About Us

Helping local businesses connect, be seen, and grow!

Kingston Collective is a thriving local business community for business owners, entrepreneurs and professionals across the City of Kingston.

We believe business is better when it's connected. That's why we bring together ambitious local people who want more than just a business listing or a networking event. They want genuine relationships, practical marketing support and opportunities to grow alongside a community that backs one another.

From networking events and business education to digital marketing, member promotion and our online Business & Events Directory; we help local businesses increase their visibility, build trust and connect with more customers — all year round.

Today, Kingston Collective proudly supports a growing network of local businesses through an engaged community of almost 2,000 email subscribers and more than 6,000 followers across Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn, helping members increase their visibility and connect with more local customers.

Whether you're starting out or scaling up, our goal is simple: to help your business become easier to find, easier to trust and easier to choose in our beautiful City of Kingston.

Mission Statement:

To champion local businesses by creating meaningful opportunities to connect, increase visibility, share knowledge and grow through the power of community.

Vision Statement:

To be the trusted hub for local business in the City of Kingston — bringing people together, championing local and creating a lasting legacy of thriving businesses and a stronger community.

Become a member
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How We Help Local Businesses Grow

CONNECT

Meet the right people. Build lasting relationships. Create new business opportunities.

~ people ~

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BE SEEN

Show up where local customers are already looking: online and in the local community.

~ visibility ~

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GROW

Learn, collaborate and market your business with the support of a grassroots community that wants to see you succeed.

~opportunity ~

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Meet Bec;

Building a stronger local business community.

Kingston Collective is led by Rebecca Monforte (Bec), a marketing and communications professional with more than 15 years' experience helping businesses, brands and communities connect with the right people.

As the founder of Silver Lioness Marketing, Bec has worked with everyone from global brands including L'Oréal, GM Holden and Cbus Super, through to family businesses, local cafés, professional services and community organisations across Melbourne's south-east.

When Kingston Collective faced closure, Bec stepped in to keep it alive because she believed local businesses deserved more than just another networking group. They deserved a community that helps them get seen, build meaningful connections and grow their business.

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Today, Kingston Collective exists to do exactly that.

Bec believes the strongest businesses don't grow alone. They grow through relationships, referrals, visibility and showing up consistently where customers are already looking — whether that's Google, AI search, social media or within the local community.

Her mission is simple: help more Kingston businesses become easier to find, easier to trust and easier to support.

Alongside running Kingston Collective, Bec is a sought-after marketing consultant, speaker and workshop facilitator, sharing practical, no-fluff advice that business owners can put into action straight away.

Above all, she's passionate about seeing local businesses succeed because when local businesses thrive, our whole community benefits.

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