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....
There is always room to improve your brand voice when writing for your small business. Your writing style and tone, along with your vocabulary, express your business personality, and help you connect with your customers. I was reminded of this when my daughter recently ordered an Oodie (one of those oversized, supersoft, weird hoodie–blanket hybrids that seem to be a...
There are many good and necessary reasons to rebrand your small business. However, the reason needs to be strategic. Not because you are bored with your tagline or logo, or like a particular trend! That can be a costly exercise where you risk losing recognition and any brand equity you have built. With the many changes the last year has wrought...
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...
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...
Have you chosen a business focus word for 2021? Whether you are ready and rearing for the year ahead, or still reeling from 2020, a focus word can guide you in your business. It can also provide direction for your personal goals. A focus word can provide you with an anchor for all of your goals and can work both...
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,...
In our first member case study, meet one of our foundation Beyond Business Groups members – Miriam Wynne. In these case studies we will 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 Miriam Miriam is Practice Manager at EBR Physio, a family-owned physiotherapy...
Check out our quick and easy Christmas promo planner for 2020. Christmas has snuck up on many of us with the distraction of COVID – especially for those of us in Melbourne who are just out of lockdown. If you haven’t had a chance to get your Christmas promotion organised, don’t panic that there are only 6 weeks to go...
It is difficult to know how to handle your small business branding and promotion during the COVID-19 pandemic. There is certainly room for your reputation to be enhanced or tarnished. Even if you have a strong understanding of your target market, the current situation impacts each individual so differently. The attitudes, feelings and responses of people vary, and are constantly...