Is Australia Post Digital Mailbox Competing with Dropbox AND RealEstate.com.au?

Is Australia Post Digital Mailbox Competing with Dropbox AND RealEstate.com.au?

Australia Post entices customers to e-invoicing with $25 gift card If you have had to renew your PO Box recently you probably received an offer to switch to e-invoicing and why wouldn’t you? Save money, receive yearly invoices in your email and get $25 bucks. We...

A new sponsor helps fund our free digital business course

What do real estate agents need to worry about digital business courses for? We’ve written a lot about bookkeeping and other professional services businesses but we’ve never touched on the topic of real estate agents and after learning more about how they...

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...

Has the ATO been bankrolling your business?

There’s a lot to learn about people who pay their tax debts late The ATO announced the other day that they’re owed more than $35b in tax debts, mostly from businesses and individuals are late filing their returns or making payments. Even though big businesses...
Recruitment: Where Will You Find Your Next Employee?

Recruitment: Where Will You Find Your Next Employee?

Are Seek and CareerOne now less relevant? In a past Sydney meet-up, we were discussing recruitment and the ways business owners find and attract quality talent to their firms, which revealed an interesting shift away from the traditional methods of recruitment. When...

Does The Government Even Care About Small Businesses?

Pay a Success-Based Tax If you’ve ever owned an investment property, you know about capital gains tax (CGT). It’s that nasty little tax you pay on any gain you make when you sell or dispose of capital. There are exceptions, of course. If the property is your primary...
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...