Make Money With A Unique Business Idea Have you ever had an idea for a unique product or service, only to dismiss it as ‘silly’? You’re not alone. Only sometimes, it may not be as silly as you think! Where would we be today if George de Mestral hadn’t been fascinated by the way burrs […]
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What Are The Advantages Of Keeping A Business Car Log Book? As a busy business owner, probably wearing multiple hats, the last thing on your mind is filling in your car log! However, there are some very good reasons for trying to make the time. In the past, there were a few different ways of
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How To Define And Meet Your Sales Targets The words ‘sales targets’ can strike fear into the heart of some, while enthusing and motivating others. Either way, if you’re in business, they are something you have to have and, to be successful, have to meet. As with everything in life, a target or goal gives
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Before we answer those questions, we should probably clarify exactly what information goes into an Employee Handbook. Whether you call it a company manual, staff manual or employee handbook, it’s basically a document given to employees to help them understand the organisation’s policies and procedures. Broken down into generic and specific sections, the book may
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An interesting debate in the media lately has been the effectiveness of social media for business, especially as far as SMEs are concerned. There are those who are for using social media extensively, and those that argue its not worth it, but the question should actually be ‘how much social media do we need?’ There is no
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So, you’ve achieved your dream of running your own business. There’s so much to do and you’re always busy. In fact, there’s not much time for anything else these days. The thing is, to enable your business to flourish and grow, you need to make time to invest in yourself, and your skills. The world
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If you’re in business, you probably spend a lot of time coming up with money-saving ideas. There must be ways of reducing those costs and overheads, right? Well, one of the most obvious is right under your nose. Implementing a well planned recycling policy could save you thousands of dollars a year, whilst also boosting
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In business, as in life, there are ups and downs, good days and bad. In commerce, this is known as the Boom and Bust Cycle. The secret to success is to learn how to survive those periods. The Boom and Bust Cycle can affect any sized organisation in any industry, but it’s the small to
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Don’t you just love it when ‘experts’ make sensational claims that prove to be, well, wrong! For years now we’ve been hearing that ‘print is dead’ and ‘magazines are dead’, yet they’re still here. In fact, if statistics are anything to go by, magazine readership is up. Roy Morgan recently announced that Australian magazine print
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A recent survey has revealed that one of the top home-based jobs for 2017 is writing and selling an eBook. Who would have thought it! Very different from writing and publishing traditional books, this is a great outlet for somebody with a lot of industry knowledge. And a handy source of extra income for your
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