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The Truth About Small Business Finances In 3 Minutes

Do you own a small business? In these challenging economic times, you may be suffering from additional cash flow pressures. Have you considered financial credit counselling? A lot of small business owners face similar predicaments. They are fantastic at promoting their services and are often experts in their field, but very few of them know…

7 Ways to Make Your Startup Look Professional

In today’s climate, most people understand that is it important to have a professional look to your business. AllBusiness.com talks about the seven ways to make your startup look professional. Set up a website Create a professional email address Get a business phone number Use a business address Invoice professionally and promptly Establish a social…

Deciding Your Business Structure

Deciding on your business structure helps to determine not only what legalities you need to abide by, but it’s also important for your record keeping and tax implications. There are four main structures with how you can set your business up as. These are: Sole Trader Partnership Trust Company Each structure has advantages and disadvantages,…

Determining if your business is a business or still in its hobby stage is essential for both how you run it and to your tax and legal obligations. In Queensland, the difference between a business and a hobby is both your intent and your setup. Let’s look at this; if you have the intent to…

Which Social Media Platform is Right for You?

A social media strategy is more than just throwing up something on your Facebook or Instagram Page. It is about creating powerful customer engagement and web traffic. However, this takes time to happen organically and it will need a marketing budget if you want to make an impact quickly. Simply put, this means that every action…

Social Media Image Sizes Cheat Sheet

Social Media plays an incredibly large role in the credibility of your business in this day and age, and by making sure that the posts that you put up are optimised for the platform they are on lends to the trustworthiness of your brand. Although you may not have every social media account under the sun,…

13 Tactics to Launch and Thrive on Social Media

Social Media is a dangerous minefield to anyone wanted to start a new business or add existing platforms to those that you are already using. There is so much to take into account and everyone is always telling you conflicting bits of information on the best ways to get the largest audience to your posts.…

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6 Websites Everyone in a Queensland Business Should Know About

Being in your own business, it can be gratifying, and us here at the Strand 365 want you to have all the success in the world. We aim to give you the latest tools, information and strategies for your business to thrive and grow. With that in mind, we find there are tools that we…

Don’t Feel Stranded: Why We Love Systems (And You Should, Too!)

Being in small business can be fantastic, but it can also be hard. Along with the rewards of being self-employed comes the day to day to do’s of being in your own business. Having systems in place to help you know where you are going, what you are doing and why will make this all…

How To Turn Your Home Office From Zero To Hero

So you are now working from home (or have been for some while). Have you looked at your office and assessed if it is designed to promote health and more productive work environment? When creating your home office take the time to make a positive place to work. Is this a place that encourages focus…