ABF Bulletin - Volume 4 | Issue 3

Volume 4 | Issue 3

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B2BEXPO - Taking care of your business

B2BAwards - Celebrating Champions of Business

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here is an old saying, “We live in interesting Times” and 2019 for SME’s holds a lot of options, challenges opportunities and change.

This year’s B2B EXPO 2019 provides SME’s with an excellent opportunity to connect with the changing trends of business today, as well as keeping updated with the many new products and solutions to grow and expand enterprises in this dynamic rapidly changing business landscape.

The impact of Cloud Technologies, AI and innovation across all industry sectors driving everything from start-ups to cross boarder e-commerce are important but are just some of the issues SME’s must understand to compete in business today.

Change of government or change from government, coupled with the change of one of the pillars of business, bank loans and financing, impacted by the Banking Royal Commission and the property downturn. These two key factors will impact the business sector and, in many situations, will spearhead the

switch to non-bank lending and fintech’s along side traditional banks.

As the landscape to how and where to fund your business undergoes the biggest challenge for so many small and medium enterprises which critical issue for business owners, accountants and CFO’s.

The importance of social media, big data, brand marketing, technology, digital strategies, online security are some of the connections from over one hundred exhibitors showcasing the latest products services and

solutions with feature zones including • Your Money • Your Office • IT Matters • Innovation • International Trade Zone • Business Matters and Business Class.

Business Matters free daily seminar sessions feature high profile speakers, industry experts and renown entrepreneurs, with key topics, keynotes, case studies and panel discussions.

B2B EXPO 2019 now in the fourth is the “Biggest Small Business Expo”.

Marvel Stadium Docklands Melbourne Wednesday 13 & Thursday 14 March 2019.

Both the Exhibition and Seminars are free to attend by registering online www.b2bexpo.com.au

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BITCOIN AND BLOCKCHAIN FAIR 2019.

The focus will be on everything Bitcoin, Cryptos and Blockchain related with a goal to increase awareness and assist with mass adoption across all areas of this exciting new technology.

November 2019 - Melbourne Booking Sponsors and Showcase NOW Go to www.bitcoinandblockchainfair.com to register your interest.

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Why is Good for Business

Australia’s most recognisable subscription TV company Foxtel will be making its debut at the Australian Business Forum next March. Known for an incredible variety of content including Live Sport, News, Music, Documentaries and so much more, Foxtel also provides a fantastic commercial offering for all types of businesses. Join us at the ABF conference and the foxtel stand to experience their products and services, learn how foxtel can help motivate staff and provide great entertainment for customers.

World class entertainment The Best Live Sport in the world In 2018, our investments have continued to reach ground-breaking levels with the acquisition of our extremely valuable domestic cricket rights for the next 6 years. Our new dedicated FOX CRICKET channel will broadcast every ball of every Test, ODI, T20i and BBL match played in Australia over the summer, all LIVE. With FOX CRICKET in packages alongside our celebrated FOX FOOTY for AFL and FOX LEAGUE for NRL, we now serve our customers more of Australia’s most passionately and widely followed sports than ever before, BETTER THAN EVER BEFORE on 12 dedicated sports channels.

Foxtel also has the best of the U.S. live sport including NBA, NFL, MLB and NHL and much more.

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Background music to energise your business: Foxtel Music offers a service simple music audio or video music product curated for commercial use. A dynamic world class solution delivered to you by music experts. From office, restaurant, retail tunes to video solutions for gyms and bars, Foxtel Music creates the right atmosphere for your business. *Some features require internet connection. Data charges may apply.

24/7 News Keep up to date with the latest local and international news headlines, share market opportunities and industry trends with Sky News and the world’s biggest brands including China Global Television Network, NHK World, BBC, CNN, CNBC and FOX NEWS. Entertainment With ten dedicated movie channels, hundreds of TV series, entertaining lifestyle shows, outstanding documentaries and educational kids programs, having the world’s most amazing TV content keeps you one step ahead of the competition.

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Have it all, with Business Premium gives you access to most of the brilliant content on Foxtel. Your customers and staff can live the drama of live sport. Get lost in the music. Or keep track of the latest news.

With Business Premium, there’s something for everyone.

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We are a business consultancy specialising in IT solutions utilising world class hardware and software platforms to provide real time business insights to the SMB market. At Lake Analytics: >We believe in disrupting the status quo. >We believe IT is not a cost to business, but an Information Centre. >We believe technology and the information it creates is an enabler, with the ability to provide insights to assist management make informed decisions to solve complex business problems.

Lake Analytics specialises in cloud based applications and platforms that deliver Enterprise grade solutions to SMB’s without the Enterprise price tag.

SECURITY AND DATA PROTECTION SOLUTION In today’s digital age we are connected like never before to information, each other and the world around us, but that connectivity and convenience comes at a significant cost. We are constantly open to online fraud, identity theft, IP theft and ransom. Attacks can come via any digital device, your mobile phone, laptop computer, printer, desk phone, any device connected to your network.

Unfortunately, it is not a question of IF you get breached, but rather WHEN and what protection you have in place to minimise the damage, recover and remediate with the least downtime and minimal cost.

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Lake Analytics has a suite of security products which will deliver the following solutions and protection to SMB’s - A managed Enterprise grade Security platform for real time monitoring and analysis of event data across your entire network providing early detection of targeted attacks and data breaches. Analytics driven solution which collects, stores, investigates and reports on log data for security monitoring, incident response, forensics and regulatory compliance.

- Protect your IP from internal and external threats, even delete documents you’ve already shared via email, usb or file sharing platforms.

- Remediate your computers should you get hacked with ransomware, without paying cyber criminals, and without needing to re-image (wipe) the device.

- Remotely monitor and manage your end point security (computers, on premise servers and devices) on a daily basis to ensure the most current virus and malware protection is running.

Protect your business by protecting your data and averting a mission critical business failure with a Lake Analytics Security and Data Protection solution.

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Workforce productivity and collaboration solution

Globally we generate over 2.5 million terabytes of data each day, almost 1 billion terabytes per annum. How much does your business contribute in a year? How much is valuable? Can you find the relevant content quickly and easily? How can you make sense and sift through the vast amounts of data to find what is required and ensure you and your staff have access to the information needed to best manage and operate your business?

Workplace productivity is impacted greatly by the path taken to share information and collaborate with colleagues.

Intranets can provide a solution for productivity and collaboration, but often are cumbersome and costly to implement and manage and don’t integrate seamlessly to our existing document storage platforms.

Workplace Productivity and Collaboration (WPC) Portal Lake Analytics can implement an out of the box Enterprise grade, Workplace Productivity and Collaboration (WPC) Portal which leverages the power of Microsoft Office 365, to deliver a portal that enables businesses to amplify important messages, manage key content and facilitate collaboration.

The WPC Portal contains both templated and customisable pages for Customers, Suppliers, Finance, HR, Projects, anything your business needs.

Ensuring team members have access to current documentation and management has real time visibility of what teams are working on. Page content is user centric and topic specific; see calendars, daily schedules, recent files, key collaborators, chats, reference documents, workflow templates. Never search for content saved by various team members in different folders ever again. Gain instant visibility to department or project specific documents.

