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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

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

James Cooke, Cooke Consulting & Receivables Management

James Cooke, Cooke Consulting & Receivables Management

Cooke Consulting & Receivables Management provides a consultancy and advisory service to businesses on how to improve the management of their outst... 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

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth

Infinite Growth works with individuals and businesses to improve their communication skills so that they can professionally present their products ... 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

Terri Mitchell, The Profit Frog

Terri Mitchell, The Profit Frog

The Profit Frog is The ASSET and CASH FLOW MAXIMISER for SMEs, searching for cash flow problems at their source, helping create cash flow budgets a... 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

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

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry

Small Business Wizardry gives small business owners the tools and resources they need to start and grow their business. 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

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

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

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

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

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

Tom Mewing, Aussie

Tom Mewing, Aussie

Tom Mewing assists people in purchasing their dream home by finding them the best home loan. 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

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

Paula Durrant, Durrant’s Accounting Services Pty Ltd
Emma Bannister, Presentation Studio
James Cooke, Cooke Consulting & Receivables Management
Tony Cosentino, The WordPress Guy
Maria Pantalone, Infinite Growth
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Tim Pacheco, Function5 Web Design
Terri Mitchell, The Profit Frog
Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions
Paul Coelho, Slidemaster – Professional PowerPoint Design
Dane Pymble, Small Business Wizardry
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Fiona Johnston, Peach Business Management
Hazel Theocharous, Assisting U Virtually
Kate James, Total Balance
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy
Tom Mewing, Aussie
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Bree Cleal, Imageffect
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Seth Godin on social networking

 

Pursuing that elusive life balance. It is possible!

 

Top tips towards better networking

 

Creating lead magnets

 

Pareto Platform: Thanking a client for a referral

 

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

 

Pursuing and achieving goals

 

How to measure online success

 

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

 

Essential tips when writing for the web

 

Seth Godin on standing out

 

How to ask for testimonials

 

Kevin Spacey talking about success

 

Dale Beaumont's Top 5 website tips

 

How to attract clients

 

Handling difficult conversations

 

Benefits of face to face networking

 

Website basics: Good design wins

 

Mark Eggleston: Planning your exit

 

Benefits of doing things differently

 

Derek Sivers: Obvious to you. Amazing to others.

 

Light relief: How Twitter can help with songwriting

 

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy

 

Defining the 'connected business'

 

Improving your brain

 

Why we should mark the end of the day

 

Seth Godin: Overpowering Your Lizard Brain

 

Defining strategic planning

 

Social networking and iphone app tips

 

Are you seizing global opportunities?

 

Pareto Platform: Defining Your Ideal Client

 

Boundaries and why we need them

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.2

 

Philip Shaw: Capturing website leads

 

How to bullet proof your business

 

Processes and why we need them

 

Flying Solo Independents' Day Vox Pops

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.3

 

Stop work! Take a break.

 

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

 

The parallels between cooking & business

 

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

 

What stops a business being creative?

 

Selling in the internet age

 

PayPal Here Case Study - Pretty In Pink

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.1

 

Learn the business secrets of Richard Branson

 

Marketing and productivity tips

 

Meet Edi! A leader's new best friend.

 

Launching a new magazine

 

Writing emails that get opened

 

Ways to combat isolation

 

Why videos go viral

 

Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes

 

How to become a futurist

 

Stephen Fry: Kinetic Typography - Language

 

How to get started with Google AdWords

 

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

 

The benefits of topping up your confidence

 

Philippa Lowe: Managing publicity

 

Wayne Dyer - The Power of Intention

 

Taking a peek into the future

 

Where good ideas come from

 

The secret to thinking on your feet

 

How great leaders inspire action

 

Understanding finance basics

 

Learning to think creatively

 

Networking without leaving your desk

 

Yesim Nicholson: How to prioritise marketing

 

The value of an inquiring mind

 

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

 

How to present effectively

 

Are you aiming high enough?

 

Philippa Lowe: Why PR is so good

 

How to get published

 

Steve Jobs the young start up

 

John Lewis Christmas Advert 2011

 

Tips to disaster proof your business

 

Mark Williamson - Happiness

 

Key traits of a super salesperson

 

Get Service

 

Are you maximising your personal brand?

 

How to 'close that sale!'

 

Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health

 

How regular actions make a difference

 

The signals we need to look out for

 

How to get media attention

 

Persuasive writing: How and why it works

 

The power of saying 'No'

 

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation

 

Classic writing blunders exposed!

 

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

 

An introduction to cloud computing

 

Do you need a thinking makeover?

 

What experience do you give your customers?

 

The keys to measuring business performance

 

Awakening the creative inside

 

Feliz Navidad!

 

Pareto Platform: Why Don't Your Clients Refer?

 

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong

 

The benefits of a meetup group

 

Jerry Seinfeld’s interview with Andrew Denton

 

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