An Australian accountant can offer any business a huge range of professional services, however are all those services necessarily right for you? In spite of this, and more to the point, are you and your accountant right for each other? You may be willing to do a lot of the bookkeeping in your business yourself, …
According to the Australian Psychological Society, the majority of Australians feel that stress impacts their physical health (72%) and mental health (64%) but very few reported seeking any kind of professional help. Now, you are probably thinking (or could be thinking) “I am a freelancer, this stat does not apply to remote freelance stress.” Oh, …
Writing articles is easy. Writing a blog isn’t that hard. Tweets are short, hubs and lenses, well, they’re pretty much like articles. Press releases are something you get the hang of once you know how they’re done, so really, content creation is a bit of a breeze. All except for one thing. You need to …
Getting paid on time is perhaps one of the biggest issues that freelancers encounter during their career (and one of the most irritating too!). We’ve all experienced clients taking weeks or even months to provide the payment for the services you’ve rendered to them, and this can cause some serious cash flow issues. So, how …
For those of you ready to start a business online, one approach you might want to consider is to become a niche marketer. In plain terms, a niche marketer builds a website to market a topic or product for which he/she knows a lot about. As important as it is for you to know a …
The Sales Forecast is one of the main predictive tools that every business should use. These are: Sales Forecast Profit and Loss Cash Flow Forecast They should be tackled in this order because one follows on from the other. Often a work of pure fiction, we take a look at the first, the sales forecast? …
Why does one aspiring entrepreneur quickly reaches small business success whilst at the same time, another one struggles? Why do some small business owners painfully sweat to set their business up and attract clients while others seem to magically get business without putting much effort into it? Which are you – a struggler or an …
In every business, getting complaints from your customers is an inevitable part of doing business. No matter how thorough you are in terms of processes and quality. Chances are, you’ll find yourself in an uncomfortable situation sooner or later. You need to learn to handle customer complaints well. And unfortunately, this isn’t something you can …
Most people who are starting a new business, do it to make themselves more money. Now this may seem obvious, however the high percentage of business failures clearly indicates that while the intentions are good, the execution is poor. Build a house without a blueprint and you’ll have a lopsided structure that could collapse at …
Time is one major resource which can not be recovered when lost. It is also severely limited. If used properly, it usually translates to money. Without any actionable time management tips, many small business owners are so disorganised that they practically waste their precious time all day long running after things which add very little …