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While many of us can easily allocate times for meeting and teleconferences, most of us struggle to find the time to break for lunch or to prepare a healthy dinner. We’d all benefit from some top tips on incorporating good health into our work lives. Here we give you strategies for avoiding the health pitfalls in your typical working day.
Frequently neglected, the absence of a will can cause serious problems for your family and your business. It is essential for all SMEs to have a will.
Social media is the magic marketing tool that every business needs, right? It can build your profile, expand your networks and make you irresistible to new customers. However, it also presents huge threats to businesses. So what can you do to prevent a social media disaster?
Owning and operating your own small business can be a rewarding experience. However, in the present environment, you’re faced with challenges such as decreasing margins, pressure to pay debts and increasing operating costs. Now is the time to get smart with your money to ensure your business survives the crisis.
There is a worry that keeps all business owners and leaders awake at night. Are my key customers happy and do they need more attention from me?
It was over a year ago that Wall Street’s fourth biggest investment bank Lehman Brothers was allowed to collapse. Share markets around the world plummeted on fears that a financial catastrophe would result in multiple bank failures and plunge us into a depression, or a recession.
As the credit crunch really starts to bite, increases in salary are few and far between and bonuses seem to be a thing of the past, so employees need to make the best use of the dollars they get in their pay packets. Salary packaging with a novated lease is one option that delivers considerable benefits to both employees and employers.
Ever flicked through a magazine, spotted a competitor quoted in a feature and thought, “I should have been interviewed for that, our business has a far superior product/service”? If you feel like the best-kept secret in your industry, and want to get your message out, it’s time you started generating your own publicity.
Measuring the dollar value and effectiveness of marketing is something every business owner should be doing. There are six common marketing strategies that every board, chief executive and marketing manager needs to consider in order for their brand to succeed in today’s complex media and marketing environment.
We have all heard the saying, ‘cash is king’, but when it comes to running a business ensuring you have sufficient cash to pay staff, GST obligations, debtors and other operational expenses is crucial to maintaining the ongoing viability of your business.
In a reversal of the ‘trickle down’ effect, corporates are learning their search engine optimisation (SEO) and search engine marketing (SEM) strategies from their small and medium sized business counterparts.
For most small to medium enterprises (SMEs), the computer system is a lifeline. It contains your history, your present business and helps you to plan for your future. Yet despite its importance, a growing number of SMEs are neglecting to take the necessary steps to protect their data.
Economists predict that the exploitation of clean and sustainable technologies (“cleantech”) has the potential to create wealth on the same scale as the introduction of the railways, electricity, cars and information and IT. But will Australians cash in?
Small business can often be disadvantaged when purchasing IT goods and services. Without the buying power and procurement departments of the corporates, small businesses often pay retail prices which tend to be much higher than those negotiated by large companies. But there are bargains to be had, you just need to know where to look. When it comes to IT procurement, are you getting the best deal?
In the first of an independent series on organisations and associations you could join to help grow your business, we focus on the Trans-Tasman Business Circle.
The key to creating an intelligent online presence is to understand the basic functions of your website and work out how your customers interact with it. Unless you have a monopoly on whatever you sell or do, your website needs to work quickly, smoothly and with absolute clarity.
There are often great parallels between the way we conduct business and participate in team sports. Just like in sports when we blame the referee for a poor decision which costs us the game, in business we tend to blame economic circumstances – the global financial crisis – on our bad business performance. But how long can we keep blaming the GFC?
Managing travel costs is an important factor for any business, so at a time when many companies are suffering a slowing in sales, the need to maximise savings when booking flights, accommodation and car hire is a key consideration for decision-makers.
Michael Jackson’s untimely exit from the global stage has sparked an outpouring of grief from around the world. But for the family of the late King of Pop, issues surrounding his estimated US$1 billion estate are posing a real legal thriller.
Maintaining a healthy bank account is top of mind with every small business owner. How can you improve your cash flow and reduce common money management headaches as well? The below tips will help you stay ahead:
