HerBusiness | Nerida Gill | Activity https://herbusiness.com/profile/nerida-gill/activity/ Activity feed for Nerida Gill. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 01:44:58 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.9.4 en-AU 30 hourly 2 2092c56c72aa66f284a7fc1be21ce1e1 Nerida Gill's profile was updated https://herbusiness.com/members/activity/p/9452/ Fri, 15 Mar 2019 07:16:10 +1100 0 539925b5b42354bdf62feff022c2c516 Nerida Gill's profile was updated https://herbusiness.com/members/activity/p/3586/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 04:00:52 +1000 0 6aed12d6d0da3fbc996691e92e0ae66c Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Sell More at a TradeShow https://herbusiness.com/?p=55617 Wed, 17 Dec 2014 00:00:00 +1100 1. Pay attention to paperwork If I can give you only one piece of advice for selling at a trade show, it’s to keep a solid paper trail. By this, I mean:

Prepare clear signage, pricing and other information f […]

]]> 0 723d3b91d0c065ac5b64563fcce7e532 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Project Management 101: 5 Skills to Help Your Small Business https://herbusiness.com/?p=53751 Wed, 19 Nov 2014 00:00:00 +1100 Project management scares most of us, probably because you can’t find a simple definition of what it actually means — instead, it’s shrouded in a fog of technical terms and, ahem, engineering and mining “stuf […]

]]> 0 0859b5865c4493985219107aa020c335 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, The Lifeblood of Your Business: 6 Ways to Improve Your Cashflow https://herbusiness.com/?p=53445 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 00:00:00 +1100 Cashflow is often compared to heath; in fact, many experts see cashflow as a key indicator of the overall health of a business. I like to think of cashflow in terms of the circulatory system. In a healthy person, […]

]]> 0 ac999de1332251fcd3d4df86a85da26a Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 5 Ways to Stop Workplace Bullies https://herbusiness.com/?p=53006 Mon, 29 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +1000 The more I tried not to cry, the faster the tears welled. I was in a business meeting with a client who hurled a torrent of personal insults in my face. She attacked everything but my make-up and clothes. And it […]

]]> 0 e2d39813ddc26cb31a095e8299075d7f Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Why Are We So Angry? Resolving Conflict in the Social Media Age https://herbusiness.com/?p=52616 Mon, 01 Sep 2014 00:00:00 +1000 My word of the week is “digi-douchebag”. I picked it up from Petra Starke, a contributor to Techly. Apart from perfectly summing up what she calls “obnoxious behaviours” on social media, the fact that we need su […]

]]> 0 5d207cc7a01a27eca9754ecb08513c8c Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 3 USA Business Trends to Apply to Your Business https://herbusiness.com/?p=52139 Sat, 02 Aug 2014 00:00:00 +1000 They say changing the scenery is the best way to get a fresh perspective on life. Travel opens our eyes to new ideas and new ways of doing things … and even gives us a little nudge out of complacency. A friend r […]

]]> 0 fe2395f8075766b1d8b51dbebde42a61 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 3 Steps to Avoid Sabotaging Your Hopes of Success and Happiness https://herbusiness.com/?p=50947 Sun, 29 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +1000 Our society believes success and happiness are mutually exclusive; you can’t have both. The problem, however, is not that the two are incompatible but that we have skewed ideas about what they mean. We measure s […]

]]> 0 bd698e4e6f27d56d6a010ba4d3cd7333 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 4 financial myths that will save your small business money https://herbusiness.com/?p=50523 Thu, 12 Jun 2014 00:00:00 +1000 June 30 has an uncanny ability to send a shiver up my spine. The date screams “tax time” and I feel guilty for no reason, like when I look in the rear view mirror and see a police car behind me. Am I doing som […]

]]> 0 b18d7860e320e2efa5f33e09de23a0e8 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 5 Career and Small Business Lessons From the Movie The Labyrinth https://herbusiness.com/?p=48637 Sat, 12 Apr 2014 00:00:00 +1000 Remember the movie Labyrinth? It was made in 1986 and starred David Bowie in all his eye-shadowed glory, a 14-year-old Jennifer Connelly and a stack of Jim Henson’s most decadent muppets. When I was young, I was c […]

]]> 0 78fc5187d202b9faa397845e6ffa91f5 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Four Ways to Recover from Life at the End of a Tough Year https://herbusiness.com/?p=45974 Sun, 29 Dec 2013 00:00:00 +1100 The Christmas holiday period can be tough. Almost one in six people are lonely, according to Relationships Australia. Some of us have lost loved ones and others can’t be with their loved ones due to separation o […]

]]> 0 455980b68e56aaf1c14374c210341df8 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 10 Reasons Why Respect Is Better Than Popularity https://herbusiness.com/?p=44880 Fri, 29 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +1100 At 13, I read “How to Win Friends and Influence People” and was resolutely disappointed.

