How thinking outside the box can boost your business

Mr Teh, who wrote over $100 million in loans last year, explained that his business experienced some difficulty taking off in its early days.

“I thought this is really, really bad. It’s not going to work. It’s either I do something differently or I’m going to perish,” he told The Adviser.

Mr Teh said that things started to improve when he starting running a first home buyers' seminar for members of his community.

“[I started] by just by dropping out pamphlets in community centres,” he said.

“You rent a community centre, you spend $200 on that, and surprisingly people come. I think that was what changed the whole thing. [That’s] where my business started to roll [in] and I started to have more and more and more clients.”

Mr Teh elaborated that the reason his idea worked so well is due to recognising that most people in his suburb were renting at the time.

“You grow with the times,” he said. “That was my thought.”

As part of the seminar, Mr Teh offered attendees information on how to get a grant, explained what is meant by ‘borrowing power’ and customised his aggregator’s PowerPoints to show people what areas to be looking in and what sort of properties they could purchase.

“It's free and you're offering a service,” Mr Teh told The Adviser. “You're not actually selling a product. It might sound like a cliché [but] it really helps.”

These days, Mr Teh said that his business still largely focuses on first home buyers, whilst also extending its focus to property investors.

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• What you can do in your business today to change your sales volumes tomorrow

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