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The Crust Gourmet Pizza Bar franchise has expanded to South Australia, with three stores now open in the Adelaide region.

Catriona Pollard blogs about using YouTube to bring exposure to your business.

“Video carries a lot more impact than text – yes video is linear and your audience has to sit through it – but video gives you the chance to create an impact, guide your audience through things and give your audience the chance to really get to know you.”

2ergo has unveiled its VoucherNet mobile ticketing and coupon platform, a new solution designed to enhance brand value and customer retention.

The number of businesses entering external administration jumped almost 6 percent in the last financial year, with insolvency practitioners reporting more activity in the SME sector as a result of tighter Australian Taxation Office debt recovery.

Poor performance has led Harvey Norman to decide to axe the Clive Peeters and Rick Hart brands, with seven stores to be closed and a further 16 to be converted into Harvey Norman or Joyce Mayne formats.

More bad news for businesses has been spelt out today, with the Westpac-Melbourne Institute Index of Consumer Sentiment for August falling to levels not seen since May 2009.

The Australian Consumer and Competition Commission (ACCC) has found AquaDepot Imports engaged in resale price maintenance by refusing to supply an online retailer which discounted products below a specified price.

Brad Callaughan delivers 5 tips to ensure your cashflow is well-managed in difficult economic times.

“You need to understand the significance of cashflow and how it keeps your operation afloat – it’s a potentially fatal mistake to focus on your profit & loss because healthy profits can mask an impending cashflow crisis.”

Julian Smith looks at how Channel 10 should have used Twitter following its controversial decision to split Sunday night’s MasterChef final in half.

“While you can’t completely reputation-proof yourself, you should include disaster planning as part of your initial social media strategy to save time and reputation…”

Australians who choose to invest in domestic renewable energy are being warned of its stagnant returns, and instead are advised to look to Europe for profitable investments.

Be inspired by our favourite entrepreneurs of the past 12 months and learn from their real life challenges and triumphs. In part two, meet Unimail’s Andrea Culligan.

Check out what’s in the August issue of the magazine – due in newsagents this week!

Local online children’s clothing businesses could potentially be holding up Australia’s economy, according to myAppalogues, which found over 60 percent of these businesses sell local products instead of importing from overseas.

Elizabeth Marchant looks at the importance of a functioning internal communications strategy.

“There are lots of ways to achieve this but often companies don’t consider the needs of the modern workforce or fully assessing the range of communications tools available.”

Shoes of Prey Co-Founder Jodie Fox and Il Tutto Founder Lucie Trinco will share the secrets to their international success at a Small Business September seminar, hosted by Dynamic Business Editor Jen Bishop.

Macquarie Telecom has provided an update on the $60 million data centre being built in North Ryde, revealing construction is progressing well and the centre will be open to support the growing data management needs of businesses in early 2012.

30 years ago today the first-ever phone call was made on Australia’s public mobile network, using a car phone system weighing 14 kilograms with a 45 cm handset costing $17,000 in today’s terms.

Experts are suggesting Google’s new social networking platform will likely see greater popularity than its main rival Facebook, as it produces much-needed solutions for gaps in social media.

Brett Morris blogs about whether or not you should take on your employees problems.

“Where do you draw the line? Sometimes you might find yourself facing a big monkey, or a small gorilla. Do you take those problems on?”

Reckon Limited has just reported an 8 percent rise in normalised earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) for the 6 months to 30 June, generated by strong performances in the company’s Business and Professional Divisions.