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Terms and Conditions: why they matter.
Terms and Conditions: why they matter.

When most of us hear the words Terms and Conditions, our eyes glaze over and we yawn as we click ‘Agree’ or just pass over and sign the document. The…

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“Sell” less to sell more
“Sell” less to sell more

Reluctant SalesPerson? Read On. When I first started consulting, the firm I was working with were master salespeople. Or so I thought at the time. They had a strict sales…

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All business owners should be doing PR
All business owners should be doing PR

By: Jules Brooke, Handle Your Own PR Whether you do it yourself, or you employ an agency, all small business owners should be doing PR as part of their marketing…

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Small decisions with big impact
Small decisions with big impact

On the very first day that I went to university, one senior lecturer gave a pearl of wisdom to all of us fresh faced students: “if there is a simple…

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How to fund your business start up
How to fund your business start up

By: Shaun McGowan, Lend Getting a new business off the ground takes a lot of planning, hard work – and money. Unless you have savings you can use as seed…

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The genius of Tokyo Banana
The genius of Tokyo Banana

An enticing banana, that's not even a banana Anyone with a business wants their business to have rock star appeal. You know those businesses where customers queue for hours around…

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Use Guzmania to grow your business
Use Guzmania to grow your business

Recently, The Business Plan Company completed a research project on Guzman y Gomez, the highly successful taqueria chain that is steadily growing across Australia. Starting in Sydney’s Newtown in 2006,…

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Missions, Visions: corporate flatulence or business doctrine
Missions, Visions: corporate flatulence or business doctrine

Who makes these statements? Time for a quiz. To what organisations can we attribute the following statements, components of the published statements about themselves: “Integrity. Saying and doing what’s right.”…

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What is a business plan?
What is a business plan?

The most common perception of a business plan is a formal, structured, professional document that describes all parts of a business, ordered in a sequential and predictable format. We have…

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Business Planning: What’s the point? How a plumbing business found the path to growth.
Business Planning: What’s the point? How a plumbing business found the path to growth.

Richard’s Plumbing is based in Melbourne’s bayside suburbs, with a long history of more than 20 years and client base that includes builders, maintenance companies, body corporates, real estate agents…

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