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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

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

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

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Golden Days Images preserves old photos and places them on DVD and CD. They are also branching out into capturing small events involving filming an... Read more

Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio

Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio

Presentation Studio offers a complete presentation design service, from PowerPoint Templates and Design, and Training to Public Speaker coaching. T... 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

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

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

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

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd

Paula Durrant is a tax accountant for small to medium businesses, and high income individuals. 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

Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions

Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions

BizEez Virtual Solutions specialises in assisting businesses with their online marketing needs through social media, email marketing and WordPress ... 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

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

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

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

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

Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!

Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!

That's Creative! provides graphic and website design services to clients right across the world. Currently Ebook Design is their most popular servi... 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

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

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

Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp
Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images
Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio
Daniel Abela, Graphic & Web
Kate James, Total Balance
Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach
Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually
Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Karen Curran, Unicorn Graphics
Jan Freitag, Proxim Group
Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting
Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!
Banika Smee, Witjuti
Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration
Trish Fehon, OnlineInfluence.com.au
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Don't try and do everything!

 

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Mark Eggleston: Planning your exit

 

The value of an inquiring mind

 

Where good ideas come from

 

Pareto Platform: Thanking a client for a referral

 

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong

 

Rob McKelvey: Banishing fear

 

How to measure online success

 

The benefits of topping up your confidence

 

How to ask for testimonials

 

Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes

 

The case for consistent marketing

 

Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health

 

The benefits of a meetup group

 

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2011

 

How to meditate in a moment

 

Are you aiming high enough?

 

How to 'close that sale!'

 

Meet Edi! A leader's new best friend.

 

Networking without leaving your desk

 

A better way to sell in 2012

 

What experience do you give your customers?

 

How to get started with Google AdWords

 

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

 

An introduction to cloud computing

 

Get Service

 

Benefits of face to face networking

 

Pursuing and achieving goals

 

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

 

Dale Beaumont's Top 5 website tips

 

Tips to disaster proof your business

 

How standing out helps attract business

 

Steve Jobs the young start up

 

The keys to measuring business performance

 

Wayne Dyer - The Power of Intention

 

Pareto Platform: Defining Your Ideal Client

 

Yesim Nicholson: How to prioritise marketing

 

Understanding finance basics

 

Pareto Platform: Why Don't Your Clients Refer?

 

Awakening the creative inside

 

For all our coaches and counsellors. How not to do it!

 

How to present effectively

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.2

 

Essential tips when writing for the web

 

How to get media attention

 

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation

 

Philippa Lowe: Why PR is so good

 

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

 

Learn the business secrets of Richard Branson

 

Selling in the internet age

 

Life = Risk

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Writing emails that get opened

 

How to attract clients

 

How an awesome idea grew massive

 

Top tips towards better networking

 

Are you seizing global opportunities?

 

Stop work! Take a break.

 

Social networking and iphone app tips

 

Learning to think creatively

 

Kevin Spacey talking about success

 

Its a beautiful day, and I can't see it...

 

Why videos go viral

 

How to become a futurist

 

Seth Godin on standing out

 

Get noticed by journalists

 

How great leaders inspire action

 

The secret to thinking on your feet

 

PayPal Here Case Study - Pretty In Pink

 

Seth Godin on social networking

 

Classic writing blunders exposed!

 

The parallels between cooking & business

 

Boundaries and why we need them

 

Stephen Fry: Kinetic Typography - Language

 

Ways to combat isolation

 

Taking a peek into the future

 

Mark Williamson - Happiness

 

Processes and why we need them

 

Derek Sivers: Obvious to you. Amazing to others.

 

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.1

 

Defining the 'connected business'

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.3

 

Pursuing that elusive life balance. It is possible!

 

From Stanford University: Lessons from a startup

 

Three key lessons for small business

 

Handling difficult conversations

 

Feliz Navidad!

 

The power of saying 'No'

 

Unlocking your creative potential

 

Do you need a thinking makeover?

 

Behaving like a real salesperson

 

Philippa Lowe: Managing publicity

 

How regular actions make a difference

 

Benefits of doing things differently

 

Marketing and productivity tips

 

Mike Monteiro talks about how to get paid (some language may offend)

 

Brain plasticity. What is it & why is it important?

 

What stops a business being creative?

 

How to lead in challenging times

 

How to bullet proof your business

 

Persuasive writing: How and why it works

 

Launching a new magazine

 

How to get published

 

Key traits of a super salesperson

 

Jerry Seinfeld’s interview with Andrew Denton

 

Website basics: Good design wins

 

Seth Godin: Overpowering Your Lizard Brain

 

Are you maximising your personal brand?

 

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

 

Why we should mark the end of the day

 

Improving your brain

 

The signals we need to look out for

 

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