Creating a succession plan for your business
If you’re looking to sell or pass your business, succession planning is vital. While selling up or retiring may not be on the cards for many small business owners, it’s important to understand how succession planning works, so you can prepare for a time in…
A few easy ways to support charities in your business (and get a tax benefit too)
Embracing charity in your business is not only an altruistic endeavour, which benefits society, there are also tax incentives in doing so. In such a win/win scenario, it’s hard to conjure a reason why you wouldn’t be wanting to give back to worthy causes in…
Ways to celebrate Pride Month in your small business
Did you know that June is Pride Month? That’s right, it’s here! But how can you get involved in a meaningful way within your own small business? What steps can you take to help create a more inclusive society and combat the scourge of intolerance…
Maximising Mother’s Day for your business
If you run a small business, you have an excellent opportunity for a sales promotion coming up this Sunday 8 May… it’s Mother’s Day! Mother’s Day is a prime opportunity to up-sell walk-ins, ramp-up retail sales, and convert a surplus of bookings into loyal clients….
How to ensure good cash flow in 2022
It’s been a tough two years for Australian small businesses, to say the least. Pandemic induced shutdowns, reduced consumer confidence, low foot traffic, employee lay offs and the ever-looming threat of getting sick. Yes, there was some reprieve through state and federal grants and support…
How do pay yourself as a business owner?
Once you go into business for yourself, you’re obviously no longer receiving a stable salary from a business who employs you. No kidding, right? So, when all the dollars and cents flow though you alone, whether expenses or income, you have to deftly manage how…
Basic SEO checklist for dummies
After creating a website for your business and setting up a blog and social media presence, many think they are ‘done’. People will just magically find them online. No, my dear naive friend. Not so fast! If you want people to find you online, you’re…
How to re-sharpen your marketing for 2022
Rushing into 2022 as a business owner will come with a hint of hesitation. There will be a level of PTSD from the last two years of business purgatory and the widespread personal devastation that accompanied the COVID-19 pandemic. A sage business person will be…