Hnry vs Xero? Your own accountant vs a new online one?

Hnry vs Xero? Your own accountant vs a new online one?

What is it about New Zealand and accounting? Xero has been the talk of the town for about a decade when their online only accounting software meant that small business owners could use any device to use their accounting software. In those early days Xero rubbed a lot...
Is a Caravan Now a Better Investment Than Overheated Property. Camplify & Airtasker Help You Make Money Online Too

Is a Caravan Now a Better Investment Than Overheated Property. Camplify & Airtasker Help You Make Money Online Too

Stock results from two peer-to-peer marketplaces show the indisputable growth of these platforms, though questions of profit and inherent business model flaws remain. Camplify offers caravan owners an opportunity to rent them out for an attractive return and Airtasker...
Multiple Income Streams with Xero Bookkeeping, Training Online Business Affiliates and NO Advertising.

Multiple Income Streams with Xero Bookkeeping, Training Online Business Affiliates and NO Advertising.

We are going to tell you how bookkeepers or anyone for that matter can make extra cash by promoting other businesses through their website – and it’s not through advertising. So there’s the first hint – it’s really not advertising, but you are...
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...
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...

20 Questions You Need to Ask Before Starting a Business – Part II

Your wages, your name and your marketing I’VE BEEN WRITING about some of the 20-or-so questions I always think you should ask before you start a business. Some of them we cover in our Small Business Management Courses, and others may require you to do a little...

20 Questions You Need to Ask Before Starting a Business – Part I

Business structure and needs analysis when starting a business There are about twenty questions everyone should ask before starting a business. Most of those questions we cover in our Small Business Management Courses, while others we assume you’ve already thought...
Knowing MY Luck…

Knowing MY Luck…

In a couple of our recent posts, we’ve talked about… well, we’ve talked about my family, largely, but we’ve also talked about things like planning and strategising and setting goals for yourself, as well as having confidence in ourselves. Now I just want to add one...
Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

Legal Stuff and Small Business: When to Bring in the Cavalry

When you’re starting a new business, it’s important that you have a good grasp of the law to ensure you don’t find yourself in hot water later on down the track. We cover general and intellectual property law in our Small Business Management course, and we’ve also...
Don’t Ask Me What To Do Next!

Don’t Ask Me What To Do Next!

A little while ago, we published a post about goal setting, where we suggested that you start setting some short-term business goals that will help deliver your long-term business goals. The majority of people are familiar with long-term goal setting; it’s a...
Are You Master of Your Domain? Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Are You Master of Your Domain? Protecting Your Intellectual Property

In a previous post we talked about why and how you would go about protecting your business name, which we also cover in a lot more detail in the Intellectual Property and General Law module of our Small Business Management and Start-Up course. In this post, we thought...