Make It Count Project

The JobKeeper Payment Scheme applications opened on Monday, with many Australian Businesses working to get their applications in by Sunday 26th April 2020 to receive the first round of payments.

With this scheme, and many others, there has been an entourage of information on the support available for small businesses. To help cut through the crud, this episode of the COVID-19 Collection looks into JobKeeper Payment Scheme, how to determine your eligibility and what to do to apply.

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Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

Coronavirus has created a lot of change in your business. You might be working from home, have a different service offering or have had to temporarily close your doors. With all these changes in such an uncertain period, how can you ensure that your team remains motivated? This episode of the Make It Count Project is here to help with 7 tips to motivate your team both during this COVID-19 period and beyond.

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Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

The small business landscape can be tough to navigate, let alone when we are experiencing a pandemic.

With the constant disruptions that COVID-19 has created in our lives and a large economic downturn our first COVID-19 Collection episode is all about recalibrating, rejuvenating and reevaluating.

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It is the final mistake of this mini-series and one that can derail your business fast. This is a mistake that, if combatted, will help you live and breathe success.

Welcome to part eight of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on how to Make It Count.

This week find out about Nick’s four steps to making it count in your business, including your why and your how plus why documenting these are so important.

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Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

As your business and the market changes and evolves you will need to re-evaluate this week’s common mistake. It is part of your sales model and something that is critical to get right – your pricing model.

Welcome to part seven of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on the mistake of poor pricing.

This week find out about Nick’s seven steps to pricing right and pricing strategically and how so many businesses end up going backwards when they get their pricing wrong.

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Shout out to the people who have helped make this podcast happen. Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

Knowing your numbers is a fundamental must for business success, yet good data management is something that so many business owners do not do.

Welcome to part six of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on the mistake of not knowing your numbers.

This week find out about what a nasty punch-in-the-guts surprises of not knowing your numbers can look like and learn Nick’s four tips to getting clarity around those all-important figures. Plus, this week get five bonus tips on what to look for in an accounting software.

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Shout out to the people who have helped make this podcast happen. Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

It is no surprise that in small business Cash is King. However, it is easy to get caught up with spending and the more we have, the more we want to spend. This can result in you falling into the most common mistake. So, do you really need that fancy new car or to go for a boozy lunch with a client?

Welcome to part five of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on the fifth mistake – spending the bank.

This week learn about a time when Walker Hill was just three months away from not having any cash in the bank. Find out what a 12-month forecast could mean for your business, what bank accounts you should have set up and why a 30 day cash flow forecast review might help you to stop making those bad spending decisions.

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Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

Business can be full of distractions and, when coupled with tough times, quick fixes and easy ways out can seem tempting. Getting distracted by these butterfly fixes can result in forgetting to focus on making your business count.

Welcome to part four of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on the fourth mistake – chasing butterflies.

Find out Nick’s four strategies to stay focused on your business. This week, the One Page Plan makes a comeback, and we take a look into how your daily habits and the benefits of an accountability officer (and not a buddy system) can all stop you from chasing those butterflies.

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Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

Are you missing a sounding board in your small business? Do you feel like you’re lacking support on big decisions?

Welcome to part three of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on the third mistake – going it alone.

Find out how why if you’re going it alone, you just aren’t thinking big enough and Nick’s four strategies to build or find your team, community and support networks today.

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Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.

Do you feel like you’re on the small business hamster wheel repeating the same motions day in and day out? It sounds like you might be getting stuck.

Welcome to part two of our mini-series on the Seven Common Mistakes Small Business Owners Make, this week focusing on the first mistake – getting stuck.

Find out how having a plan for your business can increase your chances of success, when a good stage to re-evaluate is and what you can do today if you’re currently getting stuck.

Ask a question or give us an idea for our next podcast by contacting Nick at [email protected]

Shout out to the people who have helped make this podcast happen.

Fearless Motion for music, Dan Sugars Audio for podcast training and Hannah Clare for post-production.