District Focus Magazine - November 2015 Edition

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In this issue: • SME Spectacular winners profiled • View the Best of the Best Service Providers in your area • why hiring staff is like investing in property • the five steps to the ‘good life’ • business station - offering free business advice

cover SME Spectacular Winners Shine District32's inaugural SME Spectacular event was held on Friday 4 September at the stunning Joondalup Resort. More than 230 people attended the gala evening in the new Lakeview Ballroom. The night's proceedings included networking, speakers Tim Guest and Graham Harvey, dinner and selecting the winners of the $100,000 Business Renovation contest.

packages,promotional products, bookkeeping, legal advice, virtual assistance,business association membership and business books to name just a few.

District32 had an excellent response to the contest with applications being received from businesses around the state from a wide variety of industries.

Jen Pryor - Pryority Office Management Solutions

The judging panel had the onerous task of whittling down the entrants to six finalists.

The finalists were invited to present a six minute speech about their business and how they would benefit for the amazing crowdfunded prize of business services and products over the next 12 months.

The $108,050 prize pool includes business coaching, IT support, CRM implementation, printing, marketing videos, recruitment

Kirstin Bouse

The finalists were: Pam & Megan Bagworth Academic Task Force Andrew Erkin - Digit Books

Kirstin Bouse - Life Resolutions Morley

Kirstin's application detailed a range of initiatives that has set her business apart from the competition. Kirstin set up an innovative intern program in the clinic to assist university students gain valuable on the job training and skills and provide people facing financial hardship with low or no cost psychological services. Kirstin has built a strong relationshipw with the universities and local council to ensure she can deliver more hours next year to benefit more students and the community.

Kirstin will use the prizes to complete her Conscious Mother Project - a face to face personal Parag Mehta- Auscorp IT development program for new and expectant mothers in her clinic, Laura Pease - Upper Reach Winery the prize will allow Kirstin to develop an online portal including Kirstin Bouse Takes Out Business a training program that will be made available for hundreds of Renovation Prize psychologists nationwide who Franchisee Kirstin Bouse owns Life would like to deliver the program in their clinics. The Conscious Resolutions Morley, a psychology Mother Program is the first service for children and adults program that provides support needing treatment for anxiety, through pregnancy and the first depression, trauma, abuse, two years of their baby’s life to addiction, marriage counselling, relationship difficulties and anger become an important preventative program in post-natal depression. management. is incredible.

Laura Pease

cover 'I am extremely privileged to have won such an amazing prize. The time and expertise that the prize giver businesses have donated is incredible. The prize will also enable the franchise to gain fresh new ideas from the prize givers who work outside the industry,' Kirstin said.

Upper Reach Winery Takes Out People’s Choice Award

existing customer relationships.

The Cellar Club program can now be automated so purchases are linked to customer details and staff time can be freed up by automating as many of the sales and marketing processes as possible.

Thank You

Once again thank you to our generous sponsors Business Station, ECU, Community2Go, Winery owner Laura Pearse took Business News, Joondalup Resort, out the SME Spectacular’s People The Factory, Stirling Business Choice award after attendees voted Association, Inception Video, Love via the District32 app on their Letters, City of Wanneroo, City of phones.

Joondalup, Phase One Audio and Sondergaard. The event wouldn’t Laura’s entertaining presentation have been possible without the described the journey she and support of everyone involved. husband Derek took to transform a vineyard that sold all its grapes as Thank you to all the businesses fruit in 1996 to an award winning who offered their time, expertise or winery, cellar door, restaurant and products for the Big Prize or raffle spa cottage accommodation. prizes.

Upper Reach produces handmade estate grown wines from fruit grown on the Swan Valley vineyard and made in the on-site winery.

Management and staff are passionate about linking the local community with the winery’s richheritage.

Upper Reach is going against the trend of mass-produced, corporatised wine production, where grapes and bottled wines are transported thousands of kilometres. Upper Reach produces handcrafted wine using local staff in their labour intensive methods to sell 90% of production at the cellar door. Local produced food is sold through the winery and restaurant.

Upper Reach provides visitors with the experience of the grape-growing and wine making processes entwined with the history of the Swan Valley.

