Chasing The Dream! Magazine - Issue 4
Welcome To Chasing The Dream! Magazine - Issue 4 by Founder and Entrepreneur - Chris Beks. In this edition, Founder, Chris Beks gives us a timely reminder of 5 forgotten or often missed tax deductions and some super helpful tips for building your customer database, ensuring you have a strong and compelling vision for your business and some recommendations on good tech apps available for small businesses. Visit ceebeks.com
Welcome To Chasing The Dream! Magazine - Issue 4 by Founder and Entrepreneur - Chris Beks.
In this edition, Founder, Chris Beks gives us a timely reminder of 5 forgotten or often missed tax deductions and some super helpful tips for building your customer database, ensuring you have a strong and compelling vision for your business and some recommendations on good tech apps available for small businesses. Visit ceebeks.com
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MAGAZINE<br />
ISSUE 4<br />
How Not To Miss<br />
Out On Your Tax<br />
Deductions<br />
- Chris Beks<br />
Tech Tools To<br />
Drive Efficiencies<br />
Recharge Your<br />
Personal Batteries<br />
<strong>The</strong> Role That<br />
Vision Plays<br />
- Founder, Tom Watson, IBM<br />
Customer<br />
Success Story<br />
- <strong>The</strong> Muldoon Family, Hair La<br />
Mode, Hamilton, Victoria<br />
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CONTENTS<br />
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WHAT’S INSIDE<br />
4<br />
Welcome Message<br />
From Chris Beks<br />
6<br />
12<br />
Feature Story:<br />
5 Forgotten<br />
Or Missed Tax<br />
Deductions<br />
Tech Time<br />
Education:<br />
But I Don’t Have A<br />
Website... What Has<br />
All This Got To Do 20With Me?<br />
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Customer Success<br />
Story: Shelley &<br />
Jason Muldoon -<br />
Hair La Mode<br />
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You’ve<br />
Education:<br />
Making Your Way<br />
In <strong>The</strong> World Today<br />
Takes Everything<br />
Got<br />
16<br />
Your<br />
18<br />
Role<br />
Education:<br />
A “Gold Mine” At<br />
Finger Tips<br />
Education:<br />
Built To Last - <strong>The</strong><br />
Vision Plays ...<br />
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Just<br />
For Laughs<br />
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Ceebeks<br />
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WELCOME MESSAGE<br />
From Chris Beks<br />
W<br />
elcome to our quarterly publication which was first released in 2020 in<br />
celebration of our 30th Anniversary of chasing our dreams and helping business<br />
owners achieve theirs in which we promote ideas, share what we’re up to,<br />
highlight and focus on successful ‘Chasers’ who have been part of our journey together.<br />
This is our 4th Edition of the ‘<strong>Chasing</strong> the <strong>Dream</strong>! <strong>Magazine</strong>’ which means we are in the last throes<br />
of the 2021 financial year - and that means half of the calendar year has gone already!<br />
In this edition we’ll be talking about some of the key things that are changing in our marketplace so<br />
you can take another perspective.<br />
We’ll examine web site strategy and why it’s important, review the 4th way to grow your business<br />
(improving your internal processes), and return to the recurring theme of turning your employees<br />
into a team to discover a “gold mine at your fingertips.”<br />
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We’ll also review the concept of vision (when you<br />
read this article, consider not only your vision for your<br />
business, but your vision for your life and family as well).<br />
We also share the excitement in this edition of the new<br />
space we have leased at the former Fletcher Jones<br />
Factory. This new space, christened ‘<strong>The</strong> Chasers<br />
Hub’ will allow us to run our workshops for the<br />
Chasers Getting Results Program, our future Chasers<br />
Mastermind and re-invent/renew the Chasers Meet<br />
Up - our social get together where we network with<br />
each, hear from a guest speaker and share ideas &<br />
experiences about our businesses whilst raising funds<br />
for Warrnambool & District Food Share.<br />
In this issue, we also focus on a<br />
fellow Chaser - Shelley Muldoon from<br />
Hair La Mode in Hamilton - and hear<br />
about her journey and the dreams she<br />
is chasing with her husband, Jason,<br />
for their family.<br />
To find out more about our Business<br />
Program and how it can accelerate<br />
achieving your dreams, click on the link<br />
www.ceebeks.com/cgr/ or contact the<br />
Team today on 03 5561 2643 <strong>The</strong> Ceebeks<br />
Team and I look forward to helping you on<br />
your financial journey of life and reach the<br />
dreams that you are chasing.<br />
