Is It Time To Start A New Aussie Xmas Tradition!?
We got some feedback from one of our readers who had saved this blog from last year in her inbox, so we thought we would share it again! We hope you enjoy it again, just as much as our other readers have! We would love to hear if you come up with different traditions this year! […]
Is it time to start a new Aussie Christmas Tradition?
One of my oldest friends now lives in America. I noticed this post on her Facebook page. I thought it was really interesting and considering that most of the people reading this are small business owners, I hope you will find it interesting too. After you have read it, think about what pledge you will […]
Business Success Is About People, Not Money!
Have you considered where your business would be today without your clients and your hired team of employees? Logical answer really, isn’t it! Your business would be closed. Now consider why you started your business in the first place. Was it to make money, get rich, retire early? Was it to buy that boat, take […]
Jeff Banks, Small Fish Client, Interviewed in the Manly Daily
Jon has been working with Jeff Banks, principal of Banks Consultancy, a Belrose accounting firm that provides tax accounting and business consultancy services to local businesses, for ages. Jeff has recently been elected chairman of Pittwater Business Limited, a post previously held by Jon. The group has gone from success to success while Jeff has […]
The True Cost of Employment
If you are a tradie, click here to watch Jon calculating the true cost of employment for trades business. Have you taken the time to look at what the true cost of employment is to your business? Recently the financial officer of a large business figured out the cost of an employee by performing the […]
Mindfulness in the Workplace
The brain is an interesting thing. I attended an Australian Institute of Management (AIM) webinar on how the brain works – neuroscience. Of particular interest to me was how it reacts to certain things perceived as threats. Obviously each of us has different triggers but they can be bundled into threats to: • Status • […]
What Role Does Family Play In Business?
If you are a small business in terms of the number of people engaged within it – i.e just you or you and a business partner, how do you manage to get everything done with a limited resource pool? Do you call on the support from a spouse or other family member or do you […]
What Will Make Your Marketing More Creative?
When I was interviewed on the Sales Coaching Chalk Talk recently, we had some great discussions about looking at your marketing approach on the basis of who you’re trying to reach and what will motivate them to move to the next step of your sales process. But that doesn’t necessarily lead you to innovation, as […]
Business Planning
Another bragging right has been created- Our Sydney coach, Michael Altenburger, has had the chance to contribute to an article on Business Planning. It is called ‘Plan to Succeed’ and was featured in Mortgage Professional Australia. If you want an easy, step by step guide on how to create, or re-vamp your business plan, then […]
Starting A Business in Byron Bay
I was noodling around (as Mr Jon Dale calls it!) on Dynamic Business Builders the other day when I came across this interesting blog on business in Byron Bay. Byron Bay is of course the hometown of Small Fish Business Coaching and it is where the Fish meet to talk all things business (but mostly […]
Defining The Second Part Of Your Strategy
If your business has had an amazing first half year or a great quarter of results and profits- congratulations! You may be patting yourself on the back, reflecting on how great that marketing campaign worked, or how the new product launch went so flawlessly, as you should do. With this in mind it is important […]
“You’re Screwed” – Melanie Miller’s Latest Business Book
Our Gold Coast Business Coach Melanie Miller has finally released her first published book! If you’ve been reading our newsletters, then you probably have an idea of how Melanie writes, and if you haven’t been checking out her blog posts, then you are missing out! Aimed mostly at women, Melanie brings us the ultimate ‘How […]