How Horizon Financial Group Used SMART To Enhance Their Bottom Line

Broker Success Story - September 2022

“SMART benefits our business in so many ways. It provides our business with regular and consistent contact points to our customer base. The way it improves customer retention is nothing short of amazing.” Mark Turnbull, Managing Director of Horizon Financial, was awarded the MFAA Finance Broking Business of the Year in 2010. Horizon Financial, based […]

Five tips for new brokers from $100 million dollar broker Bridget MacGregor

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“Being a successful broker takes time. I think entering the business as an assistant or working in the industry first often gives more exposure to the industry from within, and this will enable you to become a successful broker.” Back in 2008, just as Bridget MacGregor joined a large franchisee group in the finance industry, […]

How a new broking business settled 257 loans in one year

Karen Hall started her own Queensland-based business Action Finance in January 2018 after working as a PAYG broker for over 12 years. “Our children had finished school and felt it was time to chase the dream of creating a new business from scratch.” “Initially I was working solo from our home office, meeting customers at […]

How an ex-banker settled $45 million in his first 12 months of business.

Matt McLean first started his South Australia-based business, McLean Home Loans in January 2021. It was his first venture into building a business, and he did so from scratch. “Having worked as a Lender and then a PAYG broker with another business for many years, I made the decision to branch out on my own. […]

The simple SEO steps to get you started

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SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is all about helping people find your site as easily as possible. Essentially, we are trying to do what we can to work with the Google algorithm. The algorithm is the way that Google programs their search functionality and it decides whether you appear on the first page or not. There […]

What is SEO and why does it matter for my business?

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SEO stands for search engine optimisation and it’s the process of affecting the visibility of a website in a search engine’s unpaid or organic search results. In other words, it means your website appears clearly in the searches returned when a customer types your business name into Google or a similar search engine. An SEO […]

Meet Pipeline, your newest broker software

Pipeline is your new broker workflow management software we’ve been designed in collaboration with our brokers, for our brokers. Pipeline brings you the software you need to keep track of your prospects, manage your loan applications and pre-set your activity plans to enable outstanding customer service. Opportunities start with Pipeline The customer card view in […]

Super stoush

The big super funds are targeting self-managed super – a popular choice for small business owners – over burgeoning borrowing for property investment. And the push is on to make the $20,000 write-down facility permanent. Here’s what to watch for in next month’s Federal Budget. It’s shaping up as the battle of the big guns […]

AFG announces new referral arrangement with Lifebroker

Australian Finance Group (ASX:AFG) is pleased to announce the appointment of Lifebroker to AFG’s life insurance referral program. The new arrangement will make it easier for AFG’s 2850 brokers to offer life insurance referrals to clients, providing them with a wide choice of options for their needs from Lifebroker’s range of comprehensive life insurance products. […]

How to market your business on a shoestring

Whether you’re embarking on your first marketing adventure as a new business, or planning your next annual marketing strategy and spend, there are quite a few options available that are low on cost but can net a high response rate. Here we explore a few and look at how you can begin setting them up. […]

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