The Workplace Productivity and Collaboration Portal delivers the following operational benefits: Central repository for document access Templates for use by departments and projects to ensure consistency and easy access Structured multi-tiered metadata for comprehensive document and data search capabilities Platform to promote and encourage collaboration Shared access to calendars, including meeting rooms, annual and sick leave attendance, and company events Quick access to company policy and procedures, employee manuals, equipment manuals, etc Increased productivity through simplified access to departmental or project based information and templates Share news and events Prevents the creation of information silos Remove the noise in your business and implement the Workplace Productivity and Collaboration Portal to re-focus and energise your workplace.

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YOUR PROBLEM ?

Business growing but systems not scalable IT is a cost and doesn’t support the business IP protection from internal and external threats - Data security - Protection from cyber criminals - Accounting package not flexible - Finding documents - Lost in IT terminology - Ransomware risk - Workflow automation - Too much time emailing - Limited visibility into company financials - Poor connectivity between multiple IT platforms - IT systems not integrated - WIFI network stability

LAKE ANALYTICS

HAS A SOLUTION Lake Analytics is a business consultancy specialising in IT solutions utilising world class hardware and software platforms to provide real time business insights to the SMB market.

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B2B Exhibitor Directory CRM-Maps is the latest customisable mapping tool that allows you to integrate your data into Google maps in a truly interactive manner.

It is designed to simplify the management of offsite services and assets. Your staff can easily upload data from their mobile device using a familiar google maps interface, saving time on training whilst automating your client notifications.

CRM-Map is the flagship product of Accede. Founded in 1984, Accede is the longest standing custom database development house in Australia. In 2017, Accede began productising some of their custom solutions.

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We install and service Premium German Made WMF Brand Coffee Machines in Workplaces, Sports clubs and any other establishment through out Melbourne, for the past several years, using the best Coffee beans and Chocolate.

We offer Free weekly maintenance and genuine care for our clients, with Fully maintained Premium Quality Coffee Machine Equipment We have a variety of options to choose from. We tailor the best package for any business, Sports Club or Institution. Whether you want to hire machines for the day or an ongoing in-house arrangement, we can help you. Or you can also buy these fully automatic cappuccino machines. Whatever your requirements, we can help with your business and staff happiness.

Our teams attend the site servicing and restocking our clients coffee machines, to ensure they are kept in flawless working order. Whether it be fortnightly, weekly or monthly, we ensure each piece of equipment is contributing to Staff productivity and happiness in the workplace. Having one of our in house Coffee Machine Systems in your workplace with no runs to the Coffee Shop will increase your business’ productivity and impress clients and customers with a lasting positive impression.

W: www.boutiquecoffeeatwork.com.au

Its no secret that Melbourne’s cafe culture is among the best in the world and event coffee is historically the forgotten sibling.

Coffee On Cue was founded in 2013 after discovering that when you put amazing coffee into the hands of people at events everything changes. Engagement lifts, people start connecting with one another, the coffee cart is the place where people now want to be - it’s the means for people to connect.

W: www.coffeeoncue.com.au Founded in 2013, CoinSpot is Australia’s leading digital currency platform which provides customers with the largest selection of blockchain assets of any Australian Exchange. CoinSpot has revolutionised the digital currency market by providing a secure platform which aims to break down the technical barriers with an easy to use platform enabling a greater range of Australians to experience digital currencies.

W: www.coinspot.com.au

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B2B Exhibitor Directory Cubic Promote is Australia’s leading B2B promotional products supplier, working with local businesses to provide quality marketing merchandise at low prices.

Australian owned and operated, Cubic Promote began as a one-person operation some thirteen years ago and has since grown to include over 20 full-time local and overseas staff, as well as hundreds of experienced contract producers and decorators. The team at Cubic Promote deal closely with a variety of Australian companies, community groups, government bodies, and charities on a daily basis and have a strong understanding of the B2B promotional product and marketing needs of fellow Aussies.

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DreamWalk is one of Australia’s leading mobile app development companies, located in Melbourne, Victoria.

With more No. 1 apps than any other Australian app developer and a history of mobile innovation, DreamWalk is the app development partner trusted by brands and entrepreneurs who want to change the world.

The team at DreamWalk have developed iPhone apps, Android apps and web-based solutions for the likes of Coca-cola, New Mexico Tourism, Arts Victoria, Hardie Grant Publishing, Melbourne University, Holmesglen Institute and Foodworks Australia among others.

DreamWalk was founded in 2009 with the development of their ground breaking, location-aware, Mobile Treasure Hunt application.

Our ethical app development charter sets us apart from our competitors and has positioned us as Australia’s most trusted app developer, since 2009.

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What we offer our clients goes way beyond traditional training programmes or profiling tools. dta WORLDWIDE is considered one of the most sought-after people performance companies with an integrated strategy, that interlinks an array of powerful performance improvement resources.

This unique integration adds tremendous value to our client’s organisations, through well informed decisions that precisely and swiftly move their people up to worldclass performance. In focussing on the challenges faced by senior executives and business owners, we provide an exclusive transformational methodology that shifts groups of professionals from expected performance into a world-class, high performing team. All of our solutions are highly customised to the smallest detail of each of our client’s culture and organisation needs.

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EIZ.com.au is an eco-system to provide affordable management technology to small and medium size companies, EIZ.com.au integrates with leading marketplaces and shopping carts, also provide online sellers Easy-Use Order Management and Warehouse Management.

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B2B Exhibitor Directory To truly experience life globally, people need to be able to navigate the world without letting borders dictate the way their money moves. Flywire is the world’s money engine, removing boundaries and enabling the global payment and receivables process through seamless transaction experiences and flexible solutions.

We make the complex simple by bringing visibility and convenience into our process while working closely with businesses and organizations to power the global economy.

W: www.flywire.com

Foxtel is a leading Australian pay television company offering brilliant entertainment solutions for businesses. Providing small businesses with news, music, sport and great entertainment making because the right impression can make all the difference to your business. Foxtel can help you make a positive impression where it counts, no matter what line of business you’re in. Whether it’s a lunchroom sweetener that keeps employees happy, or a smart addition to the reception area, Foxtel helps improve staff satisfaction and create the right atmosphere for customers.

W: www.foxtel.com.au/business

Freelease Copiers Pty Ltd is a colour multi-function printer leasing company which has established a strong reputation for meeting the printing needs of Australia’s small business community.

Their technical experience and clear understanding of the specific printing needs of small businesses allows them to offer flexible no lock-in contract plans designed to meet those unique needs.

The principle of excellent customer service combined with the cost efficiency demanded by Australian customers is at the heart of the service Freelease Copiers aims to provide.

W: www.freeleasecopiers.com.au

I bought my first business when I was 19, I was young and naive and thought that all of the money was going to rain from the sky the minute that I became a business owner.

In my head, I thought I’d get to keep all the extra money – then I opened the doors and learned the hard way that’s not how it works…. at all.

We’ll go into incredible detail about your business and figure out what’s working and what’s not – so we can build you out a plan where you can win.

I believe in investing in yourself as it’s the best investment that you will ever make and I practice what I preach. Not only have I invested tens of thousands of hours into my own education, I’ve spent well over $1.5 MILLION on my own personal development and mentors over the years. By implementing this education in my personal life and business my investment has returned many times over. I then pass my knowledge and experience on to the Business Owners who work with me so they can grow within their personal lives and businesses.

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B2B Exhibitor Directory Havealook is one of Australia’s fastest growing website design companies providing quality website design to more than 7,000 small and medium sized businesses since 2005.

