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Michael Vincent, Sports Partners

Michael Vincent, Sports Partners

Sports Partners is a free, fun site where people can find other people, clubs, or businesses for sports and hobbies. 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

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting

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

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire

Pendle Party and Event Hire is a family business that offers party and event equipment for hire to south east Queensland. 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

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management

Fiona works with small business owners getting started or growing an existing business. Her services include creating business plans, tax planning ... 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

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

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

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

Simon Paxton

Simon Paxton

Simon Paxton helps people make their events exciting and memorable with performances of the mysteries of the mind. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Michael Vincent, Sports Partners
Troy Dean, Tonto Digital
Uri Maimon, Nominal Accounting
Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio
Amy Barry, Pendle Party and Event Hire
Jan Freitag, Proxim Group
Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management
Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy
Bree Cleal, Imageffect
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Roland Hanekroot, New Perspectives Small Business Bootcamp
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Simon Paxton
Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach
Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Jen Clark, Jen Clark Design
Ann Nixon, Sydney Psych.
Sarah Jenkins, SignaturePhoto Photography Courses
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Home.GovMarket research & statistics

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Researching your market

Using market research, you can understand your potential customers and their needs, as well as what your competitors are doing. Read more

Finding government statistics

The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) and various other government agencies provide a number of business or industry related statistics. Read more

Marketing & advertising

Marketing is essential for your business survival and growth. It's such an important aspect of operating a successful business that you can't afford not to have at least a working knowledge of the various aspects of it. Read more

Market research in your state or territory

Useful guides, information or resources in your state or territory on market research. Read more

Marketing & advertising in your state or territory

Useful guides, information or resources in your state or territory on marketing and advertising. Read more

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