JULY NEWS FROM BUSINESS EXCELLENCE

July 5, 2007 Speaker, sponsorship No Comments

Top photo taken from 23rd floor Quay West Apartments.

John’s old residence-Gloucester Street, Sydney.

VIEW OF THE ROCKS AREA IN SYDNEY JUNE 2007

A recent photo from our nostalgic tour to Sydney a couple of weeks ago to celebrate John’s birthday.

John resided ( for approx.20 years) in the dark brick residences (built about 1928) at the bottom of photo. Square yellow brick building at left is the Australian Hotel built 1889!! View taken from 23rd floor Quay West Apartments in Gloucester Street Sydney. A tour of the historic rocks is a must for visitors to Sydney.

Any one visiting Sydney should use the Red Bus and the Blue Bondi Tour Buses for four hours of viewing all of the city and sorrounds-includes several beaches.

NEXT BREAKFAST-JERRY CROCKFORD.

See previous blogs. Jerry is speaking at Tweed Heads Bowls Club on Wednesday 18th July.
His expertise in marketing and writing good “copy” for adds is respected Australia wide.

ENHANCE YOUR BUSINESS AND PERSONAL IMAGE

Elena Reed is conducting four special image/style workshops at Quality Resort Twin Towns on the 24th July. There is a limit of only FOUR participants for each class. This very special opportunity is one worth serious consideration. For full details email john at the above email and he will send out the comprehensive program.

FOUR HOUR INTENSIVE WEALTH BUILDING WORKSHOP KINGSCLIFF TAFE-26th July 5pm-9pm.
John recently completed the five night course run by “Invest For Your Life” team- Garry Macdonald and Keiran Smyth at the TAFE and found this course brilliant!!
They are now running a special ONE NIGHT event on the 26th July at TAFE Kingscliff.
They will cover all aspects of achieving wealth through proper real estate investment- how to pick out the “hot spots”-how to set strategies for building wealth safely and much more.
You will not get better information from two very successful investors.

For more information, costs and bookings go to http://www.invest4yourlife.com.au/ or email to
*** mention this email and John’s recommendation.

***SPONSOR PROFILES***

We will highlight three sponsors each newletter to remind you of their great products or services. They are all the best in their respective fields and you can deal with them with Business Excellence confidence!!

BOYDS BAY GARDEN WORLD.

Situated in Rose Street West Tweed-just off Kennedy Drive. They have hundreds and hundreds of the very best plants and garden materials in this area. Well known for their quality landscaping of various projects such as Salt- a visit to Boyds Bay is well worth the experience.

You may be lucky to speak with John Nosworthy- the proprietor- but all his staff are knowledgable and friendly. Why not check them out over the weekend.

See their web site opposite (just click on the name)

MISSION AUSTRALIA

Situated in Griffith Street opposite the Coolangatta Post Office Mission are long time Gold Sponsors. Their friendly team assist those who are are needing employment or training

Mary and the team are well respected for their work with those who are disadvantaged or going through difficult times.

Check out their web site by clicking on their name at the green list of sponsors on the right of this blog.

TWEED FITNESS LIFESTYLE CENTRE.

Tweed Fitness has been running for over 18 years with Michael and Grace at the helm.

They have all the necessary equipment and classes to keep you fit and healthy.

You will receive excellent supervision to get started on the road to fitness.

You can also get great food and organic items from the in-house cafe.

Visit their centre in Machinery Drive and check out their huge gym & facilities.
Thanks for taking the time to read this information and please contact John for any thing else you may need re purchasing goods or seeking the services of our fabulous sponsors.

John and Joan Hurd
Business Excellence- 14 years old next Month!!

Lindisfarne students benefit from Business Breakfasts

June 20, 2007 Networking, Speaker No Comments
Year 11 Lindisfarne Anglican School students photographed with motivational speaker Rosie Pekar at the June 2oth Business Excellence breakfast.

Lindisfarne-Marketing Director-Myfanwy Stanfield should be congratulated on her idea to encourage students to attend the monthly Business Excellence breakfasts when Australia’s best speakers present their ideas and expertise in marketing, sales, financial tips and a wide variety of topics.

There has been great interest also from the Tweed/Gold Coast business community who attend in good numbers. There is always time allowed for genuine networking and the club supplies a sumptuous hot breakfast plus cereal, fruit juice, fruit salad, tea and coffee. All this plus top speakers and presenters for a tax deductible fee of $25.00 per person!!
Check out the prices of other business breakfasts on the coast- they range from $35 to $55 per person!!! We have kept our price of $25-00 for several years thanks to the support of our fabulous Gold Sponsors- You can access information and support them in turn by clicking on their names in green at the top right of the start of the blog.

FUTURE SPEAKERS AND DATES FOR 2007:

* July 18th- Jerry Crockford- Marketing and writing advertising copy.

