Latest Articles
Some useful articles to help you with your business, based on Alluvion's experiences in helping their clients.
Strategy: What Is It and How Do You Build It?
Strategy is about making deliberate choices to achieve specific goals. A well-crafted strategy provides a clear roadmap for decision-making and resource allocation, aligning efforts across a business toward common objectives. Delve into the concept of strategy, its importance for small-to-medium enterprises (SMEs), and the steps to develop an effective one.
The Art of Goal Setting: Building the Foundation for Success
Goal setting is the cornerstone of achievement and the way you set your goals shapes the likelihood of your success. Let’s explore how to create well-set, meaningful goals, maintain focus, and stay motivated, all while breaking through the barriers of limiting beliefs to improve outcomes.
How to Supercharge Productivity and Efficiency in Your Mechanical Workshop
For most workshop owners, it can feel like there are leaks everywhere—lost hours, reworks, and unbilled time. To fix these leaks, you need to understand two critical metrics: productivity and efficiency. Here’s a clearer, more actionable way to measure, track, and improve these numbers to transform your workshop into a profit powerhouse.
The Sales Success Playbook: Straight-Talking Tips for Crushing Your Targets
We’re diving into what really works for success is sales – not fluffy theories, but practical advice seasoned with a dash of humour, a sprinkle of sarcasm, and a lot of “you should probably be doing this.”
So, You Want to Go from a $2M Business to a $10M One? Here’s the Straight Talk on What It’s Going to Take.
The straight talk on what it’s going to take to go from a $2M business to a $10M business.
Don’t Waste Money on Marketing – Focus on What Matters!
A lot of marketing is a money pit if you’re not doing it right and small business marketing budgets often go to waste due to inefficient targeting and misaligned strategies. Learn why most marketing is a waste – and what you should actually be spending your hard-earned cash on.
Staff Shortages Got You Down? Here’s 17 Tips to Make Your Business a Talent Magnet (and Finally Stop the Revolving Door of Hiring)
With some creative thinking, clever strategies, and a healthy dose of humour, you can transform your business into the place where everyone wants to work.
The Profit Power of Consistency for Aussie Small Business Owners (Yes, It’s That Important)
Let’s be real: running a small business in Australia is a bit like juggling chainsaws on a
windy day
The Perks of Understanding Your Cash Flow (And Why Ignoring It is Like Playing Financial Roulette)
Cash flow is that magical thing everyone talks about, but no one really wants to manage. It’s like flossing—everyone knows it’s good for you, but somehow it always ends up at the bottom of your to-do list.
How to Take Your Business from “Meh” to “Magnificent”
Numbers aren’t exactly the life of the party, but you need to know them like the back of your hand because when things go haywire, your numbers will be your first line of defence.
