FAQ
Elite Business Brokerage has the privilege of offering the best services when representing you in the purchase or sale of a business. Familiarity in the field allows us to accurately assess, estimate and pinpoint the highest obtainable market price in selling your business.
If you are in the market for discovering the next step in expanding your existing business or wanting to find the next challenge to sink your teeth into, we’ll scour our existing network to find you the perfect fit.
We have successfully represented businesses operating within all types of industries including: restaurants, dealerships, tax firms, trade companies, and even entrepreneurs still figuring out their next step/investment.
Not at all. Although our main office is located in Illinois, we represent clients and consult business owners all across the country.
Questions About Brokering
Our success fee is solely based on our performance. Once a qualified buyer is procured, our fee is taken care of at closing.
Every business is unique. Through our valuation services, we will produce a comprehensive report to determine the Fair Market Value (FMV) for your business. This will provide you with an accurate price before listing on the open market.
There are a lot of variables when selling a business. Once a qualified buyer is ready to proceed, we push for a quick and smooth transition of ownership.
Very minimal involvement; this is what we do all day, every day. We want you to concentrate on daily operations of the business without interruption. When we have properly vetted the prospective successor, we arrange a convenient time to meet.
Immediately after the business sells and funds are received, we offer a free consultation to discuss the best solution for investing funds.
The majority of client businesses we represent remain discreet throughout the entire process. We keep everything confidential and contractually bound by non-disclosure agreements.
We have Certified Public Accountants and Attorneys on our staff that play an integral part in all of our acquisitions. We are also able to provide referrals into different specialty areas including Intellectual Property.
Questions About Marketing
We have a variety set of packages to choose from and customize! Depending on the services chosen will determine the cost – call or email us for a quote. To see a complete list of our marketing services, check here: link
Absolutely. Every industry niche and size can benefit from the right kind of marketing! It is a great way show credibility, to build customer loyalty, and communicate/engage with your audience.
Inbound marketing is a trip around the world, not a walk down the street. Even pieces of content that rightfully deserve the #1 spot take time to climb the rankings. For all aspects of inbound marketing almost nothing is immediate, nor should it be. Similar to the process of building trust towards strangers or new co-workers, inbound marketing requires an enormous amount of trust from your audience. It’s the backbone of any solid marketing strategy.
Content marketing uses blogs, podcasts, video, and social media sites as a vehicle. A successful piece of content that is posted on these platforms is one that ranks well, is shared widely, and is engaging. The content must be original, thought-provoking, helpful, and have strong headlines/meanings.
Each week Elite creates content and sends it to you for reviewing. If you buy a package that includes revisions, we will happily revise to your preference. After we receive your confirmation, content will be scheduled to post to your social media sites for the following week.
More important than understanding what content marketing is, is understanding why content marketing is important for your business. First, we need to understand the four steps of the buying cycle. Josh Steimle from the article, What Is Content Marketing?, describes it best as:
- Prior to awareness a customer may have a need, but they are not aware there is a solution.
- Research.Once a customer is aware there is a solution, they will perform research to educate themselves.
- At this point the customer starts comparing different products from different vendors to make sure they’re getting a high-quality product at a fair price.
- Finally, the customer makes their decision and moves forward with the transaction.
Content marketing successfully taps into the first two stages of the buying process by raising awareness of solutions and educating consumers about a product they may have never considered before. It provides additional content for social media marketing and contributes to SEO efforts by generating natural links and building up viable content on your website that gets found in search engines. For many companies the bulk of their SEO efforts should be focused on content marketing.