by Online Business Training Courses | Monday, May 12, 2014 | 02 Market the small Business (Business Planning), 05 Researching the Market, Business Secrets, News, small business management, training courses
Part of writing a business plan in our Small Business Management Course, is that you have to research the market, and by doing so, you come to learn a little bit about the other businesses in the marketplace that you’ll eventually come to compete with. Is Competition...
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 | 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 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 Online Business Training Courses | Tuesday, July 23, 2013 | 03 Legal & Risk Management
Trust Structures In our four-part series on the four most common business structures used in Australia we’ve covered sole traders, partnerships and companies, and now in our final post for the series, we cover trusts. In our Small Business Management...
by Online Business Training Courses | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 | 03 Legal & Risk Management
We’ve previously discussed sole traders and partnerships in our four part series on the most commonly used business structures in Australia — 1) sole trader, 2) partnerships, companies and 3) trusts— to help you decide what business structure is right for you....
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...