HELPING SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS ACHIEVE THEIR DREAMS

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By giving members affordable access to the best consulting firms in

Australia and linking members to partners providing quality products and services at

amazing discounts

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40.3% of small businesses didn’t survive between 30th June 2007 - 30th June 2011.In March 2013, a major research project was conducted to find out the key reasons for small business failure. Of those surveyed, 50% said that failure is most likely caused by inexperienced management and 26% through failure to seek professional advice.

Despite this, 70% of respondents said they prefer the lone wolf approach to running a small business and trust their ‘gut instinct’.

Join the 1300 hotline to avoid becoming a statistic. *Data source: ABS Cat. No. 8165.0 and DIISRTE calculations.

Exciting Opportunity

Our model 4-7

How the 1300 hotline can work for you 8-9

A word from our founder 10

A brief profile of Craig Badcock 11

Where to find out more and how to contact us 12

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For a low monthly subscription of only $67 per week, members can make unlimited calls on any topic and receive 10 minutes with an appropriately qualified professional. Members also receive access to discounts and great offers from our partners.

Consultant firms do not pay to participate and are not paid to participate. They must meet our performance standards and achieve excellent feedback from our members. Partners do not pay to participate and are not paid to participate. They must provide a great offer to members and quality products or services.

“1300 hotline takes away all of the barriers. It is a low cost high volume model

built to handle 100,000 members and make a real difference.”

1300 hotline is all about helping Australia’s 2.1M small business owners. They have lots of questions that go unanswered. They have lots more questions that go unasked!

OUR MODELBecause they are busy; because they don’t know who to ask; because they are embarrassed to ask; because it is too expensive to ask; and because it is too hard to ask.

WHY IS THIS?

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THE 1300 HOTLINE MODEL HAS A SUPERB VALUE PROPOSITION

No Lock In ContractYour arrangement is monthly and you can stop any time you want. The GuaranteeIn the unlikely event you’re not happy with our services, we’ll refund your last payment.If you pay annually we’ll refund your remaining membership in advance.

Documented SolutionsYou’ll get documentation of everything you talk to us about. We keep a record so all our consulting firms are up to speed with your business ideas, issues and opportunities.

1300 hotline is a non conflicted model where

we act solely in the interests of our members. But, the model

also provides substantial rewards for consulting firms and partners that act in the

interests of our members.

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Do you have: Unanswered questions? Unasked questions?

Do you need: Professional advisors that can respond to any question on any topic within 24 hours? Access to amazing deals and discounts for your business?

Consulting FirmsStuff happens in small business. When it does, it’s hard to knowwho to talk to, or if there is a need to talk to anyone at all. Ideas,

problems, questions, a second opinion—the consulting firmsare there to assist our members, build a relationship with them

and have the opportunity to convert them into new clients!

MembersFrom the 2.1M small business owners inAustralia, including start-ups through to

successful operations with 50 plus employees.

Members call 1300 hotline with questions, problems and to discuss

opportunities. The 1300 hotline team will determine the exact issue and note this in Salesforce cloud CRM.

The consultant calls the memberwithin 24 hours to answer their

question, discuss the idea, or pointthe member in the right direction.

This is also the opportunity to offeradditional services.

The hotline team forward themember’s business details andquestion via Salesforce to the

best consultant to deal with themember’s specific needs.

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SIGN UP TODAYBecome a 1300 hotline member

Join today!Go to www.1300hotline.com.au

PartnersMembers and their nominated associates can

access over $50,000 worth of deals, discounts andfreebies from our partners. The categories range

from business to personal so everyone can benefit!

MembersFrom the 2.1M small business owners inAustralia, including start-ups through to

successful operations with 50 plus employees.

Members have access to morethan $50,000 of discounts and

freebies from businessesthroughout Australia.

Partners update their offers onthe 1300 hotline website makingthem available for the membersand their nominated associates.

Members contact partnersdirectly to take advantage of

their special offers.

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How can the 1300 hotline work for you?

Maddie owns a free range pig farm and is looking to buy a new Nissan Patrol to help move stock and equipment around the farm – and

to do it in style! She has negotiated a significant discount with her car salesman, but needs to complete the purchase quickly. However, she doesn’t know whether to buy this herself or through her business. Maddie calls 1300 hotline. The hotline team take Maddie’s query and forward it to a consulting firm who specialise in asset finance. Within the guaranteed 24 hour timeframe, Maddie receives a call from an expert and within the 10 minute call, they explain what she needs to do to proceed with the purchase.

Karenhas a printing business and had an employee resign about 3 months ago. Over the last few weeks 3 of Karen’s major clients have left and

are now working with the ex-employee. Karen calls 1300 hotline. The 1300 hotline team contact a HR consulting firm. A HR consultant calls Karen and helps her interpret the employment contract the ex-employee had signed. Unfortunately, there is nothing to stop the ex-employee from undercutting Karen and taking her clients. The HR consultant offers to work with Karen to design an employment contact that will ensure Karen is covered in the future.

