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Multiple business interviews. Multiple tips, Strategies and Stories. Listen, Learn and enjoy.

Tony Skinner


    • Mar 30, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 15m AVG DURATION
    • 132 EPISODES


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    Stop being ripped off by Insurance companies and Energy suppliers

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2023 20:03


    We are building a community of smart consumers, the more people we have registered the greater the discounts we can negotiate. You will get access to every fair deal as soon as its available. Kyco is free to join, and we don't share your information with anyone. The problem with third party retailers is that their business models are unaligned with the business models of the suppliers and the products they're selling. Joining Who's not making money? The insurance company or the supplier? How does it actually work?   How car insurance companies are relying on people not switching -.    Is it worthwhile to use comparison sites?    No hidden fees until you get the product disclosure statement.    What are the benefits of having a consumer buying group?   The more people you have in the community, the more savings are assumed.   The problem with third party retailers is that their business models are unaligned with the business models of the suppliers and the products they're selling     Who's not making money? The insurance company or the supplier?     How does it actually work?     How car insurance companies are relying on people not switching -.     Is it worthwhile to use comparison sites?     No hidden fees until you get the product disclosure statement.     What are the benefits of having a consumer buying group?     The more people you have in the community, the more savings are assumed.  

    Help the youth of today to break the cycle of violence and homelessness

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2023 17:33


    Lighthouse Foundation is a youth homelessness service. It's been in operation for just on 30 years. And it's an organization that really not only seeks to address and and youth homelessness as it currently exists, but to really work with the community, both private and public, to achieve not only a solution for the young people of today, but certainly to do something about the sad but, unavoidable fact that there is an increase of young people in the next generation who come through to similar circumstances. What is the lighthouse foundation? 0:03 How do you use the term “youth”? 1:27 Lighthouse seeks to make it easier for those who can't provide that for themselves to find those pathways. 3:41 Not every family is perfect by any means, but it's your family. 5:42 What's the ways for a business to help? 7:36 How to help people who are missing the basic needs of life. 9:31 How can the community help? 11:46 What are some things that we can help by looking out for? 13:34 Don't force the kids to kiss Auntie May. 16:00

    How to plan a successful 2023

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 17:59


    So the easiest way is to start a blank piece of paper for me, I'm going to also suggest you go get a whole bunch of colored pencils, because that's fun, that gets the mind going. Because when you're stuck, just go pick up another color, and another color and another color and write it down. But don't forget to think about all the community in your business and that's you, your business, your partner, your kids, your parents, your customers, your suppliers, everybody, what are the goals? What are the things you do for them? What are the achievements, what are the feelings you want these people to feel?

    University Degrees. There is a better, more affordable way.

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2022 16:00


    Why do you want to have to just regurgitate a bunch of stuff you've learned by rote? So what we do instead is we connect our students with global companies small and large, and be involved in live projects that they have a problem in their business they want solve, so to serve a continually talking to business businesses globally to say, what is the problem in your business?

    To discuss a new entrepeneur hub we have Declan Clausen Deputy Lord Mayor of the City of Newcastle and Siobhan Curran from the University of Newcastle

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 21, 2022 26:18


    With the Landing Pad space for entrepeneurs here in Newcastle it's something very practical we can do to try and help de risk, by having a partnership like the landing pad with the University of Newcastle and the amazing facilities that it brings just to make it that little bit easier for somebody thinking of relocating to a regional city to take advantage of the better quality of life that a city like Newcastle is able to bring. I can speak from personal experience as someone who has moved from Sydney to Newcastle 12 years ago that, you know, one of the reasons why we wanted to relocate was housing affordability, we love the beach, and we wanted to be close to the beach. But if we wanted to stay in Sydney, we just seem to get further and further away from it. And the commute time. So I would take public transport, and it would be one hour each way from where I lived in suburban Sydney to Alexandria. And I was like is this what my life is going to be like, especially with young children but i had luckily married a Novocastrian. And it was a somewhat easier transition to a leap of faith to move to Newcastle because I was sort of familiar with the layout, when you Newcastle initiative was up and running at that point, which supported creative entrepreneurs to access space for them to be able to operate from and that really interested me, but otherwise, I had no networks up here. And my background was marketing. And, you know, while the COVID and hybrid work opportunities or being able to work 100% remotely, has really opened up the doors, I think, to people to consider moving to regional locations like Newcastle. And that's been demonstrated by those figures that Declan just outlined, yes, working from home is fantastic. We all like being able to be in our pajamas while we take zoom calls or put a load of washing on during during lunch break. But ultimately, at the end of the day, were connected humans that need to be able to be in person with each other. And that's what the landing pad ultimately ultimately is able to provide is that face to face interactive connection into humans and people that are going through the same journey you are, particularly if you're starting a new business.

