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Banika Smee, Witjuti

Banika Smee, Witjuti

Witjuti has a range of bamboo clothing designed for yoga, travel, maternity or just lounging around. Read more

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images

Golden Days Images preserves old photos and places them on DVD and CD. They are also branching out into capturing small events involving filming an... Read more

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products

Mulayam Products manufactures natural skin care products for all ages and all skin types. It helps to take care of the skin and enhance its beauty. 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

Richard Lin, iParaV Pty Ltd

Richard Lin, iParaV Pty Ltd

Richard Lin is an IT consultant and the boss of iParaV Pty Ltd, a business dealing with cloud business management. Read more

Richard Jenner, The Type Shed

Richard Jenner, The Type Shed

Richard Jenner does graphic design, for any application - print, web, packaging, shop fronts, signs... anything that requires text / images arrange... 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

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

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

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

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies

Enigma Technologies provides IT implementation, support and deployment to a wide range of clients, from home users to multi nationals. 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

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

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

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, Copywriter

Monika Mundell, along with her husband John, provides a comprehensive suite of sizzling copywriting services to entrepreneurs, Internet marketers, ... Read more

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions

From small start-ups to seasoned soloists, SAmedia Website Solutions designs websites that enhance online position and improve new leads and recurr... Read more

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual

Upclose & Virtual provides professional, cost effective, secretarial services for businesses and individuals throughout Australia to reduce the bur... Read more

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions

Maria is an experienced bookkeeper organising small businesses. She assists clients with setting up their new business ensuring they have applied ... Read more

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping

Amanda Pearce is an Australian MYOB bookkeeper and virtual assistant who works with small companies. Read more

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive

Altima Interactive provides web business consulting, web design and web development to help people grow their business online. Read more

Banika Smee, Witjuti
Bev Wilkinson, Golden Days Images
Kalindi Chirmuley, Mulayam Products
Tania Shirgwin, BizEez Virtual Solutions
Richard Lin, iParaV Pty Ltd
Richard Jenner, The Type Shed
Anish K. Baheti, Concepts Coach
Gabriel Dukes, Shelcom Corporate Services
Donna Garrett-Young, Home Building Made Easy
Ben Jones, Hire a Hubby Ringwood
Tom Evison, Enigma Technologies
Alison Taylor, Cloverlea Designs
Karen Wickham, That’s Creative!
Victoria Judge, Expert Agency
Monika Mundell, Copywriter
Sean Sherlock, SAmedia Website Solutions
Emma Wilson, Upclose & Virtual
Maria Lesar, H.A.P.S. Business Solutions
Amanda Pearce, Amanda Pearce Bookkeeping
Alex Levashov, Altima Interactive
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Processes and why we need them

 

Top tips towards better networking

 

The changing sales environment

 

Selling in the internet age

 

Key traits of a super salesperson

 

Improving your brain

 

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Pursuing that elusive life balance. It is possible!

 

The benefits of a meetup group

 

Terry Moore: How to tie your shoes

 

How to get published

 

Lucien Engelen: Crowdsource your health

 

Benefits of face to face networking

 

Inspiration day by kotex

 

Tips to disaster proof your business

 

How to become a futurist

 

How standing out helps attract business

 

Writing emails that get opened

 

Creating lead magnets

 

Derek Sivers: How to start a movement

 

How regular actions make a difference

 

From Stanford University: Lessons from a startup

 

Unlocking your creative potential

 

Marketing and productivity tips

 

Seth Godin on social networking

 

How to ask for testimonials

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.2

 

Kevin Spacey talking about success

 

How to get started with Google AdWords

 

Awakening the creative inside

 

Three key lessons for small business

 

Persuasive writing: How and why it works

 

Classic writing blunders exposed!

 

What experience do you give your customers?

 

Seth Godin on standing out

 

Philippa Lowe: Why PR is so good

 

How to lead in challenging times

 

Mark Williamson - Happiness

 

Defining the 'connected business'

 

How great leaders inspire action

 

Benefits of doing things differently

 

Defining strategic planning

 

The secret to thinking on your feet

 

Stephen Fry: Kinetic Typography - Language

 

Why we should mark the end of the day

 

Learning to think creatively

 

Are you seizing global opportunities?

 

Dale Beaumont's Top 5 website tips

 

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

 

How to 'close that sale!'

 

The keys to measuring business performance

 

Derek Sivers: Obvious to you. Amazing to others.

 

Pareto Platform: Thanking a client for a referral

 

Feliz Navidad!

 

Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us

 

How to meditate in a moment

 

Website basics: Good design wins

 

Philip Shaw: Capturing website leads

 

How an awesome idea grew massive

 

Are you maximising your personal brand?

 

How to measure online success

 

How to present effectively

 

Yesim Nicholson: How to prioritise marketing

 

Where good ideas come from

 

Don't try and do everything!

 

The benefits of topping up your confidence

 

PayPal Here Case Study - Pretty In Pink

 

Mike Monteiro talks about how to get paid (some language may offend)

 

Launching a new magazine

 

Are you aiming high enough?

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.1

 

The power of saying 'No'

 

Stop work! Take a break.

 

What stops a business being creative?

 

How to bullet proof your business

 

Derek Sivers: Keep your goals to yourself

 

Pursuing and achieving goals

 

The value of an inquiring mind

 

Networking without leaving your desk

 

Get noticed by journalists

 

Meet Edi! A leader's new best friend.

 

RSA Animate - The Empathic Civilisation

 

Ways to combat isolation

 

Interview with Michael Gerber, E-Myth Pt.3

 

Dave Meslin: The antidote to apathy

 

The signals we need to look out for

 

Learn the business secrets of Richard Branson

 

Pareto Platform: Why Don't Your Clients Refer?

 

How to attract clients

 

Behaving like a real salesperson

 

How to get media attention

 

Jerry Seinfeld’s interview with Andrew Denton

 

Life = Risk

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Steve Jobs the young start up

 

Light relief: How Twitter can help with songwriting

 

Essential tips when writing for the web

 

The case for consistent marketing

 

Rob McKelvey: Banishing fear

 

Why videos go viral

 

An introduction to cloud computing

 

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

 

The parallels between cooking & business

 

Eric Whitacre: A virtual choir 2,000 voices strong

 

Taking a peek into the future

 

Do you need a thinking makeover?

 

Social networking and iphone app tips

 

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Seth Godin: Overpowering Your Lizard Brain

 

Handling difficult conversations

 

Understanding finance basics

 

Sherry Turkle: Connected, but alone?

 

Wayne Dyer - The Power of Intention

 

Philippa Lowe: Managing publicity

 

When do you have your best ideas?

 

A better way to sell in 2012

 

Mark Eggleston: Planning your exit

 

Boundaries and why we need them

 

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