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The Sydney Small Business Centre was founded by Amanda Falconer and is supported by a team of agencies and contractors in design, website development, video production, media planning, writing and editing, marketing and administration.

• Small Business September ushers in the launch of the Sydney Small Business Centre established to help the owners of small to medium businesses use problem-based management and marketing training to power through business adolescence.
  Media release 13.9.10

Interviews

For media interviews please contact Amanda Falconer: amanda@sydneysmallbusinesscentre.com

• SMH, The Age, WA Today, Brisbane Times Enterprise blog
• Bizdom
• The Boardroom Report’ Volume 8, Issue 18, 22 Sep 2010 (not online yet)

• The weekly bullet 13/9 - Is technology driving marketing? How to beat the puberty blues.
• The weekly bullet 20/9 - is your thigh bone connected to your knee bone?
• The weekly bullet 27/9 - how's your customer advocacy score?
• The weekly bullet 4/10 - how human is your business?
• The weekly bullet 11/10 - quick announcement, a favour and the need for a plan
• The weekly bullet 18/10 - are you running your business like a young puppy?
• The weekly bullet 26/10 - are you running your business like a sheep or a shepherd?
• The weekly bullet 2/11 - Santa's coming and he has secrets to share
• The weekly bullet 9/11 - Why running a small business is like learning Brazilian jiu jitsu
• The weekly bullet 16/11 - Can your customers find the path?
• The weekly bullet 23/11 - How to drive results using a simple online marketing system.
• The weekly bullet 8/12 - The top 3 skills a modern small business owner needs.
• The weekly bullet 14/12 - 5 things to learn from the Facebook movie.
• The weekly bullet 21/12 - Why seeing the wood for the trees means having a clearing.
• The weekly bullet 6/1 - Top 11 marketing trends for 2011.
• The weekly bullet 11/1 - Outrageous time-based offer
• The weekly bullet 18/1 - What Martin Luther King Jr can teach us about business.
• The weekly bullet 25/1 - Why your business should love threesomes.
• The weekly bullet 1/2 - What Sherlock Holmes & Meerman Scott have to do with business
• The weekly bullet 9/2 - What Colin Firth & eating frogs & elephants has to do with business
• The weekly bullet 1/3 - How the commander's intent helps your staff grow your business
• The weekly bullet 8/3 - Is your success pyramid upside down?
• The weekly bullet 16/3 - Why do small businesses fail?
• The weekly bullet 25/3 - Why your marketing plan is like the little black dress
• The weekly bullet 31/3 - Why successful online marketing is about being FRR
• The weekly bullet 6/4 - Why success online needs the turbo-charged tortoise approach.
• The weekly bullet 12/4 - What's essential for small business growth?
• The weekly bullet 20/4 - 3 things Ita Buttrose can teach us about business.
• The weekly bullet 28/4 - 3 things award-winning Din Tai Fung can teach us about small business marketing.
• The weekly bullet 2/5 - Why failing could mean you're a success.
• The weekly bullet 10/5 - Why you should never leave home without your Value Proposition.
• The weekly bullet 24/5 - How to make life a little bit sweeter and win more customers.
• The weekly bullet 1/6 - Why you need brand consistency and why Air NZ has it wrong.
• The weekly bullet 8/6 - How to prospect like a pro and hook customers.
• The weekly bullet 16/6 - Catching your target customer, hook, line and sinker.
• The weekly bullet 23/6 - Our top 5 PR tips.
• The weekly bullet 30/6 - Happy new (financial) year.
• The weekly bullet 7/7 - Why the buck stops with you.
• The weekly bullet 13/7 - Dust off the basics, plus what you can learn from the Bettina Liano collapse.
• The weekly bullet 21/7 - How to grow without breaking, plus why content is king.
• The weekly bullet 27/7 - What a difference a VP makes.
• The weekly bullet 3/8 - The other side of your business.
• The weekly bullet 12/9 - Where have we been? Our big announcement. Brand elastic and when it breaks. The last newsletter.

“I learnt a tremendous amount from our workshop with Amanda.”

Chris La Franchi,
Director, Indigo Homes
. "It's not enough to have a vision and a passion; you actually need a plan to take you there. It's the roadmap; without a plan, all you really have is a dream, and we know how often they come true."

Greg Chapman
Business coach, author and past Telstra Business Awards judge