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Brazilian Beauty wins Lord Mayors Business Award!

Brazilian Beauty has taken out the Small Business Growth category in the 2014 Lord Mayor’s Business Awards at City Hall!

Brazilian Beauty proudly took home the honourable Lord Mayors Business Award for Small Business Growth on October 10th at the stunning Brisbane City Hall.  CEO Francesca Webster and COO Andrew Bryant have been delighted to see the franchise system gain formal recognition this year for it’s successful business mode;. 

Lord Mayor Graham Quirk said the ninth annual Lord Mayor’s Business Awards recognised the…more

2014 Telstra Buisness Women’s Awards

Brazilian Beauty supported their CEO, Francesca Webster, at the 2014 Telstra Business Women’s Awards, where she was nominated for two awards.

The two prestigious awards included:

• Business Owner
• Business Innovation

The night was a celebration of all the brilliant woman in business and was a truly motivational and inspirational evening to remember. The keynote speaker of the night was Alisa Camplin-Warner, who has a phenomenal story that really captivated everyone.

Unfortunately,Francesca was not the winner of either category, but is…more

Customer Satisfaction Equals Growth

Is there still growth to be had in the retail sector ?

Revenue seems to have headed south over the past year for many retail businesses, the convenience draw of online shopping has coaxed many traditional bricks and mortar shoppers to purchase online. 

Is shopping really all about convenience, price and solitude? Not for some, by nature we are social creatures and studies show that customers want to interact and most importantly have an experience to make them feel special.…more

Entrepreneurial Women’s Workshop

Francesca Webster attended the 2013 Entrepreneurial Women’s Workshop on October 16th.

 

 

The event, hosted by Ernst & Young in partnership with the Commonwealth Bank, focussed on the financing aspect to franchising and small business. Important questions discussed during the day were how and where to gain financing. Also addressed was the issue of funding for women, and the fact that less than 5% of venture capital financing is invested in businesses led by women.

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Upskilling Matters Now More Than Ever

Almost thirty percent of the Australian labour force view upskilling as imperative to success in the workplace, where success is defined as retaining a job, ie, remaining employable.

This is an interesting statistic for one reason: Almost a third of Australian workers feel they are under-qualified or not the best choice for a position they currently fill. When such a high percentage of people are so concerned for their long-term viability in the labour market, it’s important to speculate as to why this might be the case.

There is increasing pressure on people to expand their…more

Success in Simplicity

Abandon all gimmicks, add-ons and unnecessary ingredients. Clients in the beauty industry seek real results and straight-forward products that actively target concerns.

Consumer demand is about as predictable as the weather. You might be able to predict when it’s going to change, but you’ll most likely be wrong about the substance of the change 80% of the time.

This is why most studies or advice concerning consumer demand include terms such as “responding to demand”, “analysing adjustments”, and “understanding client concerns”. For the large part, unless…more

Content is King & Long Will it Reign

This is the internet, where content is literally everything. If you’re reading this, you are already under the thrall of the King.

Any organisation attempting to promote its business online must produce good content. Even if you are the most recognised, oldest and most reliable brand in the world, if your online content is uninspiring, lacklustre or absent entirely, an online competitor will take business from you.

The question then becomes, what is good content? Well, that’s a matter of opinion and won’t be answered in any detail here.…more

Why Let Your Job Stress You Out?

There are far better options than slugging your way through an unsatisfying job.

For the vast majority of us, the chief cause of stress in our lives is our job. 46% of people claim that the main cause of work-related stress is their work load, while the next contributing factor is people issues (28%). In the five years leading up to 2011, workplace stress claims increased by 54%. So there’s no doubt stress is a powerful and growing factor in our employment. The question is, why are…more

Managing Growth Effectively

The most important factor for small business survival is growth.

If your interests don’t expand, then your company will struggle. However, rapid growth can be just as risky as growing too slowly, if not more so.

Brazilian Beauty is renowned for its consistently impressive year-on-year gains, however such growth would not be possible without certain boundaries. If not for efficient policies and procedures, and a strongly meshed team, Brazilian Beauty may not have…more

10 Reasons Why Businesses Fail

The statistics on new business failures are readily available and alarming, 50% of new businesses fail in the first year whilst over 5 years a staggering 90-95% of businesses fail.

1. Trying to grow too fast, whilst growth is

   desirable, sustainable controlled measurable growth is preferable to erratic debt laden growth. 

    

2. Financial management strategy. For many new businesses financial management is a post sales afterthought. Knowing the investment verses return for your business model and monitoring the score daily, weekly and monthly is vital to…more