I have a huge confession to make – there are some occasions when I am so indecisive that I almost get nothing done! Decision paralysis! “No way!” I hear you say. “That cannot be true. Ingrid – not YOU!!” Admittedly it happens to me very rarely – thank goodness! I’m a great one for taking whatever […]
READ MOREI Didn’t Come This Far to Only Come This Far
How are things going in your part of the world? We’re heading into summer here in Sydney as the rest of the northern word heads into winter, I’ve just had my birthday and that it’s not far to next year and the future looks bright for small businesses pretty much everywhere in the world. My […]
READ MOREKayla Houlihan and Tribe Skincare share their success story
Recently we featured a podcast interview with Kayla Houlihan to coincide with the first birthday of Tribe skincare. Kayla has created a pretty fantastic business and recently posted her success to a FB group we are both part of. As you can see in this screen shot/image she made more than $91 000 in sales […]
READ MOREHow To Manage Business Money with Ingrid Thompson on Thriving Launch Podcast
Thank you to Luis Congdon and Kamala Chambers from Thriving Launch Podcast for the following: You can listen to the episode right here: When starting a new business, there are lots of things you have to consider and learning how to manage business money tops the list. In this episode, we are here with Ingrid […]
READ MORE#LayerUpYourLogin – World Password Day
How many passwords do you have? Maybe you have 20? Or maybe you just have 3 passwords? … or do you have the same one password for everything!! If I had my way everything would be eye ball (retina) and finger print identification – for everything! My house, my car, my bank account, my phone … […]
READ MORE‘ROCKET MAN’ – AND WHEN MUSIC SPEAKS TO YOU
And I think it’s gonna be a long long time ‘Till touch down brings me round again to find I’m not the man they think I am at home Oh no no no I’m a rocket man… Last Thursday morning I was at Pilates and you know how it is, you’re supposed to focus on […]
READ MORESome Truths About MONEY $$$
Suncorp recently produced a report on the state of business as being experienced by SMEs in Australia right now and quite frankly some of the statistics are pretty scary. It states that 25% of businesses in Australia have not paid the business owner any money at all during the past 12 months. That’s staggering. There’s […]
READ MOREMy IT guy says it’s YOUR settings! (And the importance of your Client Journey Map)
Has this ever happened to you? You receive an email to download a report, you click the link, it opens a new window and a completely blank screen appears and says: “Plugin blocked”. Bother! (Sound familiar?) This exact scenario happened to me recently. Settle in for the story and some helpful tips on client journey mapping. […]
READ MORESeven tips How to handle a negative online review…..
…..without tearing your hair out or losing (too much) sleep! Recently one of the members of a FB group I belong to posted that she was extremely upset by a very negative review of their bespoke service on TripAdvisor. Reading her post I could certainly feel her pain as she described how she felt reading the […]
READ MOREWhat’s a “Battler Pear” and who is “Guru Pear”
Last Saturday morning, I was listening to one of my favourite radio shows of the week and my ears pricked up at this story for 2 reasons; I love pears AND this is such a SMART idea: 80% of pears consumed in Australia come from the Goulburn Valley. Imagine! 80%! Two hailstorms have decimated this years’ pear crops […]
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