    Is the Federal Budget a well being budget and does it help the NFP sector?

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2022 26:04


    Danny Davis from lct.org.au joins us too discuss if the Federal Government delivered on a wellness or wellbeing budget? Also we look at waste and covering your arse in the NDIS

    Get better control of your business and board to manage your risks better

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2022 25:25


    But by being in control, you can make sure that you're not falling out of the sky on a regular basis. The cybersecurity risks, the innovation disruption risks are just not being met on a on a competent basis at this stage. I mean, it's a bit of an accusation, but I think it's true. I think boards from what I have seen firsthand, and from the research that I've done as well, are generally just not engaged with the level of change and risk that is out there.

    Deliver super fast same day to your clients with a Sherpa

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 19, 2022 18:50


    Delivery can be arranged not just same day but within a few hours. Clients get notifications by text message, and so forth. They can literally watch him on the map driving through the streets to their own home. So it really does give a next level of visibility and in the event that they have a contact issue they can call him they can text the shipper and the shipper can text them and get back as well. Everything's marked for privacy, obviously. But it's a sort of level of service, you just don't get with other carriers If you're doing that you feel great for your customers, they'll keep coming back when they log online. And notice that you can get delivery of your of your T shirt in a couple of hours, where, you know, a dress for the cocktail dress for the evening. You know, a lot of consumers want that. And they'll take that up on the go, when they when they do receive the delivery. The commentary that we get is always really high, we ask our customers to rate the service. And we're sitting around that sort of 4.9 out of five

    Grinders Coffee is 60 years old. Do you enjoy yours with Alt Milk ?

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 28, 2022 13:22


    Yep, Australians are mad for what we call alternative milks, alt milks. They call it in the trade. And it's growing exponentially. and what's also interesting is each state has a little bit of a bias towards what their particular alt milk is. Victorians have a strong bias for oat milk. And then New south Welsh people have a bias for almond milk. And then the Queenslanders have a bit of a bias still for soy milk, which was pretty much the original of alt milk that came on to the scene. But you go to any cafe now Tony in their entire fridge is full of you've seen it, haven't you like the cardboard boxes of probably They're about six particular different types of milk. So it's pretty hard to manage that kind of inventory. But that's what customers demand now.

    How to prepare for and enjoy retirement

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2022 18:25


    So if you had some quick tips for and we'll use that 20 year benchmark because again, it's I think it's what most of us start thinking about. If you're 20 years out, or between, say 20 years and then 10 years, what things do you think people should be doing to prepare for retirement. Okay, the first thing that we must do, of course, is to make certain that we understand the financial implications, and have we got enough now, those who want to travel around the world every year and drive a Mercedes, they need a lot more than the person who says hey, I'm not interested in that. So we've got to one understand the financial implication. So that's the first thing. The second thing is we've got to develop the habits, so that we can successfully fill in 11,000 days. And the problem is this tony too many people in retirement. In fact, the average in Australia is watching screen time. That's telephone, tablets, computers, TV, and the big screen, nine hours a day, nine hours a day, they're watching television. Now, I do not believe that it is reasonable or even sensible to spend all your life preparing for this time called retirement, saving money, getting ready, so that you can watch nine hours of television, I got to be joking. So that's a big one as well. Physically fit. We must be physically fit. We know that there's these things like dementia and Alzheimer's and those types of things that are just around the corner for many, hey, but they're not. If you prepare well, in other words, anyone who is physically fit low on alcohol, plenty of exercise, good diet, and so on and so forth. They do they attract dementia and Alzheimer's less than most people. Now, I'm not saying that you can avoid it, you can't avoid it. But you can delay it. So there are a couple of things that are really critical.

    Protect your Wordpress site from hackers and back up for free

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 1, 2022 21:12


    Again, web hosts will offer backups. But I recommend you do your own backups to either to OneDrive, or Google Drive or not on the website server. And the reason for this is that if the website server gets compromised, your backups will get compromised. And also the backups that website hosts offer. Some websites posted, you can get it back, like when you want it on demand others, it's just a disaster recovery backup. So if the server goes down, they can bring it back up. But you can't just restore your own website. So make sure it's being backed up and make sure it's being backed up to another server just gives you that control and redundancy and safety. If something goes wrong, you can get everything back. There are plenty of plugins out there that will do backups for you. And you just need to check when you're installing the plugin that it will backup to a third party sites. So one that I recommend is updraft might be Updraft Plus, that's that will do the backups, it will copy them to a third party server for you. They do have a free version, which I think allows you to backup to one destination. The premium version allows you to backup to more services. So you just need to check which one works for you the best.

