The business planning section covers a broad range of information to help you start, run and grow your business.

Key sections include:

Business planning

• Write your business plan.
• Find opportunities for business growth.
• Seek mentoring services for your business.
• Find out how to develop an export plan for trading overseas.
• Visit our Advisory Services section to search for a business advisor.

Marketing and social media planning

• Write your marketing plan and strategy, including researching your market, promotion and pricing of your products and services.
• Find market research and statistics to better understand your market, competitors and industry.
• Decide whether to use social media in your business and developing a social media strategy to help you connect with customers.

Environmental, water and energy management

• Find out about environmental management, including environmental auditing systems and minimising your environmental impact.
• Read about energy management, including how to reduce your energy usage and negotiate your energy contract.

Innovation and intellectual property

• Understand, register and protect your intellectual property.
• Develop innovation in your business including fostering an innovative culture and find opportunities to improve your internal processes.

Succession planning, emergency management and recovery

• Plan and recover from emergencies and natural disasters that may affect your business.
• Understanding the importance of succession planning.

What to do...

• For advice and support when business planning, use Advisory Services to find business advisory and support services in your local area.
• Download our free templates and tools to assist with business planning.
• Search our Events for seminars and workshops on how to start a business.
• Watch our videos to find out about business.gov.au tools to help you start and grow your business.