Interviews with authors – Grammar Factory

If you’ve been thinking about starting a business, and are keen to get a behind-the-scenes look of where an established business began (along with avoiding some big mistakes along the way), then I’m excited to share the So You Want to Start a Business podcast with you. A few weeks ago, I was lucky enough […] The post Interview: So you want to start a business appeared first on Grammar Factory.

How often do you see your potential clients trying to do it all themselves? With the accessibility of online technologies today, any entrepreneur can  create their own website, do their own copywriting, design their own brochures and manage their own social media campaigns.  Unfortunately, even though they can achieve all of this themselves, it’s a challenge to do it well and […]The post How one entrepreneur got a $25,000 contract ‘because you’re a published author’ appeared first on Grammar Factory.

In this episode of Entrepreneur to Author I speak with Clarissa Rayward, a family lawyer who has leveraged her book to lead to media appearances, speaking opportunities and more clients engaging her firm than ever before. It all began in 2008, when Clarissa established Brisbane Family Law Centre. At BFLC her team of lawyers work alongside counsellors and financial planners to […]The post Interview with Clarissa Rayward appeared first on Grammar Factory.

You’ve spent six months, almost $10,000 dollars and who knows how much blood, sweat and tears writing and publishing your book. Now it’s here – you have a pyramid of boxes in front of you and you’ve just posted a photo of you holding up your book with a grin on Facebook. But what happens […]The post Interview with time management expert and author Kate Christie, on how she leveraged her book to build her business appeared first on Grammar Factory.

So often we get fixated on trying to do it all – the flash website, hitting 1,000 likes, running the networking circuit… it can be a struggle to find the one thing that could make a tangible difference. Enter Darren Finkelstein, who found something that did. Darren has been messing about in boats for most […]The post Meet the bestselling author-entrepreneur who failed high-school English appeared first on Grammar Factory.

If you’ve ever complained “I just don’t know how to talk to my kids about money,” then this interview’s for you. In episode 7 of Entrepreneur to Author, I speak with Robert Bihar, author of Don’t Eat the Marshmallow. With over 15 years’ experience as a Finance Analyst teaching financial and budgeting skills to the managers of […]The post Interview with Robert Bihar, author of Don’t Eat the Marshmallow appeared first on Grammar Factory.

As a corporate escapee, Jacquie Sharples knows a thing or two about not listening to her body. A former corporate engineer, Jacquie couldn’t ignore her passion for health and fitness. Having formerly trained at the highest levels in athletics since high school, becoming Victoria champion in the triple jump and in the top 8 at […]The post Interview with Jacquie Sharples, author of If Your Body Could Talk appeared first on Grammar Factory.

Author of The Innovation Recipe: Key Ingredients for World-class Results in Big Business, Jenny Vandyke believes that innovation and cooking have a lot in common. Having worked with senior leaders at Australia’s biggest organisations for over ten years, including National Australia Bank, BHP Billiton, ANZ Bank and KMPG, Jenny knows that, unfortunately, owning a shiny European oven […]The post Interview with Jenny Vandyke, author of The Innovation Recipe appeared first on Grammar Factory.

In episode 4 of Entrepreneur to Author, I speak to Tracy Angwin, founder of Australian Payroll Association, author of The Payroll Revolution, and the authority on payroll in Australia.Tracy’s company offers advisory services, education and specialist payroll recruitment services. While her business started strongly, she struggled to find new clients after picking the low-hanging fruit.However, […]The post Interview with author of The Payroll Revolution, Tracy Angwin appeared first on Grammar Factory.

In episode 3 of Entrepreneur to Author we speak with Anneka Manning, an author, presenter, cooking teacher, home economist, mother of two and founder of BakeClub. Over the past 23 years Anneka has worked for an impressive list of leading food publications – including Australian Gourmet Traveller, Australian Good Taste, The Australian Women’s Weekly and The […]The post Interview with Anneka Manning, author of Bake, Eat, Love appeared first on Grammar Factory.

In Episode 2 of Entrepreneur to Author I speak to Sandy McDonald, founder of The Clan Makers, WhyYouMustBlog.com and KasCare, and author of Clans – Supercharge Your Business. After 22 years running a marketing communications company, she used passionate blogging to build an online community to help the children orphaned in southern Africa as a […]The post Interview with author, Clan Maker and blogging expert Sandy McDonald appeared first on Grammar Factory.