We offer a range of online solutions from responsive website design, search engine marketing, search engine optimization, e-commerce, self-updatable websites, and copywriting services. We have a major focus on customer service to ensure that we deliver the best website support to you after your website is live.

W: www.havealook.com.au

Since 2004, Infinite Rewards has managed Australia’s leading white-label closemember rewards programs helping you build your member base and more importantly retain them. From your own branded rewards website, your members get to access and enjoy hundreds of real benefits and thousands of dollars in savings.

W: www.infiniterewards.com.au

Innercode is Australia’s only consulting firm specialising in the software and technology industry. Among the few in our profession, we are dedicated to providing resources to ensure the continuous growth of companies within the software and technology sector.

Years of industry experience has allowed us to gain all the necessary knowledge in order to protect our clients, maximise their claims and save them from the time consuming process.

Our combined understanding of R&D and Tax disciplines not only provides the required compliance of tax and accounting, but unlocks the entitled benefits of the federally funded R&D Tax Incentive scheme.

W: www.innercode.com.au

We are a business consultancy specialising in IT solutions utilising world class hardware and software platforms to provide real time business insights to the SMB market. At Lake Analytics: > We believe in disrupting the status quo. > We believe IT is not a cost to business, but an Information Centre. ​ > We believe technology and the information it creates is an enabler, with the ability to provide insights to assist management make informed decisions to solve complex business problems.

Lake Analytics specialises in cloud based applications and platforms that deliver Enterprise grade solutions to SMB’s without the price tag.

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LegalVision is a commercial law firm with a commitment to innovation. We bring together lawyers and technologists to deliver efficient and cost-effective legal solutions for businesses. We work with the franchise industry and startups to run businesses, as well as working with larger companies who are seeking to unlock value through an innovative approach to legal services. It’s not in our nature to accept that the existing way of doing things is the best way. We are committed to constantly improving the delivery of legal services, so that we can keep offering our clients legal support that is useful and accessible.

W: www.legalvision.com.au

For you, we need to fix your signalling, and address the issues in a way that makes sense for your body.

Then, you’ll be able to feel satisfied after meals, sleep well, be focused and finally see weight loss and experience increased energy levels, all at the SAME time.

Because, let’s be honest, eating broccoli 6 times a day has certainly not boosted your metabolism and helped you lose weight – it’s just made you hungrier, crankier and frankly, more disappointed in yourself.

In case you haven’t noticed, this is something I’m fiercely passionate about, and I’m dedicated to helping business owners like yourself really get to the bottom of what you need to be doing to fix your hormones and start shifting that weight and feeling great.

W: www.metrodietetics.com.au

New Meta is a boutique marketing and technology agency catering to the unique demands of small businesses that specialise in knowledge work.

We help our clients establish their authority and credibility in their marketplace to be able to stand out from the pack of wannabeís and low-cost imitations.

W: www.newmeta.agency

At iGenius, we believe that getting the mix right between business, people and technology is what helps you to achieve your business goals and objectives.

Whether it’s developing new website applications, mobile apps or choosing from our suite of professional Microsoft Business applications, we specialise in planning and implementing effective solutions that solve real business issues and give you a competitive edge.

Driven by a passion for innovation and a customer centric approach, iGenius solutions are designed to be flexible and tailored to your business.

If you’re ready to elevate your business to the next level, partnering with iGenius is your first step to success.

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B2B Exhibitor Directory N1 Holdings (ASX : N1H) has a vision to become the go-to company for genuine financial and property advice for Asian-background Australian businesses and local community. Established in 2011 by entrepreneur Mr. Ren Hor Wong (Executive Chairman and CEO), with headquarter in Sydney, N1 Holdings is an Australian Stock Exchange listed entity with offices in major cities of Australia, Shanghai of China and Kuala Lumpur of Malaysia. N1 is building one of Australia’s largest multi-cultural business, financial and property services firm, with market leading technology and unique business model. N1 Loans (a subsidiary of N1 Holdings) has been recognized by media and industry peers as Australia top 10 mortgage brokerage firms consistently for the last couple of years.

W: www.coinspot.com.au PAY plus HR is Australia’s go-to service provider for Payroll and HR business solutions. We recognise the need to provide organisations of today with an accurate and cost-effective monthly pay-as-you-use fee schedule and / or consulting fees, as we grow with you. Our employer-branded Payroll Portal and integrated HRM systems are easy to use. Our company is also managed by a team of professionals in Payroll & HR. All HR, Payroll and ATO reporting & questions are answered by our team CPAs and expert practitioners from our offices in Melbourne. Through our Recruitment Pool affiliate, we also provide recruiting and career coaching services where we can also pay your new hire.

W: newmeta.agency ProSMART brings a unique approach to a wide reaching problem of knowledge management for small and large organisations. We boost IP value by leveraging, retaining and sharing knowledge.

Your business knowledge should be your competitive advantage however, you’re willing to suffer corporate amnesia, key person risk, high on-boarding costs, rework, recreation, lack of consistency and systemisation and recurring issues. You are not alone as this is plagues many companies.

Through our patented platform and learning techniques, we are helping eliminate cost, risk and lost opportunity so your company can grow and thrive giving you a competitive advantage and saleable assets.

W: prosmart.com RedZed is an Australian owned and operated lender that specialises in delivering solutions for the self-employed. RedZed understands that being self-employed and running a business is not easy. Every day is different. To understand how it can assist RedZed look at each person’s unique circumstances. That is why RedZed do not use computers to make their credit decisions. Real people assess each loan application on a case by case basis. Since being founded in 2006 RedZed have supported Australia’s self-employed by funding over $2 Billion in residential, commercial and asset finance loans.

W: redzed.com After a decade in digital marketing, we find that most businesses waste an enormous amount on things that don’t matter - pretty websites, cinematic videos and cliche messaging. With a focus on effective communication and customer psychology, we offer 3 services at SeeSharp to ensure that your marketing doesn’t only attract eyeballs, but dollars.

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B2B Exhibitor Directory Storage King is Australasia’s largest self-storage company, with over 150 locations throughout Australia and New Zealand. Storage King’s primary objective is to maintain its position as the number one self-storage brand in Australasia through its network of convenient storage locations, wide range of boxes and packing materials and its trusted choices in moving solutions. Storage King The Kings of Storage, Moving and More.

W: storageking.com.au Strategic Anarchy is a sales and marketing company, known for our revolutionay approach to selling and our hyper creative marketing. Through our online programs and live events, we have helped thounsands of businesses change their approach and attitude towards sales, resultings in huge, measureable growth.

Strategic Anarchy was founded by Leela Cosgrove in 2009. With a writing and product-creation background, Leela became well-known for her ability to productise anything for her clients. When Guillier Giles joined the company in 2010, bringing years of sales and salestraining experience with him, Strategic Anarchy was on its way to becoming one of the most sought after marketing and sales coaching companies for entrepreneurs and business owners.

W: www.strategicanarchy.com

Urban Life Photography are customer focused, priding ourselves on creating a fun relaxed atmosphere to ensure a fantastic service experience for you every step of the way. We do more than just your everyday hair and makeup. We provide you with a boutique experience only you deserve.

W: www.urbanlifephotography.com.au

Voda Connect is leading the way to provide small businesses cost effective VOIP solutions before traditional wire-based landlines become obsolete. We promise cost savings, no lock-in contracts ever, improved security, local customer support and a complete telecommunications solution. Our class 4/5 switch, billing and cloud PBX platform mean that your solution can be exclusively tailored to a business’s needs and size.

