by Angela | Friday, September 27, 2013 | 05 Researching the Market
On this blog we talk a lot about starting a new business — for instance, we recently covered where your can find financing for your start up and the little things you can do to ensure your success (like implementing structures and procedures). In our Small Business...
by Online Business Training Courses | Wednesday, September 25, 2013 | News
If you’ve recently completed our Small Business Management course, written your business plan (and had it reviewed) and feel ready to take the plunge and secure finance for your start-up, getting a bank loan might seem like the logical option, but sometimes it’s not....
by Online Business Training Courses | Tuesday, August 20, 2013 | 03 Legal & Risk Management
In the Establish Legal and Risk Management module of our Small Business Management course you’ll how to choose the right business structure, how to set up a Pty Ltd business and, among others things, how to obtain an ABN. We’ve written previously about the different...
by Online Business Training Courses | Sunday, August 18, 2013 | 08 Undertake Marketing Activities
In our Small Business Management course we talk a great deal about marketing and teach you how to put together a Marketing Plan plus successfully market your business. We’ve also talked about the different ways you can market your business — including the use of...
by Angela | Friday, August 16, 2013 | 14 Productivity
We talked last time about the benefits of keeping to-do lists and how to-do lists should not be static; how they should be used in conjunction with your work to help you achieve your goals. With this in mind, we have reviewed some of the best to-do apps that will help...
by Angela | Thursday, August 15, 2013 | 14 Productivity
As a business owner you generally have a million things to do and the majority of those million things need to be done now, immediately, ASAP! This can be overwhelming, which is why we cover things like setting structure and routine in our Small Business Management...
by Angela | Tuesday, August 13, 2013 | 07 Marketing Action Plan, 14 Networking & Referrals, 14 Productivity
When you start a business you need to consider marketing and the strategies you will use to get your name out there. In our Small Business Management course and coaching we help you develop a marketing plan, but there are other ways you can market your business and...
by Angela | Friday, August 9, 2013 | 11 Selling your products or services, 12 Customer Service, Become a Virtual Assistant, Customer Service Training Course, Online Business, Sales Training Courses Online, training courses
Simply communicating with your customers to manage expectations can help you beat the competition. It’s maybe the last thing you think about when you’re starting a business, but as a newbie, it’s good customer service that will give you an edge over the...
by Online Business Training Courses | Thursday, August 8, 2013 | MYOB
Our Small Business Management Course gives you all the practical training you need to own and operate a successful small business; we cover things like marketing, valuations and raising capital, and customer service. However, for all the practical information we can...
by Angela | Tuesday, August 6, 2013 | small business management
In business, as in most anything, it’s important we have confidence in what we do if we want to succeed. This is a topic we’ve covered numerous times in this blog as well as in our Small Business Management course. But having confidence in what you do is one thing —...
by Online Business Training Courses | Friday, August 2, 2013 | 11 Selling your products or services
Conducting market research is vital for any small business; you need to understand what’s happening in your industry in order to sell your products and services effectively — something we cover in our Small Business Management course. But how well do you really know...
by Angela | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | small business marketing
In a previous post, Telemarketing: Why You Should Start Using the Telephone, we talked about why our Small Business Management course includes telemarketing as an important strategy to incorporate in your marketing plan. This then got us thinking about another form of...
by Yvette | Wednesday, July 31, 2013 | training courses
At the Australian Small Business Centre we offer a WordPress and Website Design course and a few of our WordPress students asked the question: “Why isn’t my WordPress Webpage showing?” Let us explain a little about how WordPress works and why your...
by Angela | Monday, July 29, 2013 | 12 Customer Service, small business management, training courses
Would your customers recommend your services to their friends? If you’re wondering why the seemingly lost art of customer service has suddenly made a comeback, it’s because businesses — large and small — have discovered what the business owners of yesteryear...
by Angela | Friday, July 26, 2013 | 14 Productivity, small business management, training courses
A while back, we talked about adding routine and structure to your business to ensure you’re being your most productive self, which is also something we cover in the Monitor and Manage Small Business Operations subject of our Small Business Management course....
