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Thinking Business – New Business Book

A step by step guide to growing your business... A fantastic resource for business owners and operators that includes the 3 keys to running a successful business - Lead, Lift and Leverage.

Advance! Australia Initiative

The Advance! Australia Initiative is specifically designed to assist in the restoration of confidence, optimism and enthusiasm ... so that Australia can be at the forefront of the economic recovery. Click here to read more.

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What is a Customer Worth? - Let’s say your product has $50 worth of Gross Profit in it. Whe...

10 Steps to Setting and Achieving Your Goals - We all have goals. It may be to keep our current job, or to get...

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Researching Your Market

Many small business owners are frightened by the term market research. Market research is seen as something that a large company does, not a small business. yet nothing is further from the truth. successful small business operators are constantly analysing

February 5th, 2010

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Business Succession & Exit Planning

Most business owners – and their advisers – know that they should do some planning around what will happen to the business when they decide to step back from it. As we get older and the time frame shortens, the sense of urgency may increase but often it is so

February 5th, 2010

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Thinking Business – New Business Book

A step by step guide to growing your business... A fantastic resource for business owners and operators that includes the 3 keys to running a successful business - Lead, Lift and Leverage. What you'll learn from this book: * THE most important ingr

February 5th, 2010

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7 Strategies to Generate More Business – Part 2

This week we look at Part 2 of 7 Strategies to Generate More Business. Today we are going to examine 4 strategies that are simple to implement that will generate new business, increase business from your existing client base and build repeat business. Let us r

November 24th, 2009

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Customer Recognition & Satisfaction

How would you react if you got a call from the panel beater a week after having you car repaired just to make sure that everything was OK? You got a call from the pool shop after you purchased chemicals to balance the pH in your pool, just to check that the lev

November 24th, 2009

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7 Strategies to Generate More Business – Part 1

Now before we start, a word of warning…. Not all of these strategies are going to be suitable for every business. Consider your product or service offering carefully and make a judgement call. However don’t be afraid to give something a go. Just because i

November 3rd, 2009

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Become an Innovative Thinker

When business owners engage the support of a business advisor, they’re actually receiving two very important things, experience and innovation. Experience is gained in only two ways, via your own direct involvement or by reading or hearing about other people’

November 2nd, 2009

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How to Improve Your Copywriting Skills

At some point during the life of your business you will have to write an advertisement or a promotional piece for your business. Be it editorial content, advertising or website copy, this can often be a challenging task. Here are 10 sure fire tips that will

October 19th, 2009

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Avoid the Stumbling Blocks to Success

Thousands of new businesses will start up this year during uncertain times. Unfortunately if history tells us anything, most of them (over 90%) will close their doors within two years. Businesses are started with high hopes and glorious dreams, it is easy to

October 19th, 2009

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Raising Money for Small Business

You have a fantastic business idea. You've undertaken a 'proof of concept'. the results indicate that there's a great market potential for your business model. However, to take the business to the next stage, you need funding. So how do you fund the develo

October 11th, 2009

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