 Home : NewsLatest NewsNovember 2008 - Kochies Business BuildersChannel 7 Personality David Koch has Rob Hartnett on his show Kochies Business Builders on Channel 7 on Sunday November 23rd.
November 2008 - The Australian NewspaperRob Hartnett was interviewed in The Australian Newspaper on directions in Corporate Training on Saturday November 22nd
September 2008 - RMIT UniversityRob Hartnett from Business Performance International is speaking to RMIT Universities Entrepreneurs Program on Entrepreneurial Marketing. This is Rob's third appearance at RMIT.
September 2008 - Institute of Management ConsultantsBusiness Performance International is recognized as one of the fastest growing consultancies and as such Rob Hartnett was asked to present at the Institute of Management Consultants meeting on growing your business through innovating sales and marketing.
September 2008 - Winning Sales Organisations - Bayside Business BreakfastRob Hartnett from Business Performance International was the keynote speaker at the acclaimed Bayside Business Breakfast in Melbourne on September 2nd. Rob will be spoke on "Becoming a Winning Sales Organisation" a topic that delivers on international research conducted by Miller Heiman and CSO Insights in 2007 and 2008. Over 350 people attended the event.
August 2008 - Energise Enterprise VictoriaRob Hartnett from Business Performance International joined an esteemed panel of marketing experts for the Victorian Governments Energise Enterprise , Big Marketing Event. Other panel members were Andrew Hockley from the Herald-Sun, James Tuckerman from Australian Anthill Magazine and Amanda Gnome from SmartCompany.com.au. The facilitators was Mr.Networking himself Ben Angel from Nationwide Networking. Over 500 business owners attended this great event.
Rob Hartnett with the team from "Lets Refresh" at the Enterprise Engergise Event.
July 2008 - Strategic Sellling WorkshopsBusiness Performance ran three Miller Heiman Strategic Selling Workshops in July in Australia. One in Sydney,followed by Perth and then Melbourne. Further events are planned for the second half of 2008. Please see our Workshops & Events tab on the home page for future events. See testimonial below from one of the attendees. "This will give us an excellent view of the status of our activities within each account and prospect, and help us plan further strategy". National Business Manager Melbourne
June 2008 - Hunters & Farmers Event MelbourneA great audience of sales and marketing professionals joined Business Performance International and Miller Heiman for their Hunters and Farmers breakfast in South Yarra in June. These events are a breakfast with a difference where tables are asked to workshop a concept introduced by the speaker. This event saw Rob Hartnett speaking on "Power Messaging" the breakthrough communications platform that s sales organisations to create, deliver and deploy their unique sales message.
April 2008 - Sales Performance RoadshowsBusiness Performance International moved around the eastern seaboard speaking at three main events to high acclaim. NSW was the first with the BEC Burwood Breakfast and the Gold Coast in Queensland was the venue for the AALARA national conference and Terri Cooper Networking event where Rob Hartnett from Business Performance International spoke on Thinking Big About Sales.
March 2008 - Melbourne Fashion WeekMelbourne is the Fashion Capital of Australia and March is all about fashion in Melbourne with the L'Oreal Melbourne Fashion Week. It was the best setting for Rob Hartnett to present at the Calvin Klein and Nancy Ganz sales agents event in Melbourne. Being iconic brands already does not stop these credible fashion brands from innovation and developing new ways to enhance the lives of their customers - true leaders in fashion.
2008 - Business Performance International is welcomed to the Miller Heiman family.For 30 years, Miller Heiman has brought precision to the art of selling. Their simple,powerful processes and tools help drive performance, especially when the sales cycle is complex and the marketplace demanding.At Business Performance we have used their strategies and techniques to win, maintain and grow significant business for a variety of clients and have recommended my sales people and colleagues to attend their outstanding courses.As an alumni of Miller Heiman we have gone the next step and become an accredited Miller Heiman consultancy.More information will follow however in the interim check out www.millerheiman.com
January 2008 - January is Sales Kick Off Month!For three weeks out of four Rob Hartnett spoke at Sales Conferences for clients wanting to get an early break on the competition. Some feedback was: "Thanks for your session - we won all the business we pitched for that week - great start to 2008" and "Thanks for your inspiration and motivating message to our team - we are excited about the year and have a new sense of teamwork."
