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Developing an E-Commerce Strategy for your Business
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Dec 11
E-Commerce and the dark art of online selling. Not only is it crucial to get your online sales streamlined and working but it actually needs to make sense and integrate with your sales and marketing strategy. Why? Because for all of us selling is...

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How to Avoid the Black Economy & Why the ATO is Supporting Small Business with a taskforce
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Nov 27
I was proud in October to represent Small Biz Matters at the ATO's Protecting Honest Businesses seminar at Haymarket where I interviewed Braden Powell, Director of Small Business Assurance. He explained the importance of understanding the Black...

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Inside Family Law - what small business needs to be aware of
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Nov 27
The Legal System. Small business owners should probably understand it more than we do but we only start diving into it in worst case scenarios. We engage with legal experts only when we NEED it and hope to never have to...

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In what ways does the Federal Government support, listen to and affect small business?
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Nov 20
When operating a small business in Australia we have to navigate local, state and federal legislation and compliance. We operate in a particular area so the impact of local government decisions affects us daily but when it comes to compliance, tax...

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Small Business Lending - How has the Royal Commission changed the landscape?
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Nov 13
If there's one "moving feast" topic which is almost impossible to keep track of its small business lending. If its not the RBA changing rates its the Big Four changing their requirements for small business loans and then throw in a Royal Commission..

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How to use Podcasting to grow your Business
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Nov 06
Well before it was cool to grow your online reputation using podcasting Ash Roy was curating content, gaining a huge listenership and positioning himself as the expert in podcasting. Explore the Productive Insights Podcast which has been running...

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Small Business Education Opportunities
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Oct 30
It's important to keep learning when you're running a small business but like so many aspects, it is often put on the backburner while we work in our business rather than in it. But many of us don't realise that further learning is right on our...

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Teaching Your Kids about Everyday Cashflow
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Oct 16
From invoicing to cash flow to bill paying, one of the many strengths (and hats) we have as small business owners is keeping on top of our business' finances. If we do it in-house we often run our family's finances too. Now, that can go one of two...

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The Role of Innovation and the Small Business Economy
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Oct 09
It's an age-old question; should business or government drive innovation? Whose responsibility is it to support those emerging businesses who have discovered a gap in the market but may not have the resources to meet the demand?

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Publishing your story... from Inspiration to Celebration in print
Posted by Alexi Boyd on Oct 02
We're not great at cheering ourselves on nor celebrating the journey that is running a successful small business. Isn't it lovely that someone like Charles Fairlie has done just that. After experiencing true pride in his father, a successful...

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