CreditorWatch aiming to ward off late payers

A new service called CreditorWatch has been launched to warn start-ups from doing business with shonky operators who carry poor credit ratings. Read full article

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Club TYB update…

We’re in the process of selecting Suppliers and negotiating special offers for Club TYB members and expect to have our first list ready for the start of the next financial year – July 1, 2010. So far we have accepted an Online Booking System, a series of business/personal development seminars, a web designer/hosting company and [...]

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Australia Raises Minimum Wage

By RACHEL PANNETT CANBERRA—In a victory for unions, Australia’s new independent workplace-relations tribunal said Thursday it will raise the country’s minimum wage by 4.8% to 569.90 Australian dollars (about US$485) in early July.  Read full article

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Think it's hard to get back up when YOU'RE down?

We’ve all had setbacks and been knocked around in life or business – most get back up, a few stay down. Check out this inspirational video about Nick Vujicic’s Inspiring Story.

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Corporate Social Media Is Not Social — It's Sales Media

Corporate Social Media Is Not Social — It's Sales Media

Great Article by Tom Foremski talks about why businesses have to be cautious about how they sell on social media sites. Read  FULL Article

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WANTED 12 small businesses…

We’re looking for 12 small business owners who are genuinely ready to Transform THEIR Business and willing to participate in a 12 months Small Buisness Development Program at less than 1/2 our usual fee. That’s nice I hear you say – but why the big reduction? The answer is simple, we’re looking for a small [...]

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New consumer laws now effective

New consumer laws now effective

On April 15th, 2010 new consumer laws became effective that have the capability for imposing fines of up to $1.1 million for corporations and $220,000 for individuals for infringments in the areas of unconscionable conduct, pyramid selling and for sections of the law dealing with false or misleading conduct We urge you to become familiar [...]

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TYB BizTip #4

TYB Biztip #4 – Know where you are – Are you the temperature or the thermostat? A recent client described this well when he said ‘I’m the thermostat, I set the mood of everyone – whether good or bad’ Most small business owners are the latter (the Thermostat) and obviously have to be, but the real question is [...]

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Social Media dos and don'ts for small and medium businesses

David Foale, Optus Small and Medium Business Social Media Product Manager said, “Creating a social media strategy is no longer optional, it is vital to the health of a small business and its ability to tap into an online user-base read full article here

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Practitioners Requiring YOUR help…

This is unusual for me – to say the least – to make a request like this BUT the circumstances themselves are unusual. I’ve just started working with a group of 70+ volunteer Natural health practitioners providing support to 520+ individuals affected by the Black Saturday Bushfires around the Yarra Valley. Demand is high for [...]

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