Business Essentials

Business names can sometimes have a use-by date. If you’re thinking about a name change, there are important things to consider. Luke Faccini, Founder and Brand Strategist of The Sponge branding agency, says sometimes a name change is unavoidable when you move into new markets, for example, and your current name won’t work. Luke takes us through some of the biggest mistakes businesses...

Want to know what your business is really worth? Well instead of “maybe...” or “hopefully...” or “if we’re really lucky…”, why not eliminate the guess work and get a proper valuation done? According to financial advisory expert at Mazars, Angie Winton, there are many benefits, and it needn’t only apply when you’re ready to sell up. Busin...

Let’s be honest, COVID’s exhausting. But are you coping? Or are you reaching the end of your tether - which can be a whole lot more dangerous, according to corporate psychologist Rhonda Andrews. Rhonda tells us how to differentiate between tiredness and emotional exhaustion, and how to gain some resilience during a pandemic which just goes on and on. Business Essentials Daily is produc...

We pick up from the previous episode, talking to Founder and CEO Jeremy Meltzer, who explains the practicalities of integrating with his successful online retail giving platform, i=change. How ‘marketing-return’ should no longer be seen as a cost and ensuring that giving back becomes a profitable exercise for all stakeholders. Reference: If you haven’t already, listen to the prev...

Jeremy Meltzer is the Founder and CEO of i=change, a company that makes it simple and powerful for online retailers to give back. At a moment when it feels strange to promote things that seem meaningless in the midst of a pandemic, but like everyone retailers need to put food on the table, how can we unlock the power of business that makes it simple and powerful to give back in a meaningful way an...

How many times have you said or heard “I’ve got a great business idea!” Well, if indeed the idea is sound but lacks the funds or tech know-how to build, then Dovetail Ventures is for you. Think ‘start-up in a box’, Dovetail’s VC ecosystem that helps small businesses bridge the resource gap to become fully fledged companies. Keith Davison, Dovetail Partner and CO...

NSW property purchasers take heart! If you’re fed up with the onerous transaction costs associated with buying a property – especially those upfront stamp duty payments - you’ll be interested in moves by the New South Wales government to reform the property tax system. Proposed reforms will offer purchasers the choice between the existing stamp duty and land tax regime and a new...

Do you know what you really stand for? Perhaps you’re too busy running your business to ask such deep-seated personal questions. But delve deep you must! says John Di Natale, mentor, keynote speaker and author, because these days it’s more important than ever to consider what you represent. It’s all part of personal branding, he says, it’s important for business, and by the...

Colleen Callander is a self-confessed recovering workaholic. Indeed, her hard work, street smarts and passion for retail catapulted her to the heights of CEO of Sportsgirl and Sussan. But, on the way to the top, she had faced burnout by saying yes to everything and not giving herself a moment to stop and recharge. Today she understands the importance of setting boundaries to maintain physical and...

Have you got a story to tell? Colin Pearce will say “I hope so!”. Colin has told us many times that a story will beat a power point presentation hands-down if you want to make a meaningful, memorable connection with your audience. So for something a little different this morning, we asked Colin to tell us HIS favourite story. And he ends up taking us on quite a journey…but there...

With all the challenges that businesses have faced since early 2020, you would think that many would have gone to the wall. So, are insolvency rates up? Not at all, says restructuring and insolvency expert Sean Wengel, in fact the opposite is true. But it could be a very different picture from here on, he warns, as he tells us what’s going on in the insolvency world, an update on the safe ha...

Ian Whitworth sees so many people attempt to build their own businesses but are stymied by big business myths. It shouldn’t be so complicated – success, Ian insists, is built on simple rules, including Year 6 maths, basic decency, and no jargon. His own business, Scene Change – Australia’s leading AV hiring and production company – is testament to his no-nonsense way...

Don’t let bumps in the road get in your way to success. That's the message from former Hoyts Cinemas CEO, Peter Ivany, who faced many bumps in his journey to take Hoyts from a 40-theatre chain to more than 2,000 theatres a decade later. He spends much of his time these days giving back to the community with several chairmanships of not-for-profits in sport, the arts and charities. Peter&rsqu...

