Fiona Taylor is a health and wellness coach, running her business Choose Healthy while managing the demands of a separate day job. Fiona offers online food workshops, challenges, webinars and in-person workshops and presentations on food, energy and self-care. With 27 years of experience in the health and fitness industry, Fiona is well-placed to...
Running a business is challenging, and while many business owners are focused on optimising sales, marketing and accounts, essential information technology (IT) requirements can be easily neglected. Here are five IT areas that are easy to do and can give your business a big boost. 1. Maximise your web presence When was the last time you gave your...
You’ve probably spent some time working out what to put on the home page of your website, but how much time have you invested in planning what goes into your shopfront display of your bricks and mortar business? Your shopfront will quite often be the first impression you get to make – so make it a great one! You want to encourage people to enter...
When it comes to social media, it’s negative comments and reviews that cause the greatest concern to small and medium business owners according to the 2020 Yellow Social Media Report. Negative reviews can have a significant impact on your business, not to mention the frustration and anxiety they can cause. Fortunately, like complaints made in...
This workshop will help you to determine what you want a website to do for your business. It will also explore the options to build it yourself or to engage professionals.
It can be a lonely road when you work from home. Here are our tips on how to beat the isolation for the benefit of your wellbeing and your business.
Discover how to boost your voice as an industry authority and convert customers by publishing quality blogs.
Using the Personal Property Securities Register (PPSR) can protect you when you’re buying, selling, leasing or hiring business assets.
On a national and local front, there are strong signs of economic and business recovery as we head towards the end of a challenging year. Two publications released over the past month report very positive signs of recovery for our small business sector in WA. On a national level, the Small Business Counts report was released by the Australian Small...
How can you make your businesses attractive to the generation of Australians with the greatest buying power? The generation known as ‘baby boomers’, born between 1946 and 1964, is recognised as a consumer force in Australia. The distribution of wealth has shifted to older households over the last decade. Many older Australians have savings from...
Once you’ve developed your business plan, successfully launched your business and are starting to enjoy life as an entrepreneur, you may be thinking about the best ways to take your business to the next level. Whether you work from home or from other premises, one way to get more done in your business is to hire some extra hands to help. Hiring...
Personal development is the ongoing process of assessing your values and goals, and developing skills and qualities to reach your potential. For small business owners, who often ‘are’ their business, ongoing personal development forms an important part of business success. However, without a formal personal development plan, developing your...