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To keep your business viable you need to manage it. Instead of just doing the work of your business, you also need to run the business itself. For instance, a hairdresser doesn't just cut hair, but must also pay shampoo suppliers and manage accounts.
The following topics will indicate the main areas you need to consider when managing your business and where you can get appropriate assistance.
A business plan is pivotal to any business throughout its existence, not just at the outset, in order to achieve success and growth.
Watch and listen to successful small business owners as they share the experience of starting and running a business. Read articles and top business tips from expert small business advisers.
Business Victoria's tools and templates library has business and marketing tools and templates from a vast range of websites, rated and reviewed by industry experts and small business operators.
Effective sales starts at the initial research and prepatory stage before moving on to pricing your product, and ends with an assessment of the sales campaign where your sales techniques and market reach can be improved.
Effective marketing starts at the initial research and prepatory stage before moving on to pricing your product, and ends with an assessment of the marketing campaign where your sales techniques and market reach can be improved.
Connect with other small businesses online by joining Small Business Victoria Facebook group. Also, find out about other networking opportunities such as the Energise Enterprise festival.
Best practice is based on the idea that the best way to learn is from the efforts and experience of others. It can apply to all aspects of your business.
An eBusiness website gives your small business a new tool to promote, inform and sell. An effective eBusiness website makes it simple for customers to do business with you, adds something to your business and has something your competitor's website doesn't.
Every business can start being more sustainable or become a green business by applying simple measures to reduce consumption and waste - which in most cases saves you money as well.
All businesses face risks every day. Risk management identifies these, and helps you plan for the risk you decide are important. It also means making sure the other people in your operation know what to do when confronted by risks. Includes a simple risk assessment tool and templates.
Through their tenders and contracts programs, the Victorian government and its agencies commission thousands of businesses to supply a wide variety of goods, services and infrastructure. You need to know the difference between a tender and a contract, how to work with government, when and where tenders and contracts are advertised and the best way to apply.
Business and industry development officers provide organised support to assist businesses achieve their goals through the development of resources, networking, provision of advice and assistance, and by conducting a series of workshops and forums.
