Thursday, November 03, 2011

Australia’s top 10 female start-up entrepreneurs - Success stories

Australia’s top 10 female start-up entrepreneurs - Success stories:

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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

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A new era for retail in Australia?

  • October 19, 2011
  • Matt Paish

A research report published this week by PayPal, Forrester Research, Nielsen and the Australian Centre for Retail Studies has claimed that retail in Australia is undergoing “monumental change”.

PayPal’s report, titled “Secure Insight: Changing the Way we Pay”, said online shopping will grow by 12.2 per cent throughout 2012 in Australia. The report forecasts Australians will spend A$37.7 Billion shopping online by 2013, an increase of over a billion dollars since October 2010.

The report also said that despite a strong Australian dollar, domestic retail has continued to account for three quarters (73 per cent) of online consumption in Australia.

PayPal Australia’s Managing Director, Frerk-Malte Feller said, “Consumers are connecting through local, digital, social and mobile channels that add relevance and convenience to their lives. These emerging channels bring huge opportunities for local Australian merchants to compete in the online market and increase engagement with their customers.”

Growing smartphone popularity is changing Australia’s retail environment

The report said that an increase in the number of people using smartphones is disrupting both the traditional and online retail environments.

Mr Feller said, “Smartphones are accelerating the path to purchase by becoming a virtual store in our pockets, enabling consumers and merchants to connect in new ways. In the last year we have seen a wealth of new business models emerge, that are re-defining the point of purchase. For example, QR codes allow traditional media to become a virtual storefront, social media and group buying allow merchants to interact with consumers in new ways and mobile applications are personalising consumers shopping experiences.”

Australian Food News previously reported on the impact of smartphones on online retail in Australia.


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Monday, October 10, 2011

Sensis e-Business Report Shows Older Consumers Overlooked: Technology - Planning

Sensis e-Business Report Shows Older Consumers Overlooked: Technology - Planning: "Small businesses continue to underestimate the uptake of social media and mobile technologies among consumers, a new report reveals, with older consumers particularly overlooked."

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Thursday, October 06, 2011

SMEs urged to get robust over health and safety - Home based business

SMEs urged to get robust over health and safety - Home based business: "Start-ups have been urged to review their health and safety policies, particularly in relation to home-based workers, ahead of a looming national OH&S regimen next year.

The Federal Government says that national harmonisation of OH&S laws, replacing the various state-based regulations, would result in $2 billion in productivity gains for Australian businesses."

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Wednesday, October 05, 2011

10 marketing secrets of the Smart50

10 marketing secrets of the Smart50: "Selling Mark Zuckerberg’s first website, creating a new brand to recruit undergraduates and taking as many speaking engagements as possible are some of the methods this year’s Smart 50 are using to market their businesses. "

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Five steps to get a sustainable competitive advantage - Blogs

Five steps to get a sustainable competitive advantage - Blogs: "Today’s business environment is very competitive. It’s now a lot easier and cheaper to start-up a business, particularly with technology enabling business to be conducted online and internationally to win customers in foreign markets."

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Tuesday, October 04, 2011

Social Media is a Waste of Time | Inc.com

Social Media is a Waste of Time | Inc.com: "If you are like most small businesses, you and your team are stretched thin. If you even have a team. All day long you are servicing customers, delivering products, managing finances and doing whatever it takes to keep your business up and running. The last thing you need is to waste time. But for many small businesses, that’s exactly what they are doing when it comes to marketing with social media."

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Six Ways To Make It Easier For Customers To Buy From Your Website: Fred Schebesta

Six Ways To Make It Easier For Customers To Buy From Your Website: Fred Schebesta:

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Six Ways To Make It Easier For Customers To Buy From Your Website: Fred Schebesta

Six Ways To Make It Easier For Customers To Buy From Your Website: Fred Schebesta: "It’s crucial to think of your website as a sales funnel. People hunt down what they want to buy and you need them to flow neatly down into the buying page, then get them to press the buy button."