By now all of our customers have had a Tax<br />
Planning meeting to minimise their 2021<br />
tax liabilities. Make sure that if you haven’t<br />
reviewed your current year’s profitability<br />
that you book in for our Tax Planning<br />
meeting so that you don’t have to pay any<br />
more tax than you are legally obligated to!<br />
We’d love to talk with you and you can reach<br />
us on our contacts right below.<br />
Please enjoy our 4th Edition…<br />
… to chasing our dreams, together!<br />
Since our last edition of the magazine, I have been kept<br />
busy with lots of education and learning. I attended a<br />
2-Day On-line Wealth Summit, the 1-day 2021 Online<br />
Fringe Benefits Tax Webinar, attended my monthly<br />
Coaching Mastermind and attended my first 4-day In-<br />
Person Conference in Sydney since February 2020 due<br />
to COVID, to keep up-to-date with new business tech, get<br />
some inspiration and motivation that I will share with you<br />
all in the near future, heard from amazing global experts<br />
and to catch up with my tribe who hold me accountable<br />
for pushing our business forward.<br />
Book A Free Call<br />
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chasers-getting-results-program<br />
Being in business can no longer be left to chance to<br />
survive, well crafted plans - business & marketing - are<br />
now more critical than ever, given how COVID has forever<br />
changed the way we will do business in the future.<br />
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5 FORGOTTEN<br />
OR MISSED TAX<br />
DEDUCTIONS<br />
From Chris Beks<br />
With the end of another financial year rapidly come towards us, we want<br />
to share with you 5 tax deductible expenses that are often forgotten or<br />
missed entirely by uninformed taxpayers.<br />
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1. CARRY FORWARD<br />
CONCESSIONAL<br />
CONTRIBUTIONS<br />
For most people, super begins when you start work, and your employer starts<br />
paying a portion of your salary or wages into a super fund for you. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
payments are known as super guarantee contributions (SGC) or concessional<br />
(pre-tax) contributions. Super (including super guarantee from your employer),<br />
is your money.<br />
From 2019–20, carry-forward rules allow you to make extra concessional<br />
contributions – above the general concessional contributions cap of $25,000<br />
– without having to pay extra tax. <strong>The</strong> carry-forward arrangements involve<br />
accessing unused concessional cap amounts from previous years.<br />
So for example, if your only contributions to your super fund in both the<br />
2019 & 2020 financial year were employer SGC contributions, of say $4,750<br />
X 2 (9.5% on gross wages of $50,000 for both 2019 & 2020 financial years),<br />
then in 2021 you can make an additional contribution of $40,500 i.e. 2019 &<br />
2020 contribution caps - ($25,000 x 2) - $9,750, without penalty in addition to<br />
maximising the 2021 contributions cap of $25,000 too!<br />
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2. DEFER INCOME<br />
UNTIL NEXT YEAR<br />
This is one of those tips that will only save you money in the current financial<br />
year but can benefit some small business owners. (It’s not a deduction per se,<br />
but can help lessen your tax burden this year.)<br />
Legitimately, hold off issuing invoices until after July 1 by delaying the<br />
completion of the job. This puts that income into the next financial year so that<br />
you can claim it later.<br />
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3. BRING FORWARD<br />
EXPENSES<br />
<strong>The</strong> converse to point 2 above. You can bring forward some expenses and pay<br />
them early (before June 30) so that those expenses can count in the current<br />
financial year and count toward those taxes.<br />
Prepay rent, insurance, or anything else that is paid annually. (Just note that<br />
you might have to continue doing this each year or you might end up with a<br />
gap tax year where you don’t have these expenses at all.)<br />
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4. CLAIM SOCIAL<br />
MEDIA ADS<br />
All that advertising you did this year? Claim it!<br />
Most businesses run Google or Facebook Ads to help get customers to their<br />
website. Even though these expenses may seem small at the time they can<br />
add up.<br />
Advertising is a crucial traffic driver for many small businesses, whether they<br />
operate solely online or have a physical location. Go back and look at the<br />
budget you set for these ads and your spends to track for taxes. (It’s also a<br />
good time to think about how effective these campaigns were and if you plan<br />
to use them again.)<br />
