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Planning your marketing for 2009

December 18th, 2008 at 6:44 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendMerry Christmas! I love Christmas - every year we enter the Christmas lights competitions. Yes it takes time to do (and in this year's case we had to do them twice because the storm demolished the ...

Business Growth Jobs for during the Summer Slow Down Period

December 11th, 2008 at 7:17 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendThe Christmas silly season is in full swing. This week I attended so many Christmas parties I look like a Christmas pudding! But ... it is also a time when many businesses start to slow down for summe ...

Professional Profiles - Why It Is So Hard to Write About Yourself

December 4th, 2008 at 6:27 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendOn the run into Christmas, many businesses are getting a head start on their marketing for the New Year. Recently we have been completing a lot of personal and professional profiles for people and hav ...

Recruitment - Advertising to Attract Great Applicants

November 27th, 2008 at 7:20 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendHope you are having a brilliant week. We have finally finished our Christmas lights (for the second time this year - thanks storm!) ready for judging this weekend and they look pretty spectacular. The ...

Performance Management Misconceptions

November 20th, 2008 at 6:14 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendHere in Brisbane we were hit with a massive storm on the weekend. Luckily my home's damage was relatively minor and easily repaired over a few days work, but many of our neighbours and friends wer ...

How to Feng Shui Your Office

November 13th, 2008 at 5:23 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendI am always on the look out for things to give small businesses the edge. Long term readers know I have had an interest in Feng Shui for a while, which is why I asked Julie McLeod from Kharma Consulti ...

Recruitment Interviewing 101

November 6th, 2008 at 6:25 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendI'm running a workshop next week for the Nursery Industry Association on Recruitment and Employee Performance, so to get in the mood we start off by looking at recruitment interviewing and some of ...

Planning Your Christmas Promotions

October 30th, 2008 at 8:44 pm

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendHappy Halloween! So of course today's newsletter is all about Christmas. We start by looking at your Christmas promotions and what works in this economic climate.We then look at Staff Christmas ...

Marketing to the Generations

October 23rd, 2008 at 5:30 am

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendA real mixed bag this week (much like our weather lately!)We start by looking at the different generations and the things you need to be aware of when you market to them.We then look at Staff Chris ...

Marketing During A Downturn

October 14th, 2008 at 12:20 am

www.heartharmony.com.au emailHi FriendThe news has been full of doom and gloom this week - billions stripped from economies, exchange rates dropping and people getting stressed.Originally we were going to look at a more general market ...