First, it was on my dad’s bookshelf and clearly hadn’t helped him (forgive me, I was at that age when parents are terribl […]

]]> 0 0131eae20422696b69614bdd186e590e Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Oscar Wilde and 3 Ways to Get Your Media Releases Seen https://herbusiness.com/?p=41817 Fri, 06 Sep 2013 00:00:00 +1000 To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the only thing worse than being talked about, is not being talked about. Wilde, of course, was a master at getting tongues wagging — when he wasn’t lounging around with a sunflower in […]

]]> 0 ac7c0586bcf250e881120121986687d2 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Are Australian Workplaces Still Sexist? Lessons from Julia Gillard https://herbusiness.com/?p=37355 Wed, 10 Jul 2013 00:00:00 +1000 “Our political leaders on sexism … have got really high standards,” Business Council of Australia president Tony Shepherd told The Australian Financial Review in October 2012. “I have seen no evidence of sexis […]

]]> 0 7d6b67ba2d75674da13fa25c795f28ce Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Napoleon Bonaparte, Hollywood and Your Local Chamber of Commerce https://herbusiness.com/?p=33645 Thu, 09 May 2013 00:00:00 +1000 What do Napoleon Bonaparte and Hollywood have in common? That’s not the start of a very corny joke — there’s really is a connection… both are strongly linked with a chamber of commerce. Napoleon, histo […]

]]> 0 e8acef9475c60c64082fa931b3b4e8c1 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, WordPress Makes Cents for eCommerce Start-Ups https://herbusiness.com/?p=31274 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 00:00:00 +1000 Last month, I wrote about the benefits of having a shopping cart on your website, even if you don’t plan to sell a thing online (you’ll have to read it to make sense of that one!), as well as how to choose the rig […]

]]> 0 d9cbad02cee1efd79203b74a365bbf94 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Why Every Business Needs e-Commerce and How to Choose a Shopping Cart https://herbusiness.com/?p=30022 Wed, 13 Mar 2013 00:00:00 +1100 I did all my Christmas shopping online last year. I searched in the US, UK and Australia, compared products and prices, and arranged delivery directly to my loved ones. It was convenient, simple… and took under […]

]]> 0 51b7dba144f50c032a189edb65e8e886 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to use Facebook Photos to Get More Likes, Comments and Shares https://herbusiness.com/?p=29568 Tue, 12 Feb 2013 00:00:00 +1100 Want to double the number of comments on your Facebook page? Then use more photos. Photo-related posts attract an astonishing 104% more comments than the average update, according to Hubspot. The marketing […]

]]> 0 2922417bbd80e9ddd884c688985154ae Nerida Gill wrote a new post, No Sweat: How to Become a Board Member and Boost Your Business https://herbusiness.com/?p=29567 Thu, 22 Nov 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Why would someone who doesn’t own a sewing needle volunteer to help fashion designers make clothes? That’s what I asked myself when I recently joined the board of No Sweat Fashions, a design production and tra […]

]]> 0 fec195c89f95540a803984e7e2312ba4 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Win by Beating Your Competitors at Their Own Game https://herbusiness.com/?p=13735 Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Like most Australians, I’ve spent the last few weeks in awe of the talent and determination of our elite Olympic and Paralympic athletes. Apparently exercise rates soar every four years — according to Del […]

]]> 0 66dfe5faaec08d1f3c96320eaad712e9 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Keeping it in the Family: How to Manage Conflict in a Family Business https://herbusiness.com/?p=29566 Tue, 28 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +1000 Why do we hurt the ones we love? That age-old question never rings more true than when working with relatives. About 70% of Australian businesses are family affairs and employ half the private workforce, but the […]

]]> 0 507b4d36071d36addc64bdc8e832abec Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Hey! You! Get Onto My Cloud! https://herbusiness.com/?p=29565 Mon, 06 Aug 2012 00:00:00 +1000 I want you to get onto my cloud… and I promise it’ll rid your small business of all sorts of IT and communications bugs! Nerida Gill, creator of Admin Bandit, shows you how Cloud computing can take away the risk […]

]]> 0 c2dab74d9232a68a66c80e0a663c6b79 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Oh No, Not Another Social Media Tool: Understanding Pinterest for Small Business https://herbusiness.com/?p=14870 Mon, 09 Jul 2012 00:00:00 +1000 For some strange reason, known only to my unconscious, the name Pinterest makes me think of Pin the Tail on the Donkey. The more I think it about it, though, the more this comparison makes sense — just like the c […]