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5. DONATIONS<br />
If we want to make sure that we can get the best use of our own money<br />
instead of giving a bigger share to the tax office, why not make a gift to a<br />
charity that does an amazing job in our community supporting the vulnerable<br />
and less fortunate that has really been impacted by COVID.<br />
<strong>The</strong>re are so brilliant organisations out there that could really benefit from<br />
your generosity and in doing so you get to feel really great knowing that you<br />
are sharing some of your good fortune and as a financial bonus, get a tax<br />
deduction for the gift!<br />
Just make sure that the charity is a registered deductible gift recipient to<br />
secure your tax deduction and keep a copy of your receipt!<br />
If you would like to know more ways to legally minimise your tax liabilities<br />
contact our Team on 03-55612643 or email Shannae Hewett to arrange a<br />
meeting online or in-person at shannae@ceebeks.com.<br />
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TECH TIME<br />
Technology is being developed at such a rapid pace<br />
that it can be overwhelming for business owners.<br />
We unpack several tech tools in this edition to help<br />
get you started.<br />
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Hubstaff - for those business owners now<br />
faced with the additional task of managing<br />
remote workers as a consequence of the COVID<br />
pandemic, is an easy-to-administer, featurerich,<br />
time tracking tool. If you’re diligent about<br />
monitoring employee behavior while on the<br />
clock then check it out.<br />
Canva - our go to all-in-one graphic design tool<br />
for our presentations, social media posts, book<br />
& launch, banners, flags and event promotions.<br />
It simply is one of, if not the best online graphic<br />
design tool and cpms with a very generous free<br />
option loaded with features!<br />
Grammarly - If you are a stickly for accuracy<br />
in punctuation and grammar because<br />
you want to maintain excellence in your<br />
communication skills then you must use this<br />
tool. For me, Grammarly Premium is worth<br />
it. <strong>The</strong> free version is a useful tool, and better<br />
than not having a second set of eyes look<br />
over your writing. It will identify far more<br />
spelling and grammar mistakes than your<br />
typical free checker.<br />
Lastpass - like many business owners trying<br />
to keep track of our passwords to safeguard<br />
their IP and customer data, we have been<br />
using this tech tool for the past 5 years and<br />
have had no issues whatsoever. LastPass<br />
has been the biggest name in password<br />
management for several years, and it’s easy<br />
to see why. It is one of the most featurepacked<br />
of the best password managers and<br />
easily allows management o add or remove<br />
passwords access to various folders,<br />
software and other sensitive areas in your<br />
business. We simply love this tool!<br />
QR Code-monkey.com - We are all now used<br />
to using QR codes for checking-in to various<br />
venuess as part of the new post-COVID way<br />
of life. This tool is one of the most popular<br />
free online qr code generators with millions<br />
of already created QR codes. <strong>The</strong> high<br />
resolution of the QR codes and the powerful<br />
design options make it one of the best free<br />
QR code generators on the web that can be<br />
used for commercial and print purposes,<br />
and can be even be generated in colour and<br />
incorporate your logo!<br />
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CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY<br />
SHELLEY<br />
& JASON<br />
MULDOON<br />
HAIR LA MODE<br />
H community<br />
air La Mode was born in 1994 to Shelley & Jason Muldoon at a time when becoming<br />
self employed felt rather premature, both 24, heavily invested in sport and the<br />
but quietly determined to explore this path & where it may take them.<br />
Shelley had completed a four-year masterclass from two of Australia’s finest stylists, along with<br />
some brief management which gave her a sound toolkit.<br />
<strong>The</strong> reality of fifty plus hours on the Salon floor doing what Shelley loved was doable and Jase<br />
adapted very well & happily to the administration side of the business as he was employed full time<br />
as an Optical Technician. It was this toolkit that gave the couple confidence to invest in others.<br />
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However, after ten years of substandard<br />
financial reward for their efforts, it was<br />
time for change.<br />
On recommendation they met with<br />
Ceebeks Business Solutions and<br />
almost immediately they could visualise<br />
happiness, security & hope for their family,<br />
