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Building Business Tip #6-Turn competition into inspiration

Turn competition into inspiration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Turn competition into inspiration!

Knowing your competition very well can inform and inspire you to do things differently to gain a competitive advantage.

For example, teachers and trades people are on holiday’s over Christmas and not all go away.  If these two sectors are target clients of yours and your competitors tend to also be on holidays at this time, makes sense to consider opening your business whilst the competition is closed.

Building Business Tip #5-GST is Not Your Money

GST is not your money. Use a seperate bank account for it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Remember, GST collected is not your money!

As a business, you are collecting GST on behalf of the Australian Taxation Office which you have to give to them through your Business Activity Statement (BAS) lodgments.

Set up a separate bank account and put the GST collected straight into it when you receive it.

If your BAS payment is less than what you have in the account then this is a bonus – if you have to pay the full amount, then the money is there.

Building Business Tip #4 – Separate Business and Personal

Separate Business and Personal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Run your business like a business.

Many business owners operate their business as an extension of their personal finances using personal bank accounts and credit cards.

This is not a good idea.  Make sure you have the right structure to run your business (eg, company, trust etc) and separate your business finances into it’s own bank accounts and credit card/s.

Building Business Tip #3 – Why do Business Planning

Business Tip Why do business Planning

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What do the Wallabies, Roger Federer and Richard Branson have in common?  They all do their jobs with a game plan.

Business planning are not dirty words because it is difficult to succeed in business without plans, strategies, risk analysis and a detailed understanding of your opponents, as well as, of the industry and environment your business operates in.

Business planning sets you up to succeed even if the plan suggests the business is not a good idea!