Laura intends to use her business prizes to further systemise the sales process to increase new customer contacts and enhance

Special mention to John Hardy of Peak Consultancy for his hugely generous contribution to

Laura Pearse

the business renovation prize, a $10,000 business coaching package. Kirstin has already started working with John and has been absolutely thrilled with his advice and support so far. He has been instrumental in helping her develop a strategic implementation plan to ensure she utilises all of the prizes she won in the right order and to her best advantage. We look forward to hearing more about how this amazing journey progresses for Kirstin and the impact it has on her business.

More than $150,000 worth of products and services were given away on the night.

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article Why Hiring Staff is Like Investing in Property by david osborne

it’s all about return on investment not the time spent in activity A telemarketer contacted me and asked if I would like some lead generation work. I asked the telemarketer why she had stopped working with her last two clients and the reply was “I have managed to make them so busy that they don’t need to use me any more.” I said “Is it okay if I organise a three way phone call with the last two businesses you worked for and ask them “is it true that ........... has managed to make you so busy that you do not need to use her anymore?” The back tracking that occurred was instantaneous.

Activity without a profitable return is a wasted investment. If you invest in people you need to see a direct profitable impact on your business or why do it.

The end game One of the key motivators for people to go into business is to create wealth and to have control over the wealth creation process. Business owners are willing to trade their time, knowledge and skills in the open market in the endeavour to obtain a greater return on investment from their assets. The measure of how well they are managing their key asset themselves - is their net worth.

Wealth is how long you can live off the income generated by your assets.(1)

“if it doesn’t add value, stop it.”

- bob harbage, chairman uarco The money business owners make is often re-invested into assets like property and shares. Sometimes a sole trader wishes to invest in people and to grow their business by leveraging the time and talents of their staff.

Hiring staff is like investing in property When investing in property you need to be clear on what the return on investment will be. Some people invest in properties for positive cash flow and others for capital gain. Positive cash flow property means you earn money, capital gains means the value of the investment goes up.

However the first step is to know what outcome you should obtain from the investment. This is exactly the same when you invest in people, “what outcome can I expect from the hire of this person, and will it be better than just putting my money into property and shares?”

It’s all about the return on investment Positive cash flow properties are akin to your marketers and sales people, they generate money.

Capital gain properties are those employees who increase the value of your business primarily with their knowledge and skills.

Property asset managers are the people who ensure an increased return on investment from all the resources that have been allocated to the property.

If you invest in (employ) anyone you must know how to measure the return on investment. Additionally the talented employees in the market place will know exactly what they can achieve, and because they truly understand the concept of return on investment, their achievements are often achieved in a much faster time than originally budgeted for.

It’s all about the results Good marketers and sales people should provide you with a 10:1 return when investing in them.

A good manager (asset manager) should easily provide you with a 3:1 return on investment.

“the world does not pay for what a person knows. But it pays for what a person does with what he knows.” - Laurence Lee Summary The end game or key driver for many of our investment decisions is motivated by wealth creation.

If you invest in employees they are just like any other investment, you should know how they will increase your businesses profitability. Don’t hire staff for their activity, hire staff for their ability to achieve tangible results that assist you to create wealth, not just for you, for the employee as well.

(1) Robert Kiyosaki (2000) Guide to investing, Tech Press, Inc Scottsdale, Arizona p136

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ARTICLE the five steps to the ‘good-life’ by wayne cook

Is the GOOD-LIFE a myth? Where do find the good-life? Is it down aisle 32 as a red-light special in your local supermarket? Is there a golden checklist that you can tick off and therefore achieve the good-life? The good-life is defined and measured by each of us because we all have different versions of what goes into the making of the good-life.

Now, a lot of people don’t know what they want for tomorrow let alone the future so the ever tempting short-term feel good of television, internet, computer games, Facebook and the like - is all too common. Now let’s be clear, I’m not claiming that these are the pathway to being eternally miserable - no, no, no everything in balance - but it is the over use of these time-filling activities that can get in the way of thinking and doing what it takes to create your version of the good-life.

The 5 guide-posts for YOUR version of the good-life: 1. Let go of other people’s expectations of who you are and

what you do. You have inner genius about who you are -- step closer to being the real-you.