    The importance of exercise to mental health especially in the country.

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2022 16:20


    I think people really underestimate how important exercise is for all around health and weight, around health and well being, but also our mental health and well being. So often people only exercise when they want to lose weight, for example. But exercise is such an important tool for managing stress and anxiety, increasing our confidence, for helping us feel connected to others. So we've got an online platform. So if you're on the country, it can be quite isolating. If you can't get access to gyms, or you don't have time to go to the gym, you can join our community and get that sense of sense of community and purpose through your exercise, which is really important.

    How to learn from Covid with Dean from The party People

    Play Episode Listen Later May 31, 2022 22:28


    So having that planning was key. And that's something I think people will start doing more of now. And it's something we learned in our growth, growth of our business was to plan better. Think of what happens if the, you know, having the contingency plans of what if things go better than we expect?

    15 year old entrepeneur Zara on inspiration for her cake business

    Play Episode Listen Later May 4, 2022 14:44


    You are quite unique. So what motivated you to start up the business?

    Healthy Treats Make Business Sweet

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 30, 2022 14:57


    Interview with Andy about how you can have sweet treat for yourself and the kids that is not bad for you and is sugar free. Also some great tips to help other new business's. So the purpose of our business is making sure that everyone can still enjoy sweet trees. But knowing that there is an alternative, now you can have that sweetness, but you don't need to have all the unsavory ingredients with it. After all, who doesn't love a sweet treat?

    Keep your business and staff Cyber Secure working from home

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2022 17:40


    And we'll go in with all this tech about antivirus and stuff. I have an example where one of the companies I was working for like 10 years ago as a big company, there was a Telstra subsidiary. I had to wipe his computer once a week, right. And I finally had a conversation with him. And his justification was, well, we have anti virus Matt, I would expect that it would just work all the time. And I said do you have seatbelts in your car? He's like, yeah, why? I said, do you just drive into trees all the time? He's like, Oh, no. Well, I mean, you can't expect anti viruses to stop everything, especially new threats come out every day.

    Get More Time From Action to Buddy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 17:38


    We cover some great tips to help you take action and get more time. In this first part Les takes us through the first few letters of his e-book and we cover how to take action, through to the importance of having a buddy and breaks. These simple tips will get you thinking and improving your day.

    Give your home or office a custom furniture fit out

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 14, 2021 13:33


    It's a double sided marketplace. And what we mean by that is that there are on the one side, lots of retailers right now, there's over a couple 100 retailers and there's over 100,000 products. And on the other side, there are the buyers, which are the ones that would come to the site to use it to furnish and fit out their spaces. So the idea behind https://www.sawce.com.au/ is to be the central dedicated online marketplace for furniture and fitouts.

    The Science of making Delicious Ice Cream

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2021 19:46


    We cover what actually is an emulsifier? How to make commercial ice cream with less sugar with no arificial sweeteners. What is vegan frozen dessert? And how air is so critical to protecting the die for you flavours from Elato.

    The importance of screening for cancer

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2021 14:29


    For example, on Breast Cancer we're down 98%, from April 2018, to 2020, which is very alarming, you know, only for one in 10, complete bowel cancer test kits as well. Like, there's a lot of statistics at the moment about this, which is really the driver for us in what we're doing at the moment with doctors.com.au

    Vegan Food That Tastes Good And Is Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2021 18:54


    Join us for a truly inspirational story with Diem, a child refugee from Vietnam that now makes 100 % Australian vegan food that is now available in Woolworths and globally.

    World Vegan Month. What is a Vegan? How Do Vegan Products Help Me

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2021 18:55


    So, the definition it says as practicable, as possible. We we look at whether we buy products, or we look at entertainment industry, so wherever possible, we seek to exclude products or avoid entertainment, for example, which seek to exploit animals, Thats it in a nutshell,

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    How To Read A Face With a Mask

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2021 19:57


    Questions asked include: And I saw you using your forehead quite a bit then. Because I was going to say all the eyes sing to be predominant, but it's actually the forehead that seems to take up a large amount of space. Is there such a thing as resting bitchface? So face off, if I got a face transplant. Over time would my expressions now replace and go back onto the new face.

    Top 5 Tips to Improve Your Business Online Security

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 21, 2021 19:13


    Topics covered include: Educate your staff Backing up data Ask your colleagues MFA multi factor or two FA authentication Stop using the same account on our email to use for online shopping services accounts, as we do for our personal banking services accounts.

