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Upcoming Events

Social Media Content Strategies - Upcoming Webinar

Social Media Content Strategies

The people who occupy the top spots in any industry are those who create the most relevant and most useful online content – those who have a clear social media content strategy in place. What type of content should you create on a regular basis? And, which social media platforms are best suited to your [...]

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Simple Steps to an Effective and Profitable Website - Victoria's Small Business Festival 2013

Simple Steps to A More Effective (and Profitable) Website

The answer to working less and getting more from your website is having a PLAN! Plain and Simple. If you're wondering how you can leverage your website to be more profitable and effective for your small business, then this webinar is for you. Join us for a free webinar, sponsored by Victoria's Small Business Festival, [...]

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MentorNet

MentorNet

The details for this event will be announced soon. Register to receive dates and details. Read more about the Mentoring Program, here. The Australian Businesswomen’s Network (ABN) has run mentoring programs since 1998. We believe that a mentor can be your short-cut to success as you grow your business. A mentor can gude and support [...]

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Youtility

Youtility

If you're asking how to make your products more exciting and how to create more hype, what you should instead be asking is how you can be more useful. To win in this hyper-competitive business environment, you must ask a different question: “How can we help?” Jay Baer, author of new book Youtility: Why Smart [...]

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Startup Month Resources

Jodie Morrison’s theatrical and eccentric shoemaking niche made for a successful business startup, Steppin’ Out

After being trained in shoemaking in a fashion footwear factory, Jodie Morrison decided to make one-off footwear and interact with the wearer. With great determination and innovation, Jodie transformed her talent for shoemaking into a unique niche and started her own business, Steppin’ Out. Since 1979, Steppin’ Out has been providing handmade shoes and unique [...]

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Orion Expedition Cruises’ founder Sarina Bratton’s commitment to vision provides life-changing moments for travellers

Sarina Bratton is an entrepreneur by definition - her drive for business success and her hard-work ethic are just two of her many inspiring traits. “Orion Expedition Cruises is the second cruise startup I have created. After a visit to the Kimberley on a friend's super yacht, the beauty, the remoteness, the pristine wilderness and [...]

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Jan Clogg used one of life’s ‘curveballs’ to take a new direction in business

Jan Clogg was enjoying full-time employment in a senior management role, but when her boss decided to sell the business, she questioned her next step. Should she follow him to his next business? To her own surprise, she decided to leave the world of employment behind to pursue her real passion, and to work in [...]

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Serena Ross’ Dressed Up designer rental gowns business empowers women to feel glamorous for a fraction of the price

Serena Ross’ Dressed Up makes every girl feel like Cinderella for a night. Her entrepreneurial spirit and determination created her unique business, which allows women to wear an expensive, timeless designer gown (and look amazing) for a fraction of the retail price! Dressed Up is Australia's first and largest designer dress rental business. The company [...]

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Member of the Week

Lyn Stavretis

Lyn Stavretis

Performance Wise Consulting Pty Limited

Lyn is a successful consultant, facilitator and coach with considerable practical experience supported by Doctoral qualifications.
She began her professional career as a qualified Social Worker specialising in individual and group counselling before moving into public sector management and staff development roles.
Lyn has designed, managed and facilitated large-scale management and leadership development programs, consulted extensively to line managers on staff development needs and managed the performance and career development functions of Executives and managers within large companies.
Since establishing her consultancy business Lyn has worked across a wide range of sectors, including all levels of government, automotive, education, energy and utilities, financial services, health and manufacturing. Her most distinctive competencies lie in all aspects of Performance Development and Management, and the design and delivery of Leadership and Management strategies and programs.
Lyn has also designed curricula and facilitated programs with local and international university students both in Australia and offshore in Vietnam, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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Latest herBusiness Blog Posts

My Top 2 Tips (and a to-do!) for Writing Great Pages

Bianca Board

Getting your content right is so important if you want your website to convert... but thankfully it isn’t rocket science! Here’s some easy pointers that really can help you get more enquiries and make more sales.... just by making a few simple changes to your website copy.   Identify the purpose for every page of your website. For example, [...]

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How PR is Like Buying a New Home

Johanna Baker-Dowdell

If you’ve ever bought a property, you will know the process involves a lot of research and talking to different real estate agents before you find something that is just right. There are many similarities between buying a home and establishing your business with PR, the most important being the relationships you build along the [...]

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End of Financial Year and Your Small Business

The Australian Businesswomen's Network

  Whether this is your first year in business or your 21st, the end of the financial year is a good time to check in and see how you are tracking financially. Here are some tips for getting the most out of the rest of this financial year and to getting your finances in peak [...]

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Social Media Ideas

Social Media Strategy for Small Business

Why is having a social media strategy important? This podcast looks at good Aussie examples of small businesses with great strategies and Nathan Bush of BCM Partnership shares some great resources. Plus, we examine Google+ and why you should get onto it for business.          Mentioned in episode Crowdbooster Google + new [...]

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ABN Member Spotlight

Doormat Aficionado Rachael MacLaren Featured in ConnectPink

Doormat aficionado and owner of Adoremat, Rachael MacLaren, has spoken candidly to ConnectPink about her success as a regional businesswoman and where she plans to take her innovative business in the future. She reflects on the challenges of starting out, and shares an anecdote or two about her business ventures. “When I threw the idea [...]

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Small Business Tips

The Virtual Workplace: Build the Capacity of Your Business, Without the Overhead

Jaleh Bisharat is the Vice President of Marketing at oDesk, the world’s largest online workplace with more than 500,000 businesses and 3 million contractors. Australia is the largest user of oDesk per capita. In this video episode of herBusiness.tv, Jaleh discusses: How to build the capacity of your business with oDesk, without the overhead How [...]

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