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7 Best Practices in Digital Transformation of a Business

The ‘digital revolution’ is not exactly new…

But we still see businesses battling with basic things.

Financial reporting is an example… where leaders may need multiple reports from different systems to see their bank balance, accounts receivable, invoicing status, payroll, sales performance, timesheets, and so on.

Not surprisingly, businesses continue to invest in digital, data, and analytics to […]

Strengthening Your Brand

What is Involved and Why Does it Matter?

Most business leaders agree that branding is important in business.

Given the opportunity, they’d like to strengthen their brand to generate more leads, grow sales and increase customer loyalty.

How do you ‘strengthen a brand’? It can get murky at this point… so let’s take a closer look.

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Business sustainability

Is sustainability good for business?

According to a study commissioned by Xero, 68% of small businesses want to improve their sustainability practices.

But, the question is: How is sustainability specifically good for business?

What does sustainability in business mean?

Harvard Business Review defines sustainable business practises as those that:

at a minimum, do […]

2021 Business Planning

Using Data to Guide Your Planning

Business leaders recognise the value of using data to influence decision-making.

This has become easier due to cloud-based accounting solutions, better analytical tools, benchmarking and other methods.

But one important question remains… Which data should we access and analyse? There are so many options. Perhaps, we should ask a different question: What drives […]

Business Resilience: Focusing on the Priorities

Focus on activities that have the biggest positive impact on your business

That leads to business resilience and organisations which thrive even in uncertain economic times.

But how do we know what to prioritise? There is so much that could be done in so many different areas.

Let’s simplify this complicated subject. First, we need […]

Grant can help your business reach more customers online

SMEA Digital Transformation Grant

Many small businesses lack the technical resources to thrive in the competitive digital sphere – especially during a recession.

The SMEA Digital Transformation Grant supports your online marketing goals, using the best tools available. Successful applicants run a targeted three-month digital campaign with an award-winning Australian agency.

Grant Eligibility

Does your […]

Is Your Business Model Standing the Test of COVID-19?

Staying Current in Changing Times

In very simple terms, a business model refers to “the way a business makes money”.

Take a retailer, for example, who buys and displays products of interest to customers. By attracting people into their store, they sell those products and make a profit, provided the sales price exceeds the costs […]

From Survival to Resilience: Shifting the Focus

Business survival has been a popular topic in recent weeks

But businesses are shifting their focus to resilience

What does it take to build businesses that can survive AND thrive in the longer term… while insulating them from a recurrence of recent events? It’s not about picking up where we left off because what worked in […]

Practical Positivity

Stay safe. Do what you can with what you have. Control what’s in your control.

A framework to help business owners to see their situation through a different lens and move upward.

Help as many people as you can through this period with any spare resources you have, whether that’s time, money or love.

This […]

Knowing and Acting on What Makes you Succeed

Business Gymnastics

Back in July 1976 at the Montreal Olympics, Nadia Comăneci was awarded the first perfect 10 in Olympic gymnastics for her routine on the uneven bars.

It is controversial whether an athlete can ever perform ‘perfectly’ but that’s what the judges decided. Ironically, Omega, the provider of Olympic electronic scoreboards had programmed the […]