W: www.praxiscomm.com

The Zagame brand continues to grow its passion for things that move. With some of the world’s premium marques and vehicles, the Zagame portfolio provides Melbourne with a world class automotive experience. We are dedicated to automotive excellence, constantly striving to provide superior customer service, the old hospitality way.

W: www.zag.com.au

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Did you know the Australian Federal Government offers a tax incentive for companies undertaking Research and Development (R&D)? If you have an eligible product you could receive the benefit in the form of a tax offset; a refund or saving, depending on your tax position.

With an aim to boost competitiveness and improve productivity across the Australian economy, the R&D Tax Incentive is offered to a range of industries. At Innercode, we’ve chosen to focus solely on the software and technology industry. We are Australia’s only consulting firm specialising in helping companies within this industry through the R&D Tax Incentive claims process. Our clients range from small startups right through to medium and large tech businesses.

Ready to claim the R&D Tax Incentive for tech innovation?

Here’s what you need to know

Eligibility The program is administered by AusIndustry and the Australian Tax Office and unlike many of the state-based government grants on offer, the R&D process is non-competitive in the sense that it comes under tax legislation. This means your project is determined to be eligible or it’s not. If it meets the tax legislation, is compliant with the law and the documentation is prepared correctly for the project as well as for the expenditure being claimed, you will receive the benefit.

However, knowing whether your project is eligible is not so clear cut for many companies. As a result, we often find clients coming to us who had previously thought they were ineligible and/or had not been receiving the maximum benefit they were entitled to. What are you waiting for?

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Spotlight on compliance The R&D Tax Incentive encourages companies to engage in R&D that benefits Australia and there is a strong focus on compliance to ensure the funds are channelled appropriately.

In fact, the 2018 Federal Budget included an increased allocation of resources to AusIndustry and the Australian Tax Office for audit and review activity.

The crackdown on non-compliant claims is intended to ensure that the incentives are used for their real purpose. At Innercode, we’ve always been a compliance-focused business and we support this approach. We believe that a fair application of the incentive is the only way to drive forward innovation. We stand by this through our commitment to not charge additional fees for any audits or reviews that may come from our claims in the future.

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The Innercode difference Our all-inclusive success-based fee (no refund to you, no payment to us) includes: • Qualifying your entity and R&D project • Writing up the details of the R&D project and activities undertaken • Quantifying the eligible expenditure of the claim • Preparing and lodging the R&D claim application form and preparing the R&D Tax Schedule for your accountant to lodge • Undertaking the record keeping that is required to substantiate the claim • Doing any audits or reviews that may come from the claim, for no extra charge.

Visit us at www.innercode.com.au or call (02) 8004 8951.

We look forward to working with you on your R&D claim.

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Since 2008, Chris Prokopiou, founder and Managing Director of ‘Boutique Coffee @work’ heralded what has now grown to a vast number of valued clients throughout Melbourne who love the aromatic coffee, delicious and delicious hot chocolate and other delightful hot beverages.

FOR YOUR BUSINESS When people are in business or are contemplating setting up a business, storage is not often on their list of priorities.

However, it quickly becomes apparent that “space” is a commodity that can really affect the profit and loss of many businesses. Whereas we are a national business each one of our Storage facilities is a local business relying on other local businesses and the community. One of the advantages of operating as a local identity is we can quickly adapt our services to suit the unique needs of each of our customers.

Whether your business is a small start-up or a large multinational, Storage King can tailor the right business solution to match your requirements. There are many benefits of using Storage King as an alternative to traditional warehouse storage spaces.

There are no complex long-term leases to sign, and you can alter the size of your storage space as your business grows or during seasonal peak times.

In saying this, having numerous locations is a definite strength.

As Australia’s largest self-storage provider, Storage King has the scale and expertise to solve multi-site storage problems in a manner that will simplify your operations, improve your efficiency and reduce costs.

Storage King provides Corporate Account Management through their Corporate Accounts Program.

At Storage King we are your storage concierge. We can provide everything you may need and if we can’t we can arrange it for your business.

Most Storage King stores have forklifts available on-site, many of our facilities offer complimentary and convenient access to meeting/board rooms turning your storage facilities into a virtual office.

Our facilities are monitored with CCTV 24/7, so you know your goods are safe and secure with us and just as important we are open when you need us to be open, so you can keep running your business.

We consider ourselves to be the Kings of Storage, Moving and More. We take your businesses needs very seriously and understand the “more” is what gives Storage King the edge.

With the online business becoming a bigger part of many businesses we have all the packaging materials you’ll need to ensure your products arrive safe and undamaged.

We’ve established our own shipping business “Parcel King” to make the whole process of delivering your goods to customers as seamless as possible

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YOUR DISCIPLINE IS MAKING YOU

Lots of successful business owners that I’ve spoken to have echoed the same frustration to me – they’re applying their business work ethic to their food and exercise, but their weight is not budging, and their energy levels aren’t improving.

The thing is, the message out there is that weight loss comes about when you have less calories coming in than going out.

FAT Based on that, to lose weight you just reduce what you put in your mouth, and increase your training. Simple. Right?

But here’s the thing.

How is it that a successful entrepreneur who has built her business from zero to multi-millions of dollars, stuck to a 500kcal a day diet whilst doing kickboxing 3 times a week, found herself at a point where she was 89kgs and her weight just wouldn’t budge?

Oh, that’s right – she must be a liar and she must be lazy!

See, if there is anything I’ve learnt, it’s that highly successful people don’t get to where they are by being lazy. They don’t get to where they are by cutting corners on themselves and they certainly don’t get to where they are without the most ruthless work ethic.

So, business owners, you want to know what I think the problem is?

The problem is that the calories in calories out equation is wrong, and your ruthless work ethic – the same one that got you from zero to multi-millions in your business - is the very work ethic that is stopping you from losing weight.

Yes, I said it.

You are TOO disciplined and it’s your discipline that is making you fat.

Just like athletes have a specific set of requirements to fuel their bodies and sustain their training for optimal performance, business owners have their own unique set of requirements, too.

As a business owner, you didn’t gain weight because you over-ate. Therefore, you won’t be losing weight by undereating and starving your body.

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When you under eat, you place your body under undue stress, further adding to the stress you are already experiencing from business ownership. When that happens, your body experiences a whole cascade of metabolic responses to that stress, and that’s where it all starts.

Your insulin levels rise, your hunger-fullness hormone secretion is disrupted, your sleep is disturbed, inflammation increases and your gut microbiota is affected.

The side effect? Weight gain.

When you understand that your weight gain didn’t happen because of too many calories in, you will stop blaming yourself for not being disciplined enough.

When you learn that your cravings are from starving yourself and you’re not just weak with no self-control, then you will stop feeling guilty for wanting sugar.

For you, we need to fix your signalling, and address the issues in a way that makes sense for your body.

Then, you’ll be able to feel satisfied after meals, sleep well, be focused and finally see weight loss and experience increased energy levels, all at the SAME time.

Because, let’s be honest, eating broccoli 6 times a day has certainly not boosted your metabolism and helped you lose weight – it’s just made you hungrier, crankier and frankly, more disappointed in yourself.