Sam is an employee of a mechanic in town. He bought a house 5 years ago and is considering a review of his current mortgage and re-financing

options. He spoke to his boss about it who suggested he check out the 1300 hotline website for any discounts or freebies relating to finance. His boss had nominated Sam as an associate so that Sam can take advantage of the discounts and freebies offered. He found a mortgage company offering a free review of mortgages. Sam took up their offer and found out that he could reduce his repayments by over $200 per month through switching loans.

David and Tommo are business partners in a local pub, but things have turned sour. Tommo is seeking some legal advice, however obtaining

advice in a small town is hard because people talk and to make matters worse, David is mates with the local solicitor. Tommo calls 1300 hotline. The hotline team take his enquiry to an expert in business partnerships. The consulting firm calls Tommo instructing him on the next steps to take. The consulting firm are also partners of the 1300 hotline who are offering a free ‘Buy Sell Agreement review’ and they offer this to Tommo. He takes this up and is now relieved knowing what he needs to do next to protect his share in the business.

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And these are only a handful of

examples of how 1300 hotline could work for

you in your business!

Vijay is practice manager of a medical centre and is under some pressure to cut some overheads in the business. As members of the 1300

hotline, Vijay notices that they can purchase all their stationery at government rates through a partner deal on the website, saving them up to 30%! With a click of the button on the partner deal, Vijay can now let the administration staff do all their stationery shopping online and get access to a fantastic saving.

Elaine wanted to jump start her marketing. So does Facebook marketing actually work for small business? This question troubled Elaine

who operated a small café. She was too embarrassed to ask her young Gen Y staff. Elaine calls 1300 hotline. The team took her enquiry and within 24 hours she was speaking to a marketing specialist who spent 10 minutes giving Elaine some examples of how social media can work for cafés at no cost to her. The specialist then offered to work with Elaine further to build a marketing strategy for the café if she wanted to go ahead.

Jess had a pet hate. It was to call her accountant about anything – she can almost hear him turning the egg timer, adding up the minutes to add

to her invoice. However, she has a question about how to set up one of her employee’s child support payment arrangements. Jess calls 1300 hotline. The 1300 hotline team have a switched on bookkeeper as a consultant. They contact the bookkeeper with Jess’ query. The bookkeeper calls Jess within 24 hours and with 10 minutes of clear instruction, Jess can successful (and accurately) process the payroll on time.

Ryan has always loved fixing gadgets. He just bought a small gadget repair shop in town and has some big plans. He knows that marketing

is the best thing to drive enquiries to his business, so his first step is to go to 1300hotline.com.au and check out the partner offers. The free Brand Review sounds like a great starting point and he contacts the partner who is offering it. The partner takes Ryan though every aspect including colours, font styles, Ryan’s target marketing and lots of things he had never considered. It was a great place to start.

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A word from our FOUNDER

This is based on my experience as a Chartered Accountant working with small business owners for 30 years. I have worked hard to help our small business clients over this time but our resources have always been limited. 1300 hotline has been developed to help a much larger number of the 2.1M Australian small businesses.

Imagine the lives we can positively impact by providing small business owners with easy cost effective access to the best consulting firms in Australia and linking them to partners providing quality products and services at amazing discounts.

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I believe that small business owners: 1. Earn less than they should based on the risks they take and the hours they work.

2. Are amazing people battling against the odds to build a better future for themselves, their

family, their employees, and collectively their country.

3. Need an empathetic, objective and constructive sounding board.

4. Fail to realise their potential due to lack of skills and resources in the non technical areas

required to operate a business.

5. Can benefit significantly from expert, cost effective, timely, accessible advice to build a

business that works for them rather than a business they work for.

Craig Badcock (Founder and CEO)

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Craig Badcock has built 2 accounting practices. The first when he was 27 and the second nearly 14 years ago. He operates his

current practice in Tasmania as a sole practitioner with a team of 16.

He has worked as an advisor to small business owners with a particular emphasis on consultingin relation to strategic planning, marketing, systems, and people management over the past 14 years.

Craig has experience as an owner of retail and rural businesses, plus commercial property and land subdivision experience.

He has a keen interest in how technology can benefit his practice and its clients, and has been an early adopter of new technology. His current practice has developed a strong focus on designing and implementing “modern business”accounting and administration systems for clients.

Craig, together with his wife Deb, who is also a Chartered Accountant have 5 children aged from 5 to 18. He is a poor but enthusiastic cyclist in his spare time.

Craig is now devoting considerable time to 1300hotline in an endeavour to help many more small business owners than could ever be achieved through his own practice.

WHERE TO FIND OUT MORE AND HOW TO CONTACT US

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188 Tarleton StreetDevonport, Tas 7310, AUSTRALIA

Phone: 1300 468 546Website: www.1300hotline.com.auEmail: admin@1300hotline.com.au

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