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Your choice will depend on your budget and how fast you want to build traffic. Here are three questions to ask before making a decision.

Spending rose across the economy in April, according to the latest Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI), though it appears business sales growth may be slowing as a result of declining consumer confidence.

Joe Fernandez launched Klout the old-fashioned way: sleeping on couches, abandoning friends, and risking his life’s savings. Piece of cake.

Ring the bells: It’s a landmark day for Wall Street and Silicon Valley as the world’s biggest social network becomes a public company.

Blogs used to be a great way for entrepreneurs to develop, and communicate with, a business or industry community. No longer.

Gold prospecting company Newcrest Mining has been named Australia’s most attractive employer for 2012, pipping the ABC and Virgin Australia to take out the top spot.

Yet another week has flown by, so we’ve put together the most important small business headlines from the week for those of you who’ve had your head in the game, and might have missed a thing or two.

The Federal Government is urging businesses to be wary of a rising number of carbon price scams, as the 1 July launch date for the emissions tax draws closer.

Cloud technology helped these small companies coordinate operations, manage paperwork and control phone expenses.

Popular URL shortening service bitly examines the peak times to post to Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr.

When it comes to selling goods on the big social network, most users don’t want to make purchases. Here’s how to steer clear of the issues.

Dynamic Business magazine May cover star and Table of Plenty founder Kate Weiss won top honours in the business category of the InStyle and Audi Women of Style awards this week.

Use these four rules to make sure your next presentation, demo, or sales pitch is a success.

Criticism…who needs it! Well, you do, if you truly want to understand your customers, take the bad with the good, and spin it into gold. Here’s how.

Back in early 2011, I predicted Facebook’s $100 billion valuation. Here’s what I think is coming next.

Almost 80 percent of local businesses don’t have a mobile-friendly website, despite the fact that more than half of the population owning a smartphone, according to a recent Google survey.

Local small businesses have rated greater opportunities for growth, additional tax incentives and a focus on delivering flexible employment as key areas they’d liked to have seen on the 2012 budget agenda.

Over half of all Australian online consumers are interacting with businesses and brands on Facebook and Twitter, according to new research, again highlighting the importance for SMBs to add these social networks into their marketing mix.

From polishing your reputation to using clean email lists, here are the keys to entering customer inboxes.

Use these tips to increase repeat sales by keeping your customers and clients connected to your business.