Southern Business Mentoring Program
The Southern Business Mentoring Program is available to businesses, including start-ups, operating within the District Council of Yankalilla.
The Program provides one-on-one consultations with a business advisor and connection to specialised services and advice including:
- General business advice and business planning
- Strategic marketing
- Retail business support
- Digital marketing
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Human resources, work health safety and workforce planning
- Sustainability
Eligible businesses, community groups and residents can access one hour fully subsidised (FREE!) with an advisor from each discipline for one-on-one consultation.
Consultations can be delivered face-to-face, through skype, zoom or by phone. Once you have completed your booking your mentor will be in touch to discuss a suitable option.
District Council of Yankalilla will also be holding rounds of in-region appointments along with workshops to help you connect with the SBMP service and Mentors.
If you have any questions about this service or would like to register your interest, please get in contact with us at business@yankalilla.sa.gov.au
Visit Southern Business Mentoring Program to learn more and view all available sessions.
General Business Advisors
Martin Pike
Martin’s passion is finding out what’s key to making businesses tick by identifying and addressing critical ‘weak spots’ with owners.
Martin’s style is relaxed but clear and his insights have helped many business owners across all industry sectors. Martin’s motto is “straightforward business success”.
Amanda Wood
Amanda Wood, of AMW Business Growth, advises across most industries and business topics, and specialises in helping businesses to discover or better understand their strategic opportunities, whilst also assisting with very ‘practical’ business advice.
Amanda brings to this program, real-life experience as: a business owner and manager; participant on many business related boards: and also as a leader of state and national business advisor teams. She understands first hand, the many challenges of owning and growing a significant-sized successful business.
General and Strategic Marketing
Martin Pike
Martin's passion is finding out what's key to making businesses tick by identifying and addressing critical 'weak spots' with owners.
Through this one hour 1:1 session, Martin can assist with a range of different Strategic Marketing advice.
Book a strategic marketing session with Martin
Digital Marketing
Fiona Blinco
Fiona has worked with numerous small businesses across southern Adelaide in understanding and growing their online presence. From developing websites, working on Google Ads, Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) techniques or email marketing.
Social Media
Belinda Brecale
Belinda is a dedicated copywriter and content writer who can make words work. She is a marketing consultant who loves to elevate brands while being strategic, a social media manager full of ideas and a knack for making social media accounts shine!
Whether its online or offline, Belinda will work creatively and strategically to elevate your business and deliver the best results.
Retail Business Support
Joanna Arhontis
Joanna fills the growing need for personal and professional support for retail business owners, in the often difficult and complex path to profit and sustainability.
Joanna can assist with a range of retail specific support: negotiating lease conditions; transformation planning; find and fix unjustifiable outgoings; cash flow management; and retail specific marketing strategies.
Participants who book a face-to-face meeting will receive a free copy of Joanna's book The New Retail Revolution.
HR, WHS & Workforce Planning
Evelyn Pollard
Evelyn specialises in human resources, work health safety and workforce planning.
Evelyn draws upon her extensive experience in human resource management, work health safety, injury management, customer service, change management and continuous improvement.
Mental Health and Wellbeing
Development at Work Australia
Bridget and the Development at Work Australia team are Mental Health and Wellbeing Advisors.
Development at Work Australia's passion is helping organisations and individuals effectively manage stress, change, mental health and wellbeing.
Book a session with one of the team
If your business is located outside the District Council of Yankalilla and you are located in the cities of Onkaparinga, Marion or Holdfast Bay this service is available to your business.