Earning
Money tips about how you earn or make your money through active means, like a job. Includes retrenchment and redundancy advice.
A happy place for your superseded gadgets
Got a new gadget or two for Christmas? Maybe a new phone, tablet or digital camera? If the old, superseded gadget is still working it seems a waste to just throw it in the bin. Give it a second life by recycling it and get some money into your pocket. Another idea could be to [...]
How to make money online
It’s very alluring – the opportunity to make loads of passive income, working from home running an online business that works for you 24 x 7. Internationally respected business thought leader and entrepreneur, Seth Godin just published an excellent list of 21 points about How to make money online. It is an essential read for anyone caught [...]
Sell your old mobile phone and gadgets
Make money when you upgrade your mobile phone and gadgets. In this article I reveal how I just made some money from a 5 year old phone and how you can too.
How to reduce your tax
A desire to reduce tax is one of the key drivers many people list when they initially contact me for financial advice. So today I will share with you my perspective on how you can save tax. First a word of caution Only tax accountants and tax lawyers are legally allowed to provide you with [...]
Job change checklist
Changing jobs is often an exciting time of life. It can also be a busy time. Following is a checklist of important items to promptly address to ensure you keep your financial well-being on track.
The Truth (And Myth) About Passive Income
Do you salivate at the thought of passive income and long to start your own business? Nacie Carson, founder of The Life Uncommon, a career transition and entrepreneurship community has written an insightful article examining the truth and myths of passive income. Carson draws on her own experience to highlight common delusions as well as [...]
Be prepared to lose your job
Whilst there’s not as much doom and gloom around now as there was during the global financial crisis (GFC) of 2009 the world hasn’t returned to over-brimming confidence. Recent natural catastrophes plus instability in the Middle East have dented the return to confidence. Don’t worry – I’m not dragging out my dusty crystal ball and [...]
50 entrepreneurial ideas
Thought leader Seth Godin has written some terrific stuff recently about having ideas, bringing them to fruition and making money from them. One of Seth Godin’s colleagues on The Domino Project has just published a nifty free e-book collating 50 anecdotes of people who’ve had an idea and are now turning it in a business. [...]
Best place to start a business in 2011
Do you dream of self-employment? Are you contemplating starting your own business next year? If so check out this report from industry researchers IBISWorld Australia for their predictions of the best and worst industries for start-up businesses in 2011. …the news is positive for trades and professional services, [but] the picture is not quite as optimistic for [...]
Raise kids to be entrepreneurs
The wealthiest people in the world are entrepreneurs – not passive investors in residential property (the backyard BBQ favourite.) In my experience of working with people many want to start their own business. But their traditional education and employee experience often has not given them the toolkit to succeed. In the video below Cameron Herold [...]
Manage your business brand on Facebook
If you’re already in business you know the importance of building and managing your brand. And you’ve probably heard of Facebook and Twitter. But have you started to harness the power of these communities to interact with your customers, both current and prospective? You may be thinking that since you already have a website for your business you don’t need a Facebook page. Well in this article you’ll discover why it may be handy to have both plus get access to a free guide to setting up your Facebook business page.
Protect your wellbeing from unemployment
The latest Australian Unity Wellbeing Index published today explores what we already know in our gut – that unemployment deeply affects our wellbeing. As the author of the Australian Unity Wellbeing Index, Professor Cummins from Deakin University notes: “[Unemployment] is devastating to the wellbeing of the people directly affected and also to the wellbeing of [...]
Make money from niches
Recently I’ve written a little about my belief in profiting from your passion and that now is a great time to be able to do that. If you’re early in your journey of exploring this possibility then you may be wondering “why is now a good time?” and “how can I make money from it?” [...]
Protect your personal brand with your own domain name
Building your personal brand is essential to earning more whether you’re an employee or self-employed. If you haven’t heard that already then you will when you explore career and professional development, and I will be writing more articles about it too. (Check out “Crush It! Why now is the time to cash in on your [...]
Why now is the time to cash in on your passion
If you would love to be pursuing and profiting from your passion then I am excited to be sharing this book with you. I’ve just finished reading Crush It! by Gary Vaynercuk. Gary Vaynerchuk passionately believes that now is the time to be cashing in on your passion, and I wholeheartedly agree with him. In [...]
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