$5000 to grow your business
QLD Small Business Grants Packages
The Department of Employment, Small Business and Training has announced Round 4 of the QLD Business Basics Grant. This grant program provides $5000 funding for eligible businesses.
ROUND 4 is CLOSED
Stage 1: Registration of Interest opens 24 November 2022
State 2: Full application opens 12 December 2022 (selected ROI applicants only)
Want $5000 to spend on a New or Updated Website? How about SEO? Or Training & Coaching to build up your Digital Marketing skills?
Take advantage of the QLD Small Business Basics Grant and let Digital Marketing Hub help you with a new or upgraded Wordpress Website, Search Engine Optimisation and Business Coaching and Training. As specialists in Web Design, SEO and Business Coaching, we’ve developed three amazing packages to help Queensland businesses take advantage of the Queensland Small Business Basics Grant and GROW their business.
HELPING SMALL BUSINESS GROW
Specialising in…
Fast, Responsive & High Conversion Websites
Let us help you improve your online presence with a fast, responsive website that is designed to convert visitors into loyal, paying customers
Search Engine Optimisation
Let us help you be found on Google. Our Search Engine Optimisation ensures your webiste is seen where your customers are looking.
Website Build or Upgrade
We’ll design a highly effective, appealing website specific to your business needs. We’ll also include Search Engine Optimisation and hand over training.
Content Optimisation
We’ll optimise your existing website to ensure you rank high on Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs). A strong Google ranking means more people will visit your site.
Training and Coaching
Want to know how to implement your own Digital Marketing Strategy? We provide training and coaching in Website Management, Search Engine Optimisation, Facebook Advertising, Google Ads and Email Marketing.
Small Business Basics Grant Packages
Customised proposals are also available, simply contact us for a chat
New Website
- Up to 8 pages
- WordPress CMS
- Mobile Responsive
- SEO – Meta Title and Description
- SEO – Image Alt Tag Optimisation – up to 20 images
- Social Media Linking
- Blog Integration
- Enquiry Form + reCaptcha
- Google My Business Integration
- Handover Training
New Content
- Competitor Analysis
- Keyword Research
- Technical Site Audit
- Meta Title and Meta Description Optimisation – up to 8 pages
- Image Alt Tag Optimisation – up to 20 images
- Existing content SEO – up to 8 pages
- Copywriting – 1 Page or Post per month for 3 months (up to 250 words)
- Google Search Console Integration
- Monthly Reporting for 3 months
Coaching
- Learn the skills needed to Grow Your Business
- 12 Week Personalised Coaching Package
- Small Business Diagnostic
- Small Business Roadmap
- Weekly 30 minute Coaching Call
- Social Media Training
- Facebook (Meta) Advertising Training
- Google My Business Training
- Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) Training
- Google Ads Training
- Email Marketing Training
*All prices are exclusive of GST as per Business Basics grant requirements
Don’t see a package right for you? Simply contact us for a Personalised Proposal.
Applying for a Small Business Grant can be Overwhelming. Here’s our Step by Step guide.
FIRST STEP - Check your eligibility
To be eligible for this grant, your business must:
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To be eligible to apply for this grant, the business must:
- have fewer than 20 employees (by headcount);
- be operating and have an active Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be registered for GST
- have a Queensland headquarters and an operating address in the relevant funding stream
- have an expected turnover of $300,000 or less for the current financial year
- not have been approved for funding under an earlier round of Business Basics
- have owners/directors that are not undischarged bankrupt and be solvent
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/starting-business/advice-support/grants/business-basics-grant
For the purpose of the program, the following Queensland LGAs are in South East Queensland:
• Brisbane
• Gold Coast
• Ipswich
• Lockyer Valley
• Logan
• Moreton Bay
• Noosa
• Redland
• Scenic Rim
• Somerset
• Sunshine Coast
• Toowoomba
For the purpose of the program, the following Queensland LGAs are in regional Queensland:
• Aurukun
• Balonne
• Banana
• Barcaldine
• Barcoo
• Blackall-Tambo
• Boulia
• Bulloo
• Bundaberg
• Burdekin
• Burke
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cassowary Coast
• Central Highlands
• Charters Towers
• Cherbourg
• Cloncurry
• Cook
• Croydon
• Diamantina
• Doomadgee
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Flinders
• Fraser Coast
• Gladstone
• Goondiwindi
• Gympie
• Hinchinbrook
• Hope Vale
• Isaac
• Kowanyama
• Livingstone
• Lockhart River
• Longreach
• Mackay
• Mapoon
• Maranoa
• Mareeba
• McKinlay
• Mornington
• Mount Isa
• Murweh
• Napranum
• North Burnett
• Northern Peninsula Area
• Palm Island
• Paroo
• Pormpuraaw
• Quilpie
• Richmond
• Rockhampton
• South Burnett
• Southern Downs
• Tablelands
• Torres
• Torres Strait Island
• Townsville
• Weipa
• Western Downs
• Whitsunday
• Winton
• Woorabinda
• Wujal Wujal
• Yarrabah
SECOND STEP - Complete the Stage 1 Registration of Interest
Registration of Interes (ROI) opens 9am Thursday 24th November 2022, closes 11:59pm Monday 5th December 2022
More info
Registrations of Interest (ROIs) open at 9am on Thursday, 24 November 2022 and close at 11.59pm, Monday 5 December 2022.