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Monday, October 03, 2011

Aggregating the old and rewarding the new at Disruptathon

Aggregating the old and rewarding the new at Disruptathon: "To many of us, social media are a fairly predictable part of our lives. We know which platforms we like and how we like to use them, adding up to pretty smooth sailing with few surprises (except for the perpetual hubbub surrounding Facebook redesigns). But at Tuesday’s Disruptathon Social Media in Washington, D.C., the focus was on movers and shakers of social media who are coming up with innovative ways to “disrupt the status quo,” said event organizer Pete Erickson."

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MarketingSherpa: Marketing Research Chart: Top barriers to overcoming B2B marketing challenges

MarketingSherpa: Marketing Research Chart: Top barriers to overcoming B2B marketing challenges: "
SUMMARY: Traditional perceptions of Marketing can cripple to success. Organizations traditionally view Sales as the revenue engine. Marketing teams must work more diligently to barter for much-needed investments. "

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Five essential cloud-based tools for start-ups - Technology

Five essential cloud-based tools for start-ups - Technology: "A couple of years ago, business owners didn’t think about the cloud unless they were flying through one on the way to a major client meeting.

How times have changed. Not only is cloud, or web-based, technology providing start-ups with great entrepreneurial opportunities - from Saasu in accountancy to Dropbox in file sharing – it is also changing the way businesses operate."

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Edward De Bono says social media makes us lazy and stupid | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au

Edward De Bono says social media makes us lazy and stupid | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au: "THE world's leading thinker says social networks are making people lazy and stupid."

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Sunday, October 02, 2011

iTWire - Mobile banking shakes, rattles and roars

iTWire - Mobile banking shakes, rattles and roars: "Demand for mobile banking services has grown by 80 per cent in the year to date at Westpac – which is forecasting it will achieve the first million mobile users two times faster than it reached that milestone for fixed internet access."

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Brands need to become 'friends' with customers on Twitter and Facebook - Telegraph

Brands need to become 'friends' with customers on Twitter and Facebook - Telegraph: "The social web offers companies the chance to 'befriend' their potential customers. Often taking advantage of these new advertising opportunities is more worthwhile than creating a business account on sites such as Facebook and Twitter."

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Saturday, October 01, 2011

Why the role of a “Digital Strategist” needs to evolve / Constant Beta

Why the role of a “Digital Strategist” needs to evolve / Constant Beta: "It’s been about six months since I joined JWT. And what a ride it has been. I feel like I’ve grown ten-fold and the learning’s continue. I’m reminded of how I felt when I first left India to come to USA for undergraduate studies. For someone that loves learning, JWT, like college, hasn’t disappointed. I will write a series of posts about key lessons I’ve learned but today, I want to explore some ideas I’ve begun to noodle with regarding the role of “digital strategists” in larger agencies. My title confounds me. It didn’t until I began to view it in the context of working in a global communications and marketing agency. I think now I have a more objective view of both the strengths and the weaknesses of this role. Some of this will be very common-sensical to you and I think it is, but I felt the need to articulate it so I can understand it better."

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Digital Impact Will Raise Your Digital Marketing to New Heights

Digital Impact Will Raise Your Digital Marketing to New Heights: "A sobering tweet came across my Twitter feed a week ago before writing this review. TechCrunch reported that the first website, “a placeholder page written by Sir Berners-Lee,” is 20 years old."

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Friday, September 30, 2011

Labor's National Broadband Network opens for business | The Australian

Labor's National Broadband Network opens for business | The Australian: "LABOR'S $36 billion National Broadband Network is officially open for business.

From Saturday, up to 14,000 residents and business owners in five mainland First Release Sites will be able to sign-up for commercial telephone and broadband services on the super-fast fibre network."

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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Business Mentors: How to Get The Best Out Of Your Mentor

Business Mentors: How to Get The Best Out Of Your Mentor: "Start-ups of Melbourne rejoice! As we reported yesterday, start-up incubator PushStart revealed that it is to hold its first mentor speed dating event, Mentor Live, in the city next week. "

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Business Mentors: How to Get The Best Out Of Your Mentor

Business Mentors: How to Get The Best Out Of Your Mentor: "Start-ups of Melbourne rejoice! As we reported yesterday, start-up incubator PushStart revealed that it is to hold its first mentor speed dating event, Mentor Live, in the city next week. "

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Small business strategies and challenges - Fiji Times Online

Small business strategies and challenges - Fiji Times Online: "Last week we had the Fiji Economy Update, a conference jointly organised by the School of Economics, Faculty of Business and Economics, of the University of the South Pacific and the Australian National University."

