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Do you have a business idea? Do you intend to work on the business idea and start your own small business? Well, Congratulations! You have successfully taken the first step to establishing your business. However, you must be aware that starting your business won’t be easy. Whether you are...
The upcoming months of October and November are some of the best months in Australia. With Spring season in full bloom, the weather is pleasant to spend some quality time with your friends and family. And these are also the best months to spring-clean your business. If you are...
Small businesses have tough competition in the market. Not only do they have to compete with larger brands, but they also need to compete with similar small businesses. Moreover, small businesses need to be aware of other small businesses stealing their products and services and selling them as their...
Do you want your business to grow and be successful? Do you know how to achieve this growth and success which is consistent over time? If not, you are not alone! Most times when small businesses hit a plateau in the growth graph, they are stumped with this dilemma....
The global market is dynamic. The consumer profiles and demands are dynamic too. As a small business, if you aren’t aware of these changes, it can make your business obsolete. And you might lose your customers to your competitors. You certainly don’t want this to happen to your small...
Being a small business is difficult in today’s market until you are doing something unique and bringing value to a new set of customers. In addition to being unique and standing amongst the competition, there is a massive stigma associated with being a small business. Although several customers will...
Small businesses must focus on creating margins and the bottom line if they want to see consistent growth and success. And one of the ways they can achieve this goal is by increasing and maintaining productivity. The productivity of the small business is key to ensuring the business makes...
Are you a start-up business? Or have you been around for a while as a small business? In both cases, business growth and success are essential to ensure your business moves ahead of the competition. Now, several factors influence the growth and success of your business. This includes market...
Having your business is exciting. You are not constantly bound to the desk but have the freedom to use your critical, strategic, and creative thinking skills to build your business. Although you might have started small, you would definitely want to grow your business. And business expansion is one...
In this digital age, having a digital presence is important to stay relevant. And this is extremely important for small businesses as they will have greater competition in the market to establish themselves as a credible business. Hence, if you still haven’t focused on creating a digital presence for...
Digital marketing is important but so is your storefront. Having a fully functional, neat, and organized website will attract users online but to attract shoppers offline, you need to make sure your storefront also looks appealing. Moreover, it is important to market your storefront offline using different methods to...
Running a business is no easy feat. Converting your business idea into a full-fledged business is a task to be appreciated and marvelled at. However, once the business is established, several business owners take a step back and don’t pay much attention to any roadblocks standing in the way...
Businesses operate in a highly VUCA environment (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous). What seems to be normal right now might not be normal in the future. Hence, business owners must always be flexible while running different business functions for constant success. While it is highly important to look at...
Small businesses have several different challenges to tackle. And one of them is saving money! Yes, you will spend your finances on different things to ensure business growth. But at the same time, you must find ways to save some money. After all, saving money is way better than...
Have you decided to start your small business and enjoy the financial independence it offers? If so, welcome to entrepreneur life! Having a small business is definitely a great way to make your business idea viable while also generating employment opportunities for others in the community. However, one of...
Another day, another challenge in running your small business. Gah! This seems like a never-ending cycle. Well, that’s an entrepreneur’s life. And we know you secretly enjoy it. The independence that comes with running your own business is exceptional. But it also demands a lot of hard work and...
When you own a small business or are just initiating your start-up, finances will always be at the forefront. Having enough funds to run different business functions is essential to business growth and success. However, there will be instances when you will have fewer funds to keep your business...
“A couple visits a counsellor to discuss why their relationship is falling apart. Over a few sessions, the counsellor realizes that both individuals in this relationship cannot effectively communicate their needs to each other. There is a huge communication gap leading to rifts and discontentment in the relationship.” Now,...
Is your small business struggling to convert captured marketing leads into successful sales? If so, your business is not the only one! Although you might have an extensive sales process that includes creating a quote, conversion of leads can still be a struggle. In fact, data published on https://www.grazitti.com/...
One of the most important skills a small business owner must have is effective selling of products and services. Product and service sales are essential to generate revenue, increase profit, diversify the portfolio over time, retain employees with the right perks, and support several other business functions. However, despite...
Small business owners like you must keep a close eye on business viability. Most people think about business viability only in the initial stages of setting up a business. For example, determining if the business idea is viable or not. However, business viability must be checked upon throughout the...
Are you a small business owner? If so, you might be aware of the everyday struggles to maintain your business and push it toward growth. Constantly keeping a healthy mindset and well-being is important to run your business and motivate your team. Moreover, working through different business strategies while...
The 2020 pandemic brought everything to a hold including the offline marketing efforts of several small, medium, and large businesses. This situation was more dire for small businesses as it reduced the options that they would use to market their products such as the absence of field sales. However,...
As a small business owner, having a dedicated team can help your business grow and succeed. But the biggest struggle is to find the right people for your team. Hiring employees for your small business can be a struggle if you don’t know what to look for in the...
Being an entrepreneur is exciting. You are not only bubbling with new business ideas, but you are also building your business plan and preparing to launch your products and services. While you know the ins and outs of your business, having more hands on deck can speed up the...
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it is to understand that disruption of life and business can happen at any time. And if we aren’t prepared, we can lose a lot more than just money, especially for businesses. Now, it doesn’t have to be a pandemic disrupting...
Whether you have kids or not, you might know young children and teen adults working with their coach to learn a sport, an art form, or any such extracurricular activity. Having a coach by their side offers them guidance and insight into how to better their form to perform...
Are you a small business owner? If so, you might have played on your entrepreneurial skills to come up with an idea and develop it into a small business. But how do you ensure your small business grows and becomes successful? The answer is in being a good leader...
