll want to expand, but to begin with, you’d do better to lay a solid foundation in one place. 

Identify your market

Let’s say you’ve got that one perfect product or service. Who are you selling it to? Are you targeting general consumers or big business? Men or women? Teenagers or senior citizens? These are the first questions you should be asking yourself but don’t stop there. You should endeavor to create such an individual and clear picture of your target customer that you could pick them out of a line-up. That way, you don’t waste your time chasing after customers who will never have an interest in what you’re offering. Instead, you can focus on the demographic who already have a need for your business, even if they don’t know it yet.

Outsource

If you want to expand your business quickly without putting too much pressure on yourself and your employees then outsourcing is often the best option. It gives you the benefit of other people’s expertise and lets you focus your attention on the things where your skills really lie. From ensuring China quality control in the manufacturing of your products to creating organic SEO online, it’s often best to leave things in the hands of the experts. That way, you know your business is always in the right hands.

Never stop looking forward

The real key to any successful new business is always to have one eye on the horizon. You need to be able to be aware of what’s coming. What shifts in the market are coming? What new services and technologies are changing the way you do business? Are there new ways to connect with customers and clients? Business sustainability is one of those shifts that continually influence the business landscape. Also, adaptability is one of the most important tools in any business owner’s arsenal. The ability to shift directions at the drop of a hat could mean the difference between sinking and swimming. As long as you make sure the foundations of your business are sturdy, you need to be ready to shift in any direction if the wind seems to be moving that way.

One thing that you have to remember is that the growth of your business should always be sustainable. If you’re not growing your business organically, then you run the risk of the whole thing collapsing under its own weight.

Earth Day is a Moment. Sustainability is a Journey.

By Julie Starr • April 7, 2025
Every April 22nd, Earth Day reminds us of our shared responsibility to care for the planet. It’s a powerful moment for reflection, recognition, and renewed commitment to environmental stewardship. But for companies like Taiga, Earth Day is not just a day—it's a checkpoint in a journey that spans all 365 days of the year. Beyond the Day: The Power of Year-Round Storytelling While Earth Day is an excellent opportunity to spotlight your company's environmental efforts, the true impact lies in consistent, transparent communication about your sustainability strategy. Customers, investors, employees, and partners are increasingly interested in how companies plan, act, and improve over time. To build trust and inspire action, companies should: Share clear targets: What are your goals for emissions reduction, circularity, or biodiversity? Make them specific and time-bound. Report results honestly: Celebrate wins and be candid about setbacks. Progress, not perfection, is the story. Connect efforts to impact: Highlight how your initiatives benefit ecosystems, communities, or supply chains. Leveraging Earth Day as a Strategic Moment Think of Earth Day as a milestone that anchors your broader communications. Some ideas: Launch or preview new initiatives that reinforce your long-term strategy. Tell human stories: Showcase employees, community members, or suppliers contributing to sustainability. Host interactive events: Webinars, volunteer days, or innovation showcases invite people into the journey. Publish a sustainability snapshot: A visual, engaging recap of the past year's progress. Engaging Stakeholders Year-Round To keep the momentum going beyond April: Create a sustainability content calendar to share updates, behind-the-scenes looks, and educational content. Invite feedback: Use surveys or listening sessions to understand stakeholder priorities and ideas. Collaborate: Partner with NGOs, academics, or startups aligned with your mission. Recognize champions: Celebrate employees and partners who go above and beyond. Bringing It Together: A Continuous Narrative Earth Day is a valuable opportunity to raise awareness, but lasting impact comes from building a continuous narrative. At Taiga, we see sustainability not as a series of campaigns but as a shared journey with our stakeholders . When we connect the dots between moments like Earth Day and the year-round work behind the scenes, we not only deepen engagement—we accelerate change. So this Earth Day, let’s celebrate progress and recommit to transparency, collaboration, and bold action. The planet needs more than promises. It needs a plan. And it needs all of us.

Greener Clicks: How to Reduce Your Environmental Impact with Sustainable Digital Marketing

By Julie Starr • March 31, 2025
In the race to decarbonize our world, one area often overlooked is digital marketing. While it might seem inherently clean compared to print or physical campaigns, our online activities have a real and measurable environmental footprint. From servers powering your website to emails filling up inboxes, every click, stream, and scroll contributes to carbon emissions. At Taiga Company, we believe digital strategies can be powerful and low-impact. Here’s how to get started. Optimize for a Low-Carbon Web Why it matters: Websites and digital ads are hosted on servers that consume electricity, often powered by fossil fuels. Every time a user loads your site or ad, it uses energy. How to reduce your impact: Host green: Choose web hosts that use renewable energy or offset emissions. Clean up your code: Streamlined, efficient code reduces load times and energy use. Compress and reduce images: Smaller files mean faster pages and fewer emissions. Limit heavy media: Videos and animations are carbon-intensive; use them mindfully. A faster, leaner website isn’t just better for the planet—it also boosts SEO and user experience. Email Marketing with Intention Why it matters: Every email sent, received, and stored requires energy. Multiply that by millions of sends, and the impact adds up. How to reduce your impact: Clean your lists: Remove inactive subscribers to avoid waste. Segment wisely: Only send emails to those who will truly benefit. Use plain-text when possible: It’s lower in data and often more accessible. Reduce frequency: Send fewer, higher-quality emails with genuine value. Intentional emailing reduces not only emissions but also improves deliverability and engagement. Sustainable SEO and Content Strategy Why it matters: Search engines crawl, index, and serve up billions of web pages daily. Thoughtless content and bloated sites add to the load. How to reduce your impact: Create evergreen content: Focus on high-quality pages that stay relevant longer. Streamline your site structure: Fewer clicks to find content = less energy use. Use minimal plugins and scripts: Especially ones that load on every page. Green your CMS: Some content management systems are more resource-efficient than others. Sustainable SEO isn’t just eco-friendly—it’s good strategy. Fewer, better pieces often perform better than content mills. Rethink Marketing Automation Why it matters: Automated emails, ads, and data syncing can create a lot of digital clutter. That clutter eats up storage and energy. How to reduce your impact: Audit regularly: Retire old workflows and outdated automations. Optimize syncing: Reduce how often and how much data is transferred. Segment with purpose: Better targeting means fewer wasted sends. Use expiration dates: Don’t let outdated content or assets live forever. Efficient automation can reduce emissions and improve performance. Digital marketing isn’t going away—and it shouldn’t. It offers powerful tools for connection, education, and growth. But like all tools, it can be used more sustainably. At Taiga Company, we’re committed to helping organizations lower their environmental impact without sacrificing reach or results. Sustainable digital marketing is not only possible; it’s essential. Ready to make your marketing aligned with your company's corporate sustainability plan? Let’s start the conversation.
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