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Take Time Out for YOU: Beating work blues

How do you stop the niggling feeling of what you need to do pressing on you when you try to relax?

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A to Z of Australian Collaborative Consumption

A to Z of Aussie Collaborative Consumption

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SydStart 2012 Morning Couch

A little summary of the chatter on the couch this morning at SydStart 2012. Feel free to add more!

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The wisdom of Bill Tai

Bill Tai was someone I was definitely looking forward to at SydStart and he didn’t disappoint. There is just something nice about understated honesty and you have to respect a guy who compares business...

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Pozible Crowdfunding for Startups

Crowdfunding is a great way to measure early adoption of your product and/or to financially support your goals in the startup arena.

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Roadtesting: Who Killed Creativity?

Just finished "Why Killed Creativity?" and have to say, it's my pick of 2012 reads for both business and creativity!

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Interns and Startups in Australia

Looking for an intern for your startup? Make sure you know what your obligations are so you don't get caught out!

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Productivity tips: Staying on the Ball

Everyone has flat days. How do you cope with them when there's no one to pick up the slack?

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9 Things Your Product Cannot Be

The 9 Things Your Product Cannot Be if you want it to succeed.

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Sneaky Tips to Help You Create Blog Posts

It isn’t boring to plan out your content or create short cuts- it’s a way of making sure you…

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Roadtesting: Maverick Startup

My roadtest of Yanik Silver's book "Maverick Startup: 11 X-Factors to Bootstrap From Zero to Six Figures and Beyond"

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The Ideal Freelance Client

In no particular order, here are the qualities that make for an ideal freelance client- for me anyway!

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The Dumbest Mistakes a Startup Can Make

Want to know what the dumbest mistakes startups can make so you can avoid them? Great! Let’s do this thing.

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Answering Critics: Climb out of my ear please- I’m doing stuff!

"Climb out of my ear please- I’m doing stuff!" is probably the only thing you should ever say to a critic.

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Obnoxious Social Media Boils My Potato

Here is my rant on why obnoxious social media boils my potato.

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Spunky little free marketing eBook

Must be all the festive season stuff happening but I have decided to write my very first eBook and give it away. Help me choose a topic to write about!

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I’m Crowdsourcing a marketing eBook. Am I crazy?

Help me get to 1000 Twitter followers and make an eBook to remember, and you get to choose the topic. Awesome, right?

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That Content eBook Experiment? I failed

That eBook Experiment? I failed. So what now?

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Yes, you do need a website

Still wondering if you need a website? Don't you want to be successful?

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5 Ways your website is driving customers away

5 ways your website is driving people nutty- and what to do about it.

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Freelancers don’t do profit share

Small business owners, entrepreneurs and startups, listen up! I, and my fellow freelancers, can’t afford to work for you in the hope of payment via profit share sometime in the future.

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Why should you be branding instead of naming a product?

Why should you develop a brand instead of naming a product? Read on and find out why!

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June Freelance Jungle is super funky

Want to come and party with freelancers, creative people, startup peeps, bloggers and a bunch of other cool people? Come to the Freelance Jungle in June!

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What does it take to develop a brand?

What does it take to develop a brand? Come and find out!

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What’s in a brand name?

What’s in a brand name? Learn the types of bran names you have to choose from!

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Product Naming: Coming face to face with your brand

Coming face to face with your brand is another part of creating a brand both you and your customers will love.

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Brand Development: How to develop a future proof brand

How do you develop a brand that is future proof and set up to stand the test of time? By making sure you've kicked the tyres along the way!

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Business Networking for four pawed creatures

The Business of Wagtails. It's business networking, with a twist. Bring your dog and let's play fetch as we talk shop.

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Freelance Life: How to have a holiday when you can’t have one

Can't tear yourself away from freelancing or your startup? Here's your guide on ow to have a holiday when you can’t have one!

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Hey little soloist, how happy are you? Tell the Happiness Gauge

Are you a freelancer, soloist, micro business owner or part of a startup team? Then I want to hear from you!

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Google’s Hummingbird: Another reason to leave buzzwords behind

Hey little startup, ad agency or fancy pants business dude, Google’s Hummingbird has put you on notice. It's yet another reason to leave buzzwords behind!

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The existential marketing crisis: What does it all mean?

The existential marketing crisis- the inky sea of doubt that occasionally envelopes us all as we try to find the best way to reach out to our customers.

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Things you forget once you get into startup

Keep your head low and go, go, go! Life in a startup is a heck of a lot of work. But even you need to take a step back little startup hero. Here's why.

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In business, you can’t please everyone. So don’t try to

A guy walks up to a business website and starts making fun of how it looks. If design isn't what it sells, should you listen? I say no.

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Everyday people don’t speak startup jargon

As tempting as it may be to use startup jargon and business buzzwords, you could be falling into the trap of alienating your customers. Find out why.

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‘Everyone’ is not a type of product audience

Your product audience cannot be the entire human race. It's rather impractical to think otherwise. Here's why 'everyone' is not a type of product audience.

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Choosing the right content for your business

How do you choose the right content for your business needs? Click through and find out!

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What content motivates your buyers to action?

What kind of content motivates your buyers to action? What sorts of content work best in different marketing situations? Find out!

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Have you got the time for content?

Content marketing is great, but you have to ask yourself- have you got the time to make it work? Let's see, shall we?

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Write a blog, not an advertorial

Why should you write a blog instead of an advertorial? Find out the ways in which you can use a blog to create loyal customers!

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Why meeting face to face is killing your business

Do you love meetings? Your meetings can be costing you more than you realise. Find out why meeting face to face is killing your business.

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Marketing plans, business workshops and events for you

Are you a business in need of a marketing plan? Are you checking out business workshops? Want to meet freelancers? You've come to the right place! Check out the new offerings from Unashamedly Creative!

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Lost the plot? Go back to marketing basics

Is your marketing running you about? It's time for you to take a step back and get back to marketing basics. Find out how.

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Dissatisfaction is the coal of ambition

Is your business ambition driven by the right stuff? Take a Mad Men inspired 6 point journey to see if what you're doing in your business is on track.

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Want better advertising? Take a leaf out of Jim Henson’s book

Want better advertising? Take a leaf out of Jim Henson’s book. Trust me, he knows his stuff.

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Attending Vivid Sydney’s Powerup your Games Startup

Powerup Your Games Startup brought together a panel of gaming industry players along with Screen NSW as part of Vivid Sydney. Here's what I thought.

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What are the essentials in making great products?

Making great products doesn't have to be a mystery. Join the gang from brainmates and a team of product experts to discover the secret product invention sauce!

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Unemployed? Become a future entrepreneur

Unemployed? Looking for a way to take control of your future job prospects? Become a future entrepreneur!

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How do I find more customers online? The website edition

Want to find more customers online? Let's start with the basics and get your business humming with a few simple changes you can make to your website.

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Content marketing questions you should burn with fire

Investigating content marketing? Learn how to ask the right questions and how to spot the lame answers from the businesses offering content marketing.

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