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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

5 Key Factors to Successful Strategic Planning

5 Key Factors to Successful Strategic Planning: "Organizations around the globe develop strategic plans. They carefully create a vision of their future and the strategies needed to get there. But many fail to realize their vision and fail to deliver the expected strategic results. Unfortunately, executive teams cannot pinpoint the reasons for this dilemma so they repeat the strategic planning cycle over and over, always hoping that the next strategic planning session will bring better results. And of course it doesn't. In our experience, there are 5 critical factors that will ensure your strategic plans are successfully implemented."

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Online strategy boosts bottom line | Sunshine Coast Business | Business News for Sunshine Coast, Australia | Sunshine Coast Daily

Online strategy boosts bottom line | Sunshine Coast Business | Business News for Sunshine Coast, Australia | Sunshine Coast Daily: "FOR every business that has a Facebook page - and there are many - there is an affiliated competition to gain as many Likes as possible.

But now, Sunshine Coast digital agency Piper Digital Marketing has released details of a story that proves that social media strategy actually works to improve the bottom line."

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Monday, September 26, 2011

Your website checklist | Flying Solo

Your website checklist | Flying Solo: "If you’re one of the many soloists who look after your own website, this checklist will help make sure it’s in good shape."

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The NBN is coming, be prepared! | Dynamic Business – Small Business Advice – Forums | Dynamic Business Australia

The NBN is coming, be prepared! | Dynamic Business – Small Business Advice – Forums | Dynamic Business Australia: "While it may be the better part of a decade before the NBN’s fibre and wireless tendrils provide all Australians with high-speed broadband, the future has a habit of arriving faster than we plan for. So it’s critical today that businesses start thinking about the impact the NBN will have on their marketplace and how they operate."

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Testing Your Website: Ruslan Kogan on How to Assess the Merits of Your Website - Internet

Testing Your Website: Ruslan Kogan on How to Assess the Merits of Your Website - Internet: "f I had a dollar for each time someone asked me what I thought of their website, you would probably see me on the Forbes Rich List this year."

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Sunday, September 25, 2011

Seven ways the young rich are doing it differently

Seven ways the young rich are doing it differently: "One of the most striking aspects of the new ‘Young Rich’ list from BRW magazine is the number of new names."

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Thursday, September 22, 2011

The future of B2B social media marketing   - Social Media Marketing Press

The future of B2B social media marketing - Social Media Marketing Press: "Talking about social media marketing, many people tends to use it as a tool for B2C enterprises. A study of a social media use might change your idea on social media marketing. The statistics demonstrates that North American B2B companies are more likely to introduce social media tools compared with B2C companies."

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Online gamers crack AIDS virus enzyme puzzle at University of Washington | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au

Online gamers crack AIDS virus enzyme puzzle at University of Washington | Information, Gadgets, Mobile Phones News & Reviews | News.com.au: ""Games provide a framework for bringing together the strengths of computers and humans. The results in this week's paper show that gaming, science and computation can be combined to make advances that were not possible before.""

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Vision for a Digital Economy • Telecom Trends

Vision for a Digital Economy • Telecom Trends: "We envision a Canada where our digital infrastructure is on the leading edge and our businesses and consumers are early adopters. Where our workers have the skills to thrive in this digital economy, and our companies are the technology manufacturers and suppliers to the world."

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Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Regional SMEs lagging behind online trend | Dynamic Business – Small Business Advice – Forums | Dynamic Business Australia

Regional SMEs lagging behind online trend | Dynamic Business – Small Business Advice – Forums | Dynamic Business Australia: "SMEs in regional Australia are missing out on the opportunities provided by the online world, with research finding very few implement digital strategies or engage with their customers on social media."

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Tuesday, September 20, 2011

Online grocer to nibble on supermarket dominance

Online grocer to nibble on supermarket dominance: "The battle for the billions of dollars spent at Australian supermarkets every month has intensified today with the launch of another dedicated online grocery store by the nation's largest daily deal website."

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Facebook 'won't stop' until small business is hooked on their advertising | News.com.au

Facebook 'won't stop' until small business is hooked on their advertising | News.com.au: "FACEBOOK is offering small businesses in the US the chance to advertise with them for free."

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Five tips to creating new habits

Five tips to creating new habits: "I used to have an employee called Tim, who would dash over to a customer's site the moment they had a problem and fix it for them. Great customer service!"

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Monday, September 19, 2011

AFP: Facebook 'App Economy' creates 182,000 US jobs: study

AFP: Facebook 'App Economy' creates 182,000 US jobs: study: "The ecosystem of applications built for Facebook has created at least 182,000 jobs and contributes billions of dollars in wages and benefits to the US economy, according to a study published Monday."

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Friday, September 16, 2011

Willunga now officially online at high speed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)

Willunga now officially online at high speed - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation): "South Australia is now officially connected to the National Broadband Network.

Some residents and businesses at Willunga have been testing the high-speed network in recent months but all residents in the area on Adelaide;s southern fringe now have a chance to connect."

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Top 10 start-up incubators - Funding

Top 10 start-up incubators - Funding: "Start-up incubators are not exactly new. The concept of helping foster promising young businesses formally kicked off in 1959, when the Batavia Industrial Center in New York opened its doors for the first time.

However, the format of business incubators has changed over the years. Some offer seed funding, while others just offer a space to work or mentorship."

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Thursday, September 15, 2011

National Broadband Issues & Information | Internet Innovation Alliance

National Broadband Issues & Information | Internet Innovation Alliance: "65%.

That’s the percentage of adult Internet users now connected to others via social networking sites, according to a study by Pew Research Center released late last month. And surprisingly, it’s not those just past the threshold into adulthood who are jumping in the online social world the most, but rather the Boomers, whose usage on a typical day jumped a whopping 60% in the last year."

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Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Telegraph 1000: Britain's Brightest Businesses - Telegraph

Telegraph 1000: Britain's Brightest Businesses - Telegraph: "A celebration of the 1,000 mid-sized companies which have weathered the economic storm and are set to be the foundation of the UK's recovery"

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Tuesday, September 13, 2011

iTWire - Portable devices on the house: Australian employers refuse BYOD to employees

iTWire - Portable devices on the house: Australian employers refuse BYOD to employees: "A new study today revealed most employers, in Australia and New Zealand, did not accept BYOD (bring-your-own-device) practices and still preferred to provide their employees with corporate’s mobile devices when needed."

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Sunday, September 11, 2011

Willunga IT firm uses NBN to help customers globally

Willunga IT firm uses NBN to help customers globally: "VANREE Software Consultancy, a technology firm in the NBN first release town of Willunga, SA, is using the National Broadband Network to provide support services for customers as far away as Beijing.

A customer of Internode, VANREE Software provides a broad range of technology support services, from supplying computers and ensuring Internet access to maintaining network security and developing specialised applications."

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Five Essentials of Defending Your Digital Reputation - The Source - WSJ

Five Essentials of Defending Your Digital Reputation - The Source - WSJ: "My recent Harvard Business Review article, “Reputation Warfare”, described various corporate strategies for countering online assaults. Given the often anonymous, easily accessible and rapidly disbursable nature of these attacks, every one of them has the potential to become a crisis, grabbing headlines and spreading instantaneously to millions across Twitter, YouTube, and other social networks.

How well a company manages such events not only prevents against unwarranted damage to its reputation, but also adds value in its own right. A company that handles itself online says much about its ability to execute in this modern age and helps define how a company is perceived."

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Thursday, August 18, 2011

The legal traps of cloud computing

The legal traps of cloud computing - Being unable to retrieve data hosted overseas, downtime stretching for days and recovery costs that reach into the tens of thousands – these are just some of the problems small businesses are now facing when moving into the cloud.

Monday, July 25, 2011

Sales To Offshore Online Retailers Increase 25%: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Frost & Sullivan - Finance

Sales To Offshore Online Retailers Increase 25%: PricewaterhouseCoopers, Frost & Sullivan - Finance: "Australians will spend more than $13.6 billion online in 2011, with almost 45% of sales going to offshore online retailers, a new report reveals.

