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2019 has been the year of customer empowerment. The days of struggling to get hold of a customer service agent are over. Due to the proliferation of technology, streamlined communication between consumers and businesses has never been so strong. As part of this advancement to bring customers and agents closer together, conversational interfaces, such as […]
As the end of the calendar year approaches, and we are faced with the Christmas and New Year period, we are sharing how small businesses can bump up their sales and take advantage of this high spending time. With the The National Retail Association (NRA) reporting that Australians are set to splurge $14 billion nationwide […]
Neobank, Volt, has a waitlist of 40,000 people ahead of its launch in early 2020, following its recent announcement of a ‘no catches’ ongoing base interest rate of 2.15 per cent on savings. Neobanks are digital banks that rely on smartphone banking apps or websites for the processing of payments, rather than through the use […]
Although all businesses aim high at the beginning of their journey, the reality is that only a small proportion of companies will make it to their intended success. Most businesses founded today are destined to become another failure statistic. At the Keys to Success event held by business management service Catapult, Mike Boorn Plener, the […]
The way we work is forever changing. New technologies and trends that came into force in 2019 have had a significant impact on the workplace. 5G is already speeding up day to day tasks, employee wellbeing has become a key focus for businesses, workers are demanding more flexibility and a whole new generation has joined […]
If you’re a marketing manager or business owner, you may be interested in hearing the news from MessageMedia – that sending a text (SMS marketing) is currently the most effective marketing method. Today, people are time-poor and have a short attention span – we all know this first-hand. Add those two things together, and it […]
Tim West, Director and Co-founder of 12RND Fitness, has been named as one of Dynamic Business’s Top10 Dynamic Entrepreneurs. Tim has a background in Health Science and worked as a personal trainer until 2014, where he saw an opportunity in the market to provide a sports-based form of fitness such as boxing to the public. Upon […]
According to Gartner’s Q3 Global Talent Monitor, Australian employees are no longer entertaining negative experiences with their co-workers. The data collection from Gartner aims to evaluate how Australian employees are faring with their current employers and jobs. Co-working relationships now ranks as the third most important factor as to why employees leave their jobs, jumping up […]
Entrepreneurs, business owners and business leaders aren’t always very forthcoming when it comes to their failures, especially with publications like Dynamic Business, however it’s inevitable that in founding and running a business you are going to make some mistakes. You’ll even notice that our comments are a little shorter than usual this week, perhaps reflective […]
According to Roy Morgan, there are currently 2.1 million business travellers in Australia alone. For a country that is home to one of the world’s busiest flight routes (Melbourne – Sydney), this won’t come as a surprise to many, but as corporate travel continues to grow domestically, the bottom line impact on business expenses is being […]
With the dream of establishing his own business when he was just a little kid, Aaron Smith is absolutely on his way to achieving his goals. Starting as a personal trainer, he has now founded Australia’s largest pilates franchise with 65 studios currently operating across the country and Indonesia. KX Pilates is here to disrupt Australia’s […]
Negative co-worker relationships can have detrimental impacts in and beyond the office if left unresolved. These toxic relationships can take a toll on a co-worker’s productivity, safety and health, ultimately impacting the business’ performance as well as your own. It can feel challenging to navigate and resolve negative co-worker relationships, especially when your co-worker may […]
Deloitte Australia has taken out the number one spot in the 20 Best Australian Workplaces for New Dads 2019 List published by HBF’s Direct Advice For Dads. The idea behind the HBF’s list publication is to encourage more businesses to offer parental leave policies that also considers new dads, not just mums. Working with research consultancy […]
Today our podcast guest is Adam Westwood, who is Head of Operations at Roam – a digital product design studio. Adam’s role focuses on leading and growing the Roam Sydney team. He manages a team of product designers, developers and product managers to deliver for a whole host of clients. Roam generally believes that organisations […]
The second Top10 Dynamic Entrepreneur that we are happy to interview this week is Errol McClelland, who has single-handedly taken his company TurmeriX from a market stall in Victoria to a global distributor – with his product now in 12 countries. This is all in just three years… TurmeriX is a healthcare business based on Turmeric, […]
Today, while our phones are never out of reach, we largely avoid talking on the phone. Ironically, most people use mobile phones primarily for email, texts, internet search, social media and other apps rather than as a phone (ie. to make and receive calls)! Why? It’s true that there are many other forms of digital […]
Hiring the wrong person, at any stage of business, can be extremely detrimental and costly in a number of ways that aren’t only financial. Of course there are the associated costs with spending time replacing that person, and the on-boarding and re-training of the newbie… and the more times you have to do this to […]
Recent research from GoDaddy reveals that there is a clear difference in attitudes towards work between the different generations. The global study was conducted by Savanta in April and May of this year. The local sample comprised 500 respondents, distributed throughout Australia including both capital city and non-capital city areas. “Small business,” in this context, […]
It’s an undeniable fact that the financial services industry is currently undergoing massive changes. While a stable global payment ecosystem is more critical than ever, the advent of neobanks and open banking are challenging industry norms and ushering in a new era of disruption. For decades, the incumbent financial institutions and payment solution providers dominated […]
Today our guest is Roby Sharon-Zipser who is the co-Founder, CEO and the Executive Director, at hipages. hipages is the place you go to for hiring a trusted tradie – as a website and as an app. The company was founded in a garage 15 years ago by Roby and his friend David. With a network of […]