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Our flexible, innovative and client focussed service culture encourages our staff to form a partnership with your business where we go the extra distance in meeting and exceeding your expectations. Our products, services and unique way of doing business offer value through: - Providing low cost, cloud-based payroll and human resource systems and approaches, supported by Australian software providers and backed by employment law and accounting professionals; - Improving client productivity and efficiency through the allocation of dedicated Certified Payroll Specialists and qualified Human Resource professionals.

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- By being a 100% Australian owned business, you liaise with people in Australia who understand our rules and regulations when it comes to employing people, managing people and paying people.

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- Forming strategic partnerships that provide added benefits which, in addition to our core business, support the employee work-life experience cycle for PAY plus HR clients.

administrative support staff.

- You will reduce your organisation’s expenditure on business systems or trying to keep up with the latest technologies.

We invite you to compare our bundled monthly fee-for-service offering and service benefits with your current in-house payroll administration costs or other providers. Overall, PAY plus HR converts and performs the time-consuming functions associated with in-house payroll and human resource operations so you can concentrate on increasing revenues by focussing on your core business processes and strategies.

- You will receive predictable monthly, quarterly or year-onyear reporting, ensuring your company’s legislative and statutory compliance.

The benefits of using PAY plus HR are: - You will automate many of the time-consuming tasks associated with payroll and HR administration.

- You are fully supported by professionals in payroll and human resources who are up to date with relevant knowledge, legislation and latest information. Consider us your subject matter experts!

- We don’t just process your problems under an ‘outsourced’ approach. Our offering includes advising you about your obligations and what improvements we can see for your business so you make the best decisions possible to achieve compliance to employee work-flow procedures from employment right through to termination.

- Our services can be deployed easily and quickly via dedicated PAY plus HR Advisers who will manage any changeover to us, as well as being your ongoing support and ‘go to’ people for your payroll and related HR needs.

- Our approach is a combined Payroll and related HR business solution, providing cost savings without compromising on quality.

- You will immediately reduce your current or projected fixed wages costs with the reduction of in-house payroll and HR

- Staff and management will benefit from using a modern system which includes the benefit of accessing your own information via an Employee Portal and App for Android and iOS. - Information is encrypted and data management security deployed - you can be assured of your information security and integrity at all times.

- PAY plus HR offers implementation flexibility to meet your organisation’s unique Payroll (and HR) needs. By utilising PAY plus HR’s services, you will eliminate the risk of unexpected costs for application software, hardware upgrades and support and administrative staff. You can be assured your staff are paid accurately and on time.

- Our clients have access to their information 24 hours per day, 7 days per week via cloud-based systems.

Overall, you can be assured of receiving the highest service standards in today’s contemporary business environment where saving time and money are key requirements. These standards are further defined in our client Service Level Agreement that you are provided with when you sign up to the PAY plus HR managed service offering.

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Franchise Your Business LegalVision is a NewLaw firm that aims to improve legal services. We specialise in commercial law including franchising, and this article sets out how you can turn your growing business into a franchise system.

1. Structuring a Franchise System Franchise systems commonly have a business structure where the business founders own shares in a holding company. The holding company owns the rights to the business concept and should own all of the trade marks for the brand. This holding company also owns 100% of the shares in the operating companies of the franchise system. The operating company does the trading of the business, such as entering into contracts with franchisees and employees.

Most retail franchise systems will have three operating companies: - X Franchising Pty Ltd; - X Leasing Pty Ltd; and - X Operations Pty Ltd.

2. Protecting Your Concept When setting up your new franchise system you need to protect your unique business concept using a trade mark. You can trademark your business name, logo, and slogan.

The application process takes seven to eight months, so if you haven’t trademarked your business name already, you should start the application process as soon as possible.

3. Systemisation and Operations Thirdly, you need to turn your business concept into a system so that a potential franchisee can run a store and still provide the same quality of goods or services. There are three aspects to creating this system: 1. create an operations manual; 2. ensure setup is consistent across stores; and 3. have a system to train and support franchisees.

In addition to this, whenever you are speaking to potential franchisees, you should have a confidentiality deed in place before providing them with further details about how your business concept works.

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Franchise systems usually provide an operations manual as a guide for franchisees.Many franchise systems provide online operations manuals and an online portal for franchisees to access this information. An operations manual is the best way to present an A to Z checklist of how to run your business concept presented to someone who has never run one before.

You will also need to create a system to ensure that the setup of your franchise branches or stores is consistent. Most franchise concepts have a set of store fit-outs that are copied across all of their stores.

Thirdly, you will also need to make sure that you have a system for training and supporting your franchisees. This will ensure the quality of your business concept is maintained across your entire franchise system.

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Overall, franchising is a good option for businesses that have an excellent business concept and branding but limited capital to support corporate growth.

LegalVision has set up many successful franchise systems. If you have any questions about turning your business into a franchise system, visit the LegalVision stand at the B2B expo.

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4. Legal Documents The fourth step to setting up a franchise system is making sure that you have your legal documents in place. Under the Franchise Code of Conduct your franchisees will need to receive a copy of the: - franchise agreement; - disclosure document; - Franchisee Information Statement; and - lease or licence to the store premises (if you have physical stores).

To ensure you set up this system correctly, you should find a franchise lawyer to draft a master franchise agreement, disclosure document, and licence to

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occupy (if you have physical stores). These documents cover the details and terms of a franchisee owning a store or branch in your franchise system. The Franchisee Information Statement is a document provided as a matter of form by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that you can provide to your franchisees.

5. Recruiting Franchisees Once these steps are complete, you are ready to recruit franchisees into your franchise system. Often, franchise systems take special care when selecting their first couple of franchisees as they are brand ambassadors, some franchise systems have even recruited employees in their existing store to be their first franchisees.

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Since 2008, Chris Prokopiou, founder and Managing Director of ‘Boutique Coffee @work’ heralded what has now grown to a vast number of valued clients throughout Melbourne who love the aromatic coffee, delicious and delicious hot chocolate and other delightful hot beverages.

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exceptional blends, which are roasted to perfection.

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We’ll help you decide on the most cost-effective and efficient way to provide great tasting quality coffee to staff and customers.

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Whether you need one coffee machine or several for different locations, ‘Boutique Coffee @work’, are focused on providing your establishment with tailored beverage solutions.

You will receive professional advice on the right system for your office or workplace. ‘Boutique Coffee @work’ offer you exceptional service with the perfect coffee system to suit your specific requirements. You can also rely on them for a wide variety of high quality consumable items.

Offering free weekly maintenance and genuine care for their clients, some ask why ‘Boutique Coffee @work’ go the extra mile and it’s simple, because they truly care and value their clients, and are passionate about what we do.

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Our teams attend the site servicing and restocking our clients coffee machines, to ensure they are kept in flawless working order.

Whether it be fortnightly, weekly or monthly, we ensure each piece of equipment is contributing to Staff productivity and happiness in the workplace. Having one of our in house Coffee Machine Systems in your workplace with no runs to the Coffee Shop will increase your business’ productivity and impress clients and customers with a lasting positive impression.

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Business Insanity Corporate amnesia is not okay, yet we continue to let it happen. Leaking millions of dollars of intellectual property each year is destroying value.

Allowing this to happen is insane. Reworking and recreating the same things over and over is insanity.

We are in the age of the knowledge worker and our people are often the company’s biggest expense. How are you leveraging the thousands of dollars you are spending creating all that valuable know-how in your team each day?

Corporate amnesia is costing every industry millions of dollars. The great news is there is a solution and it’s easy to implement.

