About Us
Hi, we're Toni and Stuart Livesey. We've been running our own small businesses since 1998.
These days we run Toni's web design and copywriting business and our own online shops from beautiful Hervey Bay, Queensland.
The business is partially distributed and that means that most of Toni's staff work from their homes ... and are spread all over the world too.
You can find out more about Toni's web design business here
Category Archives: Small Business People
The Small Business Entrepreneur
Michael Gerber in his book The E Myth Revisited talks about the three types of people who are needed to run a small business. Often all three are packed into just one person and the most important person is the … Continue reading
Don’t Be a Small Business Lemming
There are many small business people who are involved in online marketing. Of all the huge range of things a small business could be involved in online marketing would have to be one of the hardest and it is becoming … Continue reading
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One Man’s Approach to Starting a Small Business
Earlier today I offered you a link to some suggestions for starting a small business. Now here is a story of one man’s approach to starting his business. Sometimes you can gain inspiration from other people’s experience although I’m not … Continue reading
Starting Your Small Business
In case you haven’t realised it, when you’re reading this you are actually reading a blog and for many people blogging is a business and for many it’s a small business. That means that successful bloggers often have a lot … Continue reading
Where Can Small Business People Go For Support
Yesterday I asked if small business boards on the Internet were really much help at all to small business people and those who work from home. While that post has certainly attracted its fair share of readers no one has … Continue reading
How Much Help Are Small Business Boards Really?
Some years ago in Webmaster circles my nickname was becoming well known for being contentious and rather abrasive. That wasn’t really a persona – I didn’t set out to make a name for myself by being abusive and nasty. However … Continue reading
Change Sometimes Happens Slowly
I’m sure most small business owners think that, unlike big business, we can respond quickly to change. I’m certainly one who would subscribe to that idea but, just lately that has not been our experience. Back at the end of … Continue reading
Selling Your Small Business
No, we are not thinking of selling our small business – or should I say, Toni’s small business (because Copytext Online is very much her baby) but it is an interesting situation to consider. It is especially interesting for those … Continue reading
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Why Did You Start a Small Business?
Well it’s almost 9am here in the office and I’m getting down to some serious work. Not that I haven’t been working already but that was just some reading and a business meeting down at our favourite cafe. Now I’m … Continue reading
