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Social entrepreneurship has grown 37 percent in the past five years, making it one of the fastest growing sectors of the Australian economy, new research has revealed.

Finding a job or getting a promotion is no longer about who you know, but who knows you, which makes networking a vital skill for women to master.

Digital experts are warning the increasing number of online start-ups to be careful not to make some basic branding blunders, as many battle to keep up with competitors and forget to focus on a number of website essentials that can help to build customer loyalty.

You can adopt these product strategies out of Apple’s playbook to make your business grow.

Find out if you are a bossy boss–and, if so, what you can do about it.

Welcome to another Friday, SMB owners. With the working week cut short by the Easter long weekend, you may have missed out on some of last week’s small business news. If so, you’ll be glad to know that we’ve wrapped up two weeks of headlines for you to catch up on.

A professionally designed logo needn’t cost thousands of dollars. Here’s how to make a logo cheaply … and well.

Ronni Kahn is one of the country’s most well-respected social entrepreneurs, having led the Australian shift toward social consciousness since launching her not-for-profit organisation OzHarvest in 2004. This week, she’s the star of our Friday Entrepreneur Fix.

Awareness of mental illness may have increased, but Australian businesses are still failing to recognise and manage mental health risk in the workplace, according to new research.

As consumers spend increasing amounts of time on social media networks, businesses are rushing to follow them. A common expectation now exists that an online marketing strategy is a must for any business seeking to get a bigger slice of the target market pie, and this is especially true for those in the hospitality sector.

Despite global financial volatility, local businesses are feeling optimistic as they look towards implementing more efficient cost-cutting measures.

Search engines are one of the most common places consumers look when seeking out products or services online, so making sure your business can be found easily and appears near the top of a search engine results page is crucial to any online strategy. SEO is the way to make this happen.

Despite improving conditions in the global economy local consumer confidence has fallen, as households remain concerned about the state of their own finances.

Bosses are too busy ‘shock proofing’ their business against sudden impact events to focus on important internal business issues, which is leading high numbers of dissatisfied employees to hunt for new jobs.

Don’t overlook these unexpected online opportunities for prospects.

A study of more than 11 million consumer conversations online takes a close look at how people review and purchase products online – and how user-generated reviews can affect your own brand or business.

Google’s social network takes cues from Facebook and Twitter for its new look.

Although many managers today instil a level of trust in their people, many more seem reluctant to do so. It’s as if they’re giving up their own personal power to do so. But what’s the impact to your team if you don’t engender trust, or worse still, there is an absence of trust?

Do you know what determines the success of a software implementation? According to the experts, you need to know what you want, which provider you want it from and how to stay focused on the solution you have in mind.

Blogging might seem like a chore initially, but the more you work on getting it right, the more you’ll find yourself thinking like a professional blogger. Plus, blogging is an important part of every effective inbound strategy,