Diversification offers a number of advantages, including a larger income stream and profit margins. It can also cut down on seasonal shifts in sales. Look at similar businesses and compare your product offerings to theirs. Is there anything else you should be offering? Think about offering complementary products or simply new versions of existing ones. Even if you have a small budget, set funds aside for advertising purposes. Use your money wisely, and find advertising methods that have more "bang for their buck." It's important to make sure that your business is out there for everyone to see and eventually recognize it if you want business growth. Your current customer base likes your product, so why wouldn't other markets like it too? Accessing new markets can include anything from offering your product to distributors (instead of directly to customers), other cities or states, other demographics, or even other countries. Do your research and look for opportunities in these other markets. When you've found one, consider partnering up with another company that already has a foothold in that market (but isn't a competitor). Consumers are doing more online shopping today than they ever have. To reach more new customers, both locally and around the world, you should have some sort of online presence. This can be anything from social media accounts to a full-blown online store. If you're really looking to expand, hire a developer to create a professional online website and web store to sell your products. The most common first step that entrepreneurs take when growing a business is opening another location. Examine your current location and scout out similar locations in your local area or a similar area nearby. Then, simply copy the successes of your business model to the new location and try to remove any inefficiencies or troubles that you currently experience. You may also choose to franchise your business, which would free you from having to manage new locations. As you explore growth strategies and try them out, take a look at which strategies have succeeded and which have failed. Look at markets where you were successful and those where you weren't. Figure out what factors made the difference between these cases and implement those same factors in your future expansion plans. If a new location or product introduction worked flawlessly, repeat the same process again with a new location or product as many times as you can. You should also look at successes other entrepreneurs have had. Analyze what they did to be successful in a certain endeavor and apply it to your own business model.

Summary: Diversify your product offerings. Invest in advertising. Enter new markets. Expand online. Open a new location. Repeat growth successes.

Certain sites allow users to purchase packages of phony followers to instantly increase their perceived audience. However, the people at Instagram responsible for verifying profiles can easily tell which followers are real and which aren't. For this reason, it's best to stay away from dubious offers and focus on building your following the honest wayby putting up interesting content and making sure your posts are visible. While it may seem like a smart strategy, Instagram is more likely to deny you your much-desired blue check if they catch you taking cheap shortcuts. New and automated accounts sometimes leave token comments on other user's posts in an effort to get likes, comments, or follows in return. Too many of these comments might end up reflecting poorly on you, as they make it look like you're resorted to buying followers or are happy with any attention you can get. If you notice any suspicious comments from accounts that are obviously fake, do yourself a favor and get rid of them right away. Spam comments tend to be generic, and may not have anything to do with the post itself. It's not uncommon for comments like, "Sweet pic!", "Nice!", or "Love it!" to show up repeatedly from the same sort of accounts. Be wary of new comments appearing on old posts. Bogus accounts often choose photos and videos to comment on at random. If you haven't done so already, read through Instagram's user agreement carefully and avoid posting any content that violates the terms laid out there. Instagram is unlikely to extend verification status to accounts that flagrantly break the rules. Only share photos and videos you have the original rights to. Reposting copyrighted material is a major no-no, no matter how well-known you are. Avoid uploading any content that may be deemed violent, graphic, or sexually explicit. Make sure the comments you leave on other user's accounts are respectful, courteous, and add something to the conversation. Using inflammatory or abusive language can be enough to get your account blocked.

Summary: Resist the temptation to buy followers. Delete spam comments. Make sure you're following Instagram's community guidelines.

To do so, either click the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of the screen, or press your computer's Win key. You should see the Command Prompt icon, which resembles a black box, pop up at the top of the Start window. Doing so will invoke a drop-down menu. This option will allow you to request information about your computer's network that only an administrator account can view. If you're on a guest, shared, or school account, you won't be able to access the administrator version of Command Prompt. After doing this, Command Prompt will open. This command forces command prompt to display the addresses of all connected networks. Doing so will run the "ipconfig" command. You should see several sections of text appear. You'll find this option under the "Wireless LAN Adapter Wi-Fi" heading. The number listed to the right of this category is the router's IP address. The number should look something like this: 123.456.7.8 Once you have this number, you're ready to proceed with disabling your router's firewall.
Summary: Open the Start menu. Type cmd into Start. Right-click the Command Prompt icon. Click Run as administrator. Click Yes when prompted. Type ipconfig /all into Command Prompt. Press Enter. Locate the "Default Gateway" number. Write down your router's IP address.