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Working from home has many advantages, besides being able to keep you pyjamas on all day. Even full time office workers are working remotely from home in greater numbers these days.
Being able to dive straight into your work without a lengthy commute is a time and money saving joy, but working from h...
Up until now, making your website responsive was seen as an optional luxury to many small businesses. This is because most people were still browsing the Internet on their desktop or laptop computer. Based on the latest statistics from StatCounter, in the past year mobile browser usage comprise...
Most small business owners start out with a tight budget, trying to do everything themselves, and working 16 hour days.
This is often not the most productive way for you to be operating nor does it make the best use of your entrepreneurial skills. This is why it is important to work smarter in your b...
These days business is moving pretty quickly and the compliance world is changing at a crazy pace too with new legislation, reporting requirements and ways to connect coming into play every year.
The area of IT and the humble PC is also changing with the new Windows 10 on the way, Windows 8 and 8.1 w...
Organising and running an event takes a lot of planning. Whether it is a conference, seminar or product launch, the success of your event lies in the details. Here are some things to consider when planning your small business event.
Determine the purpose of your event
Before you can start planning a s...
This week we were fortunate enough to listen to a webinar run by Nick Bowditch, Twitter Australia’s SME Brand Specialist. This particular webinar was about how small businesses can use twitter to engage customers and grow their business.
It was interesting to find out that Australian small busin...
Did you know that the majority of customers decide whether to go with a particular business based entirely on their first phone interaction with them?
A survey of 1,000 Australians by Office HQ found that a mishandled phone call doesn’t only impact the caller, as the vast majority will tell...
Businesses are constantly trying to find ways to boost their productivity. There are many ways to do this which range from simply learning to plan and prioritise well, to investing in various software packages and smartphone applications. Here are some tips to help you increase productivity in...
Tax Compliance has been costing small to medium sized businesses up to $18.4 million per year, so in an attempt to cut call waiting times and provide consistent advice the Australian Tax Office (ATO) has developed an online ‘newsroom’ to inform businesses about their tax and super obligations.
The ne...
Email marketing is a great way to actively make contact with your customers if you do it well. Email allows you to send direct mail with no print or postage cost. It is also much easier to track the response rate to an email than it is to track physical mail. You can use this form of communication w...
The ATO has selected you for a tax audit. That is the kind of letter or phone call that most small business owners don’t want to get. An audit is never easy, but keeping things organised and communicating well with your accountant can help you through the process with a bit more confidence.
When the ...
It is becoming increasingly more important for businesses of all shapes and sizes to have an online presence, but despite this many smaller business are choosing not to make this part of their strategy.
A lot of small business owners see their business as being able to operate completely offline, usi...
Making sure you’ve got safe backups of your Cashflow Manager files is important, and backing up your files is something you should be doing regularly.
Ideally, you should do it every time you finish using the program. The safest place to make a backup is to an external hard drive that’s completely se...