    Admin Support For Tradies

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 7, 2021 13:01


    We are talking about how restrictions impact your business as well. But what I'm thinking is that that's an opportunity. Because of course, once things start normalizing tradies they get busier again, they're going to need you even more once things return, and they get bombarded with work.

    Use the Power of Story to Build Brand & Culture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2021 18:20


    Of course, a podcast or video cast or video is about stories. You are someone who helps people realize the power of their stories and how to create stories that are more engaging, because there's so many stories out there, but what makes your story and my story so good. So how do you help people with that?

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    Time training and goal strategising

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2021 14:20


    We are joined by Christie of florandorder.com to discuss Time training and Goal strategising Questions asked include: Strategies to help when things keep changing so much and the future is uncertain. So as a general rule, what would be some tips to be better, organized and make better use of your time?

    The importance of Apps for online shopping retailers.

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2021 14:34


    Providing an Omnichannel experience for your customers is becoming increasingly important. With all the changes to shopping moving online with covid restrictions, a retail business needs to consider the full customer journey and experience. Emarsys helps this experience with its apps offering a enhanced experience for your high value clients and improving engagement.

    Managing data to adapt to global change and technology disruption

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2021 16:18


    We are joined by Albert from Opentext.com to discuss adapting to global change and technology disruption by rethinking business strategy and seizing new digital capabilities in the cloud. with so much data it is a real struggle to understand how to utilise it and create value and knowledge. Questions asked include: We all hear the cloud this thing out there somewhere. So how are you helping businesses to deal with that? Using content and making it into a package usable that they can then use for marketing and other sorts of purposes.

    Covid and Cancer. The Implications. With Todd Harper Cancer Council Victoria

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2021 11:16


    In this episode we are joined by Todd Harper, CEO of Cancer Council Victoria to discuss the implications of Covid 19 and Cancer outcomes. Questions asked include: How are Covid lockdowns having an impact on cancer? Even under stress such as a lockdown is it a good time to quit? What are the odds of catching cancer versus catching COVID? Please share some tips on avoiding or lifestyle changes that can help you reduce the risk from catching cancer?

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    Interview with Dr White of Quit. Stop Smoking Today To Save Your Health and Money

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 3, 2021 13:12


    In this episode we are joined by Dr. Sarah White, the Director of www.quit.org.au Quit is there to help all Australians improve their health, save money, protect their family and improve their lifestyle Questions asked: What do you put most of the success in reducing smoking rates in Australia down too? Even under stress such as a lockdown is it a good time to quit? I've got friends that claim that E Cigarettes are helping them, is this true? In relation to Covid 19 and smoking. How does that impact health outcomes?

    An Aussie in the Phillipines During Covid 19 Lockdown

    Play Episode Listen Later May 17, 2021 16:21


    It's a bit crazy where we're coming up on 14 months of lockdown as as they call it here. They have different types of lockdowns. The current is like a general community lockdown where effectively its only essential travel. If you're working, then you're allowed to be outside. But otherwise, you really should be staying home and especially elderly or very young. So people under 16 and over 60 I believe it is, are not allowed to be out currently. So 14 months. It's Yeah, it's definitely a long time to be sort of stuck in stuck in the house for the majority of the time.

    Ecommerce delivers faster and easier with Sherpa

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 15:47


    We interview Duncan as to how Sherpa could be called the Uber of deliversies as its all individually picked up and delivered same day. The way it works is your order will go through our technology out to our network of Sherpas was 10,000 Sherpas we have across Australia. With the driver app waiting for orders, they will see the job accept the job because it's near their location, they will drive to the retail store, they'll pick up the goods, and they will drive the order to the customer's house or the customer's business wherever they've requested to deliver it. So if you think about how Australia Post is moving millions and millions of passes around every day, we use technology to do it smarter and at a micro geography level, if you like so we match the Sherpas location, to the retail store. And we know the shipper can get there very quickly because we know where he is.

    Why did the tasty chicken treat cross the nullarbor?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 3, 2021 16:00


    Today we have an interview with one of the most popular chicken brands in WA Chicken Treat. The chicken really flew out the door during covid and now they want to fly the coop and are looking for franchisees in the ACT and NSW. Learn more about their success story in this podcast.

