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Christmas is just around the corner! And no doubt you (and many businesses out there) are probably wondering whether to pause your advertising over the Christmas period or not. At first glance it seems like a logical step to take, given that everyone’s expecting that people won’t be shopping or spending as much over Christmas.
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It never stops in small business, it’s like spinning plates; you just get one going and you have to run over to another that’s got a bad case of the wobbles. As the end of the financial year, (EOFY) approaches the plates increase with the myriad of things you need to do and opportunities to
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Great news for small Queensland-based businesses – you could get a government funded grant of up to $10,000 (excluding GST). The program has been designed by the Office of Small Business, Department of Tourism, Major Events, Small Business and the Commonwealth Games to help the eligible business to put themselves in a stronger position against
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Digital marketing agency, SponsoredLinX, has taken out a Stevie® Award in the fourth annual Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards. Pitted against 700 organisations from across the Asia-Pacific region, the award-winning digital marketing agency were selected by a panel of more than 50 executives from around the world for their Excellence in Innovation in Business Products and Services.
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Lord Mayor’s Business Awards finalists announced A competitive field of Brisbane’s best and most dynamic businesses has been unveiled by Lord Mayor Graham Quirk today as the finalists for the 11th Lord Mayor’s Business Awards. Cr Quirk said the 51 finalists from 10 categories recognised in the prestigious awards ranged from small to medium business to some of
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“How did I miss that?” At some stage you’ve likely asked yourself this exact question. Missed what, exactly? I am referring to digital and technological developments. Believe it or not, there are still small businesses that do not own a website and have zero presence online. The innovation and advancements we are now seeing affect
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There is an old adage that ‘a [tradesman] is only as good as his tools’. I find this to be quite poignant, as I enjoy tinkering on my cars and bikes on the weekends – and the one thing I find that has let me down in the past is poor quality tools. Alongside that,
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In today’s dynamic society, culture has evolved over the years from primitive to digital. Communication and culture both have a large effect in the workplace which allows others to gain access to information on a scale we have never seen or experienced before. Throughout the last couple of decades different communication forms have taken place
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Patch that hole in your budget bag! Ever wondered if you are wasting money on your AdWords advertising? Erin Sagin for Wordstream states that, “the typical business wastes 25% or more of their total paid searches spend”. This is a problem and trying to figure out wasted spend on Google AdWords can be challenging. Here
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