Tag: Business Advice

Aligning your marketing strategy with your financial goals helps ensure your actions are focused and impactful. But for many businesses, there isn’t adequate communication or strategy to align the two. Bridging that gap can help you take steps towards increased growth. Here are three practical ways to align your marketing strategy with your financial goals:…

In our recent video podcast with the Ambitious Accountant I speak about how you should be working to make yourself redundant over time. While it may seem counter-intuitive, discover what I mean by ‘making yourself redundant’ and why it’s important to build systems and processes into your business, so that your business can GROW!

As a business owner, you obviously rely on your business to support yourself and your employees day-to-day, but you may also rely on it as a mechanism to fund your retirement?  As such, over the years, you may have reinvested almost every dollar earned back into the business. This money may have been spent to…

The government has announced an extension to the JobKeeper Program which would extend payments made to businesses from the upcoming end date of 28 September 2020 up to 28 March 2021. Businesses will need to requalify for the second part of the scheme that begins on 29th September 2020. While many businesses will benefit from…

We’re lucky enough to work with hundreds of small businesses across Victoria, so we have seen a lot in terms of business performance and lack thereof. If you feel your business has become a little humdrum, here are a few tips to shake up and shape up your business. Review your business finances with a…

A business failure doesn’t have to mean the end of the world. A failure might actually be the beginning of a much stronger and more resilient business. Here are the things you should consider and take away from a business failure. The blame game It can be hard not to blame others, or extenuating circumstances…

If you feel like your business is getting you down and you’re just wanting to keep up with the Joneses, ask yourself why you got into business in the first place.

Sharp Accounting’s Glenn Sharp & Ewen Fletcher talk about why business succession planning is so important. You might not like to think about it, but one day you will inevitably need to leave your business. Whether it’s to retire, to move on to something else, a partnership dispute, or for health reasons, a succession (or…

A lot of our clients will come to us with concerns around where they are heading in their life and what their retirement might be looking like. So although we don’t necessarily do a lot of financial planning ourselves, we do a lot of wealth creation advice for clients. We have a Ballarat financial planner…

Hi, I’m Glenn Sharp from Sharp Accounting and we’re back with ‘Ask Sharpy’. My business isn’t working for me, what should I do? The first thing that we would normally delve into with clients in this situation is to bring you back to the main reasons why you got into business.  Most people when they…

Hi, I’m Glenn Sharp from Sharp Accounting and welcome to our weekly ‘Ask Sharpy’ video. Why should I seek advice? When you’re in business, I use an analogy, similar to a football team. In a football team, the players don’t just run around and look after themselves, you’ve got a coaching team. Over the top…