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It’s been a busy week, so join us in catching up on the week’s most important small business headlines with our Friday SMB wrap-up.

A great mentor won’t actually do the work for you–but he or she will help you develop your own opportunities. Here’s how.

Face it: Job hopping is a new reality. So stop thinking you can keep talent around for a lifetime.

Any of these mistakes could cost you time, money, and the security of your business.

Customer Relationship Management (CRM) isn’t just about installing a new piece of kit and watching it magically solve all your business problems. Successful deployment of CRM focuses around communication, collaboration and competitiveness.

Have you heard the saying a picture paints a thousand words? Well your business can do just that on Pinterest.

Australian small businesses could definitely do worse than going into Hong Kong. Here’s a special report about the opportunities available for SMEs in this bustling business centre.

This week’s Friday Entrepreneur Fix features Ruth Gallace, one half of the entrepreneurial duo behind the country’s only 100 percent pure fruit cider range Cheeky Rascal, and with 880 percent growth in the last year alone, business is booming.

At the core of communication, leadership, selling or any relationship where you want to achieve a fair exchange of value, lies four vital life skills. As simple as they sound, they take a lifetime to master.

eBay has announced plans to introduce several improvements and upgrades to its Australian site, designed to boost the usability of the site for sellers.

Having one of those days where you really can’t remember why you started a business? Maybe you just worked a double shift because an employee called in sick, but whatever the reason, these are the days you need this reminder checklist pinned up in your office.

Smokers in the workplace are costing employers huge amounts each and every year, with recent research estimating that for each smoker employed a business could be looking at costs of up to $5000 per year.

Some small businesses love the idea of the cloud’s benefits (cost savings, scalability and flexibility to name but a few) but are scared off by data security concerns. But maybe you can have your cake and eat it?

These small companies turned the now-ubiquitous QR code into a new sales machine.

Whether your office is the local coffee shop or your pickup truck, here are some tools to consider taking along for the ride.

Get a handle on your website. Here’s how to identify what the majority of your visitors focus on first.

The decision to give small business cabinet-level representation in Federal Parliament is nothing more than a token appointment, according to Servcorp COO Marcus Moufarrige.

Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) laws are undergoing their biggest overhaul in a generation with the introduction of nationally harmonised legislation in 2012. Here’s what you need to do to get your business ready.

We asked a variety of suppliers what products and services they have to offer SMEs this year to help them work smarter. With everyone trying to sell you something, how do you deicde what you do and don’t need and what to prioritise?

Consumer confidence fell by five percent in March, as Australians worry about rising interest rates and falling employment levels.