Small business advisory service
The City of Tea Tree Gully is committed to supporting local businesses through the Small Business Advisory Service (SBAS).
Whether you’re thinking of starting a business or looking to grow your business we're here to help.
- Our qualified business advisors can provide guidance across a wide range of topics.
- Residents and business owners located in the City of Tea Tree Gully council area have access to 3 hours support free of charge per year with our business advisors.
Submit a request for business support
About our advisors
Aly Garrett, Accountant & Business Growth Strategist - All In Advisory
Aly is the founder and principal of All In Advisory and has over 30 years experience as an accountant and business advisor.
She helps small businesses overcome challenges, discover opportunities and reach their full potential.
Aly can help with:
- business startup
- bookkeeping
- accounting and tax (registered tax agent)
- tax planning & structuring
- business coaching and advisory
- cloud and AI solutions.
Lisa Infante – Performance Coach, Mindset & Behaviour Specialist - Courage to Change Collective
Lisa is the founder of Courage to Change Collective. Her business helps small business owners and entrepreneurs overcome self-doubt, overwhelm and limitations.
She specialises in identifying patterns and behaviours that hold high-achieving individuals back.
Lisa can help with:
- mindset development
- performance enhancement
- unlocking road blocks
- tailored support for success
- individual and team development
- time management
- money mindset blocks.
Silvia Silva, Strategic HR Advisor / Leadership Strategist - Leadwell & Succeed
Silvia is the CEO of Leadwell & Succeed. She supports small business owners to build compliant, capable and resilient workplaces with strong people practices.
She brings extensive experience across HR advisory, leadership development and workforce consulting, working closely with businesses to align people, performance and organisational goals.
Silvia provides practical, tailored HR support to help businesses grow and succeed.
Silvia can help with:
- workforce planning and team growth
- hiring, role design and onboarding
- leadership development for business owners
- growth, change and restructuring support
- leveraging AI to improve productivity.
Fiona Blinco, Digital Marketing Advisor - DIY Digital
Fiona has over 30 years of marketing experience. She started DIY Digital in 2016 and has developed over 100 websites for small businesses in South Australia.
Fiona has a blog and YouTube channel with articles and videos for beginners to learn digital marketing. She also offers online marketing courses on Udemy.
She is the author of the book Online Marketing for Baby Boomers and Anyone Else Who Doesn’t Speak Geek.
Fiona can help with:
- AI for marketing and administration
- creating and editing websites
- search engine optimisation (SEO)
- email marketing
- online bookings
- e-commerce
- online marketplaces - eg Etsy, eBay and Amazon
- introduction to cyber security
- understanding Google for Business.
Kelly Hody, Marketing Coach & Consultant - Mkt Etc
Kelly has more than 15 years of hands-on marketing experience. She specialises in working with small businesses and community organisations.
Kelly offers clear, practical advice to help you create a simple marketing plan.
Kelly can help with:
- developing and implementing a tailored marketing strategy
- selecting the right marketing channels
- choosing the right marketing tools
- email marketing
- social media
- digital marketing audit
- understanding Google for Business.
Philip Hopkins, Marketing Strategist & Growth Advisor - Marketing Director
Philip has over 25 years' experience as a marketing and small business advisor, helping businesses strengthen their online presence, drive sustainable growth and increase sales.
He has a hands-on approach, developing effective digital marketing strategies and campaigns tailored to each business.
Philip can help with:
- SEO and AI search
- traditional advertising
- Google Ads and Google platform optimisation
- website audits
- social media marketing including video
- AI content planning
- lead generation
- AI data driven marketing.
Free resources
Aly Garrett, All In Advisory
- She Means Biz podcast – Practical small business advice in plain English.
Lisa Infante, Courage to Change Collective
- Mental Load Audit – Assess and manage your mental load.
Fiona Blinco, DIY Digital
- DIY Digital blog – Digital tips for small businesses.
- SEO in 15 Minutes – Learn SEO basics in 15 minutes.
- Top 13 Facebook Post Ideas – Fresh ideas for social media content.
- Understanding File Sizes for Images – Choose the right image size.
- Can't Find Password and Verification Emails – Find missing password and verification emails.
- How to Manage Your Passwords – Simplify password management.
- Clear Your Cache – Learn when to clear cache.
Kelly Hody, Mkt Etc
- Low cost marketing ideas - Grow your business on a budget.
Silvia Silva, Leadwell & Succeed
- Leadwell blueprint self-assessment - a free 10-minute tool that helps business owners identify leadership strengths, growth opportunities and next steps for business success.