ROIs are not time sensitive and registrations can be completed anytime while the stage is open.
Not all registrations will be invited to submit a full application. You will not be able to appeal if your registration is not selected to move to Stage 2: Full application.
This grant program is competitively assessed. Not all applications will be funded.
You must complete and submit an online ROI through the DESBT SmartyGrants portal.
The ROI is a short form that will ask you to:
- provide core business information (e.g. your business address, Australian Business Number and GST registration status)
- confirm your business meets all the eligibility criteria of the grant program.
ROIs are not time sensitive and registrations can be completed anytime while the stage is open.
Valid ROIs will be assessed through a ballot system with a number of applications identified to move to Stage 2: Full application assessment. Each valid ROI has an equal opportunity to be selected. The number of registrations selected will be sufficient to enable DESBT to undertake a competitive assessment process at Stage 2.
There will be no appeal process for applications that are not selected to move to Stage 2.
How to apply
Registrations of Interest (ROI) open at 9am, Thursday 24 November 2022.
To prepare, follow these steps:
- Read the key documents and information:
- application guidelines
- including statutory declaration information
- terms and conditions
- frequently asked questions
- registration of interest (ROI) form sample
- finding suppliers.
- application guidelines
- Check your eligibility.
- Apply for a DESBT SmartyGrants account (if you don’t already have one).
- Check that your Australian Business Register profile for your business is up to date (check your ABN status, GST status and main business location).
- Review the registration of interest (ROI) form sample to prepare for when ROI applications open on Thursday, 24 November 2022.
THIRD STEP - Get a Quote and Statutory Declaration
Choose a package that’s right for your business or contact us for a personalised proposal.
More info
Your quote can include no more that 2 different suppliers detailing who will undertake the project work, description of services, and outline key activities.
Eligible activities:
Training and coaching
- Business development, marketing, human resources or business planning topics
- Training or coaching
Website build or upgrades
- Website build or upgrade (including website refresh)
- Adding e-commerce
- Developing new website content
Professional business advice
- Business plans
Strategic marketing services
- Strategic marketing plans including search engine optimisation advice
Business continuity and succession
- Business continuity or succession plans
- Cybersafety training and tools
You must also include a certified statutory declaration from the business’s owner or director stating the business
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- does not have a turnover exceeding $300,000 per annum
- meets all grant eligibility criteria
FOURTH STEP - Stage 2 Application Process - Full Application
Businesses identified from the ballot will be invited to move to Stage 2 and complete a full application which will be competitively assessed. Not all applications will be funded.
Complete your application
Your application must include the following documents:
- a signed and witnessed statutory declaration from the business’s owner or director stating the business meets all grant eligibility criteria
- independent supplier quotes (no more than 2), dated after 10 November 2022, detailing description and costs of services, who will undertake the activity, and an outline of key activities. You will only be able to upload 1 quote per supplier.
Following closure of the round, we then run a competitive assessment process.
Here’s a previous Application Form Sample from Round 3.
Common Questions
When will I be notified of an outcome? Business Qld will advise all applicants of the outcome of their grant application. Successful applicants will receive an approval letter outlining the funding agreement.
When do I get the funding? Grant recipients enter into a funding agreement with us and receive a single upfront grant payment of $5,000 (excluding GST).
How long do I have to spend the funding?
Recipients must start their grant-funded activity within 1 month of receiving their approval letter.
Recipients must complete their grant-funded activity within 4 months of receiving their approval letter.
You must keep all application evidence, supplier quotes, corresponding invoices and bank transactions for audit purposes.
Is there anything I need to do after the grant funding has been spent?
Recipients will be surveyed within 6 months after completion of the grant program.
Refer to the application guidelines for a comprehensive overview of each stage of the application process.
Why Choose Us
We’ve had dozens of successful Small Business Grant applicants. We build fast, responsive websites and specialise in search engine optimisation and business coaching. If you want a great looking website that your customers will find on Google or want to learn the skills to market and grow your business, Digital Marketing Hub can help you!
Our goal is to help your business be SEEN, resulting in more website traffic, leads and sales.
What Our Clients Have To Say
The ‘complete package’. Cam and Hilde’s technical and practical knowledge and expertise in the ‘dark art’ of the Digital Marketing ‘maze’ are a massive asset to draw on for any business / individual that engages them.
As a brand new start-up business, in very short order, we have been able to substantially improve our Google ranking through website optimisation, execute a series of successful Facebook and Google advertising campaigns and thanks to their patient coaching, we’ve been able to learn a good degree of self sufficiency along the way. We now have some long term strategies to execute with the reassurance of Cam & Hilde’s watchful eyes over our shoulders – always ready to proactively ‘nudge’ us in the right direction when we need it. We couldn’t recommend the Digital Marketing Hub more highly.
