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 | 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 | 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....
by Online Business Training Courses | Monday, July 15, 2013 | 03 Legal & Risk Management, small business management, training courses
Business Partnership Structure This is Part Two in our four-part series about the four most commonly used business structures in Australia — 1) sole trader, 2) partnerships, 3) companies and 4) discretionary rusts — to help you decide what...
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 | Wednesday, July 3, 2013 | News
When the Australian Government introduced the carbon tax in 2012, it forced many small businesses look at just how energy efficient (or inefficient) they were. For the first time — and often for less than altruistic reasons — business owners wanted to know exactly how...
by Angela | Friday, June 28, 2013 | small business management, training courses
Our Small Business Management course gives budding entrepreneurs-to-be all the information they need to get their own businesses off the ground — from researching the market to finally writing their own business plan. But how do you know if going into business for...
by Online Business Training Courses | Wednesday, June 19, 2013 | small business management, small business marketing, training courses
In our small business management course we provide you with all the information you need to write a business plan so you can successfully start and operate a small business. We even cover things like developing marketing strategies — like telemarketing, for instance —...
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...