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Sit back and focus on your business, and let MTM Digital handle your Facebook page. We’ll arrange regular and consistent posts, plus manage your inbox communication and other elements of your page. OTHER PLATFORMS

Need help with Twitter, Instagram or LinkedIn? What about a regular newsletter to your valued clients and supporters? We can do it all. Talk to us about your social media and digital needs today.

“MTM Digital has taken the pressure off our business when it comes to staying relevant on social media. They have done an excellent job building our presence and generating interest” Rod Matthew, KSR Autobody

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Why paid advertising remains a key component to marketing

Iwould like you to imagine you are starting a new business back in the pre-digital age.

In a time where local newspapers and the Yellow Pages were business essentials.

Imagine after months of planning, renovating, decorating and training, you have finally thrown open the doors of your new store, office or workshop.

You are now open for business.

But where are the customers?

In this time before social media businesses had no choice but to spend money on advertising.

They advertised in directories, local papers and other advertising platforms to attract customers to their business.

Those that did not advertise either went nowhere or went out of business.

So why do we not do it in today’s marketplace?

In this digital age businesses spend large amounts of money on creating awesome looking websites.

They also spend lots of time creating compelling content on social media pages.

But again, where are the customers? Where is their advertising?

The principles of good marketing and advertising has been around for a long time and have not really changed.

Marketing and Advertising experts still talk about consistent, paid advertising being important. So let me ask you these questions. Do your customers know you have a website? Do they know you are actively on social media? Are you advertising?

If you answered “maybe”, “I think so” or “no” to these questions you need to get active and start doing paid advertising now.

Ad words, paid content, paid ads, boosted posts, sponsorship and all other types of online advertising should be part of your business plan and marketing strategy.

Newspapers, billboards, radio stations... you need to consider where your customers are and how you attract them.

Nothing should be off the table as far as your strategy and considerations for advertising go.

You need to shout it from the rooftops and let people know who you are.

What you do. And how they can contact you.

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Grandparent rights: When family matters

Katherine Hawes.

By Eleni Tsoromokos, Solicitor

When it comes to children and parenting in relationship breakdowns, parents will negotiate or even commence proceedings to reach a consensus about the new family structure and how time with the children is to be divided.

However, this often leaves grandparents in a position of uncertainty as to whether they will be ‘permitted’ to maintain a relationship with their grandchildren.

Sadly, the practical result in many cases is that grandparents are left feeling like their time with their grandchildren is at the whim of their estranged son-in-law or daughter-in-law, with time often reduced to birthday parties or school events.

However, there are legal mechanisms that provide for the rights of grandparents in certain circumstances. The Family Law Act states that, as an underlying principle, it is in the child’s best interest to have a “right to spend time on a regular basis with, and communicate on a regular basis with, both their parents and other people significant to their care, welfare and development such as grandparents”.

The law recognises the importance of maintaining grandparent relationships, so much so that grandparents are specifically named as having the right to apply to the Court for an Order to spend time with their grandchildren. However, it is important to note that applying to the Court is not the only avenue for grandparents.

Other steps include starting a dialogue with the parents, arranging mediation to discuss issues, entering into a parenting plan that expressly outlines a grandparent’s time with their grandchildren, or entering into Consent Orders (agreements sealed by the Court). When the household in which a child lives in is dangerous or the child is at risk of neglect, abuse or violence, then grandparents have the right to step in to apply to the Court for custody.

Every family and situation is different, however, and what works for one family may not work for another. In this sense, it is always important to seek specialised legal advice to ensure a tailor-made approach for the best outcomes for children.

If you have any questions, please contact our office on 8858 3211.

Eleni Tsoromokos is a Junior Lawyer under the supervision of Katherine Hawes, the Principal Solicitor of Digital Age Lawyers.

Eleni Tsoromokos.

MEET THE FAMILY LAW TEAM

Katherine Hawes

Principal Solicitor

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