Business Advice

Michelle Bridges on her family business

- May 31, 2017 3 MIN READ

Known for her appearance on The Biggest Loser as the ‘straight-talking’ trainer, Michelle Bridges, 46, is Australia’s most prominent fitness trainer who has a son Axel with partner and fellow Biggest Loser trainer, Steve ‘Commando’ Willis. She has thousands of clients who have achieved incredible weight loss results. With fifteen books behind her, Michelle’s online small business 12… Read more »

Business Advice

60-second expert tip: outsourcing

- May 29, 2017 < 1 MIN READ

Business Builders time management expert Kate Christie reveals how to utilise your time by outsourcing specific tasks in your small business. This useful 60-second tip will help you to manage your time efficiently. What tasks should you outsource in your small business? Find out by clicking play below. Press play! Hear Kate’s time management tip … Read more »

Business Advice

Spotlight on: Bethel Farm Mill

- May 29, 2017 4 MIN READ

Thirteen years ago Ralph and Jo Waters made the move to Bingara from their idyllic Sydney beachside home in the Royal National Park at a little hamlet called Bundeena. “We were living the dream where I could walk to the beach or the bush. We regularly swam or snorkelled or bush walked. There was always whale… Read more »

Experts

How to network in your local community

- May 26, 2017 3 MIN READ

Gone are the days when networking your small business in the local community involved a ‘suburb specific’ listing in the Yellow Pages, an advertisement in the local paper and a prominent outdoor sign at the business address (with a name and phone number only). Today, there are an increasing number of home based, online and… Read more »

David Koch

Libby Koch tells all: a partner’s perspective

- May 25, 2017 3 MIN READ

We have had a few small businesses that David has started, developed and then sold for the past couple of decades. The whole idea of being supportive from both partners’ perspectives can only be achieved with passion and dedication to the ideal of owning your own small business. This is especially true if you are… Read more »

Business Advice

How to capture short attention spans

- May 25, 2017 2 MIN READ

In recent years, studies have shown that our ability as humans to multi-task has improved, however, the cost of this advantage is that our attention spans have decreased. If you work in marketing or content creation, this is something that you need to be aware of. How can you create content that still adds high… Read more »

Business Advice

4 easy tools for cafe owners to boost business

- May 23, 2017 3 MIN READ

If you ask most people to nominate the top things they absolutely couldn’t do without, chances are their digital devices and early-morning coffee would rate near the top. For Australia’s growing community of baristas, exciting new possibilities are emerging to combine these two modern-day essentials and deliver both better business management. Most importantly they help to… Read more »

Business Advice

Social media masterclass: videos

- May 20, 2017 4 MIN READ

One of the more recent trends on social media is to include short videos to help promote your small business. All of the major social platforms now allow sharing of video content in one form or another. So, if you use social media for digital marketing, you need to consider video in your campaigns. Let’s… Read more »