I’M NOT MAKING that line up. Widy and I must have heard the owner of a Sunshine Coast vendor repeat that line a hundred times as he handed out samples of his delicious Sate Chicken. Read More…


JOINT VENTURES: Do You Know of a Good Restaurant?
ON OUR recent holiday, at the end of a tour of a museum and gallery in the Glass House Mountains, Widy and I asked our guide if she could recommend a local restaurant.
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5 Ways To Use Video Marketing to Increase Your Sales
THE POWER of video can’t be ignored. It’s the most engaging type of content available today. And it’s never been more affordable to create one.
There are many ways in which you can use a video to grow your small business. This article will show you how to do it.
How About a Donut?
NOW THIS really didn’t happen, but I wish it would have. Our savvy hot dog marketer still has room for improvement.
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MARKETING TIP: Which Hot Dog Vendor?
AFTER COMPLETING a morning tour around Darling Harbour, Sydney, we were ready for a quick bite to eat before moving on to our next destination. We saw a row of street food vendors a short distance away.
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10 Tips for Growing Your Business the Organised Way
GROWING A BUSINESS is similar to tending a vegetable garden. Knowledge, careful planning, organized systems, use of proper tools, continuous care, and dedication give you the very best chance of producing a beautiful and abundant garden that brings forth fresh veggies for years to come.
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Grab Your Prospects by the Shoulders
IF YOU DON’T get your prospects’ attention you don’t stand a chance of making the sale. And getting anyone’s attention today is getting more and more difficult.
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How Social Media Marketing Improves Your Google Rank
IN BOOSTING your search engine ranking, it’s almost criminal to exclude social media marketing, especially given its pervasive presence online.
5 Crucial Elements for a Winning Social Media Presence
Implement the “5Cs” Strategy Into Your Digital Marketing Mix
MARKETING IN the digital age has evolved immensely over time. There has been an explosion of new processes, new communication technologies and new marketing channels to advertise and promote your business.
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Commodity VS Brand
THE DICTIONARY says that a commodity is “anything bought or sold.” That’s way too wide a definition for our use.
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What Is A Marketing Initiative?

marketing concept with business graph and chart hand drawing on blackboard
MARKETING IS not as simple as many may lead you to believe. In order for your business to be effective, you need to understand what is involved in promoting what you are offering in terms of products and services.
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10 Interesting Topics of Conversation for Every Occasion
DON’T PANIC! It’s easy to be interesting. Interesting topics of conversation needn’t be difficult to think of. Think about this – what makes a topic interesting? Isn’t it that people like to talk about it and that they have opinions on it?
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Treat Your Customers Like Gold
WHY? BECAUSE they are worth their weight in gold. Too many small business owners spend most of their time, energy and money trying to find new customers.
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6 Quick Tips for Developing Your Own YouTube Channel
WITH OVER a billion users watching hundreds of millions of hours each day, it is clear why so many people consider starting their own YouTube channel.
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How to Write an Entertaining Birthday Speech
IMAGINE THE scenario, people are laughing, drinking, telling jokes, in general having a great time. Then a voice shouts out “can we have some hush please.”
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What Does the Highest Minimum Wage Increase Since 2011 Mean for Australian Small Businesses?
Story by Paul MacKenzie
THE FAIR Work Commission has delivered its annual wage review, yesterday, Jun 6. This decision will have a significant impact on all businesses and industries and over 2.3 million employees who are paid at the National Minimum Wage or minimum Modern Award rates.
Small Businesses Will Be Crucial For Australia’s Future: Here’s Why
PICKING UP a flat white at a cafe. Stopping for a bouquet of flowers at a local florist. Ordering a pizza for the family. These are the type of interactions we have each and every day with small businesses without even realizing the significance.
Use Magnets to Attract Your Best Prospects
NO. I’M NOT talking about literal magnets, I’m talking about magnetic offers that are so appealing that your prospects and customers can’t resist them.
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The Social Media Chain: Dramatic Increase in Website Visitors
THERE ARE hundreds of “miracle” Facebook products on offer to the unwary – all pretending to be the latest magic bullet in Facebook business marketing.
Their claims outrageous, but their sales pitch is always extremely clever to grab your sale.
That ends right here.
Here is factual information about a Social Media/Facebook system that brings very much increased traffic to your website.
There is no sales pitch. Just facts about the system.
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