now including Georgia & Olivia.<br />
<strong>The</strong>ir assistance has accelerated and<br />
quickly brought forward our vision of<br />
operating from our very own premises and<br />
being in control of our future.<br />
Chris, Ange and their 3 beautiful daughters<br />
have a unique way of making you feel like<br />
family & they now enjoy a harmonious<br />
business relationship aligned with trust,<br />
respect & friendship.<br />
Hair La Mode trained<br />
and employed many<br />
wonderful humans over<br />
the years, empowering<br />
& investing in the<br />
dreams of many.<br />
Recognising the need to change pace &<br />
the importance of cleaner air for everyone,<br />
Hair La Mode partnered with AVEDA.<br />
Together with these wonderful business<br />
partners Hair La Mode looks forward to a<br />
bright business future providing beautiful<br />
Haircare to Hamilton & Regional Victoria.<br />
FOLLOW US<br />
@hairlamode<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
You already stand out from everyone<br />
else.<br />
A “GOLD MINE” AT<br />
YOUR FINGER TIPS.<br />
A You<br />
and services, people who want what you’ve got and appreciate<br />
that you offer value for money.<br />
And yet, each and every day, we DO deal with so many of these<br />
very same people. Those people are called your customers, as<br />
well as soon-to-be customers who have made inquiries.<br />
Your customer database - a detailed list of customer names,<br />
personal details, and, in some cases, spending patterns<br />
and other information - is so important to the future of your<br />
marketing.<br />
s a business owner or manager, you’re<br />
constantly looking for people to sell to.<br />
know, people who match your products<br />
Customers will be more interested,<br />
curious even, to find out why you’re<br />
contacting them.<br />
You’re already “in,” if you like!<br />
In addition, contacting<br />
a person one-on-one<br />
means that you no longer<br />
compete with all the other<br />
mass marketing forms out<br />
there, such as television,<br />
radio, print, and so on.<br />
Essentially, contacting<br />
someone personally means<br />
that your business breaks<br />
through the clutter of all<br />
the other marketing your<br />
customer is bombarded<br />
with on a daily basis.<br />
Why, then, is the opportunity to tap<br />
into this huge resource as a marketing<br />
method lost time and time again?<br />
Being a “known quantity” gives you the edge. Marketing directly<br />
to your existing customers gives your business an edge. You<br />
see, if someone has purchased from you before, they know you.<br />
Is it because we feel we’re already<br />
too busy to add anything else for that<br />
customer?<br />
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Is it because we don’t know how to capture the<br />
all-important customer details needed to make this<br />
asset work for our businesses?<br />
For the most part, we don’t set up systems like this<br />
because it seems more important (and sometimes<br />
easier) to concentrate on continually pursuing new<br />
prospects, instead of tapping into the hottest list in<br />
town - your existing customers!<br />
(If you already have a customer database and a<br />
process to continually build that database, bear<br />
with us. You might find out how to improve it and<br />
just what it could mean for your business.)<br />
All it involves is a few easy-to-ask questions about<br />
the customer’s name, address, phone and e-mail to<br />
build basic database information.<br />
You can also ask questions to track other important<br />
information, such as the source of your inquiries.<br />
(This in turn can help you make better decisions<br />
within the framework of your marketing budget.)<br />
For example: “And before you go, can<br />
I just ask, how did you hear about us?”<br />
Or “How many people do you think<br />
will be using the [product or service]<br />
regularly?”<br />
Other information you can note could be what was<br />
purchased for what cost, and their gender and<br />
occupation if you know it.<br />
WHAT IS THE<br />
DATABASE PROCESS?<br />
Simple.<br />
Gather names and other details from every single<br />
customer (or soon-to-be customer) to create your<br />
database.<br />
From there you ask questions that help you glean<br />
a better understanding of your customer profile –<br />
age, income, spending patterns and so on.<br />
Other ways to capture this information is via<br />
prize draws. Offer to give away something your<br />
customers would love to have, and ask your<br />
team members to encourage every customer to<br />
complete an entry form. That can make it fun too!<br />
In doing so, you’ll be building your most valuable<br />
asset. In fact, an asset so valuable it can be sold.<br />