Your knowledge is a key competitive advantage. How do you protect it? How do you make sure your people use it to your advantage?

Do you experience the following?

• Knowledge is scattered and not accessible or usable • Loss of a team member means a loss of knowledge • Crucial knowledge and know-how sit in the heads of a few key people • Retiring subject matter experts and specialisation is making it harder and more expensive to maintain the business • Team members waste time reworking and reinventing the wheel

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• Processes are not consistent or information on ‘how’ we did this last time non-existent • The lessons of best practice stay with an individual and not the firm • Lessons learned and post project reviews are filed away never to be opened again, with historical issues being repeated • Systems and tools are not used to create maximum value • Systems and processes are not effectively removing key person risks and reducing delivery time • Inability to respond quickly and to a high-quality results in lost opportunities and increased cost For the majority of Businesses, it’s challenging to find effective ways to capture, leverage and share IP. Typically, a few people have the day to day know-how and are critical people to get things done or problems solved. From a business continuity perspective, these people are key risks and potential constraints to business growth.

The ability to capture, reuse and simplify complex knowledge in processes and plans is a must to remain viable and competitive in today’s business world.

You must be able to respond quickly to customer needs without jeopardising quality and brand.

You need to be able to expand your team quickly to grow into new regions and markets.

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Not Your Typical Knowledge Platform I bet when you think of knowledge management you think of a place where thousands of files are stored and lost forever, outdated very quickly. People search for things and sometimes they’ll use them.

Most of the time it’s difficult to use or know what is relevant for your particular situation.

This results in a diluted return on investment in your knowledge library and the creation of the knowledge in the first place.

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Our solution makes retrieval of information simple, incredibly quick and easy to do …. And more importantly, tailored for the user.

ProSMART brings a unique approach to a wide reaching problem of knowledge management for small and large organisations. We boost IP value by leveraging, retaining and sharing knowledge.

Your business knowledge should be your competitive advantage however, you’re willing to suffer corporate amnesia, key person risk, high on-boarding costs, rework, recreation, lack of consistency and systemisation and recurring issues.

You are not alone as this is plagues many companies.

Through our patented platform and learning techniques, we are helping eliminate cost, risk and lost opportunity so your company can grow and thrive giving you a competitive advantage and saleable assets.

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Now is the perfect time for small business to make the switch to VoIP telephone solutions As the managing director at Voda Connect, I work closely with smart sales organizations that do a fantastic job reselling our cloud-based business VoIP phone solutions. And just like my team here at Voda Connect, these professionals are in the field every day speaking to business owners and learning firsthand what motivates their business decisions.

With costs consistently increasing most if not every business is looking to efficiently manage costs and increase profits.

〉 Improved security including anti-hacking options that are aligned to VoIP security best practices 〉 Simple Integration with online applications 〉 Scalability the 4/5 switch, billing and cloud PBX platform exclusively tailored to your business needs and size.

Moreover, with the completion of the NBN scheduled for 2020, Voda Connect is leading the way to help businesses prepare for the ISDN/PSDN landline switch off by providing scalability, Security, a feature rich Business PBX.

Securing VoIP in an enterprise can be a challenging task, and properly implementing VoIP is an essential element in achieving effective VoIP security. In fact, we are implementing PBX solutions based on proven protocols and standards which can be exclusively tailored for your business.

Every business is unique therefore every business deserves to have a solution that is right for them.

The company will soon be operating an international network in over ten countries.

There is a wealth of empowering features that business VoIP solutions can provide growth-minded businesses.

Many of these are simply not available from traditional phone services including call routing, virtual receptionists, find me/follow me, caller ID, conference calling, call forwarding and more. So, with the promised cost savings and improved functionality businesses are encouraged to make the switch today and take immediate advantage of the business-enhancing benefits.

As such, Voda Connect is seeking partners in Australia and also New Zealand, Singapore, United Kingdom, France and USA.

The value of Voda Connect solutions 〉 Flexibility with no lock-in contracts

About Voda Connect Voda Connect is leading the way to provide small businesses cost effective VOIP solutions before traditional wire-based landlines become obsolete. We promise cost savings, no lock-in contracts ever, improved security, local customer support and a complete telecommunications solution. Our class 4/5 switch, billing and cloud PBX platform mean that your solution can be exclusively tailored to a business’s needs and size.

〉 Reliability the reason we can guarantee quality of service is because we provide a dedicated connection for all VoIP solutions. 〉 Mobility, take your office extension with you anywhere. With a modern and intuitive user-interface, integrated softphone applications offer a full range of Unified Communications features including presence, chat, conferencing and more.

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Havealook Havealook Websites have been providing custom designed, Australian hosted & supported, self-updatable websites for businesses right here in Australia since 2005.

We pride ourselves on our flexibility & communication and is the reason we have over 7000 customers and counting.

Our job is to keep the process for the customer as simple as possible. We understand you have your day to day business to run, so we have streamlined our process to make this hassle free. Our websites come with a very easy to use CMS (Content Management System) ensuring you are confident and able to update your website as often as you like. If you do ever have a question, our fast technical support team are only a phone call away.

We help start-up businesses get off the ground with an online presence. We also cater to already established businesses with our custom designs helping further their brand recognition in the market place.

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trends so we can always offer our customers the latest and up to date features that Google require. Whenever there is new technology available, our customers will be the first to know.

We want to establish a long term relationship for the life of your website & business.

We have even developed a web design industry exclusive feature called InstaBlog. InstaBlog is a revolutionary way to quickly post to your website, instantly, 24/7 from your phone.

As part of the B2BExpo we are offering an incredible discount for its attendees giving you a massive 40% off the design cost of our website packages. You will receive an all in service from a genuinely Australian company. One of our very talented graphic designers will custom design you a website around your business, branding & information. Your website will be hosted on our fast Australian servers ensuring super-fast loading speeds. Most importantly we provide you with full support from start to finish and beyond.

Our package options are catered to suit all budgets and range from only $595 and include design & full CMS Hosting – No hidden fees, No gimmicks.

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Succeeding as a B2B Specialist in Australia Countless online business guides are written from an academic or journalistic perspective with little industry insight.

I know I’ve struggled to find blueprints that genuinely speak to my understanding of the Australian business-to-business marketplace, which is why I’ve decided to share with you more of my take on the topic. Based on my personal experience leading a successful Australian B2B company for over thirteen years, here are three tips that will help give you the edge.

Be Smart – Leverage Everything You Do There is an application, service, or software for amplifying any task you can imagine these days. Make use of these and reclaim more of your time for other things. Follow social media influencers, business owners, and consultants on technology through Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn. These people know the B2B market and regularly post tips, tricks, and recommendations that you can utilise as part of your growing business. For Cubic Promote, I’ve tried to get on board from day one with different technologies that help streamline elements of my business. These include; marketing, processing, communicating, product photography, videos, content management, product quality control and delivery.

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world around you are moving at such a speed, you don’t want to miss opportunities by focusing on things that you can’t change. By keeping an open mind when developing your business strategy and you will continue to improve your methods and approach over time. Solutions to business problems can come out of the blue, be prepared!

Consistency for a Sustainable Business The mentality and concepts needed to run a specialist B2B company are also the same tools you will need to thrive in any career or profession. The media focuses on niche startup success stories, but the reality for most businesses is that traditional operation approaches and methods still net the best results.

