Small Business Blog
Andy is author of the ‘Lifestyle Business Architect’ – a full-scale plan for building businesses using the four A’s. Click a category or see all posts below.
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Alignment between your personal lifestyle and your business.
Sustainable client Acquisition and profitability.
Improving billable hours by Automation and systematisation.
Building authority to reduce dependence on paid advertising.
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Should I Hire Staff? Two Paths for Small Business Owners
Most small business owners ask this question at roughly the same point in their journey. Things are getting busy. You’re turning down work, or the work is eating your evenings,…
Automating Your Business Using Claude Software Integrations
If you’re running a small business, your time is probably your biggest problem. Not money, not clients – time. There are only so many billable hours in a week, and…
What Software Does a Small Business Actually Need?
There is a productivity trap that catches small business owners more reliably than almost anything else. It usually starts with good intentions. You sign up for a scheduling tool. Then…
How to Automate My Business: Systems That Run Without You
Most business owners asking how to automate my business are starting from the wrong place. They’re looking for an app. A shortcut. Some clever piece of software that will magically…
How to Improve Billable Hours in Your Service Business
Most service business owners think improving billable hours means finding more clients, charging more, or working longer days. But there’s a simpler place to start — and it’s one that…
The Best Gym Equipment for a Physiotherapy Clinic
Running a physiotherapy clinic with a gym component sounds straightforward on paper. Buy some equipment, set up a space, fill it with patients. But the clinics that make good money…
How to Get a HICAPS Terminal in Your Physio Business
If you’re setting up a physiotherapy practice and want to process private health fund claims on the spot, you need a HICAPS terminal. Patients expect it. Without it, you’re asking…
How to Setup a Physiotherapy Clinic the Right Way
So you’re thinking about opening your own physio clinic. Maybe you’ve been working as an associate for years and you’re ready to back yourself. Maybe you’ve already got a business…
How to Register a Business in Australia: A Step-by-Step Guide
So you’ve decided to start a business. That’s the hard part – the decision. Now comes the admin, and if you’ve never done it before, it can feel like an…
When Is the Financial Year in Australia? Key Dates Every Business Owner Should Know
Here’s a quick, clear rundown of when the financial year is in Australia and the key dates you need to keep on your radar. Please note that this is for…
How to Find Better Clients for Your Small Business
Stop chasing clients who’ll pay. You need better clients for your business. Most small business owners spend a huge amount of energy trying to get more clients. More leads, more…
How to Use a CRM to Warm Leads (Without Chasing Anyone)
Most small business owners set up a CRM to track leads. They enter the name, tick a few pipeline stages, and then — if they’re honest — stop using it…
Is SEO Useful for My Business? The Honest Answer
There’s a question I hear from almost every small business owner, usually after they’ve spent a few thousand dollars on Google Ads and stared blankly at the results. It goes…
How Many Clients Is Enough for Your Business?
Asking How many client is enough for your business is the Question That Changes Everything. Most business owners spend their careers asking the wrong question. They ask: how do I…
How to Price Your Services Without Selling Yourself Short
If you’ve ever quoted a client, watched their face, and immediately felt the urge to offer a discount — this post is for you. Pricing your services is one of…
Sample Business Plan Australia
Starting your business? While you absolutely should get help from a business coach, you can start the first steps yourself, with this sample business plan. Download is below. Most business…
Business Ideas for Professionals: How to Build Income That Doesn’t Depend on Your Hours
Looking for business ideas as a professional? If you’re a professional services business owner — a consultant, therapist, advisor, designer, coach, or specialist of any kind — your income is…
Why Your Business Plan Needs to Be on Your Wall, Not in Your Head
Most small business owners either skip the business plan entirely, or write one, file it somewhere sensible, and never look at it again. Neither approach is particularly useful. The problem…
How to Design Your Products and Services Around Your Lifestyle Goals
Most small business owners design their products and services based on what their industry does, what clients have asked for, or what they were able to offer when they first…
How to Plan Your Business Income Around Your Life (Not the Other Way Around)
Most advice about planning business income starts with a revenue target. Pick a number — $100k, $200k, $500k — build toward it, arrive, and repeat with a higher number. The…
The First Step in Any Lifestyle Business Strategy: Closing the Vision Gap
Most lifestyle business advice starts in the wrong place. It starts with acquisition — how to get more clients, more leads, more visibility. Or it jumps straight to systems and…
What Is a Lifestyle Business? (And How It Differs From a Scale-Up)
The term “lifestyle business” gets used loosely — sometimes to describe a freelancer working part-time hours, sometimes to describe a fully systematised company turning over eight figures a year. Hustle-culture…
Small Business Burnout Is Real — Here’s How to Recognise and Overcome It
You built the business. The clients are there. The revenue is solid. And yet something feels quietly, persistently wrong. If that sounds familiar, you’re not alone — and you’re not…
Eight Weeks Off, Every Year: How to Build a Business That Doesn’t Need You to Babysit It
This one’s under the Automation pillar of the Biz Bloke framework (Alignment, Acquisition, Automation, Authority) — and no, it’s not just about software. Read on to get your tips. G’day,…
From Burnout to Beach: How to Automate Your Way to 4 Weeks Off
I Left My Business on Autopilot for 9 months… and it survived! Could your business survive if you walked away today? In this video, I’m sharing the raw, honest story of how…