Category Archives: Checklists

Rounding off 2010

By Barbara | Published: 24/12/2010
Some businesses slow down over December and January as the tourism season takes over. That leaves us with plenty of time to get caught up on business tasks and here are some ideas. Clean up your email and electronic filing system. If you need to use the ‘search’ feature often, your filing is out of control.  [...]
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Website Mistakes to Avoid

By Barbara | Published: 12/11/2010
Websites are old news for the modern business but recent training programs have illustrated that not every southwest business is up to speed with modern technology.
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Rate Your Business Performance

By Barbara | Published: 25/05/2007
We used to think that high quality products and services were more expensive, but that’s not true anymore. High quality can be found in goods, services, and all of the work that goes into making the product or providing the service. Maintaining quality is a continuous improvement process. Most work produces waste of some kind [...]
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Rob’s Quick Viability Snapshot

By Barbara | Published: 29/03/2007
It is not unusual to have a great idea. Whether that idea is adequate to return a living wage for you and your family is another question. The quick viability snapshot takes you through the basic questions to know whether you can make it with your idea. Download the free viability snapshot and try to [...]
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10 Basic Steps to Starting a Business

By Barbara | Published: 26/03/2007
Starting your own business is both exhilarating and scary! There are several things to consider, depending on whether you are going into a retail shop, a service of some description, manufacturing, or wholesale. Despite the variations, there are a few things which are the same to nearly every business in Australia. These are the basic [...]
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