DMH are awesome! These guys really do know their stuff. They handle the technical side of things that I was not able to understand. They also have full knowledge of what is needed in the digital market place to get a business up and running. Add the drive and enthusiasm that both Hilde and Cam have for project managing it’s an ‘A’ team everyone needs for their business.
Finding DMH takes all the stress out of running and compiling your website in todays market place. It’s one of the best decisions I made putting my business out there into the digital world.
Small Business Grant QLD FAQ
What funding is available?
If successful, applicants will receive upfront fixed grant funding of $5,000 (excluding GST). The grant is for funding activities in one of the five priorities outlined above. Successful applicants do not have to co-contribute to this grant however successful applicants must pay for any related expenses in excess of the $5,000 grant funding.
Who can apply and what are the eligibility criteria?
To be eligible to apply for this grant, the business must:
- have fewer than 20 employees (by headcount);
- be operating and have an active Australian Business Number (ABN)
- be registered for GST
- have a Queensland headquarters and an operating address in the relevant funding stream
- have an expected turnover of $300,000 or less for the current financial year
- not have been approved for funding under an earlier round of Business Basics
- have owners/directors that are not undischarged bankrupt and be solvent
https://www.business.qld.gov.au/starting-business/advice-support/grants/business-basics-grant
For the purpose of the program, the following Queensland LGAs are in South East Queensland:
• Brisbane
• Gold Coast
• Ipswich
• Lockyer Valley
• Logan
• Moreton Bay
• Noosa
• Redland
• Scenic Rim
• Somerset
• Sunshine Coast
• Toowoomba
For the purpose of the program, the following Queensland LGAs are in regional Queensland:
• Aurukun
• Balonne
• Banana
• Barcaldine
• Barcoo
• Blackall-Tambo
• Boulia
• Bulloo
• Bundaberg
• Burdekin
• Burke
• Cairns
• Carpentaria
• Cassowary Coast
• Central Highlands
• Charters Towers
• Cherbourg
• Cloncurry
• Cook
• Croydon
• Diamantina
• Doomadgee
• Douglas
• Etheridge
• Flinders
• Fraser Coast
• Gladstone
• Goondiwindi
• Gympie
• Hinchinbrook
• Hope Vale
• Isaac
• Kowanyama
• Livingstone
• Lockhart River
• Longreach
• Mackay
• Mapoon
• Maranoa
• Mareeba
• McKinlay
• Mornington
• Mount Isa
• Murweh
• Napranum
• North Burnett
• Northern Peninsula Area
• Palm Island
• Paroo
• Pormpuraaw
• Quilpie
• Richmond
• Rockhampton
• South Burnett
• Southern Downs
• Tablelands
• Torres
• Torres Strait Island
• Townsville
• Weipa
• Western Downs
• Whitsunday
• Winton
• Woorabinda
• Wujal Wujal
• Yarrabah
What can I spend the grant funding on?
DESBT will fund the following eligible activities:
Priority Grant funding will ONLY BE APPROVED for the following
eligible activities:
Training and coaching
- Business development, marketing, human resources or business planning topics
- Training or coaching of up to 4 months in duration
Website build or upgrades
- Website build or upgrade (including website refresh)
- Adding e-commerce
- Developing new website content
Professional business advice
- Business plans
Strategic marketing services
- Strategic marketing plans including search engine optimisation advice
Business continuity and succession
- Business continuity and succession plans
- Cybersafety training and tools
What can't I spend the Small Business Grant funding on?
DESBT will not fund activities with:
• a total cost of less than $5,000 (excluding GST),
• payments made on any activity undertaken before Grant approval
We will not fund:
- activities bought using cryptocurrencies, barter, or services in-kind
- general business operating costs (e.g. bookkeeping or accounting, tax returns)
- real estate/property, hire, lease, or rental fees
- goods, services, or fees from related parties (include companies with common shareholdings or directors, employees or immediate family)
- travel
- franchise fees
- purchase of stock
- GST, registration, and fees
- maintenance of existing digital technologies
- computer hardware (e.g. computer servers, PCs, tablets/iPads, mobile phones)
- other hardware/devices/equipment (e.g. televisions, EFTPOS, card and chip readers)
- activities purchased through direct selling (e.g. by party plan or network marketing)
- delivery, credit card and transaction fees
- memberships and joining fees
- salaries
- fleet vehicles
- website hosting
- implementation of marketing tactics such as advertising, direct marketing (e.g. telemarketing) or campaign delivery (e.g. Google AdWords, Facebook advertising or similar expenses).
What are the Small Business Basics Grant Timeframes?
Approved applicants must complete their grant funded activity within four months of receiving their approval letter. Applicants must advise DESBT of any variations to the completion dates. If applicants do not meet their completion dates, they may have to return grant funding to DESBT.
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