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Here’s a template for an ADL matrix. ADL Matrix comes in handy during strategy planning. This matrix helps a business to choose the most appropriate strategy, after taking into consideration where the business stands in terms of competition and what is the current phase in the lifecycle of the industry.

Track your sales and stay motivated with this Funchart.

This Sales Goal Tracking form is a useful tool, even if you already use sales tracking software. It allows you to track your sales performance in terms of the number of sales you make or the volume of sales you produce by day and compares those figures to the goals you establish per quarter. If daily sales performance tracking is not reasonable for your agency, replace the days of the week with client names.

A template to use for creating a PEST Analysis with guidance on page two that is linked to page one to easily access on a webpage.

Trade shows can be an expensive part of owning a business, especially if you rely on them heavily. To help you better prepare, download this free trade show budget template to ensure you don't miss any element deemed as an expense. Also, check out Jean Scheid's article Guaranteed Ways to Ruin Your Trade Show Experience for tips and advice on how to get the most out of trade shows.

Download a sample SWOT analysis for a Daycare Center from the Bright Hub media gallery. This sample analysis serves as a template to illustrate the concept of SWOT, and as a guide to undertake a similar analysis.

If you are forming a nonprofit corporation, you will need to create bylaws and here, you can download and use this free template for nonprofit bylaws. This document is in a Microsoft Word format so it's easy to change depending on the type of nonprofit.

If your business entity is an S Corp, use this free sample of S Corporation meeting minutes to ensure everything is in accordance with your corporation bylaws. This MS Word Doc can be modified to fit your needs and is free to utilize and download.

This form keeps track of customer complaints and how each one was resolved.

Sample of a Complaint Tracking Form designed to keep track of complaints and how they are resolved.

This tracking sheet tracks customer complaints.

Using the template provided by Jean Scheid , this document reflects a set of sample meeting minutes.

Use this free template letter to introduce your business to new customers. This .docx word file is easy to edit and customize with your introductory business message

Use this free template to design a letter to existing business customers to request referrals. This .docx word document is easy to edit and customize for any referral program you have.

Use this free word template to introduce your business to "cold" prospects. This letter uses guidelines that translate to any marketing campaign and is best for prospects who have not contacted your business for services previously.

Protect your patented invention from patent infringement with this handy checklist. This checklist helps create a body of proof to encourage violators to cease and desist violating your invention.

For any size company, here is a two page business plan checklist featuring content recommended to put into a business plan. This business plan features sections about the executive summary, market analysis, company description, organization & management, marketing & sales management, service and/or product line, funding requests and finances of the company; which should all be analyzed and incorporated into a business plan.

This is an Excel file containing three worksheets, with an example of sales forecast for each of the three main sales forecasting methods; including the Simple Moving Average forecasting method, the Weighted Moving Average forecasting method, and the Exponential Smoothing forecasting method. For more details on these methods, please see Complete Working Example of a Sales Forecast for 3 Forecasting Methods .