Posted by execva on November 16, 2011
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 [...]
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Tags: BBB project, business building, Cert III, COSBOA, education, Small Business, training
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Posted by execva on March 8, 2011
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 [...]
Categories: business building
| Tags: business, business building, Clients, grow your business
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Posted by execva on February 9, 2011
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 [...]
Categories: business start up
| Tags: Australia, business building, contractor, Fair Work Ombudsman, independent contractors, Small Business, tax
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Posted by execva on April 29, 2010
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 [...]
Categories: convention, oivac, online training, virtual assistant
| Tags: business building, business development, education, grow your business, networking, oivac, online networking, training, virtual assistant
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Posted by execva on March 20, 2010
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 [...]
Categories: business building, facebook, linkedin, networking, online networking, social networking
| Tags: business, business building, business development, business marketing, grow your business, networking, social media, social networking, virtual assistant
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