Business challenges

Business Growth Secret Revealed – using a marketing calendar

using a marketing calendar Many business owners may not necessarily be doing their marketing planning this way or may choose to be doing this in a similar way. Either way, using a marketing calendar can be hugely successful strategy to grow your business through effective marketing. What is a marketing calendar? A marketing calendar is…

how to exploit cold calling

What business owners say about cold calling Our business networking group Adelaide Referral and Knowledge Exchange discussed cold calling and ways to make cold calling work better for your business. Firstly, it is best if you cold call yourself or train staff to sell on your behalf rather than attempt to use an overseas telemarketing…

Business basics for newly arrived Australians

Tax basics for those newly arrived in Australia starting a business Apply for an ABN Apply for an Australian Business Number to comply with the Australian tax laws Produce a complying tax invoice for your sales Do you need a trading name? A business name other than your name needs to be registered Choose an…

Bookkeeping by Spreadsheets versus accounting software

Should you move from spreadsheets to accounting software… Why should I move from spreadsheet bookkeeping to using accounting software? I am often asked when businesses are new or fairly new, if they should do their bookkeeping in a spreadsheet and probably not sure why using accounting software like Xero could actually be beneficial. Yes doing…

Getting your staff right and retained

How to hire the right staff Here is some guidance on how to hire good staff and make it work well for your business. clearly define a role with the position description spend time developing staff managing a business sounds very hard but is hard if you have to do it all your self share…

Getting word of mouth referrals

How to get word of mouth and referrals Here are some little tweaks to boost your referrals from word of mouth. Be clear to people that you are taking on new clients When asked how you are doing in your business, say you are busy but you can always do with new clients Make it…

Simple ways to save on losing money on bad debts

How to avoid bad debts Here are some tips on the topic how to avoid nasty bad debts: It’s very important to have an engagement letter which outlines your price and scope of services fully, make sure this is legally signed before you proceed work. Include a clause which states that you will pass on…

Tip and traps your your website Here are some tips from our business networking discussion on the topic of what to do and not do on your business website. The DOs Having a video on your home page can be an innovative point of difference in your industry and show you as superior to your…

Wanting to know more about tax and creating wealth from investment property About investing in property watch our video to find out more about tax and creating wealth from investment property: how and when investment property can be great for paying less tax a real example and how it affect a tax refund the risks…

Improving Your Sales Meeting Conversion tips for Business

tips to improve your sales meeting conversions Here are some tips on the topic how to successfully turn your sales or lead meeting into more new business Have a good preparation for your meeting, including having a standard question base to do a great needs analysis on the client, this will sell you well as…