Small Business Lifestyle

The ad industry has a clear line between the creative types and the account service people, so what happens when a soloist has to wear both hats? Nicolas Di Tempora reckons it's a better way of working.

With demand for her jewellery growing just when her young family needed her most, Brooke McAlary knew something had to change. The process of slowing down opened a door to many new opportunities, including the birth of an exciting, new podcast network.

Fransiska Iseli and the crew at Basic Bananas advocate that how we wish to be perceived should determine and drive our marketing. In this podcast she shares five practical tips to get us started.

In her new book, 'Value', business development advisor Robyn Haydon provides a practical guide to help convey your commercial value to new and existing customers. Here she gives us an overview.

Warwick Bidwell helps tradies get off the tools and develop a business that’s less stressful, more profitable and a lot healthier. But sometimes things don’t go to plan. This is how he coped.

As founder of the massively popular ProBlogger event, and with well over a decade at the forefront of blogging, there's no one better placed to give us a snapshot of the industry.

When Ngaire Stirling realised her first child needed a high level of care, she never imagined she'd build a business around her experience. But build it she did and it's all got very grown up.

Stuart Brown runs a couple of very popular online businesses and spends an increasing amount of time mentoring newbies. He’s forever advising others to stop being fooled by big follower numbers and explains why.

In this podcast, Amanda Westphal demonstrates how an innovation mindset gave birth to her business and keeps it pumping. And with the impetus of a different kind of birth, she shares how she cut eight hours off her work day.

In a 30 year career, Tony Mott has been up close and personal with the likes of the Rolling Stones, Bowie, Elton John, Nirvana, INXS, Cold Chisel, Midnight Oil & many more. In our first ever ‘language warning’ show he shares some great tips.

Sharon Chisholm is a mind-health coach who’s rattling a few cages in the area of mental health. She passionately supports the very small end of town and knows only too well the importance of strength and resilience.

Libby O'Sullivan won the service category of our inaugural awards and in this podcast you'll hear why. She serves her customers well and has created an ideal lifestyle business.

Carl Quested has a distinctly professional approach to his lifestyle business and doesn’t like missing opportunities. Far from the slavish pursuit of growth, he seems more focused on fun.

Winner of Flying Solo's 'workstylist' award, Jody Ekert has designed everything about her business around the way she chooses and needs to live. Hers is a unique story.

Katherine Maslen inhabits the tranquil world of health and wellbeing, but she’s increasingly making a noise. Here’s how she’s done it.

Lisa Messenger loves a challenge, launching her lifestyle magazine when others were closing their doors. Three years on she's distributing in 37 countries. Here's how she keeps it all together.

If anyone is searching for you by name, your LinkedIn page is likely to be near the top of the results. Adam Houlahan will help you get the most out of your profile.

Without pointing fingers, there are those among us who simply don't get how to market and engage with women. Irishwoman, Helen Roe is trying to change all this and she has some great tips to share.

When someone googles your name, are you happy with what they see? Give it a go. And if you think the results could be better, Kathy Wilson is here to help.

If you're looking to quickly build a connection with your prospects, there's little to beat the power of video. Sherene Strahan is an experienced TV producer who knows how to avoid bloopers and build engagement.