For tradie small business owners, quoting jobs can be very tricky. When it comes to trade quotes and how to prepare quotes, you don’t want to price yourself out of a job by coming in well above other tradie businesses who are competing for the job. But at the same time you don’t want to deliver great work for miserly returns. After all, you have a successful small business to run, employees and suppliers to pay, and general business expenses to cover.

Many small business owners and start-up owners know that they can reduce their risk via online business insurance, and many do just that. However, what if your business is a purely online business? Can online businesses benefit from reducing their risk with business insurance? And if so, what types of business insurance might owners of online businesses consider for reducing their risk?

When you are working in electrical contracting, the type of work you are doing is likely going to come via a steady succession of smaller jobs, some of which may be one-time jobs, while others may be from recurring customers.

It’s a great year for starting an online business. Launching your own online business allows entrepreneurial individuals such as yourself to work anywhere in the world, provided you have a laptop and internet connection.

Let’s face it, no matter what industry your business operates in, chances are they have an online presence. The digital marketplace offers countless opportunities to get your brand out there, making it easier than ever for potential and existing customers to reach out and connect.

As a tradie, you’ve probably heard or even experienced plenty of horror stories about people accepting the lowest quote for their work and later regretting it. But do you do the same when it comes to your sole trader insurance?

Starting a business can be challenging, especially if it is a pure online business. For small business owners building an online business there can be many benefits, including lower overhead costs. Online businesses have one disadvantage – you will be competing with many other online businesses for customers’ hard-won attention.

A phrase often-uttered by traditionalists these days is, “there’s an app for everything now”. And that’s certainly not far from the truth. In fact, today not only is there an app for everything, but we have millions of apps for anything.

Over the last 48 hours, BizCover has picked up two awards, both highlighting their commitment to building a better customer experience in the Small Business Insurance space.

The art of juggling parenthood while running your own business is anything but an easy feat. There’s always something screaming for your attention, from managing client requests and orders, packing the kid’s lunches, managing the books, setting marketing campaigns, sending packages, oh and maybe squeezing in 5 minutes for a lunch break!