With the economy in the toliet and businesses cutting left and right, now is a perfect time to engage in strategic planning.  For those of you out there that aren’t familiar with strategic planning here is a quick overview:

Strategic planning allows your business to evaluate the current market, resources, goals, business model, along with other aspects of the business and pull them together in to a cohesive plan to cut costs, increase revenue, maximize the utilization of resources and even start new product lines.

This is why now is a great time to do strategic planning.  While the information above seems like it is easy to layout and is something you think you are doing right now, strategic planning can’t effectively be done without the help of someone knowledgeable in the area.  Now you are asking, “Where is Corey going with this post”.  Well here is my mercenary intent.  Strategic Planning first is best organized using a wiki.  What wiki software should you use you ask, well MindTouch of course silly    MindTouch is a perfect software to utilize for strategic planning as it will allow you to collaborate around the different areas of the process while incorporating input from key individuals within your company, regardless of locale/schedule.

Now that you have the software to start the process of strategic planning, you need a person that can facilitate the planning process and structure it so that you get the most out of it.  Of course you want a person that is knowledgeable in the use of strategic planning on wikis.  Enter TKG Strategic.  TKG Strategic is familiar with the use of wikis in Strategic Planning along with the planning process as a whole.  The proprietor of TKG Strategic is my Mom, so I am biased, but she specializes in SMB and Tech companies and would be a great person to contact to learn more about Strategic planning.  She offers a free evaluation of your current strategic plan along with flexible avenues for the planning process, i.e. online or in person.

If you are struggling right now, need a business model, want to increase revenue, reduce expenses, etc… contact TKG Strategic and they will be able to help you.