* August 15th- Garry Macdonald- Five Steps to Wealth-A professional educator and very experienced investor.

* September 19th- Robyn Henderson- Networking Guru- Author, Publisher and professional speaker.

* October 17th-Ric Wilmott- International management expert-

* November 21st- Brook Ramage- Health Expert- founder of GOLDEN DOOR Health resorts.

* December 5th- Christmas function- surprise speaker TBA.

Bookings are essential- email to john@businessexcellence.net.au or phone 0418 269 136
Seating is limited to allow for maximum participation and networking opportunities.

MORE NEWS:

Contact John re becoming a Gold Sponsor. The opportunities are great and all fees are fully tax-deductible. Fees are from as low as $5.00 per day- the price of a sandwich!
Categories now available are:
Signwriter
Hairdresser
Real Estate firm or salesperson
Health services
other categories on application we generally only have one business type per category*

More news next week.
PS Pride Furniture at South Tweed cnr. Amber and Industry Drives has some great end of financial year specials. The best BARGAIN is an ensemble of teak furniture valued in Sydney at $25.000 but at Pride for only $9.900- an absolute bargain. Call in for an obligation free visit. (Bob makes a brilliant plunger coffee)

all the best

John and Joan Hurd
Business Excellence- established August 1993.

Improve your marketing communications with Jerry Crockford at Tweed Heads

June 9, 2007 Marketing, Speaker No Comments
Jerry Crockford is the Managing Director of Crockford Carlisle Pty Ltd.

Jerry learnt the importance of making every marketing dollar count from his family’s days in retail shops and motels.

This was followed by seven years in radio broadcasting, which provided the basis for learning to write powerful, compelling advertising copy. From there, he and his wife developed a Direct Selling business which involved over 6,000 distributors. This experience enabled him to hone his face-to-face sales skills.

Jerry’s role as Marketing Manager for Queensland’s largest regional shopping centre gave him a wide range of experience in marketing. Everything from food and fashion through to complex products and services.

His company, Crockford Carlisle, now produces persuasive marketing materials for clients throughout Australia and as far away as Scotland and USA.

Seminar topic

During Jerry’s session, you will hear hard-hitting, practical ideas that will improve your marketing communications. When faced with the reality of the average person being exposed to 7,500 marketing messages per week, you need to ensure that your…
• direct mail letters,
• yellow page advertisement,
• press advertising,
• brochures,
• internet website

and any other marketing communications contain a compelling, forceful message that sets you apart from your competitors and makes your prospective clients want to ACT NOW!

Jerry’s presentations focus on practical and relevant information that have a high take-home value. During the presentation, he will give you insights and a fresh understanding about your marketing—including issues such as…

1. The persuasiveness of your message.
2. The Perceived Value of any offers you are using.
3. Things you may be saying that are subconsciously turning people off.
4. The way the headline/hook grabs the attention of your target market.
5. Any missed opportunities to make you look better than your competitors.

His session will be entertaining, interesting and relevant—with inspiration that you’ll draw on to make your business GROW!
You can see him Wednesday July 18th at Tweed Heads Bowls Club. Contact John at Business Excellence on 0418 269 136 or john@businessexcellence.net.au

Customer Service Culture Presentation Tweed 21st February

February 13, 2007 Customer Service, Speaker 1 Comment

Customer Service is vital to the continued success of every business.

Ron/Rowdy McLean will deliver the best address on Customer Service you will hear this year.

See earlier blog article February News for more detail or email me john@businessexcellence.net.au for more information.

Breakfast is 7am DST at Tweed Heads Bowls Club Wednesday 21st February.

Have a great week

JOHN HURD

Top Health Guru speaking Tweed Bowls 10th Jan 7am

January 3, 2007 Health, Speaker No Comments

We are very fortunate to have Jennifer Jeffries as our first Guest Presenter at Tweed Bowls Club 7am DST for the start of the year.
Last year Jennifer reached a sell out business breakfast audience with her “Life Balancing Strategies”-address also in January. Many people have requested to hear Jennifer and I cannot think of a better speaker to “kick start” the new year. Without our health- we are nothing!!
Jennifer travels Australia and overseas giving her audiences practical ways of achieving better health and life balance.

She is certainly well qualified to speak on health issues as she is a Naturopath , Aromeratherapist, Member of the Australian Traditional Medicine Society and a member/teacher of the International Federation of Aromatherapists.

Jennifer is a very entertaining speaker who enthuses her audience with her background in business. Her passion in life is in informing people on ways to integrate natural therapies into their work and personal lives to achieve the feeling that they are really LIVING and not just EXISTING!!

Make this business breakfast your start for the year and I guarantee you will not be disappointed.

BOOKINGS $25 PER PERSON TO john@businessexcellence.net.au.
regards to all JOHN H.

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