What does the budget mean for your small business?
Following our breakdown of the budget yesterday, let’s take a deeper dive into some of the specifics that will affect you as a small business owner. Even with a mixed bag that tended toward mediocrity for small business owners, there are some serious considerations for…
Some unusual tips for starting a small business
Being an entrepreneur has been a hot topic for the last few years and it seems everyone wants to dabble in the space. Certainly, there are some great reasons for this interest and there are a variety of factors driving people to wanting to start…
Five easy tips to boost your marketing
Regardless of whether your small business is a new or established one, marketing can play an important role in its success. Marketing can help you grow and retain your customer base, increase awareness and strengthen your brand. Here are five easy ways to market your…
Bootstrap funding vs. Investment funding
This is a searing question for the trepidatious would-be entrepreneur about to ‘startup’ their first startup. It will change the very nature of the company, how much influence you have, how much capital you have and how it will grow – so it’s not something…
Why your business needs POS software
Point of Sale (POS) Software is the brain that powers a customer facing retail or hospitality business. Combined with a POS terminal (which could include tablets, card readers, barcode scanners, monitors and cash drawers) you find yourself in possession of a fully weaponised POS System…
5 ways to ease your small business pain
Feel that sting? That’s small business pain. It comes in many forms and there are ways to manage this hurt… Consider the following business improvements to stave off or relieve your small business aches. 1) Random marketing? Schedule your social media and content It’s a…
This is the sound of 1000 Aussie small businesses…
We polled 1150 Australian small businesses to get inside their heads. Now you don’t have to. Here’s what we unturned: 1) We are resilient 45 percent of those interviewed have had a business fail on them. Despite the fail-rate, the local small business landscape continues…
Firing your staff over a facebook comment? Beware
2 recent cases of employees being fired over facebook and email ‘violations’ have won cases against their dismissal. What can you learn from their mistakes? On the surface these cases were open and shut for the HR personnel involved – but a few quirks of…