New research by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Frost & Sullivan reveals sales to offshore online retailers is estimated to hit $6 billion this year, a 25% increase on the $4.8 billion spent last year."

Sunday, July 24, 2011

Small Business Podcasting: 7 Tips to Grow Your Listener Base

Small Business Podcasting: 7 Tips to Grow Your Listener Base: "Sure, Adam Carolla can start a podcast and break the world record for podcast downloads by its second year. But you, sir, are no Adam Carolla. Celebrities aren’t clamoring to visit your garage for an interview, and you didn’t have your own radio show for 10 years. Should you even bother podcasting?"

5 Leadership Lessons from the Battle of the Little Bighorn

5 Leadership Lessons from the Battle of the Little Bighorn: "Chris Glennie, Assistant Director of Marketing (and amateur historian) for LSN, unearthed some valuable leadership lessons while reading up on the Battle of the Little Bighorn..."

Tech start-up Paycycle swallowed up by Xero for .5m - Growth

Tech start-up Paycycle swallowed up by Xero for .5m - Growth: "Australian tech start-up Paycycle, which provides online payroll services, has been snapped up by accountancy software firm Xero for $1.5m, just two years after the company was launched."

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Management Line

Management Line: "The world of work is changing. With the recent downturn, more people have set up their own businesses and are working on their own. More are taking to freelancing and telecommuting. We have entered the age of solitary work. That’s going to be a challenge for everyone.

It’s likely to become more of an issue here with the National Broadband Network. ITWire reports that the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy is looking at ways to encourage Australian businesses and government agencies to encourage more people to telecommute. That might be like turning around a battleship. As reported here, a survey by Macquarie Telecom has found that only 20 per cent of businesses said they saw the ability to offer a different employment model as a major potential benefit of the high-speed network. Indeed, only five per cent said they would definitely do it"

Top 10 Content Rich Ideas for Your Website

Top 10 Content Rich Ideas for Your Website: "If you want to keep your website ranking well within the search engines, you need quality, useful content. "

Rupert Murdoch’s top 10 entrepreneurial moves - Success stories

Rupert Murdoch’s top 10 entrepreneurial moves - Success stories: "Rupert Murdoch could’ve eased into a well-heeled retirement in the past decade, quietly slipping away to one of his many properties and handing over the reins to son James, who, until the past two weeks, appeared to be his heir apparent.

Instead, the 80-year-old has remained News Corporation CEO, recently experiencing what he called “the most humble day of my life” on Tuesday when he was hauled in front of British MPs to answer questions about his newspapers’ phone hacking exploits.

Murdoch’s hesitant performance, which at times bordered on the excruciating, highlighted serious flaws in the way his company is run."

Tips to small business success

Tips to small business success: "Love it or hate it, the great message I got out of Forrest Gump was: “Don’t let anyone tell you that you can’t do something”.

But even more importantly ... “Run, Forrest! Run!”"

Tuesday, July 05, 2011

Business mentoring scheme launches - Telegraph

Business mentoring scheme launches - Telegraph: "Over 200 current and former bank managers have volunteered to form the core of a national mentoring scheme being rolled out today by the largest high street banks."

Monday, June 20, 2011

10 things every start-up leader must do - Leadership

10 things every start-up leader must do - Leadership: "As a global serial entrepreneur, consultant, educator and author, Tom McKaskill admits the road to building a million dollar business is a hard one."

Friday, June 17, 2011

NBN Co approval of $9b Telstra deal goes down to the wire

NBN Co approval of $9b Telstra deal goes down to the wire: "THE board of the government company seeking a $9 billion deal with Telstra may approve the finalised document today, opening the way for Telstra to start the irreversible process of separating its copper network."

Top 5 Foursquare Mistakes Committed By Small Businesses : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum

Top 5 Foursquare Mistakes Committed By Small Businesses : Technology :: American Express OPEN Forum: "Foursquare is a free platform for merchants to use to engage and incentivize customers, but only if done right. Here's what not to do as you embark on your Foursquare marketing endeavors."

