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The Business Octopus
by Relevate
The Digital Business Community helping people to give their business a brain and teach it to grow itself.
Episodes
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Which Data Helps You Make The Best Business Decisions?
So, you have a buisness, its starting to grow. You can't be in every conversation and your intuition on how things are running now has to go via other people? Now information is filtered and you can't make clear decisions. What do you do? You need Data. So the logical next question is what data…
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The Business Octopus - Train Your Team to Be Intrapreneurs
We’re diving into how to train your team to become intrapreneurs—the kind who solve problems, pitch bold ideas, and take real ownership. If you’re ready to build innovation from the inside out, this one’s for you.Teach them to solve problems, not just complete a taskCreate a safe place for them…
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Building Out Your Ultimate Marketing Kit
- Gives you confidence for any and all sales related conversations- 5 things you should have- Keep it organised- Personalise them- Make sure it looks like the level of awesome you deliver
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Build the well before you need the water
Whether you are leaving a career to start a business, are looking to expand internationally or just trying to find a job then you need to build the networks and connections around you before you need them. Deciding to do a thing and then find the network is the hard way. We discuss how to do it...
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Why Planning Beats Plans: One-Page Strategy, CEO Roles, and 90-Day Onboarding (with Brad)
Avon interviews Brad on business strategy, planning, and leadership, drawing on Brad’s entrepreneurial background and 16–17 years coaching leadership teams across Australia and New Zealand. Brad explains that while “plans are worthless,” planning is essential, advocating for a one-page business...
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Next Level Knowledge Management to Help You Scale
You have heard the saying in one ear, out the other. Most people associate that with someone who is not listening. However, you can be listening and interested in the topic but if you don't take notes you will be subject to memory decay. The average persons memory of events decays by around 70%…
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Neural note taking and link analysis
How to link information and ideas in the way your brain works. Find patterns and make connections like never before. Watch this livestream on how we use Neural Note Taking to network more effectively.
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Exponential networks
Your network is your net worth. Everyone says it but are missing out on a critical ingredient. Scale.Building your network can be a powerful way to find opportunities at scale. When you do it right the possibilities are endless. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks…
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When to send a proposal and when it should just be an email
Proposals are a funny thing. For the client, it is easy for them to say "send me a proposal" but for you the business owner it can mean hours of research and writing. How do you keep control of it all? Tune in and find out. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and...
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Getting your product mix right
how to create a stream of products that introduces your customer to your brand and gets them begging for more. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our Digital Accelerator membership…
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Dealing with Impostor Syndrome
What is it and why does it happen? Why are we so predisposed to feeling like we don't belong somewhere when we get there?Have you been there? Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our...
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When to hire your first resource
Hiring your first resource or team member can be daunting. Its hard to know when to make the decision, when you need them your are too busy to find them, when you've got them you're too busy to train them. Set your team member up to win, when to pull the trigger and more Join the Relevate…
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Post disaster recovery
What to do after the event. Last week we reviewed disaster recovery planning whilst awaiting tropical cyclone Alfred. Now that the cyclone has been and gone we are talking about post disaster recovery. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow...
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Disaster planning
As we prepare for Cyclone Alfred we discuss what business need to do to prepare for disasters. Work with us: https://relevate.com.au/ Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with digital skills and technology. Join our Digital...
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Why Doctors Still Struggle: Gaps, Tax, and Practice Profitability (with Dr. Melanie Lau)
Avon interviews radiologist Dr. Melanie Lau about why doctors earn high incomes yet can still feel financial pressure, discussing the role of specialist qualifications, niche demand, hours, legal risk, and motivations such as helping people, money, respect, and cultural expectations. They explain...
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Organisational Key Result Areas
These help you to create goals that cascade down from strategic goals to initiatives and projects right down to the very tasks that lead to achieving the end result. People often get hung up on the terminology and end up missing the point. In this session we discuss what is an OKR and how to you...
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Avoiding Key Person Risk - The Big Red Bus Problem
Key person risk is unavoidable but there are ways to minimise its impact should the worst think happen. Do you know what you would do if one of your key staff (or you) got hit by a big red bus? Work with us: https://relevate.com.au Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks...
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Knowledge Management - why you feel like you can never leave
If the knowledge on how to do everything is contained within your head, then you can never truly get away from your business. If you ever want a day off or allow delegation in your team, you need knowledge management. This also increases your business valuation because it is an asset you can hand...
