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Rick Mapperson blogs about tackling those big business decisions.
“Decisions involving money or long-term investments are always hard. For you that might mean increasing your business’ marketing budget, purchasing property, altering your budgeting or spending, agreeing to take out personal insurance, committing to an ongoing donation to a charity or taking on a new project.”
Industry and Commerce has been found guilty by The Federal Court of misleading local small businesses into signing up for its online business directory.
If your company’s getting on board and designing the next profitable green technology, you’d better make sure you protect your ideas from everybody else.
Your Friday Entrepreneur Fix this week features a celebrated Australian entrepreneur, household name and much-loved personality – Dick Smith.
Two Sydney entrepreneurs have developed a free smartphone application to improve the taxi ordering service for both passengers and drivers.
The best entrepreneurs in Western Australia were recognised at the annual Ernst & Young Entrepreneur Of The Year Western region awards ceremony last night, with Rory Vassallo and Aaron Begley amongst the winners.
The 2011 City of Sydney Business Awards has broken all records, with 640 small businesses nominated and over 67,000 votes tallied.
Jennifer Bishop blogs about new LinkedIn features, which make it akin to the Flux Capacitator.
“Forget the static CV. LinkedIn have just removed the need for the static 1.0 CV/resume and propelled you all into an interactive 3.0 web world of LinkedIn.”
Phoebe Netto looks at the advantages and disadvantages of giving discounts and freebies in business.
“Never give your core product/service away for free. Never, ever. Never! Do not offer a free version of what you sell.”
Australia’s business travel market is about to become more competitive – and deliver better value for your travel budget.
Over two-thirds of small businesses aren’t paying bills on time, with the number of organisations paying invoices more than three months late jumping to 20 percent.
Brett Morris blogs about managing change as your business grows.
“Shifting responsibility to a dedicated change agent alone doesn’t work. Yes, they can know the ins and outs of change management, but they don’t have one of the most crucial qualities for change initiatives to succeed.”
Australians are continuing their rapid adoption of social media, which is now having a considerable influence on their purchasing decisions.
Small business owners on Queensland’s Sunshine Coast are invited to attend free one-on-one information sessions, run by the Australian Taxation Office (ATO), to assist them in staying on track with tax and super obligations.
Brad Callaughan looks at an area many small businesses fall down – planning.
“Lack of planning or direction can be the cause of your demise. If you aren’t looking at where you are going, how can you see opportunities or threats or be prepared to deal with uncertainties like cash flow or profit fluctuations.”
Catriona Pollard takes a look at Google+ and what features it delivers that trump Facebook.
“Google seems to have taken all the social aspects from Facebook and created a network which is more personal for the user.”
Australian businesses with a website are more successful than those without, according to the MYOB Business Monitor Online Special Report. But despite this knowledge, the majority of Australian businesses still do not have a website – with 57 percent of businesses still choosing not to promote or sell their products online.
Julian Smith blogs about new findings from MYOB that show businesses with websites have consistently higher revenues.
“If consumers are not finding you online, for them your business doesn’t exist.”
Small businesses and bricks & mortar retailers are being urged to heed new figures that show Australians will spend over $13.6 billion online this year; with experts advising they focus on engaging customers via multiple channels to build deeper relationships and grab the consumer dollar.
Australia’s largest franchise, Jims Group, has signed a partnership with LivingSocial to deliver deals on its various services to the daily dealers’ hyper-local, citywide and national audiences.
