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Are you guilty of these major search-engine optimisation mistakes with your business website? Here’s how to avoid them so you can really compete against the big boys.

A look at the benefits and pitfalls of following your workers’ digital footprints.

It could happen in nearly any company: Employees sometimes go into business for themselves.

A nationwide talent shortage means half of all employers are finding it difficult to fill vacant positions, with skilled trade workers ranking as the most sought after employee group.

Despite multiple months of positive retail trade figures this year, a key retail body is tipping that retail growth is likely to slow after the Australian Bureau of Statistics reported turnover fell by 0.2 percent in April.

Want to be a better leader? Or find management inspiration, at least? Here you can learn from a baker’s dozen of the most prevalent types.

They’ve been used, misused, and abused. It’s time to eliminate these buzz phrases from your speech entirely.

You can’t live without your product – but what about your customers? Five tips to ensure you’re selling something people want.

A service allowing businesses to nationally register their names in a single online process has kicked off, removing costs of up to thousands of dollars and eliminating wasted time spent registering names with various states and territories.

The Bravo show about a brutally frank salon consultant has a lot to teach business owners from all fields.

The fine art of deciding when to spring for what you want.

The British billionaire calls for banishing the tie as the corporate uniform.

A new series of masterclasses for Aboriginal business owners are launching next month at the Melbourne Business School, with the aim of equipping participants to grow their businesses with skills from the school’s MBA program.

Have Twitter and Facebook become too noisy and useless for meaningful interaction? Here are three tips for taking better advantage of social media opportunities.

What’s up with the superiority complex exhibited by both venture capitalists and entrepreneurs?

Do you Facebook during happy hour? Retweet without doing your research? You could cause a huge PR mess.

Local employees are working harder than they were two years ago but are happier at work than ever, new research has revealed.

Women are becoming key influencers in non-traditional industries such as building, construction, and agriculture, according to new research released in the lead up to the 2012 Telstra Business Women’s Awards.

Cross-state employers who aren’t aware of protected grounds of discrimination across the various states and territories risk facing legal action from terminated employees, as well as brand and reputation damage.

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