Managing
Everybody has their own preferences: speaking to a sales person, or doing their own internet research about a product? Customers are always going to have a preference about how they would like to contact a business. Some may like to fill in a form on a website and others may like to pick up the phone and call.
Tens of thousands of dollars are slipping away from the bottom line of Australian businesses, as owners continue to purchase ad hoc essential items from retailers instead of planning ahead and bulk buying.
As a small business owner it can look as though you’re a superhero, and sometimes you can even feel like you’re superhuman. The cold and hard fact is you’re not.
To help small businesses manage their finances on the fly, Xero has developed a free smartphone application for download from the Apple App Store.
Local small and medium businesses are bearing the brunt of the close to $29 million lost annually in media scams, with more than 150 fake publications tricking businesses into parting with their cash in the last 12 months alone.
If you still think you’re too small for hackers to target your business, think again.
Australian small business owners are feeling confident about growth prospects, despite coping with additional stress, a new study has found.
The Victorian Small Business Festival kicks off on 1 August, promising to celebrate the role of small business in the state with its month long program of dedicated small business events.
Great companies are often regarded as only being as good as their staff, so getting rid of the bad apples, or encouraging them to take a different motivational outlook on work, is crucial for managers.
Recruiting any position within an organisation is important; you have to ensure that they can do the job and that they will fit with the rest of the staff. Recruiting sales people is a particular challenge for most organisations and very costly if they hire the wrong person.
As more and more marketing opportunities become available to businesses both online and offline, it can be a difficult task to track if your budget is being spent wisely.
Rod Sherwin’s Energy Therapy tools are being utilised by an increasing number of business owners and their employees, which enable them to quickly and effectively adapt to today’s challenges.
Many Australians are being impacted by their unrealistic expectations of themselves; with a leading Australian psychologist suggesting “unhealthy perfectionism” is resulting in mental health issues.
Following on from the natural disasters that struck Queensland earlier this year, over 50 percent of businesses now plan to review their OHS and risk management policies.
As a small business owner or employee, you and your fellow staff members are probably keen to get your hands on the latest smartphones, tablet PCs and portable laptop computers to help you with your daily routine in and out of the office.
With smartphones increasingly becoming a remedy for boring business meetings, bosses who ban the device need to learn how to better run meetings, according to a corporate behaviour expert.
With the first of the baby boomers reaching retirement, predictions of SMEs hitting the market at depressing sales prices mean owners should now be fine-tuning their succession plans.
The University of Queensland (UQ) will run a number of carbon management workshops next month, designed for businesses in the manufacturing and resource industries.
With the new financial year upon us and many businesses focusing on ways to maximise their bottom line, it’s vital SMBs invest in measures to mitigate the risk of fraud.
Changes to the National Minimum Wage were implemented on 1 July, with Fair Work Australia urging all employers to ensure they’re across the new Awards.
