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We asked a variety of SME owners to tell us what they’ve learnt about their business this year and to share their resolutions for 2012. There’s some great food for thought for everyone here.

The New Year is upon us, which means now’s the time to plan for people management success in 2012. Here’s 10 tips for ensuring HR success this year, from a team of people management experts.

Today’s savvy marketers are combining offline and online real-time behaviour information to produce a customer profile that is higher in accuracy.

While we all learn from mistakes, there are a few sales mistakes it would be better for your business to avoid in the first place.

Employees are getting sucked in by increasingly smarter cybercriminals. Are your workplace practices making it easier for them?

Brad Callaughan imparts 12 golden tips for getting your numbers right now so you can start the new year with a bang.

In just 12 tips, Greg Charlwood of Bibby Financial Services will show you how to improve your business over the festive season so you’ll be ready to succeed in 2012.

The old saying, you have to spend money to make money might be true, but one expert offers some insight into negotiating the best banking deals, so you don’t have to spend as much to get started or keep going.

Bricks and mortar retailers can simply no longer ignore the growth of online shopping. Rather than fight it, look at the many opportunities it brings.

Technology is enabling increasingly mobile, collaborative ways of working and flexible SMBs are well placed to take advantage. We spoke to some of the technology providers about the benefits, challenges and tools to make it easier for you.

Intense competition between the banks is making it easier to get the best banking deal and loan terms for your business.

Business travellers are being hit with significant foreign currency fees and commissions each time they travel, but there are a few simple ways to cut costs during overseas trips.

In the second of a two-part guest article series, OBTs Shane Muller looks at the questions people don’t think of asking cloud providers, but should.

For businesses, social media is a useful tool for communicating and collaborating with customers, colleagues and new prospects. But it also brings a level of risk to a business – so how are you meant to balance the good and the bad? Here are some tips.

Employee retention matters, and is one of the primary measures for the sustainability of your organisation. So, here are 10 tips for attracting and retaining staff in 2011 and beyond.

Verizon has put together a list of 10 technology trends for 2012, predicting the connections between people, machines and their environments will shape the way small businesses work.

If your end-of-year cashflow graph undulates like a row of Christmas trees, it’s time to find out how you can add tinsel to your peaks and troughs.

Christmas is just six weeks away now, making it the ideal time to ensure your business is ready to take advantage of the festive rush in spending. So, Google’s put together this list of five tips for “mobilising” your business in time for 25 December.

Employers should ensure staff have fun at the office Christmas party, but not at the expense of the business’ liability insurance. So here’s some tips for encouraging appropriate behaviour this festive season.

The worst thing local businesses can do in the ‘new GFC’ conditions tipped for 2012 is ‘just try’ to survive. So, here’s some expert tips for surviving an economic slowdown.