There are many ways small businesses can engage customers during lockdowns. Read about the challenges faced by Wagga Wagga business The Curious Rabbit and how they got creative and adapted. What we have done at The Curious Rabbit to engage customers during lockdown The Curious Rabbit is a cafe, bar, art gallery and bookshop. We are also home to a huge range...
There are many different types of Business Awards for small business owners to enter. From local programs usually run by the business chamber to national award programs. Business Awards for small business The following are some you might want to consider: Telstra Business Women’s Awards: Perhaps the most recognised award for women (going for 25 years). It features: high profile judges; partnership...
Wondering why you should enter business awards as a small business owner? This blog will help you understand the benefits of entering, being a finalist or winning an award and offer some tips and tricks to help you create a good submission. The value of entering business awards, winning or even becoming a finalist from a business perspective is a debatable...
Preparing your business for the EOFY (end of the financial year) is a great way to ensure you are meeting your obligations as a small business owner and you can take advantage of all the offers that may be available to you if you have planned. The end of the financial year can be an exhausting and stressful time for...
In this member case study, meet one of our Beyond Business Groups members from Wagga Wagga – Alison MacIntosh. These case studies demonstrate how our learning program is helping small business owners, what they see as the biggest benefits, and what they have done to strengthen their businesses. Meet Alison Alison MacIntosh joined a Wagga cohort of Beyond Business Groups in 2019....
Asking for help can be good for you and your small business as we continue to navigate change. We are three months into the year and already many small business owners are struggling to stay motivated. We may have started with the right intentions – jumped on board with a focus word, revised our business and marketing plans and colour-coded our...
Are you missing your casual acquaintances? It’s not just in the movies (think Legally Blonde, Coming to America) that people get social support from their hairdresser! Pre-COVID many of us who live in cities and large country towns would interact with somewhere between 5 and 16 casual acquaintances every day when were out and about. (As someone who lives on a...
Need to get your business motivation back in 2021? Getting your business mojo (or 'bojo' as we like to call it) back can be hard after the year we have all had. Good riddance to 2020. We had so many hopes for the start of 2021. We were all hopeful for the usual fresh start we look forward to at...
You don't need to wait for 2020 to end – you can start 2021 now. If you find yourself saying, ‘I can’t wait for everything to go back to normal’, then stop. We have a new normal, an unknown future and an ever changing world. If you look up the definition of normal it reads: 'conforming to a standard; usual, typical,...
We have been thinking a lot about how to approach Beyond Business Groups during COVID-19. How do we approach marketing the program in such a difficult time? How do we pivot an idea based on the benefits of face-to-face learning? Nichole and I set up Beyond Business Groups because we appreciated the value of getting together and thrashing out challenges faced...