Small Business Marketing Tips – SHORT VIDEO

Small Business Marketing Tips – SHORT VIDEO

When to Use Newspapers for Advertising Newspapers might seem old school, but a lot of your customers might be old school too. As part of our Small Business Management Course we have a Business Planning and Introduction to Small Business Marketing Course where you can...
How To Obtain an International Trademark

How To Obtain an International Trademark

Looking to take your business overseas? A trademark is a recognizable sign, design or expression that identifies a product or service of a particular business or individual. It may include a name, word, phrase, logo, symbol, design, image, or combination of these...
Hourly Rates vs PBRs

Hourly Rates vs PBRs

Most Clients Don’t Like Paying an Hourly Rate … Unless It’s a Low One Settling on a pricing structure for your new business is something many new independent contractors agonise over, particularly those in the professional services space. As a...
Hourly Rates vs PBRs

Why Australian Businesses Use Upwork

Upwork, Freelancer and Airtasker: what kind of freelancer will you find on an online marketplace? Hiring a freelancer isn’t particularly easy. In fact, depending on the type of freelancer you’re looking for, it’s often more difficult than hiring a permanent employee....
Overcoming Business Challenges

Overcoming Business Challenges

Do you have a plan for your business to adapt to change? Every business — large or small, new or established — has its challenges from time to time. The businesses that are unsuccessful in overcoming those challenges haven’t been felled by the challenge itself, but...
Do Customers Really Care About You?

Do Customers Really Care About You?

Age doesn’t have a lot to do with how much customers love you I was speaking the other day with a young guy who left school and would love to start his own business, but he said that clients wouldn’t give him a go because of his age. It made me think about the...

What are Buyer’s Agents and What are the Risks of Being One?

Are you knowledgeable and interested in property? A buyer’s agent (or buyer’s advocate) is a licensed professional that specialises in finding, evaluating and negotiating the sale of property for a buyer. They do not sell real estate. Only a properly licensed...
What Standard Business Reporting Means for Businesses

What Standard Business Reporting Means for Businesses

Are you aware of your reporting requirements for business? In a previous post, we talked about the government initiative called Standard Business Reporting (SBR), and which cloud accounting systems are SBR-enabled. We also touched on how SBR speeds up the reporting...
Flare HR: The Small Business HR Department in the Cloud

Flare HR: The Small Business HR Department in the Cloud

HR is now in the world of cloud computing Cloud computing has changed almost every aspect of operating a small business, with one stark exception: HR. Where cloud accounting software makes it easy for small business owners to keep an eye on how they’re performing...

How Do You Make Money on Amazon?

Another way of earning money online With its launch in Australia in late 2017, Amazon has created another opportunity for Australians to earn money online, either by selling goods through Amazon’s “Fulfillment By Amazon (FBA) program” or its Associates Program (which...