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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

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

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

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design

Slidemaster is a PowerPoint specialist company offering comprehensive PowerPoint Presentation designs and solutions, which leave lasting impression... 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

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

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

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo

Peter Crocker, marketing head honcho, Sam Leader, editorial big cheese and Robert Gerrish, founder and general nuisance spill the beans. Read more

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria is an experienced bookkeeper organising small businesses. She assists clients with setting up their new business ensuring they have applied ... 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

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

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

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Altima Interactive provides web business consulting, web design and web development to help people grow their business online. Read more

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design

Jen Clark is an experienced freelance graphic and web designer specialising in the delivery of innovative logo and branding solutions and functiona... Read more

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy

Tony Cosentino builds WordPress websites, trains businesses how to manage a WordPress site and provides long term fanatical support for WordPress s... 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

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

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

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

Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd

Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd

OzKidsActivities is an online directory for kids activities, classes, entertainment, events and birthday party venues. Read more

Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design
Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions
Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp
Rachel Abdy, Pace Administration
Peter Crocker, Sam Leader, Robert Gerrish - Flying Solo
Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions
Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images
Felicity Van Rysbergen, Well Versed Copywriting
Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive
Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design
Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy
Banika Smee, Witjuti
Jan Freitag, Proxim Group
Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!
Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio
Sandy Naidu, OzKidsActivities Pty Ltd
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An introduction to cloud computing

 

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

 

Website basics: Good design wins

 

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

 

Mark Eggleston: Planning your exit

 

Mark Williamson - Happiness

 

Where good ideas come from

 

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

 

Stephen Fry: Kinetic Typography - Language

 

Don't try and do everything!

 

How standing out helps attract business

 

The power of saying 'No'

 

Ways to combat isolation

 

How regular actions make a difference

 

How to ask for testimonials

 

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How to present effectively

 

Understanding finance basics

 

Writing emails that get opened

 

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How to attract clients

 

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Wayne Dyer - The Power of Intention

 

Feliz Navidad!

 

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The parallels between cooking & business

 

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

 

How to bullet proof your business

 

Are you seizing global opportunities?

 

Benefits of doing things differently

 

Are you maximising your personal brand?

 

Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes

 

What experience do you give your customers?

 

The case for consistent marketing

 

Philippa Lowe: Managing publicity

 

How to lead in challenging times

 

Pareto Platform: Defining Your Ideal Client

 

Stop work! Take a break.

 

Meet Edi! A leader's new best friend.

 

Awakening the creative inside

 

The value of an inquiring mind

 

Seth Godin: Overpowering Your Lizard Brain

 

Why videos go viral

 

How to measure online success

 

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Seth Godin on social networking

 

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Top tips towards better networking

 

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Classic writing blunders exposed!

 

Philip Shaw: Capturing website leads

 

Pursuing and achieving goals

 

Essential tips when writing for the web

 

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Steve Jobs the young start up

 

How to become a futurist

 

Why we should mark the end of the day

 

How to get published

 

How an awesome idea grew massive

 

How to get media attention

 

What stops a business being creative?

 

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