Here are some useful techniques...<br />
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schedule a chat<br />
Many business owners shy away from creating a<br />
customer database as a tool, thinking it will be too<br />
difficult. Actually, it could make your life much easier.<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
BUILT TO LAST - THE<br />
ROLE VISION PLAYS ...<br />
“Built To Last — Successful Habits of Visionary Companies” by James<br />
Collins and Jerry Porras, is one of the best books ever written (at<br />
least we think so!) on the importance of vision in building a lasting,<br />
successful business. <strong>The</strong>re is little doubt that your starting point to<br />
growing your business must be the vision you have for its future – the<br />
way you want your business to be when it’s done, so to speak.<br />
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P<br />
rofit goals, staffing needs, what kind of<br />
lifestyle you’d like it to achieve for you<br />
and more.<br />
How clear you are all on that is critical. Refer to the<br />
last edition’s article titled: ‘Working Backwards Takes<br />
You Forward ...What?’<br />
From there your success may be measured by how<br />
well you are able to communicate that vision to the<br />
people who will be helping you achieve it - your team<br />
- and how committed you are to having them and<br />
yourself work on building your business as well as<br />
serving your customers.<br />
Here’s what the owner of what once was a small<br />
business has to say about becoming successful:<br />
“IBM is what it is today for three special<br />
reasons.<br />
<strong>The</strong> first reason is that, at the very beginning,<br />
I had a very clear picture of what the company<br />
would look like when it was finally done. You<br />
might say that I had a model in my mind of what<br />
it would look like when the dream - my vision -<br />
was in place.<br />
<strong>The</strong> second reason was that once I had that<br />
picture, I then asked myself how a company that<br />
looked like that would have to act. I then created<br />
a picture of how IBM would act when it was<br />
finally done.<br />
In other words, I realised that for IBM to<br />
become a great company it would have to<br />
act like a great company long before it ever<br />
became one. From the very outset, IBM was<br />
fashioned after the template of my vision.<br />
And each and every day, we attempted to<br />
model the company after that template. At<br />
the end of each day, we asked ourselves<br />
how well we did, discovered the disparity<br />
between where we were and where we had<br />
committed ourselves to be, and at the start of<br />
the following day, we set out to make up the<br />
difference.<br />
Every day at IBM was a day devoted to<br />
business development, not doing business.<br />
We didn’t do business at IBM, we built one.”<br />
TOM WATSON<br />
Founder - International Business<br />
Machines (IBM)<br />
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<strong>The</strong> third reason that IBM has been so<br />
successful was that once I had a picture in place<br />
of how IBM would look when the dream was<br />
in place, and how such a company would have<br />
to act, I then realised that unless we began to<br />
act that way from the very beginning, we would<br />
never get there.<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
BUT I DON’T<br />
HAVE A<br />
WEBSITE ...<br />
WHAT HAS<br />
ALL THIS<br />
GOT TO DO<br />
WITH ME?<br />
Yet it is critical because, even at a minimum, web sites<br />
are like business cards these days (although they can be<br />
far more than that) in that they represent your business<br />
to the world at large.<br />
f you’ve been watching the news<br />
and reading the papers, and finding<br />
Iyourself continually asking this<br />
question, you may need to rethink your<br />
strategy.<br />
Although building a web site can seem<br />
incredibly foreign to most of us, it really<br />
isn’t that difficult or expensive.<br />
Even if you’re thinking “our business is locally-based,<br />
how can the ‘World Wide Web’ really be relevant to me?”<br />
Read on because that could be misleading. Think of it<br />
this way, if you don’t have a web site, chances are your<br />
competitors do.<br />
Let’s take a look at some numbers to examine just what<br />
that could mean to you.<br />
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COVID has ensured that the future of social<br />
communications will be shaped by an alwaysonline<br />
culture. We were all forced to use technology<br />
whether we liked it or not to keep our businesses<br />
operational, our team members together and<br />
our distant family members in contact, as a<br />
consequence. Always online is already here and will<br />