]]> 0 93ea6438244e1dda648d939d498e8bd5 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Is Good Customer Service Hurting Your Business? https://herbusiness.com/?p=29564 Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:00:00 +1000 You know what annoys me? Text book customer service. It comes across as fake, as if the person serving has been told to go through the motions or is being “nice” just to make me come back and buy more. Now tha […]

]]> 0 4862b407cf51d7bf370b0c4849f8b4fc Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Pull Your Small Business Out of a Slump https://herbusiness.com/?p=29563 Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:00:00 +1100 Small business so often comprises highs and lows. Sometimes I’m rushed with adrenaline and feel invincible, yet other times, well, I wonder why I bother. The hardest thing is that slow times, officially called “ […]

]]> 0 3a7110f34e745c79a1b61a8e976f2fe2 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, A Facebook Case Study: Craft Makes Me Happy https://herbusiness.com/?p=29562 Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 +1100 At four years old, Lizzie Randerson fondly remembers being “let loose” on the sewing machine for the first time while her mum sipped coffee with friends — “I just whipped up a little creation,” she laughs wi […]

]]> 0 f0e31f229885b9431c0f3d916eaf74f3 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Conquering the Facebook Frontier for Small Business https://herbusiness.com/?p=29561 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +1100 If social networking is the new frontier of small business, then Facebook must surely be the wagon that gets us there. However, showing up and staking a claim isn’t enough; you’ve got to work that claim to une […]

]]> 0 02699a844d5c27aeb2b9a6a049b66b0a Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Entrepreneurial Qualities: Lessons from the Life of Steve Jobs https://herbusiness.com/?p=29558 Mon, 17 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +1100  

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The recent passing of Steve Jobs, the inventor and entrepreneur behind Apple and Pixar, at the tender age of 56 reminds us not just how young computer technology, but also how much an i […]

]]> 0 5db9a320895981e8c997f05dadaf1e86 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Keeping Up With Your Brand: A Reality Lesson from the Kardashians https://herbusiness.com/?p=29557 Mon, 19 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +1000 I’m not normally a fan of reality TV, but Keeping Up with the Kardashians intrigues me — this family embodies the luxury Californian dream… A-list parties, private jets and shoes worth the average monthly mortg […]

]]> 0 9d501a460c04d96f675c19f0764b99be Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Are You Responsible? How Small Business Can Give Back https://herbusiness.com/?p=29556 Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:00 +1000 The Gillard government’s recent carbon tax has tossed corporate social responsibility (CSR) under a glaring spotlight, forcing big business to be accountable for any environmental damage their industrial p […]

]]> 0 9edb4738608038968c4447d36482a278 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Dress to Communicate Skill and Success in Business http://herbusiness.com/?p=29555 Sun, 24 Jul 2011 00:00:00 +1000 Andy Warhol changed overnight. One day he was just like any other 1950s man — white business shirt, high-waisted pants and too much Brylcreem in his hair — and the next he was dressed in a black leather jac […]

]]> 0 7c472a564d80f702981f8fda7a4cbde5 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Your Business Plan: The Best Road to Success https://herbusiness.com/?p=29553 Mon, 30 May 2011 00:00:00 +1000 Do you have time to fail?
Twenty one percent of small business owners obviously do, claiming they don’t have time to write a business plan, yet one third of small businesses fail because they lack one, a […]

]]> 0 9c6d44e132eedfca108a8531e145c046 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Be an Inspiring Speaker (and Promote Your Business for Free) http://herbusiness.com/?p=29552 Sun, 01 May 2011 00:00:00 +1000 “In this world nothing can be said to be certain but death and taxes,” Benjamin Franklin wrote to a friend in 1789. If I may be so bold, I’d like to add an extra certainty to this list, one that, as one of the m […]

]]> 0 8566ebc55e9b3e854587798ce0770479 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Put Down Your Gloves: How to Resolve Conflict the Right Way http://herbusiness.com/?p=29551 Sun, 03 Apr 2011 00:00:00 +1100 You’ve probably seen the Youtube video… schoolboy Ritchard Gale prances around Casey Heynes, punching his face while other kids cheer. After eight years of almost daily bullying (by many children), Casey snaps and […]

]]> 0 423b590de90efdcf408f2ad9b0f7989e Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Show Me the Money: How to Get Your Debtors to Pay http://herbusiness.com/?p=29550 Sun, 06 Mar 2011 00:00:00 +1100 Cash flow troubles cause 80 percent of business failures, according to Dun & Bradstreet, and are behind a recent surge in crash and burns. The company’s latest research links a 25 percent increase in business f […]

]]> 0 c4b65508390b6237947fff7006949cc1 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Run Effective Meetings http://herbusiness.com/?p=29549 Sun, 06 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +1100 Some people use meetings to feel busy or get their own way, while others dread the boredom and bickering. Whichever the case, meetings are often a huge waste of time … yet, for some strange reason, the more s […]

