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While open plan offices were originally designed to help improve team cohesion, recent studies suggest it causes more stress due to lack of privacy and increased distractions.

Small to medium-sized business operators who embrace cloud computing and business websites were twice as likely to enjoy rising revenue than others in the past 12 months, according to MYOB.

Why sweeping your mistakes under the rug is a colossal waste and what you should do instead.

Are you still making these major social media mistakes? Here’s how to stop, or at least control the damage.

We’ve all been faced with unpleasant, pushy salespeople at one time or another. This is not to say that they’re all bad, but there are some who, dare I say, need a brutal reality check.

Though social media marketing has become key for SMBs, business owners must not forget the importance of traditional advertising.

The file-sharing service announces new offerings for its growing roster of business customers.

These new tools should be on your radar. Here’s why.

How your pages can encourage customers to interact with your content and make purchases.

In an unstable economic climate, retaining customers is more cost-effective than gaining customers. RSM Bird Cameron offers 5 steps to ensure customer retention in your business.

Marketing should be a key focus for business owners, but it’s often an afterthought.

Teleworking. It’s a word you hear more and more often in business circles. Not quite on the bandwagon yet? Now’s the time to get on board.

When Jenny Agnew realised New Zealand had little to offer visitors to take back home that really reflected the country’s beauty, she went ahead to create a range of creams and aromas using rare native ingredients.

Craig Pisani is a retail expert at leading audit, tax and advisory firm, BDO. In his guest blog post, Craig lists his top ten tips for SME success in 2013.

A Melbourne nurse turned ‘mumpreneur’ has franchised her business, making travelling with young children just that little bit easier.

‘Strictly Digital’ is a joint initiative between Yellow Pages and Google that will deliver free digital marketing education for small businesses at 18 locations around Australia between April and September.

After South African entrepreneur Stan Gordon made the bold move to come to Australia – a country he knew nothing about – he felt like he’d landed on Mars.

With gut instincts behind many an entrepreneur’s interesting business idea, it’s no surprise that they then trust these instincts to lead them in running their businesses.

When a customer demands to speak with me, the owner, about an issue normally resolved by my customer service team, it usually means that the end of our relationship is nigh.

There are serious problems with the sales commission model. So why doesn’t anyone get rid of it? Here’s the story–with some fiscal results–of a software company that did just that.