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: Survival
The Importance of Networking for Small Businesses
We’ve just gone through an incredible week of disasters here in the part of Australia where Toni and I live. There has been gale force winds … torrential rain … tornadoes (extremely rare in Australia) … flooding … road closures … Continue reading
Five Questions for Small Business Owners for 2013
If you want to make 2013 a better year for your small business than 2012 might have been here are five questions for small business owners that you need to answer. What did you do in your small business that … Continue reading
Survival Tip for Small Business
Yesterday I gave you 10 Survival Tips for Small Business and today I want to offer another survival tip that didn’t make it to yesterday’s list. Even though times are tough and your struggling to survive don’t forget your family … Continue reading
10 Survival Tips for Small Business
There’s no doubt that times have been tough for small businesses over the last few years and by the way the economy in Europe and the US is going those tough times may get even tougher. So as part of … Continue reading
Are Some Clients Really Worth the Effort?
Over on Web Worker Daily one of the questions raised in a post about surviving in 2009 is whether or not some clients are really worth the effort. That’s an interesting question and one that Toni and I are pondering … Continue reading
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Still Alive and Breathing
If you’re involved in small business right now then you’re probably looking at what’s happening with the world’s economy and wondering if you’re going to survive all the turmoil. The fact is that a lot of small businesses probably won’t … Continue reading
When Things Go Wrong in Your Small Business
I guess that if you’ve read my ramblings here you could be mistaken and think that everything about our small business is sweetness and light … problems never arise … the wheels never fall off … and we simply go … Continue reading
Getting Some Public Exposure
The difference between survival and death for a small business or home based business depends on whether your potential customers know you exist or not. Sometimes that can depend on whether or not you can manipulate the media. You will … Continue reading
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The Cost of Doing Business is About to Go Through the Roof
Here in Australia we’re going through our usual fuel price increases that happen just before major holidays. Lots of people are complaining and lots of people are suddenly finding that it’s costing them a lot of money just to move … Continue reading
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Five Things for Small Business People to Remember When Surfing the Net
1. Anyone who tells you that they are a guru in their chosen field isn’t 2. Half the people named as supposedly satisfied customers that some websites use to promote their services don’t even exist 3. If anyone uses the … Continue reading
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