December 2007 - Rob Hartnett Keynote Speaker at VmotoRob Hartnett was asked to be the keynote presenter and run a workshop for global Scooter company Vmoto on the Gold Coast in December. Rob's presentation was titles "Bigger, Better, More - acheiving more by doing less" and was all about Thinking Big and Focus. Vmoto Scooters are going through a major growth phase with oil price, climate change, building traffic issues all contributing to increased demand for Scooters.
October 2007 - Rob Hartnett Keynote Speaker at ATFARob Hartnett was asked to be the keynote speaker at the Inaugural Australian Timber Flooring Association Conference in Sydney this month. Rob spoke on Winning Strategies for Business Success to 120 attendees which ranged from small business owners to multi national organisations. Feedback from the event organiser was “Thank you so much for your great message, humour and fantastic presentation style, we have had great feedback from the evaluations received so far, and your presentation was certainly a great way to end the inaugural conference”
October 2007 Business Performance International and Corporate Training Australia in the mediaThe Age newspaper featured a story on leadrship based training in their Careers section recently and talked about the collaboration between Rob Hartnett from Business Performance International and Corporate Training Australia and featured comments from Corporate Training Australia CEO Tanya Hamersfeld on why the benefits of the partnership.
September 2007 -Rob Hartnett Speaks to RepcoIn September 2007 at the magnificant Hamilton Island Resort in Queensland Rob Hartnett spoke to over 300 Repco Authorised Service Centre owners and their partners on Business Development and Marketing. Rob joined a great line up of speakers at this premier event for one of Australia's largest automotive groups. This follows Rob's speaking engagements at local state Repco Authorised Service Centres conferences.
September 2007 - Baulkham Hills Finds Business SuccessRob Hartnett took the CPA Australia "Ready Set Profit" to the growing north west of Sydney when he ran the NSW leg at Crowne Plaza at Baulkham Hills. The major opened the precedings and then Rob interviewed prominent Sydney business people on what it takes to succeed in small business today. First up was talented serial entrepreneur Emma Brown who was followed by high profile florist James Stevens from Roses Only and then followed business guru John Corrigan. Key messages were follow your passion, watch your numbers constantly, seek external help early and know yourself. Running a successful business is 24/7 so you better like what you choose to do!
September 2007 - Canberra Times Business NewsRob Hartnett was quoted in the Canberra Times on September 25th before his business series "Ready Set Profit" where he interviewed promient Canberra business entrepreneurs and advisor Kate Sykes from careermums.com.au, Jim Murphy from Jim Murphy Cellars and Peter Norton from Pricewaterhousecoopers. 150 business owners attended the session with much positive feedback. Click here for article - CanberraTimes (
July 2007 - Rob Hartnett & Corporate Training Australia Team UpRob Hartnett who has had a relationship with Corporate Training Australia (CTA) one of Australia's leading corporate training organisations for a number years has formalised the relationship with Corporate Training Australia CEO Tanya Hamersfeld. Both Business Performance and CTA have a common phiosophy of delivering outstanding customer service and results to clients that deliver on their objectives. Rob Hartnett said "the relationship with CTA is fantastic as they have national presence and a great reputation for delivering creative and innovative training solutions that turn training events into entertaining and educational activities that people like to attend which in turn delivers a better result to the business". Rob Hartnett and Business Performance bring to CTA a new level of strategic training with innovative sales, marketing and leadership sessions and workshops that can now be rolled out effciently and effectively across Australia.
June 2007 - Rob Hartnett to speak at NT Business WeekRob Hartnett has been confirmed as a business speaker at the Northern Territory Business Week in October 2007. He will be speaking with other business identities such as Channel Nine's Money Guru Paul Cliteroe in Darwin, Alice Springs, Katherine and Tennant Creek.If your up in the red centre look out for the Business Week roadshow coming to town! Select to see promo NTBusinessWeek (
May 2007 - Dynamic Business MagazineRob Hartnett has an article published in Dynamic Business Magazine titles "Planning to Boost Sales". The article covers the importance of strategic planning to developing a consistent sales pipeline and how to develop a strategic sales and marketing plan including how to budget for sales and marketing expenses. Dynamic Business is on sale at newsagents and magazine providers.