    Please Support Sick Country Kids In City Hospitals

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2021 15:11


    Ronald McDonald House Charities. Gives seriously ill children the best gift of all- their families. Please support the ceo walk in my shoes campaign. With family in the country i know how difficult it would be when you have a seriously ill child needing treatment in a city hospital. Caring for other kids in the family, the costs of accomodation, food and transport would be too hard to even focus on when your child is receiving cancer or other serious forms of treatment. RMHC helps with a supportive group environment as the families are picked up and put into a situation where they're away from their usual support networks and away from extended family and friends. As this becomes the new normal RMHC and other families staying their offer support in this time of crisis. As a business leader you can be part of an exclusive opportunity to experience a day in the life of a family with a seriously ill child, or donate to help with the $160 a night cost.

    What to do when your pet is deceased.

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 13, 2021 14:39


    At Pet Angel we're all compassionate people. We have empathy, and we all love what we do. And we all feel as though that we We can help the people. To be honest, we do focus on the pet, but the pet is deceased. So the people that the people that need the help are the owners of the pet. They need to be assured that their beloved pet is in good hands and well looked after in their afterlife.

    The Large Project Management Doctor

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 15:21


    Yes, I've actually seen a lot of projects struggle, because they haven't had the right team on board. I mean, I've seen projects go pear shaped, because for example, a great designer who was great at designing was promoted into a project management position, without having the proper training. And also there's far too much unnecessary pressure and stresses in the construction industry, because people are generally not good at project management. So this is why I actually set up my companies. I thought, after seeing so many products go wrong, and learning from those things. I thought I could help.

    So you're a clinical hypnotherapist? What is that?

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 23, 2021 5:43


    Clinical therapy is very, very serious thing. Because you're dealing with people's emotions and their thoughts and everything like that. So what it basically is, is just allowing your conscious mind rest, which then allows me to get down into your subconscious to give you positive reinforcement

    Ready to grow your business then listen to this podcast to find out more.

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 16, 2021 16:15


    Ready to grow your business then Peter Ellis business growing pains specialist can help. So about 12 to 14%, of businesses that want to grow, more than half of them are actually stuck in between sizes. They're stuck between micro and small, or they're stuck between small and medium.

    Lets Face it we all need more help at reading Faces for success

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2021 16:25


    So what we're covering today is something that's quite interesting. Which is harnessing the power of reading people by reading their face. And it's more than just body language. Much more.

    Working From Home? Listen for Tax Benefits you Can Claim

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2021 21:20


    The ATO does not want you to claim all you are entitled too for working from home.

    Get Support For Your Pack and Send Requirements

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 2, 2021 17:27


    You dont have to be big to save big with couriers and ojnline deliveries. Get Support For Your Pack and Send Requirements. Since the early 2000's Chris has helped small business's. Even before Ebay became popular.

    A Lawyer Is As Important As An Accountant To Your Business

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2021 14:40


    So in fact, getting us involved in your business planning and strategies means that hopefully, in the long term, you'll be spending time worrying about your business and not about regulators coming after you or your competition suing you, or anything like that.

    Get Marketing for 2021 NOW

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 20, 2021 25:25


    Mia explains the importance of having your marketing strategy happening now and know your target market.

    Warning. Dont Buy a Car Without Expert Advice

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2020 18:38


    We cover the three pillars of automotive decision making in this podcast

    Support Aussie Farmers Gift Cheese for Xmas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 7, 2020 17:51


    I think if people can just help the Australian cheese industry and also remember that there's dairy farmers that supply to all of these small cheese makers.

    Social Distancing with the "COVID Cop"

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2020 15:36


    Staff heading back to the office or customers back into the cafe. The smart sign can help

    Reward your staff and yourself with a covid safe e-gift card.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 27, 2020 12:44


    Your employees have worked hard this year. Show you are thinking of them and reward them with a special egift card. This card even comes with e wrapping

    Save the environment. Save your children's future. Save Xmas. Say no to plastic water bottles.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2020 7:57


    Are you like me and have multiple water bottles, for the gym, for a walk, at home, in the car. Or is it all too hard and you keep buying a new water bottle all the time. Which you know you should not do. Replace them all with the non plastic rolla bottle www.rollabottle.com.au Its made of foam silicon, which is a really interesting material.

    Do you get sweaty and shake even thinking about public speaking and doing presentations. How are your palms right now? Has your lack of confidence got in the way of sales or promotions?

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 19, 2020 22:24


    Master the art of Presentation with Brenden of Master Talk. In this podcast he shares with us 5 tips to help you relax and enjoy public speaking.

    Are you concerned about parents and grandparents in care homes. Feel that you are not aware of what is going on and being kept distant.

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2020 15:28


    Alison works in aged care, as an occupational therapist, and really knew and understood ,the challenges that families face as well as those working in the homes themselves. So Alison launched the first app for care homes. the agedcareapp.

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