Tuesday, June 14, 2011

Online educational roadshow kicks off | Dynamic Business – Small Business Advice – Forums | Dynamic Business Australia

Online educational roadshow kicks off | Dynamic Business – Small Business Advice – Forums | Dynamic Business Australia: "Rural and regional SMBs are gearing up for the arrival of an educational road show designed to give them the tools and knowledge to achieve success online."

Australian Small Business Shys Away From Online Marketing | NISER

Australian Small Business Shys Away From Online Marketing | NISER: "A solid majority of Australia’s SMEs don’t use email, a web site or any other aspect of the internet, a recent research report has found…staggering!!
Talk about missed opportunities — the report also shows that the average Australian now spends nearly 18 hours a week online. This report studied the habits of an estimated 1.6 million small and medium-sized businesses with 20 less employees.
40% of SMEs shun the internet in all shapes and forms. This is concrete proof that business owners are missing out on the online marketing opportunities.
Small-to-medium sized businesses make up 80% of Australia’s businesses. They’re a group with limited resources for marketing, spending an average of $5,813 on marketing in 2009, the report said.
• Only 34% of those surveyed have a stand-alone website.
• 26% have progressed into online marketing, with a website and movement toward e-commerce and search marketing.
• These businesses spent 37% of the their marketing budget on online tools such as video and Pay Per Click advertising (Google AdWords), with most planning to increase their online marketing this year.
• Businesses that market online are far more likely to track their ROI.
What are you doing to promote your business online?
See John at www.onlinemarketizing.com for more information."

Australian Small Business Shys Away From Online Marketing | NISER

Australian Small Business Shys Away From Online Marketing | NISER: "A solid majority of Australia’s SMEs don’t use email, a web site or any other aspect of the internet, a recent research report has found…staggering!!
Talk about missed opportunities — the report also shows that the average Australian now spends nearly 18 hours a week online. This report studied the habits of an estimated 1.6 million small and medium-sized businesses with 20 less employees.
40% of SMEs shun the internet in all shapes and forms. This is concrete proof that business owners are missing out on the online marketing opportunities.
Small-to-medium sized businesses make up 80% of Australia’s businesses. They’re a group with limited resources for marketing, spending an average of $5,813 on marketing in 2009, the report said.
• Only 34% of those surveyed have a stand-alone website.
• 26% have progressed into online marketing, with a website and movement toward e-commerce and search marketing.
• These businesses spent 37% of the their marketing budget on online tools such as video and Pay Per Click advertising (Google AdWords), with most planning to increase their online marketing this year.
• Businesses that market online are far more likely to track their ROI.
What are you doing to promote your business online?
See John at www.onlinemarketizing.com for more information."

Sunday, May 29, 2011

PRICE-BABSON SYMPOSIUM FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATORS

PRICE-BABSON SYMPOSIUM FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP EDUCATORS: "63 entrepreneurs and educators will be at Babson from May 30 – June 3 to participate in the Price-Babson Symposium for Entrepreneurship Educators.

As the recognized leader in entrepreneurship education, Babson College seeks to raise the quality, the content and the process of teaching entrepreneurship through our Symposia for Entrepreneurship Educators’ (SEE) programs. Our flagship program, Price-Babson SEE, is now offered twice a year on campus."

Dun and Bradstreet Small Business - Federal Budget 2011: What's in it for SMEs

Dun and Bradstreet Small Business - Federal Budget 2011: What's in it for SMEs

Sunday, May 01, 2011

Telstra says small business falling behind

Telstra says small business falling behind: "Telstra says small business is dragging its feet on takeup of new technology, with thousands of firms still not using computers or mobile phones."

Thursday, April 28, 2011

CFO - Should my business be in the Cloud?

CFO - Should my business be in the Cloud?: "At the micro business level it would be fair to say that online accounting rocks – if you are a small business owner and the business has few transactions that need to be recorded – a corner shop perhaps, then an online solution is probably pretty good – the issues of backups etc. are not yours, and your accountant can look at things remotely."

Sunday, April 10, 2011

The 10 Best Entrepreneurship Courses of 2011

The 10 Best Entrepreneurship Courses of 2011: "The 10 Best Entrepreneurship Courses of 2011
University courses in entrepreneurship are better—more useful, more real, more likely to produce actual companies—than they have ever been. Here"