April 5th 2007 -Scores on the Board™ comes to Business Performance InternationalBusiness Performance International has been appointed an prominent consultant of the range of the suite of performance tools, processes and methodologies from Bill Lang International (BLI) with the flagship being Scores on the Board™". Scores on the Board™ is a ready-to-use or turn-key system which focuses on the drivers of the main performance areas to be found in all businesses:
Rob Hartnett and BLI founder Bill Lang have worked together on a number of projects and the extension of Business Performance International being accredited to implement SOTB is a logical one and win for clients of BPI.
March 28th 2007 - Rob Hartnett to speak at Mildura Tourism WeekOn the 2nd of May 2007 Rob Hartnett will the keynote speaker at Mildura Tourism Week in Mildura. Rob will talk on sales and marketing strategies and how to accelerate your business performance.
March 22nd 2007- Winners Announced!The winner of the Business Performance International and Herald Sun competition is "Cactus Black" a surf and skate shop in Pakenham Victoria. Winners Gavin and Simone Bindley from Cactus Black were excited with the win and look forward to developing their business further with Rob's assistance. Due to the amazing response from regional Victoria and runner up prize was won by Travelscene Wonthaggi which is owned by Carole Satori. Being a skateboard fan and loving travel Rob Hartnett believes he has two great winners to work with.
March 15th 2007- 50,000 and climbingThe book "Small Business, Big Opportunity" written by Rob Hartnett in partnership with Sensis has over 50,000 books now in print across Australia with key business groups such as VECCI and the Business Enterprise Centres recommending and distributing the book to business owners.
25th 2007- Sailing SuccessBusiness Performance's Rob Hartnett competed in the Victorian Sabre Sailing Championships after a three year lay off from sailing. Sailing in a competitive 70 boat fleet Rob finished a credible 3rd behind class champions Alan Riley and super Sabre sailor Wayne Bates. The result has inspired Rob to campaign toward the Australian Championships in Adelaide in 2008. Stay tuned for updates.
January 27th 2007- Herald-Sun CompetitionBusiness Performance International and the Melbourne Herald-Sun have teamed up to award a $7,000 coaching package to a small to medium business based in Victoria. The competition will run through March 2007 and all the details will be in the Business Owner section of Thursdays Herald Sun starting 1 2007.
January 15th 2007 - Exciting NewsBusiness Performance will announce a major competition to win the services of Rob Hartnett as a business coach and acquire $000's of dollars of sales and marketing materials. The competition will be run by one of Australia's largest publishers so stay tuned!
November 21st 2006 - Swinburne Venture CupRob Hartnett will be a judge at the Swinburne Venture Cup. The Swinburne Venture Cup is in its seventh year and is looking for new ideas from students that have a real potential to succeed as businesses.Rob Hartnett said " I am a huge supporter of innovation and the Australian way of having a crack at things and I look forward to some exciting ideas from this innovative campus."
November 15th 2006 - Success! with Rob HartnettBusiness Performance announces limited offer CD of the full interviews with entreprenuer Bill Lang and New York Times best selling author and communications expert Nicholas Boothman. These interviews were available only by Podcast however are now on CD as part of the Business Performance International Success! series of interviews. If you would like a copy please email details to robyn@businessperformance.com.au
November 2nd 2006 - VECCI Marketing Day - Rob Hartnett to speakRob Hartnett has been confirmed as a speaker at the VECCI (Victorian Employer Chamber of Commerce) Marketing Day on the 15th Feburary 2007. Each attendee will receive a copy of Rob's new book produced in partnership with Sensis, "Small Business, Big Opportunity".
November 1 2006 - Rob Hartnett in "Marketing Magazine"Marketing Magazine the must read monthly magazine of those in the marketing arena feature an article in their November edition by Business Performance International's Rob Hartnett titled "The Entrepreneurs Guide to Marketing". This two page article talks about how entrepreneurs view marketing and the 5 key drivers to profit.
October 30th 2006 Taylor Potter Rocks NZAfter a brilliant ride in the USA Business Performance International supported KTM rider Taylor Potter recently raced in New Zealand at the 2006 Oceania Motocross Event in Taupo. Taylor rode against the worlds best such as Josh Coppins and Stefan Everts and finished 8th overall a fantastic achievement which included a 4th in race two. Congratulations to Taylor (who apart from still being at school also acted with Chris Lilley in the award winning TV series "We Could Can Be Heroes"), KTM Sport Motorcycles, BTX Motorcycles his mechanic/manager Adrian Salmon and of course his parents.