99% of businesses cannot coast by on the buzz of new technology - they need proven approaches when interacting with other companies. A specialist business requires consistency to succeed. Your team and clients need you to wake up at the same time each day and put in a solid effort to follow through task completion, to continuously push the envelope, and to problem solve issues that arise throughout the day and week.

If you are eager to start in the B2B industry or to improve your current path, these tips will give you a boost. It does not matter if you do not succeed, but it does matter if you don’t try. Think of this as a challenge of a lifetime; you’re not a loser for forging a new path in the B2B world and trying something different, no matter how you measure your success, by attempting something new you have everything to gain.

By Charles Liu

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custom mapping solutions based on it. These solutions have given them a leading edge against SMEs by allowing them to do their geographical decisions, at all levels, much faster and better than before. Furthermore, because the core entrance cost of this technology has been so high - $15,000 AUD per year plus the cost of custom development - SMEs have been restricted from utilising it.

Geographical Information?

“A picture speaks 1000 words”. A fact that is well known and has been reflected in the IT industry ever since the introduction of Graphical Interfaces back in the 1980s. Yet despite this, SME’s have struggled to truly embrace the principle in their daily operations and it is costing them.

Google knows this and on the 11th of June 2018 they introduced a modification to their product and pricing scheme.

Rather than $15,000 a year for each business they charge once a month for every map load after the 28,000th. This has significantly increased the cost for corporate groups but also presented SMEs an opportunity to be empowered by the same technology. SMEs can now incorporate Google Maps into any of their geographical operations without worrying about a usage fee. The only issue is, they need to cover the cost of the solutions development.

Most businesses have embraced the use of charts and graphs for their financial information. Some have even adopted dashboards displays for quick business overviews. But almost none have truly embraced a visual interface for their core geographical operations, such as sales, services, deliveries and asset management. Instead they still rely on word and excel documents which can consume valuable hours to analyse. The question is why?

When it comes to mapping solutions you generally have two options. One is to use a standardised product which is typically charged at a monthly rate per user. There are a number of these available for sales teams and real estate agents but not much else. The other is to develop a custom solution for more unique and specific things like vehicle tracking or knowing when your vending machines need restocking.

These will typically cost you 6 figures plus the cost of server maintenance, a price most SMEs would struggle with. It is due to this struggle for SME’s that CRM-Map was developed.

Google Maps is a heavily visual digital navigation, planning and routing system. It was not the first on the market, but it is now the accepted standard that almost everyone uses on a day to day basis irrelevant of their position and technological knowledge. Many corporates have recognised that this technologies familiarity and ease of use can be expanded to cover their daily operations and as such, they have developed

Utilising 34 years of experience developing custom solutions CRM-Map was built to allow organisations to create custom mapping interfaces without any coding skills and to be charged in the same way you would be for a standardised product. Given this, the reason why most businesses are still using word and excel for geographical operations is because CRM-Map only became feasible and available in June.

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It might not even be a human who has knocked you back, but a computer. Big institutions lack flexibility, and you can’t expect a machine to see the big picture.

served?

You are the heart and soul of your business, and to succeed you need patience, ambition and persistence.

You already know that running a business is as much about building good relationships as it is about money.

So, you need support, and flexibility, not just a deposit.

How does that sound?

2.4 million Aussies are self-employed*. Are you one of them? Have you found it difficult dealing with one of the big banks? Running your own business can make you invisible to a lot of the big lenders. They just don’t see you as worth the time, or the risk.

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redzed.com * References: Morgan, Gary, 2017, Unemployment Press Release, Roy Morgan, Finding No. 7423, Australia, http://www.roymorgan.com/findings/7423-roymorgan-australian-unemployment-estimates-november-2017-201712070133

We’re RedZed, and we believe in helping the self-employed.

Really. That’s why we’re here. When it comes to selfemployed people in Australia, we know that one-size, or one style, does not fit all.

That means we’re offering ongoing relationships.

We’re offering tailored and flexible loan solutions that reflect the diversity and individuality of Aussie owned and operated business.

We’re about a holistic approach to lending, and human lending-criteria. We’ve got skin in the game, so we will help you make better work for yourself. We’re small enough to listen, and big enough to help. We’re RedZed.

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Do Your Team Members Really

Understand Each Other?

There is an assumption that, because we know another person, we understand them. The truth is that we probably don’t. As human beings, we think we understand people because we make judgments about them.

The consequences of that judgment-making can be unhelpful, since our judgment may be incorrect. Often, we behave towards another person based on a flawed, primitive reaction.

We may judge that someone behaves in a particular way based on what they wear, for example, and their appearance makes our judgment such that we immediately dislike the person.

That is not helpful when trying to create a high-performing team.

We shouldn’t strive to stop making judgments—we are designed to use that primitive part of our brain as a safety mechanism. However, we can manage what our judgment leads us to think or do.

Mounting Pressure In the workplace, when people don’t see eye-to-eye, the pressure mounts.

There may be pressure from senior management for better performance, cuts in costs, increases in productivity, etc.

This may manifest in verbal exchanges which are, at best, uncomfortable or, at worse, demanding and possibly threatening.

Often, the pressure comes from an even more senior executive, which is then passed onto the individual team members. Cries of ‘you should try doing my job with the lack of help around here’ may be heard around the office. Accusations of people not supporting others and the business failing are discussed.

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A Basic Knowledge of Colleagues is Not Enough Friction between colleagues is usually due to the two protagonists not understanding how to put their point across.

Here is an example I witnessed recently.

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Does this sound familiar? If it does, you are not alone.

Malcolm Dawes is the most sought-after authority on people performance and effectiveness for senior executives who are responsible for producing high-performing teams.

For over 30 years, Malcolm has been engaged as a performance expert by companies around the world.

Under pressure for improved performance, one manager (Zac) came up with what he thought was an improved method to measure sales people. Zac’s idea was presented as a done deal to another senior manager (Aaron) who had a vested interest in the productivity of the sales force.

Aaron didn’t like the idea put forward by Zac. He thought that the existing system of measurement was fine and didn’t need any change. Zac, however, insisted that his idea was a better option, so much so he enrolled the assistance of his boss to get the new idea adopted.

That was like a red rag to a bull. What do you think Aaron did? He went to his boss. That person happened to be Zac’s boss’s boss.

Guess who won the battle? Aaron did.

That situation arose simply because Zac’s behavioural approach did not appeal to Aaron. Zac wanted control, to exhibit the authority of his position. Aaron wanted to be respected for his expertise and attention to detail. Zac’s direct, fast-paced approach caused friction with Aaron’s more pragmatic, slower-paced and meticulous preferences.

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Given a different communication style by each player in this scene, the outcome could have been beneficial to both, as well as the business. Instead the situation escalated, time and money were wasted; pride dented.

This type of friction gets noticed by others in the team. People begin to talk behind closed doors about the way things are being handled. Conflict leads to confrontation in turn, reducing productivity.

Left unchecked, this leads to ongoing conflict—people won’t work together; absenteeism increases and workload along with it. This puts greater pressure on the team, the manager and the manager’s manager.

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A Big Deal

Over the course of our meetings and the necessary background checks, I discovered that the credit card default had occurred more than two years ago. This opened up some additional possibilities and helped us leverage their credit status to qualify for a less expensive loan.

Ren Hor Wong Executive chairman and CEO N1 Holdings

We suggested a specialist product at 85% LVR, rather than 90%, and straight off this gave them lower-risk fees and interest rates. Throughout this process it was important for me to explain what their options were, as well as how they would impact future financial decisions; after all, nobody wants to be overstretched with debt.

