August is Small Business Festival month across Victoria - a whole month of workshops and mentoring, most of it free. Here's where to get real help with your marketing and money, at every budget.

Fuel price increases are impacting small businesses across regional and rural Australia. Discover practical, low-cost ways local businesses and councils can work together to reduce transport costs, attract local customers and support stronger local economies.

Here's some insight into what I'm seeing across the businesses and community organisations I work with: the more tools we have access to, the more isolated a lot of business owners are becoming, and I think that isolation is quietly costing them. Read my insights and practical solutions here.

Here's an idea - people staying close to home this Easter might not be a problem for local business. It could be an opening. A genuinely good one too if your town is ready to meet them. Explore some practical tips in this article.

If you’ve been doing your own marketing for years and it isn’t working the way it should, it’s not a motivation issue. It’s a strategy gap.

And once that gap is filled, marketing starts to feel clearer, lighter, and far more effective, here’s how.

I haven’t publicly spoken much about my coaching method, but it’s grounded in a simple but powerful structure called Do–Try–Consider - a framework that creates clarity, reduces overwhelm and supports healthier, more thoughtful decision-making. It’s the opposite of shouting orders. It’s a conversation. I’d like to share it with you.

I think shopping local should always start with “could I?” rather than “I should” because it can be a little harder to do. That said, the month of May is Australian-Made month and a good chance to check in on your habits. I’ve put together a stack of ways to support local with less effort in this blog.

Thinking of branding your special treat, fun run or sale using the word ‘Anzac’? Before you hit go, there are some very important things you should know about this word, its significance and legal uses.

I’m feeling pretty chuffed to have been included in this article and share some of my thoughts on business success.

SMART goals aren’t a secret - far from it, but if you set them up properly and stick to them, they could be your secret weapon in this ever-changing marketing and social media landscape. Let me tell you how and why.

Want to get ahead of the crowd this silly season? You better start now! Here are some of my thoughts and tips to stand out, connect more and make sales over the ‘noisy season’ - in the lead up to Christmas.

Every year I set myself a challenge to try and do most of my Christmas shopping as locally as possible. It can be time consuming and a fair bit harder than running around a shopping centre for a few hours, but it’s far far more rewarding. In this article I give you heaps of tips on how to save money, time and stress and still support local and small businesses through the silly season - for gifts, food, wine and more.