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Member Spotlight

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

Trish Fehon, OnlineInfluence.com.au

Trish Fehon, OnlineInfluence.com.au

Trish Fehon specialises in creating business websites for small to medium sized businesses that bring in fresh leads, new customers and make money. Read more

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Upclose & Virtual provides professional, cost effective, secretarial services for businesses and individuals throughout Australia to reduce the bur... Read more

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge, Expert Agency

Victoria Judge helps people build a successful business around their expertise, through a combination of one-on-one workshops and outsourced servic... 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

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy

Donna Garrett-Young has been a passionate renovator and builder for nearly 20 years, and is the author of the book 'Home Building Made Easy - Five ... Read more

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp

Roland Hanekroot is a small business coach in Sydney who works with small business owners who want to make a big shift in their business and turn i... 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

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

Jan Freitag, Proxim Group

Jan Freitag, Proxim Group

Combining both business coaching and business consulting services, the Proxim Group offers a fully comprehensive approach to helping small business... Read more

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Mulayam Products manufactures natural skin care products for all ages and all skin types. It helps to take care of the skin and enhance its beauty. 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

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Witjuti has a range of bamboo clothing designed for yoga, travel, maternity or just lounging around. Read more

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually

Hazel Theocharous is a virtual assistant who listens to her clients and then assesses their admin, assists with their admin and answers their admin... 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

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood

Ben Jones provides property maintenance services within Ringwood, Ringwood North and Warranwood. Read more

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy

Karen Churchill helps her clients achieve their goals by communicating as well as possible with the people who matter to them. This can be done by ... Read more

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce is an Australian MYOB bookkeeper and virtual assistant who works with small companies. Read more

Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design

Akitso Web Design is a web design company that sells fully-featured professional websites to small businesses. They make getting a website for your... 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

Daniel Abela, Graphic & Web
Trish Fehon, OnlineInfluence.com.au
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration
Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy
Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design
Jan Freitag, Proxim Group
Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products
Bree Cleal, Imageffect
Banika Smee, Witjuti
Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually
Troy Dean, Tonto Digital
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Karen Churchill, The Churchill Consultancy
Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping
Nick Humphries, Akitso Web Design
Kate James, Total Balance
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Tech | Podcasting and video tips

Using podcasting and video can be an effective way of promoting your business. In this section we provide you with podcasting tips for creating podacsts for small business,  technical tips for effective online business videos and much more.


Podcasting tips for small business

29 Sep 11 | Danielle MacInnis

Podcasting is a great marketing tool but tends to be under-utilised by small business owners. This article provides podcasting tips to help you get started. Read more

Comments: 2

Using business video to get noticed

02 Jul 11 | Robert Moorman

Creating a compelling business video takes more than just money; it requires serious thought, time and resources. Use these tips to get a solid return on that investment. Read more

Comments: 2

Technical tips for effective online business videos

04 May 11 | Robert Moorman

Many online business videos don’t get results. People click away after a few seconds or move on without viewing the video. Often the technical quality of the video is to blame. Read more

Comments: 8

How to podcast

26 Mar 11 | Tim Reid and Luke Moulton

Tim Reid and Luke Moulton take an in-depth look at the reasons for podcasting and how to do it. Read more

Comments: 0

Creating small business video that works

21 Feb 11 | Robert Moorman

Online small business video is powerful and increasingly affordable. Done well, it’s fantastic for creating a connection with your target audience and improving your search engine optimisation (SEO). Read more

Comments: 18

A beginners guide to Podcasts

15 Feb 08 | Heather Smith

I love my iPod - it has opened my world in ways I could not imagine. The reason for this is simple: podcasts! Before I got my iPod, I didn’t even know they existed. Read more

Comments: 4

Deliver your message with a podcast

14 Aug 07 | Melissa Norfolk

Podcasts are rapidly growing in popularity and have the potential to provide many benefits to your business including raising your profile and updating clients. Read on to find out whether it is time for you to stop typing and start talking. Read more

Comments: 12

How an audio message can improve your website

15 Feb 07 | Melissa Norfolk

Adding an audio message to your website helps your site visitors gain a better understanding of your products or services. Plus audio creates a bond and rapport with your website visitor, which makes them feel more at ease with you and your offering. Read more

Comments: 17

 

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