Southern Business Mentor Panel
The Southern Business Mentoring Program is a free advice service available to established and start up businesses in the southern Adelaide area. If you live in, or your business is located in, any of the following council areas you are eligible to access the program.
- City of Onkaparinga
- City of Marion
- City of Holdfast Bay
7 New Advisors
In July 2024 seven new advisors were added to the panel, covering topics from Operational Excellence to Cyber Security.
You can see all the advisors here.
Digital Marketing Help
Fiona Blinco, of DIY Digital, continues her role as digital marketing advisor with the Southern Business Mentor Program. A digital marketing session with Fiona can cover
- Improving your website to get more enquiries or sales
- Structuring your web copy
- Web and email hosting
- Domain names
- Looking at the best platforms for building your website
- Using images online
- Translating website jargon
- Researching e-commerce platforms
- Optimising Etsy listings
- Using ebay, Amazon and other online marketplaces
- Implementing online bookings
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
- Getting your free Google Business listing
- Trouble-shooting Google Business
- Getting Google reviews
- Using email to promote your business without spamming people
- Re-energising your email marketing
- Choosing the top 3 marketing strategies for you and your business
- Using AI for content marketing
- Creating engaging surveys, calculators and other widgets for your website
- First steps to take for cyber security
- Creating a password system that works
How It Works
Zoom
Zoom allows us to see and hear each other as well share screens. Screen sharing is useful to demonstrate the number of free, online tools that are available to businesses in their digital marketing. Consultation sessions are held via zoom. Book online here.
In-Person
From time to time, on site face-to-face sessions are available at
- Cove Civic Centre, Hallett Cove
- Park Holme Library
- Seaford Library
For in-person sessions book online.
Hossein Derakhshanfar
Up To Top
Thank you again for your time and conversation today. I found the session very informative and your feedback was very helpful, assisting me to focus on areas that matter the most and use my capacity and resources efficiently.
Marlize Conroy
Just Believe Photography
Thank you so very much for your time and amazing help on Thursday! I appreciate it so very much - you were so amazingly helpful!
And also thank you for explaining the logic behind each measure - it always helps to understand the why. I already started to slowly add text to my website - not necessarily the best content, but I am slowly working on it!
Lorraine McLoughlin
Author
My session on Marketing in a digital world was extraordinary. I learned very appropriate information and strategies and came away enthused and buoyed up with energy and ideas.
Fiona had done her homework, and checked out my website and work and therefore had many recommendations for improvements and tactics to work at promoting my books.
Alan Crocker
Please Yourself Travel
Fiona has the (unique in this space) ability to explain complex matters in a simple way, enabling the participant to move forward from where they are at.
She was very responsive to questions during our coaching session. I now have a way forward with SEO for my website.
Fiona's skills are very valuable in a space so crammed with "technonerds".
Tom Anthoney
Willunga Physio
Fiona gave me some great marketing advice, via a Zoom meeting. She shared some great tips, and showed me how to do things myself by sharing her screen and walking me through it.
I highly recommend her and the Council's On Business Program.
Leonard Vallido
Exportia
Excellent SEO Training Session! Great session!
Fiona was able to take the concepts and makes them easy to understand. I learned a lot and she was able to answer our questions.
Her suggestions were really helpful too.
Sarah Simmonds
Simmonds Heating and Cooling
I met with Fiona today at the library who was AMAZING! She gave me so many great ideas and things to work on. Very grateful for her time.
Thank you for putting me onto the sessions.
Neville Antic
D8 Training
I loved meeting with you, your passion in this area is 2nd to none. Thank you for all the tips and tricks you have given me.
I am already working thru some of the tips you shared and will go start on the blogs as well. 😊
South Australian businesses in the Cities of Holdfast Bay, Marion and Onkaparinga can book a free session with advisors in the following disciplines
- Digital Marketing
- Cyber Security
- Retail
- Tourism
- HR and WHS
- Grants, Tenders and Procurements
- Business Wellbeing
- Operational Excellence
To find out more and make a booking visit the Southern Business Mentoring Program website.