Get a digital action plan for your small business.
You don't have to feel isolated or overwhelmed running your own business.
We understand the specific challenges faced by NSW rural and regional small businesses trying to operate successfully online.
Let us give you guidance on where to start today.
Running your own business can be overwhelming. For those in rural and regional areas, you can also feel isolated as you try to navigate operating online.
We can help you prioritise and focus on the digital activities that will have the biggest impact on your small business.
Save time, save money, feel connected, and get support across the digital areas that are most important to you.
The Digital Solutions program is open to all NSW based sole traders and small businesses with less than 20 employees. We specialise in helping those based in rural and regional areas..
Guidance & Direction
Across 6 Digital Pillars
Online Presence & Websites
✔️ Building awareness
✔️ Websites & understanding purpose
✔️ Identifying upgrade opportunities
Online Selling & E-Commerce
✔️ Selling on your website
✔️ Third party e-commerce sites
✔️ Identifying your best-sellers
Social Media
✔️ Social media planning & strategy
✔️ Understanding platforms & purpose
✔️ Achieving outcomes & engagement
Digital Marketing
✔️ Google Business listings
✔️ Email lists & newsletters
✔️ Identifying advertising opportunities
Small Business Software
✔️ Understanding capabilities
✔️ Integrating software
✔️ Reducing digital clutter
Digital Security
✔️ Identifying potential threats
✔️ Keeping your team & devices secure
✔️ Cybersecurity must-haves
Take a FREE Digital Capabilities quiz to see how your business performs across 6 digital pillars:
✅ Online Presence & Website
✅ Online Selling & E-commerce
✅ Social Media
✅ Digital Marketing
✅ Small Business Software
✅ Digital Security
Get immediate recommendations and steps you can take to improve your score, and learn how to access free resources designed to help your small business perform better!
About The Program
We help small business owners prioritise which digital aspects of their business to focus their time and energy on first.
The Digital Solutions program gives business owners support, training, and guidance to take their business digital.
Thanks to funding and support from the Australian Federal Government, the program is affordable and accessable. Our digital guides are ready to help you prioritise your digital activities and reduce the feeling of overwhelm today.
What's Included
Personalised Digital Roadmap
Work with an expert business guide to create a tailored digital action plan for your business.
1:1 Advisory
Up to four hours of one-on-one support with industry experts, focusing on your business goals.
Digital Content Library
A library of resources including videos, webinars, podcasts, reading material and images.
Live Webinars
200+ live webinars each year. Find a webinar that suits your digital needs and learn from the experts.
Face-to-Face Workshops
Learn from industry experts and network with your peers, in face-to-face workshops.
Special Events
Live events, seminars and presentations from our team of digital experts.
How it works
All Access Program | $45 + GST (valued at $845)
- Register
Complete the registration form in less than 10 minutes. Tell us a bit about yourself and your business. Select the full access program for only $45 + GST. - Welcome
Receive your welcome email that covers what you need to know. You receive immediate access to the digital content library, live webinars, special events and face-to-face workshops. - Book in with your Digital Guide
Book your preferred time with one of our Digital Guides. Our guides are rural based women in business who understand the unique challenges of operating online from regional and rural areas. - Practical Learning
Review your business strengths across 6 digital capability pillars and receive an action plan from your guide that lets you prioritise the tasks that will have the biggest impact on your business. - Continued Support
Receive up to 4 hours of one-on-one support with your digital guide, to continue to work through your action plan. - Unlimited Access
Watch or attend live webinars and workshops to continue your digital solutions learning and apply to your business.
Or join the Lite Program – Access to webinars and workshops only at no upfront cost. Join Now.
Your Digital Guide
Samantha (Sam) Cathcart
Sam has spent her entire professional career managing and developing teams in the agriculture and rural industries. She is passionate about rural life and keenly advocates for rural communities. Following a successful career in the agricultural industry and project management focusing on workplace training for state and local governments, Sam decided it was time to branch out independently and share her career learnings with business owners and managers. Her experiences in feedlotting, farm management, commodity trading, and logistics have given her a unique leadership and business perspective that she is passionate about sharing.
These days, Sam offers consultancy services to businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organisations, helping them with business development, communication, and strategic planning. She prides herself on delivering practical tools and resources for her clients and participants in all her projects, workshops, and training events.
When not working, Sam loves spending her downtime with her kids, husband, Jack Russell, and Border Collie, as well as sweating it out on the basketball court representing the mighty Goondiwindi Gladiators!
What Small Business Owners Say
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THE Rural Woman
theruralwoman.com.au
Delivery Partner for ASBAS Digital Solutions Program
