Business Boost

1. Electricity Cost Reduction

EnergyFlex is a leading energy data and insights company that's revolutionising the way Australians interact with and think about energy. The free EnergyFlex tool empowers users to maximise the value of their ‘energy asset’ by understanding how they use energy, and optimising their use through small, practical changes in when and how they use electricity.

Offering

Receive 2 hours of expert 'Renewables Ready Coaching' designed to help you understand the energy transition to renewables and identify opportunities for your business to:

• Understand the financial and environmental impact of your energy use,
• Identify opportunities to shift your usage into greener, cheaper times,
• Significantly cut your energy bills,
• Discover your next best action to reduce cost, 
• Ensure you are on the best Electricity Supply plan for your business and,
• Accurately measure and manage your electricity-based carbon emissions.

EnergyFlex will review your current energy usage patterns to highlight opportunities for improvement and waste reduction on a pathway to lowering your overall costs. This process will introduce you to the EnergyFlex app, a powerful tool that allows you to track your usage and identify where adjustments can be made to maximise your energy outcomes.  

As part of the 12 month EnergyFlex offer, you will receive access to the dynamic energy plans comparison tool to help you choose the most cost-effective energy plan for your needs. By leveraging your Smart Meter data, the app helps you switch to the most competitive retail plan while reducing your environmental footprint. EnergyFlex empowers you with the knowledge and tools to use energy more sustainably, making your business both cost effective and eco-friendly.   

Cost: Free (Up to 2 hours)

Contact details
Garry Harding
Mobile: 0414 279 681

Email: info@energyflex.com.au
Website: www.energyflex.com.au

2. Circular Economy

Karina Seljak is co-founder of Seljak Brand, the creator of award-winning closed loop blankets, which was established in 2016. Karina is an advocate for circular design and business practices, delivering key note presentations and masterclasses at university institutions, festivals and conferences around Australia.

Offering

Karina leverages a full spectrum of experience in evolving ethical brands and sustainable product ranges from launch through vital growth periods. With tactile experience in design, manufacturing, operating her own enterprise and building a brand around circular solutions, Karina will guide to consider how your business can embed circularity to reduce waste, introduce new revenue streams and meaningful customer touch-points, and increase your brand value.

• Textiles specialisation in the regenerative possibilities of fibres, recycled fibres and textiles recycling
• Stakeholder engagement, relationship management and leveraging the broader circularity ecosystem
• Manufacturing, diversification, scaling, logistics and 3PL strategy for local and global supply chains
• Circular design advice for MVPs and launching products, as well as product range planning
• Branding, marketing and communications for circular business initiatives and models
• Product life extension including care, repair, swap and rent business models
• Design direction for disassembly and product end-of-life solutions
• Materials sourcing considerations for circularity and sustainability
• Social enterprise business models and impact models
• Customer journeys, touch-points and education

Cost: Free (Up to 2 hours)

Contact details
Karina Seljak
Website: seljakbrand.com.au
Email: Karina@seljakbrand.com.au
Instagram: Seljak Brand

1. Causeway Innovation

Making Innovation Happen

Generating & Implementing valuable new business ideas

This service is aimed at owner managers of small and mid-sized businesses in the Noosa Shire. The focus is looking at the big picture by considering personal and business objectives & then generating key strategies to help achieve them.

Offering

Online consultation – typically 60 to 75 mins - to help business owner managers to identify opportunities to add value and grow the business through innovation. This is a chance to step back from the day-to-day business and think about what you would like to achieve over the next few years – ideas to boost your business and make it more fun to run. An opportunity to:

• Consider your personal and business objectives for the next 3 years and beyond.
• Identify the gap between current position and where you want to be.
• Generate new ideas and new ways of doing business.
• Review your business model to identify different ways of doing business and generating profit.
  Cost FREE

Contact
Colin Graham
Telephone: 0418 594 545
Email: cgraham@causewayinnovation.com
Web: Causeway Innovation
Linked in: Colin Graham

1. Humaneer

humaneer is the global home for HR. We offer HR consulting services to small and medium businesses and partner with you to help you achieve your business goals. We are people led, offer smart and simple solutions, and work with you to set you up for the future.

Depending on where you are at, we like to start with the basics:

• HR Compliance - we ensure you have everything in place for where you are in business and staffing/employment needs
• Understanding the business strategy and commercial goals
• Running an engagement program to understand where your people are in terms of engagement, and understanding what is important to them
• Build our HR strategies to support your business and commercial goals

COST: 2 hours for free

Mobile: 0410 959 202
Email: kim@humaneerapp.com
Website: Humaneer
Linkedin: Kimberly Burns

1. HULK Media

HULK Media is a data-driven marketing consultancy with over 25 years of experience and demonstrated results in business growth. We believe the core of all business and marketing decisions are anchored in how effectively your brand engages your audience at every touchpoint they have with your brand – before, during, and after they buy. Our data-driven approach helps businesses make informed marketing decisions that are grounded in facts and grow revenue.