]]> 0 446b11d855c70173f74ae8ab69eec821 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Assess Your Competitors and Gain a Winning Edge http://herbusiness.com/?p=29548 Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:00:00 +1100 Santa has packed up his sleigh and credit cards are bulging at their limits, which means just one thing for small business owners … the quietest time of the year. Sure, trade may be at a trickle, but that’s no exc […]

]]> 0 f604f635d0e93810bffbff28e237072f Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Successfully Advertise Your Small Business http://herbusiness.com/?p=29547 Wed, 22 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Advertising as we know it isn’t that old, especially when one considers running your own business is so ancient the Greeks dedicated a god, Hermes, to it. In fact, given the first paid radio and TV ads aired in 1 […]

]]> 0 cad3109ba5a9b9155100b9d80876e1c6 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Corporate Blogging: Give Your Business a Free Online Presence http://herbusiness.com/?p=29546 Mon, 22 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +1100 The average Australian spends about 18 hours a week online, yet according to Research International, 66% of small businesses don’t have a website. Now, being an accounting type, I know I bombard you with nu […]

]]> 0 1faa8cf43d44988cdaca6a72e889c4a9 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Do you really want to improve your business? http://herbusiness.com/?p=29545 Tue, 26 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100 Do you really want your business to grow?
The fact that you’re reading herBusiness Blog suggest you do; however, you’re part of a teeny 6 percent who go online to find information to help improve their bus […]

]]> 0 efbf2131ca41d799a3c0f4e344fcf251 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, When Bad Things Happen to Good Businesses http://herbusiness.com/?p=29544 Mon, 04 Oct 2010 00:00:00 +1100 A close friend recently took up horse-riding again after 25 years out of the saddle and bought a chestnut gelding named “Thumper”. And thump she did when she lost her balance and hit the ground within the fir […]

]]> 0 a06ff72e0f2569173d063e93dd8cc550 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, How to Win Business Awards http://herbusiness.com/?p=29543 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 00:00:00 +1000 “And the winner is….”
These four words make me giddy, and not just from nerves or anticipation. Having won a few prestigious awards, I know just how powerfully they speak for your business. Whether from indus […]

]]> 0 dc52232e9ac2684dfc9994e8f061a015 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Get Positive: 5 Ways to Spring Clean Your Thinking http://herbusiness.com/?p=29542 Sun, 25 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 It’s a new financial year.  The first buds of spring are with us, so I’m ready to wake from winter’s coma and leap into the warm, new season. And what better way to start than to re-evaluate my thinking, to sweep […]

]]> 0 1304464609613a68b94263072e34fec1 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Feed Your Business: 4 Delicious Lessons from Tuscan Food http://herbusiness.com/?p=29541 Mon, 12 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Where do you go for holidays when you already live in one of the world’s most divine locations? Recently in Tuscany on the first leg of a dreamy overseas trip, I couldn’t help but ask this question. How could I n […]

]]> 0 f29cbee1a00678480c7057aa2b268d4a Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Work Smarter, Not Harder: How to Achieve Balance http://herbusiness.com/?p=29540 Mon, 05 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Small business owners are suckers for punishment … at least that’s what I’ve decided after reading a few statistics on the ABS website. Did you know that almost half of us work at least an extra day a week more […]

]]> 0 0c121fd9053a5783309e474cab2cf932 Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 4 Tips for Better Email http://herbusiness.com/?p=29539 Mon, 07 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Today I’ve caught a yellow taxi across the Brooklyn Bridge, stood under the neon lights of Times Square and watched the taping of a TV show — that’s right, I’m in New York, and on the final leg of a holiday […]

]]> 0 4f6ba13de550113d61ccc25b78656a6e Nerida Gill wrote a new post, A New Definition of Mentoring http://herbusiness.com/?p=29538 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +1000 Think “small business” and the idea of selling goods or services for profit immediately comes to mind. However, within a few months of establishing Admin Bandit, I realised that running your own business could be […]

]]> 0 6846a092995539595de340d85bf1727f Nerida Gill wrote a new post, 5 Steps to Attention-Grabbing Business Cards http://herbusiness.com/?p=4130 Tue, 30 Mar 2010 00:00:00 +1100 A business card is not much bigger than a Tim Tam, yet this humble slip of paper is your most important marketing tool. Given that most people glance at your card for no more than a few seconds, it has to work […]

]]> 0 d2a222b5a49ffb54202021e4f311d76d Nerida Gill wrote a new post, Networking at an Event - 7 Steps to Make it Fun http://herbusiness.com/?p=29537 Thu, 18 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +1100 The skill of networking at events takes chutzpah, not to mention practise. But I much prefer jumping off the deep end to twiddling my thumbs in a corner!
Surprise yourself — follow these seven networking tips a […]

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