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Jul 25, 2023 | 
kochiesbusinessbuilders.com.au | Kelly Exeter
It’s been said that the greatest gift you can give anyone is your undivided attention. But in business life, with so much on our minds and multiple things pulling us in different directions all the time, giving undivided attention to anything might seem like too much to ask of ourselves. The good news is that there is a simple communication technique you can use to give your clients and customers the gift of undivided attention every day.
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Jul 18, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Gary Douglas |Aly Garrett |Tom Valcanis |Kelly Exeter
What does money mean to you? How many points of view do you have about wealth and abundance? asks Gary Douglas, bestselling author of Money Isn’t the Problem, You Are. Your points of view about money create your experience with money. For example, if you have decided that you have to work hard to make money, you will work hard for every dollar you earn. If you have decided that you have a money problem, you will continuously find yourself in difficult financial situations.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Aly Garrett |Tom Valcanis |Kelly Exeter |Andrew May
As a business owner, does the end of the financial year period stress you out? While the daunting task of completing your EOFY checklist by 30 June is now behind us, it’s important to continue the momentum of preparation and planning into the new financial year, writes Aly Garrett, founder of All in Advisory and member of Xero’s Partner Advisory Council.
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Jul 17, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Tom Valcanis |Kelly Exeter |Andrew May
Image: Carlos Lara (left) and Jimmy Young (right) from Bootleg Rascal. Australia has no shortage of solo musical talent: Paul Kelly, Missy Higgins, Peter Andre (hey, he still counts!) … However, as we groove along and tap our feet to their sublime sounds, we also have to realise that these are musos living off their craft; in the same way an accountant, copywriter or graphic designer lives off theirs, writes Tom Valcanis.
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Jul 16, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Kelly Exeter |Andrew May |Annette Densham
It’s been said that the greatest gift you can give anyone is your undivided attention. But in business life, with so much on our minds and multiple things pulling us in different directions all the time, giving undivided attention to anything might seem like too much to ask of ourselves. The good news is, there is a simple communication technique you can use to give your clients and customers the gift of undivided attention every day. That technique is called active listening, writes Kelly Exeter.
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May 22, 2023 | 
kochiesbusinessbuilders.com.au | Kelly Exeter
Relationships are everything in business (and everyday life, for that matter). Whether they’re with employees, clients, suppliers or people of influence, the stronger your ability to foster great relationships, the more likely you are to build a great business, writes Kelly Exeter. What’s something that tends to get in the way of great relationships? Assumptions.
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May 16, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Mia Erickson |Elise Balsillie |Amberlea Henriques |Kelly Exeter
Complicated numbers and spreadsheets can send some people into fight or flight mode. Clare Wood, however, has dedicated her entire career to mastering them, now sharing her knowledge with small business owners everywhere. Clare is a sought-after money mentor, author, speaker and CPA-qualified accountant who helps service-based businesses to scale. She also runs The Profit Academy, an online school created to help business owners increase their profits exponentially.
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Mar 27, 2023 | 
kochiesbusinessbuilders.com.au | Kelly Exeter
In a former life, I worshipped at the altar of extreme productivity. No to-do list was too long, no promise was too unrealistic. If I said I was going to do something by a certain date/time, I’d make it happen. I prided myself on the sheer volume of work I could get through every single day, writes marketing and communications specialist, Kelly Exeter. Today, I’m a recovering extreme productivity-ist. And ‘today me’ can see the obvious problems with the approach above.
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Mar 21, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Suze English |Amberlea Henriques |Tom Valcanis |Kelly Exeter
Small business defaults are on the rise with hospitality businesses at highest risk of insolvency, closely followed by transport, postal and warehousing, and arts and recreation services, according to findings from the latest CreditorWatch Business Risk Report. Falling consumer demand, rising costs, skills and staff shortages and more are creating a perfect storm of difficulty from all sides.
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Mar 20, 2023 | 
flyingsolo.com.au | Amberlea Henriques |Tom Valcanis |Kelly Exeter |Mia Erickson
If your business has not yet discovered the power of automation, digital marketing expert, Amberlea Henriques, founder of AdSocial shares the innovative AI-driven marketing tools you should be using to up the ante on your Insta. Do you want to take your Instagram next-level without any ‘human’ intervention? These four Instagram marketing tasks are guaranteed to amplify engagement for business and brands of all sizes. And best of all, they let chatbots do all the hard lifting.