Facebook, Instagram, TikTok – where’s your audience and how do you reach them, standing out in the big wide social media world? Well here’s a tip from Leanne Peard, Social Media Specialist & Trainer: don’t be afraid of the camera – get in front of it and start rolling! Business Essentials Daily is produced by: SoundCartel soundcartel.com.au +61 3 9882 8333 See omn...

One of the biggest differences between professional football and business is football's focus on talent and teaching. As an AFL CEO for close to 25 years, Cameron Schwab saw first-hand how elite sport focuses almost entirely on the players and how they work together. Cameron, founder and CEO of designCEO, reckons that a lot of business leaders don't go deep enough to improve the performance of the...

If you’ve found business planning just a trifle tricky, what with COVID, you’d be only one in many thousands of businesses across Australia struggling with the same issue: what lies ahead? So, who better to turn to at this mid-point of the calendar year – and the start of a new financial year - than our trusted economist Professor Neville Norman, from Melbourne University. Listen...

How many of us just can’t resist a 24/7 connection with the outer world - as if our businesses will suffer big time if we’re not contactable day and night? But there are dangers to both our physical and mental health if we never switch off. And by the way, let’s not be too demanding of our staff either – do you really need to call them at 11pm? Barrington Centre’s Rho...

Have you come across an unethical self-promoter? You know the one: someone who claims to know everything, lies compulsively, talks about him or herself, offers too-good-to-be-true promises, and takes advantage of others. They’re not just salespeople, but sales – for whatever reason – seems to get tarnished by the same brush. Sue Barrett, CEO of Barrett Consulting Group, points ou...

Play big and get excited about life! Don’t let the last 12 months or so keep you down. Now is as good time as any to embrace the opportunities that come your way. So says Les Watson, a trainer at Get More Time, with passion and expertise in time management, he’s affectionately earned the title of The Time Lord. In this episode Les picks to pieces the personal bad habits that stymie our...

Part of a manager’s job is to chat with individual staff members about their performance or behaviour. Poor performance can often be easier to address than offensive or inappropriate behaviour. Karen Gately, CEO of Corporate Dojo, has some tips for those must-have awkward conversations, including how to keep yourself together when emotions are high. Business Essentials Daily is produced by:...

If you want to connect – to truly connect – with the people around you, start telling stories. Because storytelling is a powerful way to reach people at a much deeper emotional level - just ask Colin Pearce. He’s spent a lifetime telling stories and relating their importance in the business setting. It’s scientific, he’ll tell us, as our dopamine, oxytocin and our end...

What role does motivation play in achieving the goals you set for yourself? Those are the questions Craig Harper is exploring in his quest to further understand self-development. As a business coach and motivational speaker, Craig believes it’s emotional and social intelligence that make a great leader. If your role is to coach and mentor, he says you need to understand the people you work w...

Reveal yourself as an expert in your industry and you'll reap the rewards later. Content marketing is an online marketing strategy to help you build your profile and be the 'go-to' expert in your field. It doesn't have to be as time-consuming as you might think, says content marketing expert and journalist, Valerie Khoo. So that you're not reinventing the wheel, she explains how to turn one discus...

A cure for a hangover? Sounds like good timing as COVID locks us at home with perhaps a tipple more than we need to cheer us up. But the amazing growth of Bae Juice into the Australian market has been much more than pandemic-driven, and the young co-founders Tim O’Sullivan, Sumin Do and Liam Gostencnik are on a roll as Woolworths signs up for national distribution. Business Essentials Daily...

Who of us in business doesn't want more time in our day? One way to get it back is by shortening the time spent in meetings. Is that possible? It is if you follow some of the tips in Donna McGeorge's book, 'The 25 minute meeting: half the time, double the impact'. She says we can't do without meetings, but we can do without the time-wasting aspects that infect a lot of them. Business Essentials Da...