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Great Ocean Road Caravan Storage – Testimonial

Looking At A Maximising A New Business Venture Steve Miller's my name. I run Diligence Bookkeeping and I've recently taken on a new caravan storage business, and today was figuring out how to operate that...

Recruiting – Using your team in the process

Getting Your Existing Employees To Help This is my final recruiting tip I've got for small business owners that like to do the recruiting themselves. A lot of it is geared around getting buy-in from...

Recruiting – Questionnaires? Better employees!

Recruiting Better Employees - Ask A Lot Of Questions I've got another recruiting tip for you, following on from the last one. This tip I find really helps you understand the candidate... better than you...

Recruiting – saves hours of resume reading

How Group Interviews Can Help What I'm just realising is that several businesses I'm working with are recruiting. No surprise really, they're growing and changing their business, they need new staff, but I've been going...

When to review new employees

Dealing With New Staff Recently I've done a lot of videos about recruiting for small businesses who want to do it themselves. This is a little tip to, I guess, set expectations with your new...

How to best onboard new employees on day 1

Make Employment Expectations Clear From The Beginning Recently I've done quite a few videos on recruiting for small businesses who want to recruit for themselves, and so this is an extension of this. This is...

Getting customers to pay on time

Cashflow is king Today I've got a little topic that came up with one of my customers which is really common. It is getting paid on time. This business is in the construction industry and...

Rebrand your company – When should you do it?

Rebranding Today I want to talk about why rebranding a business might be a good thing to do in your business. I've got a great example that I'd really love to share with you because,...

How to work out your profit margin

Calculating your profit margin There are many reasons people decide to run their own business and one of the most important is to make profits.  So let’s learn the proper way to work out how...

Time management tips for Trades

] Time Management For Tradies Sick of being busy and not getting ahead?  Well join the club. This is a common theme in the construction and technical trades space so I think it’s time to...

Full cost plus work calculation

Calculating and adding your profit margin This is the last video in the three-part series on how to calculate cost plus work.  In the previous two blogs and videos, the different parts of this calculation...

How much to mark up cost plus work

Quoting Jobs With A Specific Profit Margin There are many reasons people decide to run their own business and one of the most important is to make profits.  So let’s learn the proper way to...

How to allow for overheads in cost plus work

Factoring in your overheads Today we’re going to learn about how to allow for overheads when calculating cost plus work.  Knowing how to do this will help keep your business profitable and will ensure all...

How to Calculate Real Wage Costs

[SCROLL DOWN TO GET A FREE COPY OF MY WAGE CALCULATOR] The real cost of wages Knowing the real cost of wages to your business is critical for being able to put together accurate quotes...

The In8 Life Testimonial

I have been working with Hugh at Action Coach Geelong for several years now and Hugh's input, knowledge and ideas have helped our business to expand rapidly and grow profits. Hugh's push to think about...

Otway Precast Testimonial

Precast concrete products for construction. Hi, I'm Tim Reinen. I am the Managing Director of Otway Precast in Cola, Victoria. We manufacture precast concrete products for construction. Precast elements that are of an architectural nature,...

You can always learn more even if you think you’re doing well.

You can always learn more even if you think you’re doing well. After over 11 years of running a successful Graphic / Web Design business with nine staff in two locations (Torquay and Ballarat). A major back injury and some client marketing cut backs...

How much do you pay yourself?

Paying Yourself A Wage As A Business Owner? How much you pay yourself as a business owner will have a remarkable impact on your personal and professional life. Many business owners struggle with the concept...

Working in or on your business?

Working On Your Business Is Valuable I want to talk about how saving a job is costing you a fortune. What I mean by this is if you’re a business owner and you spend a...

4 ways to save on overtime

Paying Overtime? 4 simple tips to save you $2,000 per week like my client. Are you the kind of business owner that thinks just because you are busy it is worth working overtime to ‘get...