Free Small Business Training!

Well you don’t get much for free these days, but yes it’s true. There is free training available to small business owners called Business Building Blocks. BBB is a partnership between Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA), Business Enterprise Centres Australia (BECA) and the University of Western Sydney (UWS), and is an Australian Government-funded [...]

Client Purchasing Decisions

When we work in a competitive business environment it goes without saying that there are times you will not win a job. Sometimes this can lead to second-guessing your abilities – especially for solopreneurs who don’t have a team working with them. Well – I say this is one of the advantages of working with [...]

Would you buy a car from this man?

Here’s an example situation – one which I know has been happening around and about of late: A carpentry business employs tradesmen carpenters. The boss tells his tradesmen that they would be better off as contractors to the business because they can charge a higher hourly rate than he currently pays them, and they can [...]

Don’t miss out…Virtual Assistant training and growth opportunities through OIVAC in May

As a virtual assistant you have to be on your toes and ready for the changes that are constantly occurring in our industry.  Whether you are a VA just getting your feet wet or one that has “been there, done that” and been serving clients virtually even before the term “Virtual Assistant” existed, the Online [...]

Facebook – Marketing Partner or Monster?

We have had some local press coverage here of late – which kind of went viral and national quickly – about a couple of local high school teachers who learned the hard way that Facebook profiles are not the best places to put your ‘better-kept-private” pics. It has led to some pretty heated discussions around [...]