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Customer Onboarding
How to improve your customer onboarding process in your business. As your business grows, there are multiple people that need to be involved in the customer relationship and a clear process helps keep everyone on the same page. Join us for a discussion on what makes a good customer onboarding.
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What really goes on in the Relelvate Community
See why so many people are ditching traditional networking and joining this strategic growth community.We chat about what is happening in the Relevate Community, why its great, why you need to be a part of it and where we plan on going with it in the future.
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Data Enrichment
Join us live on Our Business Octopus as we dive into the world of CRM enrichment.Discover how to enhance customer relationships, optimise data insights, and drive sales success with smarter and out-of-the-box CRM strategies. Whether you're a small business owner or part of a larger enterprise…
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Inside the mind of Avon Collis
An interview with the interviewer. Amanda interviews Avon on what got him started in business, what he has learned along the way and how other people can learn from his mistakes. Join the Relevate Community and get in depth guides, tips, tricks and tutorials on how to grow your business with...
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The Dangers of Default Thinking
Are you on a mission or an adventure - meaning, a mission suggests a clear goal or purpose, often tied to specific outcomes and structured plans.While being mission-driven can be powerful, it can also lead to default thinking if the focus becomes too narrow.An adventure implies exploration,...
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Combating Cashflow Seasonality With Rev Ops
Almost all businesses experience seasonality of some kind. Whether you run a tourist business and it is centered around school holidays and the weather or whether you run a professional services business and it dips in after tax time and the end of the year.You can manage seasonality in the way…
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Global Expansion - What are you waiting for?
As an entrepreneur, it is your job to break new ground and explore new lands. Taking your business to the world can have a profound impact on your growth. It has never been easier to operate internationally. The time is now. Watch the livestream and hear from our experiences.Download the Free...
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Bootstrapping a Credit SaaS Through the GFC, COVID, and Global Expansion
On the Business Octopus podcast, host Avon interviews Kosta Patsan, founder and managing director of Newcastle-based EasyLodge, a SaaS specialty credit platform that manages the full credit lifecycle from quoting and applications through decisioning, funding, loan management, repayments, arrears,...
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Being Deliberate With Your Time
Don't be too available. If you are needy, you don't appear to have value and so you can't charge as much. Scarcity creates vale.- position yourself as the prize- you are a strategic asset - Cardiologist - bring the start power when necessary, everyone wants but not always needsPersonal time...
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Why the 10x Principle Works (and How to Actually Do It)
10x sounds like lip service but, if you shoot for the moon and get half way you end up among the stars. Incremental growth is the safe game. But nothing big happens without some level of risk. What is your risk profile and how do you manage it?
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How to make a multimillion-dollar company
Building a business is not luck. It takes a lot of dedicated hard work, a lot of experimenting, a lot of mistakes but above all else it requires continuous improvement. A structured approach to dealing with business means that you can weather the ups and downs and slowly but surely drive it…
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Where to start when you're starting out
Don't Navigate Your Journey Alone – Join the Relevate Community!Master Essential Skills to Build Your Business or Launch Your CareerJoin a supportive, dynamic community in the Relevate Community, designed for new business owners and career seekers. No fluff, no jargon—just real, actionable...
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Treat your business like a software company (even if it isn't)
With a million priorities in your business, how do you know what to do first? You also have lots of ideas, how do you know which ones to do first. Mybe you need a system to manage it. Join the Relevate Community: https://join.relevate.com.auYour team is derailing your Digital Transformation.…
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Selecting a technology partner
There are many things to consider when selecting a technology partner. Lets talk through them.Your team is derailing your Digital Transformation. There are politics, opinions, hurt feelings but none of this matters to you except that it is holding your business back. Download the checklist and...
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Do You Have Shelfware in Your Business
If you have invested thousands or millions of dollars into your business software systems, it can be quite disheartening to see that no one is using it. Particularly if you days, weeks and months carefully planning and measuring to choose the right one and then to implement the thing. Then you…
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Are you staying small or thinking big?
Are you staying small or thinking big? Getting out of your comfort zone.Your network is your net worth. Everyone tells you that you need to do it but nobody tells you how to do it. You go to traditional networking events and get pitchslapped left right and centre. It feels yuck and you don't want...