October 23rd 2006 - New book "Small Business, Big Opportunity" officially launchedSensis announced today that its comprehensive guide to marketing and advertising for small to medium business written by Rob Hartnett and edited and published by Sensis is now available. The book has had excellent feedback to date from those shown a preview of the book. Please contact robyn@businessperformance.com.au on how to access a copy.
October 20th 2006 - Innovic - Next Big Thing Launch- Rob Hartnett to speakInnovic is holding the launch of its Next Big Thing at a breakfast on Wednesday 22nd November in Melbourne. Rob Hartnett will be speaking on "Smart Marketing" and he will be joined by innovation expert and author Roger La Selle who will be speaking on "Generating new Ideas and Opportunities". This event promises to be a lively presentation and one not to be missed by new and growing businesses.
October 11th 2006 - Business Week South AustraliaRob Hartnett was a guest of the South Australian government as part of Small Business Week and spoke at a breakfast hosted by Inner Southern BEC, ICMI and The Phoenix Society. The event saw Rob speak to a packed house at the Comfort Inn Haven Marina in the beachside suburb of Glenelg to business owners from all walks of life on what it takes to success in small business in todays competitive environment.
September 29th 2006 - Business Performance International announces new officeBusiness Performance International has moved offices due to growth in the business and is now located at Suite 103 Princess Towers, 1 Princess Street Kew in beautiful Melbourne Australia. Ph number is 1300 797 454.
September 20th 2006 - Hartnett speaks at BBI Boot CampRob Hartnett today spoke to the Better Business Institute sales and marketing Boot Camp held at the magnificent Q Building on the Gold Coast in Queensland. Hartnett spoke on what it takes to be a successful consultant and coach to small business owners in Australia and the changing advertising landscape they operate in.
July 17th 2006 - The Executive Connection - Connects with Rob HartnettHanded a challenge by a speaking agent "can you speak to a group of Chief Executive Officers who have seen over 50 presentations in the last year and every great speaker in the country and keep them entertained with fresh material". Rob Hartnett from Business Performance took the challenge and spoke to The Executive Connection on winning in business, sport and life and some of the key changes in marketing that may affect their businesses going forward.
June 15th - 18th 2006 - Let's Go CountryAs part of the Victorian Government's Small Business Festival, "Energise, Enterprise" Rob Hartnett spoke on behalf of Festival principle sponsor Sensis on small business marketing in the Victorian provincial cities of Ballarat, Bendigo, Shepparton and Traralgon. "The feedback was terrific and I couldn't believe the distances some people had travelled to attend these presentations. I grew up in country Victoria for a time and I travel into the country most weekends with my childrens sport of motocross racing so I understand a lot of the issues in these areas" Hartnett said.
June 6th 2006 - Hartnett takes a LEAPBusiness Performance's Rob Hartnett tonight spoke at the progressive dinner for LEAP in Melbourne."LEAP is a great group" Hartnett said. "Vibrant, passionate about their business and all willing to learn and challenge the norm."
March 30th 2006 - Sensis ask Hartnett to author new bookToday Rob Hartnett was confirmed as writing an exciting new book for Sensis. Sensis which is owned by Australian communications company Telstra has over 600,000 small business customers and wants to provide a comprehensive guide to sales and advertising in Australia to as many of these customers as possible who need guidance in this all important area. The book is scheduled for release in late 2006 and will also feature a web site.
January 16th 2006 - The SMART Business ShowBusiness Performance International launch their Podcast Show, The SMART Business Show on The Podcast Network. SMART is an anacronym for Sales-Marketing-Advertising-Real-Talk and describes the essence of the show. The SMART Business Show will feature interviews, news and information to assist business people especially small business owners and those that rely upon sales to earn their living to improve their results and keep up to date with the latest information from Australia and around the world. More Info
January 9th 2006Business Performance International are pleased to announce support for leading Australian Junior Motocross rider Taylor Potter. Taylor recently won the Australian KTM Cup and has won an invitation to race in the USA later in April 2006.
December 10th 2005Business Performance International are pleased to announce support for the Monash Gift Athletics Event in March 2006. |
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