What are your business or personal goals for 2026?

[Minion]

As 2025 comes to an end, what are some of your business or personal goals you are looking to achieve for 2026?  Are you looking to hire more employees? Maybe expand or start another business?  Maybe you are looking to step back and take a little R&R for your personal well being?  

For me, I have a plate full I am looking to do!  I slow down for a few weeks in February, so I picked up a laser engraver to help me stay productive during this time (don't really care about turning a profit on it) as I am mainly looking to use this to promote my current business, and learn with my son at the same time so he can take over that part of it on his time after school. 

I am also looking at a piece of land to build a larger garage, more bays with a customer waiting/show room for auto accessories. 

I am hoping to utilize more of the Square Marketing aspect in an attempt to get people in the doors earlier in the year so that my fall time isn't so chaotic, with the possibility of trying to incorporate the loyalty program. 

What are your goals?

[CurlyDoodle]

I love your idea of working with the laser engraver to stay busy and creative during a slower time. In addition to my brick-and-mortar business, I have a blog and YouTube channel. I am brainstorming and creating video and article content and thinking of doing some grooming livestreams. A dog tried to bite me the last time I filmed so it can get very exciting!

My primary goal for 2026 is to grow the business. One of the things I am doing is marketing outside of my small town. I am in communication with a large senior apartment community in a neighboring city. I plan to offer pickup and drop off of the dogs for grooming. I am also using EDDM at the post office to send marketing post cards to those areas. 

[DinaLRosenberg]

great idea!

I love watching TikToks of groomers!! It's such fun content especially when there's a dramatic makeover 🙂

[DinaLRosenberg]

Great question!

next year (April 2026) my first published tarot deck comes out.

I have 3 proposals floating around in my brain I'd like to get out- so I'd like to get those done. 

I'd also like to do in-person talks in support of my tarot deck- hit up some stores and do local travel.

[CurlyDoodle]

That sounds amazing! I started drawing my own Tarot deck many years ago. I didn't finish, but I cherish the cards I have and their meaning for me.

[schaefferjosh]

We are pretty much done for this year, so we are looking to grow our socials, better website, etc. 

I am really trying hard to get into a licensable location so we can expand where we can sell our products, but holy cow, rent is insane in a university town. 

We are also currently doing some R&D with the intent of selling microwavable mac and cheese cups, bread box mixes, fry mix, etc. We just tested our hellfire corn bread at an event, and it was a big hit!

[robbertkandy]

Great question! For 2026, my main goal is to grow my desert safari travel   business. I’m focusing on making my booking process more seamless and user-friendly, improving customer experience from the first click to the final ride. I’m also planning to expand our offerings — adding more adventure packages like quad biking, dune bashing, and off-road tours to cater to both thrill-seekers and families.

Another big aim is to build a stronger online presence: better SEO, more engaging blog content, and reliable customer support to boost trust and drive more bookings.

I’d love to hear what others plan — especially if you run service-based businesses like mine.