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Success is showing up
Woody Allen once said, "80% of success is showing up". Lets unpack that idea and discuss how showing up helps you in business and in life.Your network is your net worth. Everyone tells you that you need to do it but nobody tells you how to do it. You go to traditional networking events and get...
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The Power of Brand Ambassadors in Business
In this episode of the Business Octopus, we explore the multifaceted world of business strategy and marketing through engaging conversations. The discussion begins with the intriguing concept of leveraging brand ambassadors, highlighting the success story of having Mitchell Stark, a well-known...
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Persuasion
The 6 elements of persuasion and how to use them to your advantage.Your network is your net worth. Everyone tells you that you need to do it but nobody tells you how to do it. You go to traditional networking events and get pitchslapped left right and centre. It feels yuck and you don't want to…
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The herd mentality and why no one likes an empty restaurant
The herd mentality and why no one likes an empty restaurantWeekly Livestream - The Business OctopusYour network is your net worth. Everyone tells you that you need to do it but nobody tells you how to do it. You go to traditional networking events and get pitchslapped left right and centre. It...
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How to get Investors - with LaSean Smith - CAGR Investments Seattle
Today we will be speaking with LaSean Smith from CAGR investments in Seattle, here to talk about efficient sales processes and getting your target market right.We go into depth about how to really figure our your market and make a product that people are beating your door down for. Testing your...
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Building a Scalable Team
In this video, we discuss the critical importance of building a team to scale your business successfully. Topics include the challenges of hiring the first team members, the benefits of fractional resources, the necessity of systems and controls, and the impact of leadership and culture on team...
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What Makes a Great Leader vs a Manager?
In this video, we explore the crucial distinctions between leadership and management. Leadership involves inspiring people to take actions because they want to, while management focuses on ensuring tasks and KPIs are met. We discuss effective ways to balance both roles to drive team and company...
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How Systems Make Your Business Run Smoothly!
In this video, we explore the critical role of systems within businesses, whether they are people or technology-based. We discuss how key performance indicators (KPIs) help drive desirable behavior and using the right metrics to avoid counterproductive actions. Real-life examples from call…
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Business Automation - Build Systems That Scale
In this episode, we delve into the essentials of business automation, illustrating structured processes and systems that can make your business run more efficiently. Learn how to transform your business operations by documenting your processes, creating modular systems, and leveraging automation...
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How to sell more to the customers you already have
In this video, we explore the concept of average transaction value and its importance as a sales lever to maximize profits. We'll discuss various strategies including upselling, cross-selling, and bundling to increase the value of each transaction. Real-world examples like fast food add-ons…
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Go to market strategies - productisation and servitisation.
I delve into the concepts of productization and servitization and how they can transform your go-to-market strategy. Learn how to create a model that ensures continuous customer engagement and recurring revenue, much like the systems used by successful companies such as Dollar Shave Club....
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Bringing your customers back
In this video, we discuss marketing for repeat business, highlighting why retaining existing customers is crucial. We explore different tactics, such as loyalty programs, tailored communication, and network activation, which encourage customers to return. Real-life examples illustrate how...
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How to build customer loyalty
In this lesson, we delve into the importance of customer loyalty and how it drives profitability in business. Learn about different types of customers - A, B, and C classes - and discover effective methods to build and maintain loyalty. From providing exceptional customer service and implementing...
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Business Networking Philosophy - Traditional Networking is Dead, Long Live The Relevate Community
Networking events are full of selfish intent, facades, fleeting interactions and protracted conversations. I hardly ever feel like I'm talking to a real person. They are usually promoted as know like and trust environments because everyone is told that it is the case. But hearing someone say the...
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Founders, Funding and Failures.
In this video, join the conversation with Anil Patel, the founder of Virtual Manager, as he shares his entrepreneurial journey. Discover what it takes to grow a successful business, get funding, go global, and tackle challenges along the way. Anil provides valuable insights from his own...
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What to do when AI takes your job
What are people going to do?What jobs are at riskWhat you can do nowDo we put humans out to pasture?Here are some steps you can consider:Assess Your Transferable SkillsBegin by taking stock of the skills you already have that can be transferred to a new role or industry. Highlight that skills…
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The Digital Business Community helping people to give their business a brain and teach it to grow itself.
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