Julian Smith blogs about the benefits of employing “volunteers” in your business.
“Employees become volunteers once they are inspired, motivated and truly believe in the organization they work for. They are passionate brand advocates. Their positive interactions with customers reinforce your company’s image.”
Symantec’s Sean Kopelke blogs about the impact social media is having on productivity and information security.
“While it’s not hard to see why social media is so popular, with the ability to interact online like never before, the impact on small business is not so clear”
Lady Danielle Di-Masi looks at minding your manners in emails.
“I know we’ve all been there, you’re about to rush off to a meeting when you notice an email from a colleague, staff member or client just asking a question that you know only needs a quick response and you can delete that email… So you quickly type a “yes” or “no” and delete and rush off to your meeting.”
Gerald Chait blogs about the difference giving a customer a hands-on experience can make.
“While it’s not uncommon to take a car for a test drive, it is rare to have the opportunity to race a car backwards through an obstacle course. You can always hold a golf club in a sporting store, but where’s the room to take a swing?”
Maria Pantalone blogs about keeping on track when presenting something to a client, either verbally or via email.
“Whether your document is a report, proposal or an email you want your reader to actually read it. You wouldn’t be writing it if it wasn’t important, would you?”
Cenk Baban looks at the benefits to business of using Foursquare and Facebook Check-in deals.
“Nearly half of us have a smartphone or are about to buy one. Smarthphones have features such as built-in GPS, which offer new marketing opportunities based on the location of their owners. These new opportunities are especially tangible to businesses in the retail and hospitality industries.”
Julian Smith blogs about how vital it is for a business to have money in the bank.
“While Aussie businesses are definitely starting to get the right attitude, we’ve got a lot of ground to make up. Post GFC, the average small business owner is saving $1.27 for every dollar spent – but there are still many who don’t have any savings to fall back on at all.”
Hamish Anderson blogs about whether banks have a social responsibility when it comes to letting their customers know about phishing scams.
“Surely, with fraud and phishing so rife, there should be more responsiveness from big business, especially if specific companies know they are the targets of phishing scams. Surely they have a responsibility to inform the public.”
Sara Redman blogs about the impact forgiveness can have on your personal and professional life.
“How much does forgiveness weigh? This may sound like a bizarre question, but the more I ponder it the more I realise it is an extremely useful question to for me to answer.”
According to Arndria Seymour, the power of a highly skilled and engaged workforce can’t be understated. Do you inspire this in your business?
“How many people have managers that have no idea what they do, don’t share information, don’t coach or contribute so your team can be the best at what they do?”
