Just 18 months ago, Steve Ronalds and Sallie Jones of Gippsland Jersey found themselves in a situation whereby if they didn’t find a solution fast, they would no longer be able to process their milk; and would be saying “goodbye” to their beloved business. Their milk processor decided to no longer support small milk producers, so they had only a few weeks to find a solution.

In times of crisis, there is funding available to help you digitise and innovate in your business. Businesses that innovate and adapt are the ones most likely to survive and thrive in times of crisis, so adapting quickly is critical to business continuity at this time.

We’ve provided more detail on government funding options and ways we’re making our services financially accessible to small businesses below.

Simon Sinek says, “A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.”

Working environments and situations have changed drastically over the last few weeks, so it is important to ensure that your team feels supported, connected and valued over this time.

They are the wheels that keep your business spinning, so how can you help them to continue on through adversity?

Many businesses urgently need to get a business website set up at the moment, in order to shift to online sales due to the COVID-19 situation. However, choosing which type of website is right for you is often a barrier for small businesses. There are dozens of website building platforms on the market, so it's easy to become overwhelmed by it all!

At GippsTech, we build small business websites using both Squarespace and WordPress; so we are not biased towards one or the other. We recommend both options in some situations, dependent on your business needs. We've created an unbiased review of our two website building platforms of choice, to help you make your decision.

Read on to find out which type of website is right for your business!

Looking to set up online ordering for your restaurant or cafe? Read this guide for a comparison of free tools you can use yourself, as well as for GippsTech’s Restaurant Website Package which lets you get online and start selling for takeaway and delivery within 48 hours, at a much cheaper rate than Menulog or UberEats.

If you are a healthcare provider or allied health professional, you are probably wondering how your business can continue to support and assist the community while mitigating the spread of the virus at this time.

Innovation is important at a time like this, and we have defined three different technology-enabled improvements you can make in your business to help you continue to deliver services as safely as possible.

Does your business need to urgently switch to remote work due to COVID-19? Are you wondering how you are going to manage your staff and carry on work with everyone working remotely? 

Here at GippsTech, we use Google’s GSuite set of collaboration and productivity tools to manage our staff, clients and files, and to enable our team to collaborate remotely. We switched to 100% remote work last week using GSuite. We want to help other businesses to do the same, so we’ve put together this article to help you better understand the tools available to assist with remote collaboration.

Read the full article below which highlights the features and benefits of GSuite, and feel free to book a free consultation on our website if you need any help or advice on transitioning your business to remote work. 

Are you looking to switch your business to operate remotely in light of the COVID-19 epidemic? Read how the GippsTech team have switched to remote work and how we can support your business to do the same. This guide outlines ideas for team management and collaboration, sales and maintaining your customer connections, and creative ideas for delivering your services remotely even for traditional “bricks and mortar” businesses where all your customers currently visit you in person.

Central Clinic had recently moved into a beautiful new building and needed a new website that would reflect the quality of their brand. GippsTech delivered a website centered around high quality photography and visual imagery, to showcase Central Clinic’s state-of-the-art facilities, with features such as online bookings, a 360-degree virtual tour, Google Maps, a doctor directory and Google Translate to make the website easy to use for both patients and staff. Mario Gupta, Central Clinic's Practice Manager said: "Most new patients now find us through the website. Lots of clinics don’t have their own website and instead use HealthEngine, so a high quality website was a big differentiator for our brand.”

We've just launched our new business website, focusing on the digital innovation services we provide for small to medium businesses - website design and development, digital marketing strategy, SEO, search ads, software integrations, app development and digital process improvement services. We’ll be publishing lots of educational articles about how digital innovation can help grow your business, so sign up to our newsletter for updates, or book a free consultation with us if you’d like advice on your own website or digital marketing strategy!