by Online Business Training Courses | Friday, July 12, 2013 | 03 Legal & Risk Management, small business management, training courses
Sole Trader Business Structure In the Establish Legal Risk and Management module of our Small Business Management Course we discuss business structures and the implications each of the four different structures can have on how you borrow money and even how much tax...
by Online Business Training Courses | Friday, July 5, 2013 | 01 Originate & Develop Concepts, News, small business management, training courses
The Australian Small Business Centre strives to help new businesses get their ideas off the ground — and existing businesses to grow. And one of the first steps anyone has to take when branching out on their own is deciding on the business name. I recently started my...
by Online Business Training Courses | Saturday, June 22, 2013 | 14 Networking & Referrals, small business management, small business marketing, training courses
At the Australian Small Business Centre, we use to hold a weekly morning meet up session at Lane Cove, where you can meet other small business owners and discuss topics to help start or grow your own business. Networking has always been a great way to generate new...
by Online Business Training Courses | Saturday, June 15, 2013 | 13 Valuations and Raising Capital
Will the share price and value of SEEK change because of their competitors? We spoke to a new business in Chatswood that used Seek to look for a sales rep as well as some office bound telemarketers and support staff and they discovered an interesting pattern about...
by Angela | Saturday, June 8, 2013 | 14 Productivity
One of the great things about our Small Business Management Course is that we’ve put all our training materials online, allowing students to access the training materials from any PC, anytime, anywhere. But our training materials aren’t the only things to have...
by Online Business Training Courses | Friday, May 31, 2013 | 07 Marketing Action Plan, 11 Selling your products or services, Business Secrets, small business management, small business marketing, training courses
With all the new and different ways to interact and engage with your customers — social media and e-marketing, for example — for a lot of people, using the good old-fashioned telephone seemed to go the way of the beta tape. But in our Small Business Management course,...
by Online Business Training Courses | Saturday, May 25, 2013 | 14 Productivity, small business management, training courses
Tips to Increase Your Business Productivity Whether you’re a stay-at-home mum or a corporate high-flyer, possessing excellent time management skills is vital — and never more than for people running their own business. Making the best use of your time is the key...
by Angela | Saturday, May 18, 2013 | 12 Customer Service, small business management, training courses
About 35 percent of the world’s population uses the internet. It may not seem like a high percentage, but when one considers that only 14 percent of the world’s population are classed as living in ‘highly developed countries’ (according to the Human...
by Angela | Thursday, May 16, 2013 | 12 Customer Service, small business management, training courses
Some people play the stock market; buying and trading shares, but it’s a lot like gambling: you gotta know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em. One thing that’s often a sure-fire bet on success, however, is the property market. The Asset of Bricks and Mortar As...
by Online Business Training Courses | Tuesday, May 7, 2013 | 08 Undertake Marketing Activities, News, small business marketing
If you network with other entrepreneurs, but you’re not using LinkedIn, then you need to be! We’ve talked about the networking powers of LinkedIn before in a previous post, particularly if you’re in the process of marketing a new business. But there are a...
by Angela | Saturday, April 20, 2013 | 07 Marketing Action Plan, 08 Undertake Marketing Activities, small business management, small business marketing, training courses
If you haven’t really gotten into social media — particularly Facebook and Twitter (“I don’t see the point of it”) — Quora might just be the social media platform that changes your mind. It’s definitely worth a look if you’re an existing small...
by Angela | Friday, April 5, 2013 | 12 Customer Service, Become a Virtual Assistant, Business Startup Help with starting a new business, Customer Service Training Course, Digital Assets, News, Online Business, Small Business, small business management, training courses
Good customer service = sales We all know good customer service when we see it, and we all know bad customer service when we see it; but what exactly makes good customer service? We’re going to compare two local coffee shops in Manly, Sydney to highlight the...
