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Just made a new network contact? It’s now your job to build a strong enough relationship that will earn you the right to ask for their business. Building strong and trusting relationships with your existing customers is also fundamental to the long term success (and profitability) of your business.
Whether or not your marketing takes off–and takes on a life of its own–isn’t really up to you. But you can set yourself up for success.
The issue of Personal Service Income (PSI) will continue to be a major focus of ATO compliance activities in 2012. Here’s what you need to know.
Are you one of those control freak small business owners with so much on your plate you don’t have time to breathe? You need to learn the art of delegation.
The former CEO of the Council of Small Business of Australia (COSBOA) and the youngest woman ever to be elected to the WA Parliament died at the age of 35 last month, and tributes from people in the business community have begun to flow for Jaye Radisich.
In a five-part article series, we look at the 10 most common ways small business owners waste time, and deliver solutions for combating this damaging behaviour. Part two looks at goal setting and keeping a clean desk.
It can be tough to keep employees engaged through the cold winter months, as many are struck down by colds, flus and the winter blues. Here are 12 practical ways to keep your team’s productivity up.
Virtualisation is the paradigm of the moment. From cloud computing to communications solutions and virtual offices, it’s delivering a wide array of benefits – including lower costs, improved flexibility and an increasing ability to expand.
Companies are turning to social media as the next frontier for advertising — and even small businesses can afford to get in on the action.
Why did small businesses go bankrupt in this downturn? They didn’t plan for catastrophe. Here’s a guide to the risks your business should consider and plan for to thrive no matter what.
There was a spectacular turnout at the social media and online business event we hosted last week, so here’s a wrap-up of lessons learned from panelists Jodie Fox, Valerie Khoo and Cenk Baban.
OzForex has launched a new prepaid travel card allowing business travellers to manage nine currencies wholly online, removing the need to visit a bank branch.
You might think life as one of Sydney’s top interior designers would be all glamour and tantrums. Not so. Behind the scenes there are the same cashflow and staffing issues as any other small business.
Get Threaded founder Liz See has been working to release her unique ‘brow bar’ franchise concept across Australia and New Zealand since 2009, launching with just $5000 in the bank. The first of her Master Franchisees opened for business this month, and See is reflecting on how she got the concept off the ground.
Having good relationships with your clients is critical to overall business success, making it important that everyone you’re directly associated with sees you as a ‘people person.’ Despite this, being too nice can lead to low productivity and smaller profits.
Australia is one of the most underinsured nations in the developed world in terms of Personal Insurance, and sadly, many small business owners are not much better when it comes to insuring themselves and their businesses.
Woolworths has announced impressive third quarter sales figures of $14.07 billion, an increase of 3.8 percent over the previous year.
Suppliers who neglect to review the spelling, grammar and appropriateness of their customer communications risk hurting their relationships with their small business customers, according to a new study.
Friday is upon us again, which means it’s time to catch up on the most important small business headlines of the week gone by.
