Tag: Tips

For many small businesses, it’s only by joining forces that you can achieve economies of scale and have a voice that’s loud enough to be heard over the big guys.

So what are the secrets to running a successful business, and growing it fast?

Procrastination: we all do it. Students excel at it, and many of us think it’s the enemy.

As a busy business-person it’s challenging to send out a regular newsletter, but it can be done. Here are my top five tips.

A scam that promises naked videos of users’ Facebook friends has already hit more than 2,000 people, including many from Australia.

The combination of tight purse strings after the expense of Christmas and New Year festivities, and employees with post-holiday blues, can mean an all-round slump for business.

As consumers look to avoid the crowds in shopping centres, the number of shoppers heading online for Christmas continues to grow.

Very few of us make a big purchase without doing at least a little bit of research. Would you buy a car with taking it for a test drive, choose a wedding venue without a visit, or buy a house without an inspection?

It’s clear that not everyone who starts a business has the same level of accounting knowledge. For some the idea of managing numbers is overwhelming, while for others they may have studied accounting at university.

In the film Wall Street, Gordon Gecko said, “Money never sleeps”, and this quote never rings truer than in the world of international trade.