Turning a profit as a small business is one of the main measures of success you can have as an owner. When your income outweighs your expenses and you can pocket some of your earnings as cold, hard cash is when you know your business is becoming successful. However, if you're finding it difficult to turn a profit, taking a step back and having a closer look at the inner workings of your business can help you to identify any aspects that could be changed in order to aid your business growth. There are a number of little changes you can make within your business to generate a positive cashflow and establish an environment that emphasises growth and - hopefully - increases the overall wealth of your business. For example, one way you can help to make your cashflow grow is to take the full amount of time possible before repaying your supplier's debts and making the transaction. This helps to extend the overall amount of time you have to collect your own accounts receivable before making your own expenses. Keeping your cashflow in positive territory will help to increase your overall wealth and keep your company growing. Offering your customers an incentive for making fast repayments is also another way to help increase the frequency of the cashflow coming into your business. Not only will this help you to have a frequent profit, but it will also help to build a relationship with your customers. By providing them with discounts or other rewards for making fast repayments (within two weeks of billing), you can work on retaining customers for longer. Furthermore, utilising an accounting software like CashManager from Accomplish will give you the means to maintain a watchful eye over your incoming and outgoing cashflow in order to highlight areas where you can make cuts and generate savings.