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It’s tough, running a small business, knowing you’ve got a great product, but not knowing how to let everyone else in on the secret!

Movember is shown to be an important initiative with a recent survey of 300 male and female senior executives and business leaders showing a need for greater investment into depression and mental health services for men in Australian workplaces.

The NSW Government has helped a Sydney legal services technology company secure a major investment partner, Treasurer and Minister for State and Regional Development Eric Roozendaal today said.

Why should a business buy a CRM? When is the right time for a CRM? Like as business decisions, you need to get some value from a CRM. When the current manual methods become unwieldy then it’s time to take a closer look.

October’s Commonwealth Bank Business Sales Indicator (BSI) remained flat in October after contracting for ten consecutive months, suggesting retail spending has hit a plateau prior to the the Christmas retail period.

Australian online retailer City Software today announced it is changing its name to eStore. The new name is reflective of the company’s move over the years from selling primarily software to selling over 15,000 quality IT, technology and digital products today.

The Australian Retailers Association (ARA) is urging its members to consider their right to apply surcharges for credit card purchases, with consumers who pay in cash likely to welcome the practice.

It has often been said, “If you always do what you have always done, you will always have what you always had”. I don’t agree.

Hip Media, contract publishers of the Drinks stable of publications on behalf of the Liquor Merchants Association of Australia (LMAA), has taken out the coveted ‘Small Publisher of the Year’ award at the Publishers Australia Excellence Awards 2010.

Thirty seconds is not a lot of time to ‘pitch’ yourself, so it’s a great test of how good your elevator statement is. It’s also a timely reminder that you need to practice your networking, just like anything else you want to do well. Here are my tips for improving your networking…

Jump On It, one of the myriad Groupon clones in Australia yesterday announced it has secured nearly $5 million in funding from US online group buying company LivingSocial.

Paul Lawton, a UK businessman, is bringing his organisation, ipnconnect to Australia to give entrepreneurs a new community to develop their businesses both online and at physical networking events.

If you are one of the lucky small business owners out there who can afford to holiday around Christmas time, there is a 97 percent chance you will be going online to check email and stay in touch with your business while on away from the office according to a new survey.

Safety is the number one occupational health, safety (OHS) and risk issue facing Australian organisations as they head into 2011 according to a survey of OHS professionals attending The Sydney Safety Show last month.

Mr Rental has enjoyed industry award wins and an overall profit increase of 20 percent in 2010 and is predicting further growth with increasing brand awareness with the introduction of a ‘hybrid’ business model in 2011.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission will block the proposed acquisition of the Franklins supermarket chain by Metcash Trading Limited, who operate the IGA chain of supermarkets and wholesalers.

Victorian SMEs have the potential to save on average almost $850 on their annual electricity bill and 40 tonnes of carbon emissions an initiative delivered by the Victorian Employers’ Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VECCI) reveals.

The Paid Parental Leave Act 2010, which came into effect on 1 October 2010, sees the Federal Government provide tax payer-funded paid parental leave. However, in the majority of cases employers will be required to physically distribute payment to their eligible employees, from 1 July 2011.

Vodafone has its eyes set on luring away business customers from Telstra’s fixed line phone services with Vodafone Infinite Business plans offering ‘unlimited’ mobile calls and texts from $45/month.

I recently met with a client who had been ripped off without even knowing it.