2. Does the time you spend with the five people you spend the most of your time with reflect the real-you?

If not, spend more time with people who help you climb the authenticity ladder.

Connect deep enough with your inner-genius and it will all become clear :) ) Soon, Wayne will be running small group workshops so that you can tap into your inner-genius and start creating your ‘good-life’. It won’t happen overnight but you’ll have amazing insights that will create new actions taking you closer and closer to the ‘good-life’.

3. When have you felt truly happy or jumping-out-of your-skin alive? If you know it is good for you, good for others and good for your District32 Exclusive Providers can environment -- then design your life enjoy a better ticket price on to rock out with doing more of that. workshops offered by Wayne Cook.

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ARTICLE The Benefits Of Shopping Local For Food When we speak about shopping local, one of the major focuses is on the local economy, and that is true when it comes to buying things such as local produce. There are, however, many other benefits to purchasing food from local growers.

There are a number of benefits of eating locally produced food.

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Local Honey

Locally grown honey may also have health benefits. Some use local honey as a dietary supplement to fight against seasonal and other environmental allergies. The understanding is that the bees pick Local Produce up tiny amounts of pollen from many different types of vegetation.

You really don’t know how long it Those tiny amounts of potential has been since produce you buy at allergens may serve to “inoculate” a grocery store was picked. It could the eater against such local have spent time in a warehouse. It allergies. Of course, this theory may have been shipped long would only apply to local honey distances. On the other hand, local where the bees would come in produce is fresh. For that reason, it contact with local allergens. often tastes better and may even be Whether or not the local honey healthier for you, since the vitamins actually helps allergies, it will still have not had time to deteriorate. be fresh and delicious.

Since you are buying directly from the farmer, the grower has the incentive to provide high quality as opposed to a corporate grower who will never meet the eater face to face. You can also ask what has been done to treat what you are consuming. Thus, you can confirm if

Also, local livestock may be grass fed. There are many practices that improve the quality of meat, both for taste and health that may be adopted by a local seller.

Those are just the health benefits.

Fewer food miles often translates to cheaper prices at the checkout. A shorter distance between orchard or farm to supermarket also means fruit and vegetables can be picked later allowing it to ripen for longer in the field.

District32 also believes that supporting local farms is a way of investing in the future of our crops, and it promotes genetic diversity rather than the genetically modified food that comes from large growers.

Locally-owned grocers such as Supa Value, Farmer Jack’s as well as the farmers and suburban Buying local meat also allows you to markets support locally-grown get a glimpse into what has been produce. done with the animals that you are about to eat. Knowing that the animals have not been treated with antibiotics is important to many.

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ARTICLE what is an exclusive provider?

An Exclusive Provider is a local Business Owner who locks out the competition to become the only service provider delivering a specific service within their local area. Exclusive Providers tender for their Exclusivity and are committed to delivering a great service for a fair price. Exclusive Providers are also avid believers in supporting and buying local.

Why Become an Exclusive Provider with District32 COMPETE WITH THE BIG BOYS Most small business owners offer a great personalised service but simply don’t have the marketing power to compete. District32 exists to assist small business owners to compete with the big boys through a collective marketing, promotion, education and training service.

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customers than you ever could on your own. By pooling local SME subscription fees we guarantee better marketing, advertising and promotion than you’re achieving now.

WHAT YOU’LL GET • Promoted as the Best of the Best and supporting local • Featured in our monthly newsletter distributed to 1000’s businesses across Perth each month • A full page listing on our website including photos, videos and testimonials • A listing in our District32 mobile app – 100s of downloads each month • Promoted to our massive social media following and our private groups • Invitations to Exclusive Networking Events • Quarterly exclusive training workshops • Quarterly business advisory / account management meetings • Group buying discounts through the exclusive network

• High quality referrals from the District32 network • Promotional opportunities through District32 massive PR events • Access to the best of the best service providers for your business • The right connections for growth • Lead generation specifically for your business (optional – please enquire)

WHAT WE’LL ALSO PROVIDE • Promotion of District32 (housing the Best of the Best) as a collective through: o Radio advertising o Newspaper advertising o Email marketing o Pay per click advertising and SEO o Large PR events o Collaboration with many business advisory / education / support bodies

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article perth ranks eighth most livable city Perth has risen from number nine last year to number eight as one of the world’s best places to live in the Global Livability Ranking.