Offering

If you're looking for specialist business guidance no matter the industry, or size, if it’s a start-up or ASX listed, book a 90-minute consultation with HULK Media.

We specialise in

• Digital Marketing & Strategy – Google, Display, Social Media
• Website – useability, engagement, eCommerce, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation)
• Digital Transformation & Innovation
• Business Modeling & Optimisation
• CRM (Customer Relationship Management) – what software is best for your business, lead nurture, lead scoring
• Sales

Before we meet, we will get a good understanding of your business to maximise our time together and follow up our conversation with a written review, including our recommendations.

Cost: Free

Contact
Mobile: 0416 306 675
Email: hello@hulkmedia.com.au
Web: www.hulkmedia.com.au
Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/jaysen
Video: Hulk Media

2. BWitched

BWitched is an independent digital marketing and advertising consultant with over 17 years experience focusing on conscious marketing.

Offering

Our consultation will take 60-90 minutes, either via Zoom or in person (depending on location) and is for small to medium size business and organizations.

You will receive an online questionnaire beforehand and BWitched will follow up with a summary and next steps after our meeting.

BWitched can assist with the following areas:

E-Commerce, which can include:

• Quick website audit based on e-commerce best practice (usability etc)
• Quick marketing and platform audit
• Define gaps
• Recommendations on what to focus on next

Digital Marketing Audit, which can include:

• Assess current digital marketing activity (including advertising)
• Discuss recent developments in the digital world
• Understand what works & what doesn’t
• Define gaps
• Recommendations on what can be improved

Communications & Marketing, which can include:

• Social Media best practice
• Paid digital advertising (Facebook/Instagram advertising, Google ads, Microsoft Ads, Native Advertising)
• Marketing challenges
• Define marketing objectives
• How to research your competitive landscape
• Your ideal customer
• Marketing Strategy

Cost

FREE (up to 2 hours)

Contact details
Yvonne Pflieger
BWitched
Telephone: 0438 693 158
Email: yvonne@bwitched.com.au
Web: www.BWitched.com.au
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yvonnepflieger

BWitched

An independent digital marketing and advertising consultant with over 17 years experience focusing on conscious marketing.

Offering

Our consultation will take 60-90 minutes, either via Zoom or in person (depending on location) and is for small to medium size business and organizations.

You will receive an online questionnaire beforehand and I will follow up with a summary and next steps after our meeting.

The consultation can include:

• Social Media best practice
• Paid digital advertising (Facebook/Instagram advertising, Google ads, Microsoft Ads, Native Advertising)
• Marketing challenges
• Define marketing objectives
• How to reasearch your competitive landscape
• Your ideal customer
• Marketing Strategy

We also offer a Digital Marketing Audit and E-Commerce Support. (please refer to those topics on this page for more information)

Cost

FREE

Contact details
Yvonne Pflieger
BWitched
Telephone: 0438 693 158
Email: yvonne@bwitched.com.au  
Web: www.BWitched.com.au
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/yvonnepflieger

Lyn Allen Consulting

There a range of Business Grants that are published throughout the year which are highly competitive. Writing a successful grant can be hard work and take time. It is very important to understand and communicate how you will develop your project, explain clearly how you are eligible and meet the grant criteria.

Offering

Council is offering up to two hours grant submission support to eligible organisations. This can be used to:

• Determine eligibility for a grant
• Outline the requirements for grant preparation and grant outline
• Review your written grant application

(eligibility limited to business related grants only)

Cost
FREE

Contact
Lyn Allen
Lyn Allen Consulting
Contact: Lyn Allen
Mobile: 0401 116 894
Web: Lyn Allen Consulting
LinkedIn: Lyn Allen

Kevin Wilson - Curator and Arts Writer

Personalised assistance from an experienced visual arts curator, consultant, and writer who has directed and worked across major public galleries in Melbourne, Brisbane, Albury and Noosa covering fine art, craft and design and social history. Founder of the Linden Postcard Show and the Noosa Floating Land art and environment project.

Offering

Kevin Wilson can assist you to understand where your practice is positioned within the ecology of the art world and how you can develop strategies to develop it further. Kevin can provide critical feedback on your work and offer detailed advice on:

• Applying for exhibitions and grants
• Writing about your work
• Marketing your work
• Running your art practice as a business

Cost FREE (up to 2 hours)

Contact details
Kevin Wilson
Telephone: 0423 186 862
Email: Kevin Wilson
Instagram: @kevincurator
Video: Kevin Wilson

Business Mentoring Noosa is a voluntary organisation that helps local small businesses address new opportunities, resolve business issues or address skills issues through the one to one mentoring of business owners.

As part of the Panel, Business Mentoring Noosa are offering Noosa based businesses one free mentoring session (up to one hour) to provide the opportunity for businesses to assess suitability before committing to the membership and mentoring program.

*Please note that this is an addtional offer and does not count towards the limit of three service providers permitted under this program

Please email Business Mentoring Noosa directly to take up this offer.

Email: Business Mentoring Noosa
Website: Business Mentoring Noosa
Telephone: 5406 1291