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Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... Read more

Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Troy Dean, Tonto Digital

Tonto Digital helps small businesses use the internet, in all its glory, to attract new customers and grow their business. Read more

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach

Concept Coach aims to build conceptual clarity for business owners by providing them with simple yet effective coaching on accounting and finance r... Read more

Bree Cleal, Imageffect

Bree Cleal, Imageffect

Imageffect creates great branding solutions for small to medium sized businesses who care enough about themselves to realise that the way they pres... Read more

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration

Jan Bell is a virtual secretary who does administration and back office work from secretarial to bookkeeping. Read more

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design

Function5 Web Design creates and manages an online presence for small businesses, from basic information websites through to feature rich shopping ... Read more

Kate James, Total Balance

Kate James, Total Balance

Through her business coaching and life coaching, Kate James works with the concepts of mindfulness, creativity and authenticity to help people chan... Read more

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs

We are a small online retailer that sells gorgeous babies and children’s bed linen and homewares to Australian mums. Read more

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. Read more

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics

With Unicorn Graphics, you get agency quality graphic design solutions at a lower investment with a person who has the ability and knowledge to do ... Read more

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration

Pace Administration offers administrative services to micro and self-employed businesses in Adelaide specialising in services for self-employed psy... Read more

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services

Shelcom Corporate Services help make the government registration process of starting up a company simple, fast and faultless for new business owners. Read more

Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching

Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching

Lightbulb Coaching helps people find solutions to problems that are keeping them from shining brightly through face-to-face and phone coaching sess... Read more

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, along with her husband John, provides a comprehensive suite of sizzling copywriting services to entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, ... Read more

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

Nominal Accounting Software develops, sell and supports a micro business management software. Read more

Daniel Abela, Graphic & Web

Daniel Abela, Graphic & Web

Daniel Abela is a graphic and web designer offering digital and print solutions to clients of all sizes right around Australia. Read more

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting

Well Versed Copywriting specialises in creating corporate web content, information architecture and analysis, and marketing documentation for a bro... Read more

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim

Deb Pilgrim helps small business owners start, grow and lead their business, so that they can create the life they want. Read more

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses

Sarah Jenkins teaches half-day and 1-day photography courses in Sydney to beginners who have just bought their first DSLR camera as well as more in... Read more

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.

Ann Nixon provides broad counselling and psychotherapy services to clients in the inner city and eastern suburbs of Sydney. Read more

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth
Troy Dean, Tonto Digital
Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach
Bree Cleal, Imageffect
Jan Bell, Bell’s Outsourcing Administration
Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design
Kate James, Total Balance
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry
Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics
Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Rebecca Lynn, Lightbulb Coaching
Monika Mundell, Copywriter
Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting
Daniel Abela, Graphic & Web
Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting
Deb Pilgrim
Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
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Welcome to Flying Solo

Flying Solo communityAustralia's solo and micro business community.


As the nation's biggest small business community, we're here to help you create a business and a life that you are proud to call your own. So let's get started!

We have over 46,000 members and we'd love you to join us.

in Australia's biggest small business community!
Flying Solo welcomes around 3,000 daily visitors, enjoys a Google pagerank of 6 and features in Nielson NetRatings Top 50 Australian business sites.
We now have over 37,000 members and we'd love you to join us. Select from these membership options

How can we help you?

Advice from our 1,400+ articles

Fresh articles from our team of experts are published each weekday. Read how to get going in  startup then find out more about technology, marketing and finance. Plus there's plenty on how to work smarter and live smarter, too! Stay up-to-date with all our latest articles through our email newsletters which go to over 26,000 subscribers twice a week. 

ABA AuditedFlying Solo features in Nielson NetRatings Top 50 Australian business sites and as a member of the Audit Bureaux of Australia (ABA), is independently audited ensuring our website traffic figures are accurate, transparent and compliant with industry measurement rules.

For our up to date Australian website traffic figures, please visit our advertising page.

Exposure for your business

Get the word out for free in our members directory or expose yourself by joining Business Class and gain a priority directory listing, sitewide promotions, SEO backlinks, a copy of our shiny new book and more... all for just 19.95/month. No contracts. Money-back guarantee. Details here.

Or visit our advertising page for more promotional options. This article explains what you will you get from a free Flying Solo membership.

Information about the micro business community

There are over a million solo businesses in Australia, yet curiously little has been known about what makes us tick...until now. With over 1,300 Australian respondents, our survey Understanding Micro Business 2010-2011 is the largest of its kind.

To get a real feel for what this community is all about, have a read of the Soloist's Manifesto, extracted from our book Flying Solo Revisited - How to go it alone in business.  

Connection through our forums and live events

Head over to the Flying Solo forums to find out what our 26,000+ forum community are chatting about today. Or enjoy real life connection at our next Flying Solo LIVE! event.  

Flying Solo RevisitedInspiration from Flying Solo the book

We've proud to bring you our brand new book Flying Solo Revisited - How to go it alone in business. The original bestseller has been fully updated for a new wave of modern business owners. Whether you're planning to start your own venture or looking to totally overhaul and rejuvinate your existing business, this is a comprehensive guide. The book combines motivational and practical advice, and is written in the upbeat voice you've come to expect from the Flying Solo team. The book is available for just $24.95, plus postage and handling. Grab your copy here.

The soloists behind Flying Solo


Peter Crocker, marketing; Sam Leader, operations; Robert Gerrish, founder

Our business also enjoys editorial support from Lisa Crocker, while Jayne Tancred keeps the forum flying in her role as concierge. Without their support, this community would grind to a halt. 

We’re all here to help you create a business and a life that you are proud to call your own.  

Feel free to contact us or simply start exploring the site.

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PS: A quick toot on our own trumpet

In 2009, Flying Solo was deemed a site of 'national significance' by the National Library of Australia and was selected for preservation within their Pandora web archive project. In the same year we were chosen by the Oxford University Press for inclusion in one of their Commerce Level 6 publications. Yay! 

      

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Small Business is Australia's fastest growing sector – this business community site was created for those running a small business of one to five people. Here the solo and micro business owner will find small business forums, a small business directory, free resources, help, tips and advice on: starting a small business; working smarter when working from home; effective small business marketing; small business networking; the solo psyche; staying balanced as a small business owner; small business technology advice and small business finance tips.

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