Perth was one of four Australian cities to rank in the top 10 most livable cities in the world with Melbourne taking top position for the fifth consecutive year. Adelaide was tied 5th with Calgary Canada while Sydney ranked 7th. Sydney’s siege in December last year placed Australia on high terror alert and may impact rankings of Australian cities in the future.

Australian and Canadian cities claimed the top eight spots while the worst positions were held by cities in Syria, Bangladesh and PNG.

Around 20% of cities surveyed experienced declines in livability outcomes in the last 12 months.

Perth scores well in the categories of education, health care, infrastructure as well as the economy. The biggest factor to hurt Perth’s chances of moving up the ranking is the climate. Its hot summer puts off a few people from calling Perth home.

The warm weather certainly hasn’t put everyone off. Plenty of immigrants have braved the sun and set up home in Perth. More than one third of Perth’s population was born overseas while the national average is 25%.

Perth may well have shrugged off its ‘Dullesville’ tag from a decade ago.

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Groupsupport are a Perth (owned and based) IT company providing business technology, servers, workstations, networking and reporting for clients across Australia. We sell, configure and support all the software you and your business need in a onestop-shop preferring local products and solutions where possible.

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Your assets are precious. Carbon Insurance Brokers believe that the safety of your assets means your peace of mind.

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Whether your policy needs are large or small, we take the stress out of insurance cover, minimising potential risks and providing you with the best deal possible.

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Peter Trenaman

PostNet Osborne Park is your one stop business solutions provider.

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At PostNet Osborne Park, we care about putting together the right services and products to meet your unique needs. PostNet Osborne Park is the business behind your business.

osbornepark@postnet.com.au

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West Coast Coatings was formed in 1995. Jimmy Tainui has exceptional experience working within a variety of industries since the company was formed. West Coast Coatings have a speciality in the area of fire, flood and restoration.

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Tim has recently opened a retail outlet specifically to solve the industry problems of losing trade, time, money and productivity for bricklayers when they need to stop production to collect more materials for the job.

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Nominated for both the 40 under 40 and the Ric New Medal Awards, Tim is a leader in business.

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You are the key – you are the solution – you are the way forwards in your business and life. This is where I come in - as a Personal Coach – I’m the Locksmith to assist you to UNLOCK your potential.

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For your business are you looking for that product or service that will give you business-breakthrough? The more you think about it, the more confusing it all gets?

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Profitable Personnel specialises in return on investment recruitment and maximizing the ROI from existing employees. We offer a 12 month guarantee and monthly coaching and training for all employees we place.

David Osborne, Managing Director of Profitable Personnel has spent the last nine years hiring staff for some of Australia’s fastest growing entrepreneurial and global multibillion dollar companies. David’s philosophy is that if you do not know what value you are providing a company then the chances are the Return On Employee Investment is not being optimised.

They are a key contact within the building insurance industry due to the high quality of work. With an experienced team of six painters, West Coast Coatings have consistent requests for both residential and commercial premises. Jimmy oversees all quality control which has been instrumental in a consistent workload based on referrals.

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When you went into business you dreamed of doing that job better than the guy before you. Little did you know that you’d have no time left to enjoy life because of all the financial admin inherent with owning a business. Errant Venture’s tailored accounting processes are more photographs and less calculators giving you time back to grow your business. No scratch that. More time back to do the things you love (e.g Grow your business). Business is a journey. Contact a Traveller Guide today

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We take the Premium Cleaning in our name seriously, and we take pride in providing Perth with a service that exceeds expectations - and is often considerably better than some of our competitors. Our work is guaranteed to be done the way you wanted it done, at a simple fixed price and at our very competitive rates.