set the trend going forward. Total connectivity, the<br />
Internet you can take with you wherever you go, is<br />
growing unstoppably. <strong>The</strong>re is no turning back for<br />
global digitalisation.<br />
Innovation is the driving force of growth and<br />
progress, so we need to shake up entrenched<br />
processes, products, services, and industries,<br />
so that all of us together - including established<br />
businesses, reacting to their emerging competitors -<br />
can move forward together.<br />
As smartphones and other<br />
internet-connected devices have<br />
become more widespread, 31% of<br />
U.S. adults now report that they<br />
go online “almost constantly,” up<br />
from 21% in 2015, according to a<br />
new Pew Research Center survey<br />
conducted Jan. 25 to Feb. 8, 2021.<br />
Innovation is shaping and will continue to shape<br />
the future of social communications. It is already<br />
a reality that Internet connections are increasingly<br />
mobile.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Internet has turned our existence upside down.<br />
It has revolutionised communications, to the extent<br />
that it is now our preferred medium of everyday<br />
communication. In almost everything we do, we use<br />
the Internet. Ordering a pizza, buying a television,<br />
sharing a moment with a friend, sending a picture<br />
over instant messaging.<br />
Overall, 85% of Americans say they go online on<br />
a daily basis. That figure includes the 31% who<br />
report going online almost constantly, as well as<br />
48% who say they go online several times a day<br />
and 6% who go online about once a day. Some 8%<br />
go online several times a week or less often, while<br />
7% of adults say they do not use the internet at all.<br />
Before the Internet, if you wanted to keep up with<br />
the news, you had to walk down to the newsstand<br />
when it opened in the morning and buy a local<br />
edition reporting what had happened the previous<br />
day. But today a click or two is enough to read your<br />
local paper and any news source from anywhere in<br />
the world, updated up to the minute.<br />
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HOW CAN YOU<br />
USE THE WEB STRATEGICALLY?<br />
<strong>The</strong> study also showed how and why businesses<br />
intended to use the web. Considering how your<br />
competitors are using it could give you the answers<br />
you need.<br />
For example:<br />
Of those small businesses surveyed,<br />
69% said they were going to use their<br />
sites to promote to their prospects –<br />
aren’t your competitor’s prospects your<br />
prospects too?<br />
57% of all businesses said they were<br />
going to conduct e-commerce through<br />
their sites. Given that customers<br />
place a high priority on convenience,<br />
being able to purchase online is<br />
very appealing and could mean the<br />
difference between you and your<br />
competitor – local or otherwise.<br />
48% were going to use their sites to<br />
improve customer service. A study<br />
conducted by the ‘Technical Assistance<br />
Research Program’ asked why people<br />
stopped doing business with a particular<br />
business. <strong>The</strong> results showed that 68% of<br />
customers do so because of “perceived<br />
indifference” towards them or simply<br />
translated, the “quality of service” they<br />
receive. Businesses that are focusing on,<br />
and improving, customer service through<br />
their web sites are going to be a cut ahead<br />
of you, if you don’t do the same or better!<br />
46% said they were going to use their site<br />
specifically for business competition –<br />
that means going head to head with you.<br />
11% said they were going to<br />
use their website for employee<br />
communication as a place to<br />
share information and keep team<br />
members working together.<br />
Given that your customers then see the web as a<br />
very real part of their lives, and your<br />
competitors are using it in a number of ways to<br />
take business away from you - what’s<br />
your web strategy going to be?<br />
Call us today to discuss how we can help you<br />
develop and build your own robust web presence<br />
and a site that produces leads while you sleep!<br />
Call our office on 03 5561 2643 to<br />
schedule a chat<br />
CALL US TODAY<br />
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EDUCATION<br />
MAKING YOUR WAY IN<br />
THE WORLD TODAY TAKES<br />
EVERYTHING YOU’VE GOT ...<br />
W<br />
hen you look around the world today with all of the changes we’re facing - web<br />
sites, e-commerce, new ways of living, new ways of doing business, new ways<br />
of communicating, new ways of educating each other, higher standards of living<br />
with yet longer work hours, even a new decade - it’s easy to become distracted.<br />
