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We asked three bankers their opinion on how small business owners should choose their business bank, the questions they should be asking, whether they need a separate bank for their personal affairs and how important fees are.
In a guest post for Dynamic Business, Kim Irvine looks at four ways to ensure you deliver the best customer service, every time.
Google has officially made its new social networking site available to businesses and brands, so here’s how to set up a Google+ page for your small business.
We asked four experts to share their best advice for startup businesses on how to get ahead – and fast.
Being a business owner has many benefits, but if you have a small team or are a soloist you might begin to feel cut off from the rest of the world. So here’s some tips for dealing with the isolation, from Jolly Solo founders Janna Fikh and Leah Klugt.
Edible Blooms founder and Telstra Business Award winner Kelly Baker-Jamieson knows how difficult it can be to start an online business, so she’s come up with ten tips to help those thinking about making the move into eCommerce.
Today, a single customer complaint from someone with influence can have more impact on your company’s reputation than your best marketing. So here are six lessons small businesses can learn from Dell’s social media customer service success.
Whilst some businesses prefer to make use of a bank overdraft, there are a number of disadvantages of using this method of credit. Use this checklist to see whether an overdraft is right for your business.
In the eyes of customers, it’s small businesses that are winning the service stakes, with over 81 percent reporting a belief that SMEs place more emphasis on looking after customers than do large businesses.
Though it might not feel like it yet, summer’s just around the corner which means air-conditioners will soon start adding dollars to your business power bill. But there are a few simple ways to keep usage under control during the hot summer months.
According to retail in-store traffic expert Mark Ryski, same-store sales are looking a little flat and retailers need to find ways to deliver better results.
“There’s still a scent of the financial melt-down lingering, but you survived that crisis and it’s time to start getting the sales needle to move in a positive direction.”
SMEs need to make better use of their year-end account management figures, as annual accounts act as the most honest critic of a business’ success.
An internship, also known as work placement or work experience, is a well-established practice between university students and businesses. It’s a bridge between theory and practice, offering students exposure to decades of first-hand senior corporate experience, a way for students to choose a career path and network with people in the industry.
A whopping 45 percent of regional businesses have admitted they don’t have a fire extinguisher onsite, leading experts to urge SMEs to review their fire safety procedures for the protection of their business and staff.
The business runway has a number of options. Do you take the Cessna and fly solo, or the Jumbo with a full franchising team on board? Here, we look at the pros and cons of these two very different business models and how they stack up.
If you’re not getting a constant flow of referrals and repeat trade then perhaps it’s time to consider your how effective your ‘Circle of Influence’ is?
With Mental Health Week (9-15 October) approaching fast, it’s important businesses implement strategies to manage stress and anxiety in the workplace for employees, managers and owners alike. With this in mind, here’s some tips for managing mental health in the workplace.
The rise of cloud computing, social networking and mobile applications in the past couple of years has turned doing business on its head. Ordering software on CD and installing it on employee machines is a thing of the past. But for many business owners the sheer saturation of products available makes choosing the right technologies hard.
Pulling off a business turnaround takes an intimate understanding of a business, including its customers, products, sales process, and employees. This process should be completed in a short time period as stalling or extending it can lead to even more losses.
A clever way to potentially cash in on the cloud trend would be to jump right into the movement and become a cloud provider.