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Lewis Jee

Armed For Life exists to equip people to live a healthy and resilient life by addressing issues that we all struggle with. The reality is when we are not healthy, whether it is our physical health or our mental health; we struggle to be effective in any area of our lives including the work that we do. We help people by providing one on one counselling and running group seminars including topics such as: Health and Wellbeing: Avoiding Serious Illness and Disease long term, Self Esteem: Changing our Thoughts and How We Feel, Bullying in the Workplace: How to Identify it and Change It, Stress Management: The Impact on the Body and How To Manage It, and many more.

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Residential clients benefit from their builder and trades’ attention to detail on their renovations, improvements, new house and unit builds. With all the trades and services available under the one roof, LJ Building Consultancy ensure clients enjoy the building process and end result.

lewis@ljbc.com.au

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Mayank Pankhania

LJ Building Consultancy are experienced commercial and residential builders providing clients with all the services they need. From plans to interior design and fitout, commercial and retail spaces are planned and delivered on time and budget to the highest possible standard.

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Adam Przytula

The BAS Agency are experienced bookkeepers and trainers who can help you improve and better understand the financial health of your business. Our fixed price, hourly rate packages can assist you with Admin, Bookkeeping and Training services, either remotely or on site at your workplace. Our staff have extensive experience with Xero, MYOB and QuickBooks.We are Registered BAS Agents, Certified Xero Advisors as well as MYOB Professional and Receipt Bank partners.

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amcg@basagency.com.au

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Angela McGuiness

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Now imagine you were the main character in that book, going on an adventure! Would you love your children to feel that way? The Lemon Tree Book Company supplies personalised books that can make your child feel really special, helping to develop a love of reading, the greatest gift you can give to a child.

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Whether you need pain relief or simply would like to relax and de-stress, give Nicola a call.

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A memory of a time that will pass too quickly, and a beautiful image in itself that can be displayed with pride as a piece of art forever.

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Toni has discovered a niche in which she finds herself enthralled with enthusiasm, for every shoot and bucket loads to come.

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toni@envisionwa.com.au

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Terrace Print

Terrace Print offer a full suite of services for the legal, corporate and government clients. We specialise in high quality printing, exceptional customer service with a fast turnaround.

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At Terrace Print we understand, manage and respect clients expectations , confidentiality and privacy.

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EXCLUSIVE PROVIDERS EMS Insurance Solutions Pty Ltd zone j - joondalup • • •

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And more importantly, know you do as you have had it explained and you now understand it.

alison@emsinsurance.com.au

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Element Plumbing and Gas

Element Plumbing and Gas is an owner operated local business based in Beldon. We pride ourselves on quality customer service and quality workmanship.

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We cover all metro areas and would happily travel to country regions to assist with any plumbing requirements. Our services include new builds residential or commercial, renovations and general maintenance. In addition we also do gas installations, hot water systems, gas heating etc. Soon we will also be able to assist you with all your gas servicing needs for a complete service.

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Construction Renovations Maintenance 0439 099 048

brad@elementplumbing.com.au

Painting Solutions zone N - victoria park • • •

Perth Premium Painter Repaints Wallpaper Application 0429 384 982

Brad Deutscher

We’re passionate about painting and decorating and it shows in the quality of the paints and products we use and the attention to detail in our finishes.

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You can be assured Painting Solutions will turn up when they say they will - at the time and on the day they say they will. Painting Solutions reputation is key to our success, so we will ensure we uphold that reputation at all times.

info@painting-solutions.com.au

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Psychological Counselling Psychological Assessment (medico-legal, educational) Parenting & Relationships 0411 651 274

kbouse@liferesolutions.com.au

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Kirstin Bouse

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0422 393 882

opulentelegance@hotmail.com

Workplace anomalies zone N - victoria park • • •

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Workplace Anomalies are a team of Multimedia Specialists here to cater to all of our clients Multimedia conundrums from logos/brands designs and updates, business cards, stationery, brochures, promotional material and web design. It’s our aim to meet and fully understand our clients goals and from here design with our client to ensure their vision is achieved. Our clients happiness with our work is our main goal after all its our clients who keep us doing what we love.

tara@workplaceanomalies.com.au

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Tranquil salon located in West Leederville servicing women in all aspects of beauty specialising in Threading, Makeup & Spray Tanning.

Order before Dec 20 for free delivery within the Perth metropolitan area.

richard@perthcoffeesupplies.com.au

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