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How to Persevere in Business for Faster Success
I’ve been on the road, taking my Passion to Profit tour around Australia and again encouraging people to pursue their dreams and get into business! What impresses me most about the people I’m meeting is their enthusiasm. Their belief in themselves and what they have to offer is inspirational, but the truth is that anyone
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How to Become Online Business Savvy
If you want to turn your passion into profit, you will need to market your new enterprise online. During my recent tour I explained that there are clever people out there who can help you. You can employ someone to do all your social media, build your website, even make snazzy videos of you to
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How Australian Businesses Could Raise Capital through Crowdfunding
Major AnnouncementThe big news in Australian business last week was that the Federal Government introduced legislation that could allow companies to use crowdfunding to raise capital. The Labor Party hasn’t yet said how it will vote on this.Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each contribute relatively small amounts to fund a project, venture
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How to Find Your Brand’s Voice
The internet has really changed the way we communicate. I was speaking to a journalist recently who told me that when he started writing for newspapers thirty years ago the average length of a sentence was 25 words, but now sentences in newspapers and online are getting shorter. Often they only run to 18 words.
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How to Teach Your Children to be Entrepreneurs
The 5-year-old EntrepreneurDid you read the news about a five-year-old girl in London who set up a lemonade stall in a street? There was a music festival nearby and she thought it would be nice to sell cold home-made lemonade to people attending that festival. Within half an hour of opening her stand four council
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How to Become a Self-Starter
This year I’ve had a wonderful time writing and speaking about how to turn your passion into profit. I’ve been encouraging you to take the plunge and convert your hobby, passion or brilliant idea into a thriving business. One of the reasons this resonates with people is because full-time jobs are fast disappearing in Australia
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Is Fear Stopping You From Turning Your Passion into Profit?
Most people who own their own business seem confident and happy. They present a persona of being invincible – their business will never fail and they have total faith in their product. Perhaps the reason you have not started the process of turning your passion into profit is fear – fear of failure, fear of
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The 7 Essential Steps to Developing a Mind that Generates Money-Making Ideas
In my last blog, I wrote about how to come up with a brilliant idea. I also gave you homework, asking you to write down ten good ideas every day no matter how silly or outlandish they first appeared. Do you know that in 1923 a food scientist came up with the idea to convert
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How to Come Up with a Brilliant Business Idea
The Story of Bette Nesmith GrahamI am fascinated by entrepreneurs who come up with one brilliant idea which makes them millions. One of my favourite entrepreneurs is the late great Bette Nesmith Graham. Most of you will be too young to remember her. In the 1950s she was a single mother who worked as a
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How to Tap Into a Billion Dollar Industry and Prosper
Earlier this year I blogged about the growth of the self-improvement industry. By self-improvement I’m talking about helping people to improve physically, mentally, financially and spiritually. As you know I take a holistic approach to prosperity and well-being. I believe that every individual has the ability to prosper and reap abundance in this world, but
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The Art of Elegant Self-Promotion
If you have your own business or enterprise, you already know how important marketing is. It is imperative that you have a strong market presence and be out there convincing consumers that your product is good. Too often if you are a small business owner, you become the face of the business – and your
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How to Become a Thought Leader and Increase Your Influence
Thought leaders are the foremost authorities in their field. They are the go-to people, renowned for their ideas and trusted for their insight. Thought leaders have industry clout, but no one is born a thought leader. The British author, Sir Kenneth Robinson, said, “You can’t be a creative thinker if you’re not stimulating your mind,
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