Are you a small business owner? If so, do you think your business is performing at its best? If you were unsure while answering this question, it is time for you to sit down and assess the areas affecting your business performance. Since you are a small business owner,...
Starting your business can be an exciting venture. But over time, being a small business owner without professional guidance and direction gets a bit lonely. And this is when most small businesses fail to stay afloat. The lack of motivation, optimism, and direction as a small business owner reflects...
Small businesses are highly prone to failure. And not because the small business owner doesn’t have the drive or zeal to keep their business running but because they don’t have the knowledge and tools to navigate the challenges. And that’s where business coaching in Australia comes to the rescue. Business coaching...
Are you transitioning from being just a founder of your business to a leader? If so, it is the best time to hire a professional business coach in Australia. As a small business owner, you will experience the new challenges a little differently than someone who is experienced. In fact,...
Challenges are a part of running a successful business. However, when these challenges start taking a toll on your work and personal life, they can be detrimental to you and your business. In such a time, you must know how to mitigate these challenges by implementing the right approach...
Why do small businesses fail eventually? Well, there are several reasons for it. Lack of experience in running a business. Inability to manage different business functions, most importantly, finance, sales, and manpower. The inability of entrepreneurs to make time for themselves to re-energize results in exhaustion and a lack...
Blogging: The art of publishing informational articles online. Now, when you hear or think about blogging, you immediately think it is something that fashion influencers, parents, beauty professionals, body positivity influencers, and more such online individuals do. Although it is quite natural to limit blogging to these sectors, it...
Do you want to build new business connections? Do you want to find potential customers or collaborators for your business? If so, you need to attend business networking events in your region. Now, we know business networking brings up a lot of uncomfortable feelings in your mind. The need...
There is no denying that most people these days browse the Internet to find the best deals on products and services. Hence, most brands also drive their marketing efforts online to boost their sales. Although it is the time of online marketing, offline marketing will never go out of...
Businesses are all about developing a product and service valuable enough to sell in the market. But selling a product or service to anyone and everyone in the market is a waste of resources. Moreover, it will not bring enough leads and would decrease the conversion rate, thus decreasing...
Marketing is a key business function required to promote the products and services of any business to the target audience. And there are several ways to market your product. Offline marketing methods such as newspaper ads, magazine ads, and more still reach the target audience. However, most people these...
One of the major impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic is skills and labour shortage. It has become difficult to find the right people to be a part of your team and work towards the growth of your business. There are several reasons for skills and labour shortages: Several people...
As a business, you might be producing some products or providing some services. You would certainly be charging for these products and services. But are you sure you have set the right prices for your products or services? Most business owners are either confused or just don’t have the...
Consulting firms like Deloitte and McKinsey, along with International Labour Organization, researched to study the impact of diversity and inclusion on small business growth. The research strongly suggested businesses that implement inclusion through diversity saw substantial growth in productivity and performance. Hence, if your business is struggling to grow due to...
Google is one of the most used search engines around the world. According to GS Statcounter, 2022, the market share of Google is 91.9% with 8.5 billion searches per day (Internet Live Stats 2022). This is a clear indication that most people use Google to find answers to their...
What is the ultimate goal of any business? It is to promote business growth with expansion in the number of customers, types of products and services to generate more revenue every financial year. However, this is not how it goes for several small businesses. One of the reasons for the downfall...
Appealing to a larger audience is critical for the success of any business. And Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of the digital marketing strategies that can help you achieve this goal. However, bringing customers to your local stores is important to generate leads and increase the conversion rate....
What comes to your mind when we say business quotation or proposal? As any business owner, you might instantly think of a document that provides the pricing structure of different services. But let us tell you that your business quote or proposal is more than that! Sure, some customers just want...
A global recession is on its way! By this time next year, a global recession is said to hit several developed countries, including Australia. And if you are running a small business in Australia that is under 10 years old, this will be the first time you have to...
Markets have always been competitive. And businesses that were able to deliver the right products and services were able to make a striking presence in such a market. Moreover, these businesses were also able to increase the value for shareholders and owners. But how did they achieve this goal?...
Business is all about selling! Whether it is a product or service, generating leads and converting them into successful sales is the ultimate goal. After all, selling is one of the factors that limit business growth. Hence, working on improving business sales is critical. There is always a chance to...
Do you know the average costs of replacing employees? You will be surprised to know that it is 1.5 times a person’s salary. And these costs will come out of your business’s profit. Can you afford to lose this much money frequently? And to top it off, can you...
Do you find yourself juggling a million things at once, not sure what to do next, under the sway of time and tasks which are all out of your control? Well fear not! You are not the only one and many successful people often find themselves with plenty of...
The short answer to this question sounds simple enough, Business Consulting is an accelerant to business growth, yet the reasons why that is so, may not seem so obvious. One of the biggest reasons Business Consulting is such an asset to your business, is that working with a consultant...
How Much is Business Consulting? How much is Business Consulting and will it be worth it? Well, much like Goldilocks and the three bears, it can often be too expensive, not expensive enough or sometimes just right. When going to buy Business Consulting, most people fear the...
Q: Do we really need an 18 point business appraisal? We just need help getting new clients. Some of our clients are alarmed when we suggest an 18 point appraisal of their business. Their first reaction is “Do we really need all that?” Just “needing more clients” sounds simple...
Q: How does Sally work less with three practices than she did with one? It sounds a bit like BS. This question was a response to one of our case studies, and comes from the common belief that “growing your business” and “working less” are two opposing goals. In...
Q: Aidan, I’m the only person who cares about the performance of the business? How do I get my staff to think about business profits? If you’re a business owner, you probably know this feeling well. You may be the only person in your business who cares about your...
