Current unemployment rate highest in Australia than peak of GFC

by | Friday, June 19, 2015 | 07 Marketing Action Plan, 08 Undertake Marketing Activities, 11 Selling your products or services, News, small business management, VoIP and Communications

Is there security in being an employee? The Australian Bureau of Statistics recently announced that the unemployment rate had fallen to 6 percent; news that was probably met with a collective mopping of eyebrows and sighs of relief from the Abbott government which has...

Does The Government Even Care About Small Businesses?

by | Thursday, December 18, 2014 | 10 Report on Financial Activities, 13 Valuations and Raising Capital, MYOB, News, small business management

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...
Are You Master of Your Domain? Protecting Your Intellectual Property

Are You Master of Your Domain? Protecting Your Intellectual Property

by | Monday, September 22, 2014 | 04 Protect & Use Intangible Assets, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management

In a previous post we talked about why and how you would go about protecting your business name, which we also cover in a lot more detail in the Intellectual Property and General Law module of our Small Business Management and Start-Up course. In this post, we thought...
Are Your Sensitive Parts Exposed? Protecting Intellectual Property

Are Your Sensitive Parts Exposed? Protecting Intellectual Property

by | Thursday, September 18, 2014 | 04 Protect & Use Intangible Assets, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management

In our Small Business Management and Start-Up Course, we feature a module about protecting your intangible assets, which relates to your intellectual property rights, such as your right to use your business name. Few people are aware of when they need to register...
Setting Goals: What Makes or Break Them?

Setting Goals: What Makes or Break Them?

by | Thursday, September 11, 2014 | 02 Market the small Business (Business Planning), 06 Plan small Business Finances, 07 Marketing Action Plan, 14 Productivity, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management, small business marketing

In a previous post we talked about how important it is to plan and keep taking risks in business. A big part of planning is goal setting; in fact, the two are so intimately linked, it’s impossible to really do one without the other. In our Small Business Management...
Financial Planning: What Costs are Depreciable or Not?

Financial Planning: What Costs are Depreciable or Not?

by | Saturday, August 16, 2014 | 06 Plan small Business Finances, Business Secrets, Business Tools, News, small business management, training courses

We’ve talked about financial planning in previous posts and in our last post specifically covered sales forecasting. In our Small Business Management Course, you will learn, in much greater detail, how to create a financial plan for your business, but we thought...

Want to Learn Internet Marketing from One of Australia’s Best?

by | Sunday, March 17, 2013 | 07 Marketing Action Plan, 08 Undertake Marketing Activities, Business Secrets, Business Tools, Google, small business management, training courses, Wordpress

Our training course for small business management is now online and we are busily adding fresh content from some of Australia’s most successful small business owners! If you have read our About Us page, you’ll understand our philosophy of combining theory...