Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock, chances are you heard about the Facebook IPO this week, when it closed its first day of public trading valued at $105.19 billion. I know its share prices have gone down somewhat since first listing (just as Koshie predicted), but its still incredible to consider that its listing figure makes it worth more than brand giants such as Macdonalds, Amazon and Pepsi.

Check out this great article from mashable about how it sits in the ranks of uber companies if you don’t believe me. Read More »

We’re super excited because this week we hit the road with the first in a series of seven information evenings around Queensland to tell people about the new Government funded program called Get Up To Speed. First cab off the rank is the Sunshine Coast, and we’ll then travel between now and end April to Logan, Cairns, Townsville, Ipswich, Gold Coast and finally end up in Moreton Bay. Read More »

In my travels throughout Australia this year, I’ve heard it all. Well maybe I’m being a little dramatic, but believe me when I say I’ve talked to a LOT of business owners about social media and there are so many common threads as to why people are resisting social media, it’s just un-canny.  Read More »

I don’t know about you but these days I’m finding there is no getting away from an increasing number of requests from people wanting to connect to me on my various social networks when I have absolutely no idea who they are.  Read More »

There has been some late nights since I last wrote and I’ve also hired some more help! Basically I’ve been up to my elbows in content. You see this is the labour intensive part of the online start-up, but it’s also where you start to see things ‘take shape’. I'm proud to now have a launch date for you too: Friday 16 September which is when I will take my team to Sydney to see Donald Trump, Robert Kiyosaki and Anthony Robbins live at the National Achievers Congress. I see this three day event as an ideal opportunity to take some marketing material and announce my new online start up to the world! Read More »

So in a recent blog post titled 'How to start an online business over a weekend' I let you know that I am starting a new business and all the first steps I took to get the ball rolling.

Three weeks on, here’s what else I have been doing as I start a new business so you can follow my new start-ups journey and hopefully pick up some tips along the way.

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Whilst you may be on the social media networks, you could be missing out on legions of new followers and likers if you don’t incorporate your social networks on all your print media and marketing collateral. Here are a few pointers on how to do so:

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