THE SCENARIO Over the course of this year, lending standards have changed dramatically, and many borrowers have found themselves locked out of a market they previously would have had no trouble accessing. Adding to the problems this has caused, more and more people have blemished credit histories and, while this has given rise to a surge in non-bank lending, it takes a broker to navigate the often-complicated and unfamiliar non-bank sector.

I was approached by a Sydney-based couple who wanted to move into a larger home. However, due to their credit histories they required a specialist product to fund their purchase – they just didn’t know it yet.

The wife saw their dream home at auction and paid the 10% deposit needed to secure the property, but they had not acquired pre-approval. Obviously this jeopardised their entire plan, but it was only the start of the problems. t soon transpired that the husband had a credit card default of more than $7,000 and they needed to borrow 90% of the property’s value, taking them into LMI territory. As the saying goes, life is full of surprises. As brokers, our clients often turn to us to mitigate some of life’s unforeseen developments, and this was a classic case.

At our first meeting, I sat down with both the husband and wife to go through their credit histories and current financial position. This helped me to understand exactly how much they needed to borrow but, more importantly, how they planned to pay it back.

As part of the due diligence in this process I also enquired about their ultimate financial goals, and this presented another opportunity for me to help them avoid any further surprises.

THE SOLUTION The priority was to ensure serviceability, which meant that we had to reduce the cost of repayments, as well as associated fees, as much as possible.

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THE TAKEAWAY There was a huge educational curve for the clients in this deal, which placed pressure on us in two ways: first of all it meant we had to take additional time to investigate the options available within their current circumstances, and second, but more importantly, we had to manage expectations by ensuring we could secure the finance needed.

Ultimately the clients were very happy with the outcome – they got the mortgage and the property, while also addressing their future goals and restructuring their finances in a way that would support achieving them.

It was also a win for brokers as it demonstrated the value we bring, especially for clients who require the services of a nonmajor, or even non-bank, lender. The clients were aware that the product they needed wasn’t typically available at any of the major banks, but the specialist, professional knowledge needed to find the right loan could only come from an impartial professional, ie a broker.

As the mortgage lending landscape continues to change in response to regulatory outcomes and factors beyond our control, deals like this really demonstrate the value brokers bring, not only to their clients but to competition across the industry.

Without the expertise of a professional, this couple would not have been able to buy this property, or set themselves on the right track to secure their future financial goals.

Meeting – and using – a broker has its value. My conclusion is that, as brokers, we need to know what’s available in the market, including alternative and specialist lending products that aren’t commonly available to clients who only talk to major banks.

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Freelease Copiers the printing and photocopying specialists for small to medium sized businesses Here at Freelease Copiers Pty Ltd we are pleased to have this opportunity to showcase our contract free service plans and to demonstrate our Toshiba and Develop multi-function printers at the B2B Expo 2019.

Freelease Copiers Pty Ltd is an innovative company with a reputation for meeting the printing needs of Australia’s small to medium business community. Since 2001 the company has been delivering a range of high-quality office printing services to a variety of businesses in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and Canberra.

The company was founded by Timothy Holland, an experienced photocopy engineer who, as a technician himself, had witnessed how unfair the lock-in printer contract can be. A small business cannot guarantee it will always be successful and cannot honestly commit to sign a long-term agreement.

As a small business owner himself Tim realised that other small businesses could be better served by a specialist provider. One that fully understood the very specific printing needs the smaller business and who offered plans that were both flexible and fair but without insisting on the customer’s long term commitment.

Every business has different printing needs that can change month by month as they grow. By offering no lock-in contracts a small business could be presented with greater flexibility and cost effectiveness along with the knowledge that they were not also taking on a long term obligation.

Today’s small business customer rightly expects excellent customer service, a quick efficient response to their requests and, most importantly, value for money. At Freelease Copiers we pride ourselves on fulfilling all of these needs.

It is important to us that each of our customers has a fully operating multi-function printer at all times. To achieve this our industry trained technicians will support our customers with a phone and callout service, network servicing on installation, servicing and aftercare, which includes toner and replacement parts. The monthly costs are all that you will pay, there are no hidden fees.

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We will also upgrade the printer if it needs replacing due to wear or when technology requires so you can feel confident your future printer needs will be met.

Freelease Copiers operate the Toshiba e-Studio 55c series and the Develop Ineo multi-function colour printers to give the high quality and reliable printing performance that our customers deserve.

Examples of these machines and their capabilities will be on display at the B2B Expo in Melbourne in 2019.

Company founder and director Tim Holland will be in attendance to answer questions and demonstrate the machines.

The technical specifications of the machines we will be showcasing are: TOSHIBA 55C SERIES: A3, A4 or A5 colour or B/W printing, between 25 to 50 pages printed per minute. Scan to email facility. Finishing options include hole punching, stapling and booklet finishing.

DEVELOP 8 SERIES: A3, A4 or A5 colour or B/W printing, between 25 to 36 pages printed per minute. Scan to email facility. Finishing options include hole punching, stapling and booklet finishing.

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Dumbledore and Marketing You’ll be surprised to hear it, but positioning yourself as ‘the best in business’ is not the key to digital marketing success.

That’s what your competitors are doing, and it’s the worst thing you can do in marketing.

Truth is, customers don’t care about the fact that your grandfather started the business 75 years ago, that you’ve won industry awards 6 years in a row, or that you have multiple degrees in your area of specialty..

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Most marketing gurus tell you to build authority in marketing.

WRONG. You don’t need authority. Your brand message needs to show empathy to your customers’ problems, and show willingness to guide them through the journey, which leads to a successful outcome together.

Do you pick your dentist based on their qualifications and training?

Bragging about yourself in marketing is like a salty dish - it looks nice but unpleasant to taste.

Always, always focus on how you can position yourself as a guide to your customers; they should walk away as the hero.

In other words, customers don’t pay you for your products, they pay you for better versions of themselves.

Off you go now, Professor Dumbledore.

Your business is not the hero, the customer is.

The only thing customers care about, is that they have a painful problem dying for a solution. Hopefully you’re the one who has that magic pill that fixes everything.

We run a monthly Marketing Makeover Workshop to help businesses clarify their marketing and create simple strategies that work - regardless of all the online marketing trends.

Just look around, more than 90% of the marketing you see out there do the same thing - positioning their companies as a hero. And whenever you are attracted to any great marketing, these companies understand the biggest paradigm shift in marketing: Your customers is the hero; and your business is the guide to help them win the day.

You will join the hundreds of past attendees to completely revamp your marketing, be given $20,000 worth of practical tools to create your website and marketing collaterals, plus receiving a free copy of the best-selling book ‘Building a StoryBrand’ by Donald Miller.

In another words, stop playing Harry Potter who is a struggling loser full of chaotic problems. Start being that wise, beenthere-done-that Professor Dumbledore.

Customers are drawn to businesses who can effectively communicate a solution to solve the problems that is stopping them from getting what they want. They paint a picture of success, give them an easy-to-follow plan, and prevent them from failure.

That means your business’s credentials, qualifications, product quality, or discount sales have nothing to do with them making a decision to do business with you.

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Is confusing and unattractive marketing costing your business an enormous amount of money? Register today for the workshop, before wasting another dollar on pretty websites and vague Facebook ads.

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