Sometimes we become so focused on keeping up, staying competitive, adapting to these changes<br />
and moving ahead we can forget the fundamentals and miss the point. So much so that we can<br />
ignore some of the most important aspects of our lives, aspects that can actually enhance our<br />
business lives.<br />
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YOU NEED TO<br />
REMEMBER WHAT’S<br />
IMPORTANT.<br />
And very often it’s our time away from<br />
work – recuperating and enjoying the<br />
fruits of our labour like great food,<br />
great people, holidays or even just a<br />
great night’s sleep – that truly keeps<br />
us going.<br />
Another great way to keep getting “recharged” is<br />
to make sure the most important people in your<br />
life – partners, spouses, children, extended family<br />
and friends understand what you are attempting<br />
to achieve in your life and how your business acts<br />
as the medium for achieving those goals.<br />
Think honestly about this example for a moment.<br />
You’ll find when you do that, they’ll rally behind<br />
you even more.<br />
Do you ever keep working when you know you’re<br />
exhausted?<br />
You work on something for hours and hours trying to<br />
solve the issue with little to no progress. But you think<br />
“I have to get this done tonight.” So you keep struggling<br />
through, only to find that you fall asleep at your desk<br />
with no results.<br />
Compare that to when you’ve said “that’s it,” put<br />
yourself to bed, and told yourself you would find a<br />
solution in the morning when you felt more energised.<br />
Didn’t you find that the same problem takes less than<br />
half the time and seems so much smaller?<br />
This could range from introducing you to people<br />
they know that could be important to progressing<br />
your goals, to importantly giving you the support<br />
you need when the pressure is on.<br />
So be sure to involve the people around you in<br />
your goals, and remember to stop and smell the<br />
roses to keep that battery charged! A balanced<br />
lifestyle makes for a better quality of life, thought<br />
and success.<br />
In the long run it might mean your goals take<br />
a little bit longer to achieve, but at least you<br />
will have enjoyed the journey as much as the<br />
destination!<br />
Of course we’re going to be more productive when<br />
we’ve spent quality time relaxing or enjoying time<br />
with family and friends. Our health, social lives and<br />
the interactions we have with the people who are<br />
important to us can keep us motivated and full of life;<br />
appreciative of what we have and what we’re working<br />
toward.<br />
Think of yourself as a battery.<br />
Like any battery, you have to keep charged up!<br />
Remember, balance brings results!<br />
Call our office on 03 5561 2643 to<br />
schedule a chat<br />
CALL US TODAY<br />
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JUST FOR<br />
LAUGHS<br />
JOKE #1<br />
A large two-engine train was crossing the country. After they had gone some distance,<br />
one of the engines broke down. “No problem,” the engineer thought and carried on at<br />
half power.<br />
Farther on down the line, the other engine broke down and the train came to a<br />
standstill.<br />
<strong>The</strong> engineer decided he should inform the passengers about why the train had<br />
stopped, and made the following announcement, “Ladies and gentlemen, I have some<br />
good news and some bad news. <strong>The</strong> bad news is that both engines have failed, and we<br />
will be stuck here for some time. <strong>The</strong> good news is that you decided to take the train<br />
and not fly.”<br />
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An elephant was drinking out of a<br />
river one day, when he spotted a turtle<br />
asleep on a log. So, he ambled on over<br />
and kicked it clear across the river.<br />
“What did you do that for?” asked a<br />
passing giraffe.<br />
“Because I recognised it as the same<br />
turtle that took a nip out of my trunk<br />
53 years ago.”<br />
JOKE #2<br />
“Wow, what a memory” commented<br />
the giraffe.<br />
“Yes,” said the elephant, “turtle recall”.<br />
<strong>The</strong> loaded mini-van pulled in to<br />
the only remaining campsite. Four<br />
children leaped from the vehicle and<br />
began feverishly unloading gear and<br />
setting up the tent. <strong>The</strong> boys rushed<br />
to gather firewood, while the girls and<br />
their mother set up the camp stove<br />
and cooking utensils.<br />
A nearby camper marvelled to the<br />
youngsters’ father, “That, sir, is some<br />
display of teamwork.”<br />
<strong>The</strong> father replied, “I have a system:<br />
no one goes to the bathroom until the<br />
camp is set up.”<br />
JOKE #3<br />
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