Digital
Free Google tools to enhance your digital marketing
Google has lots of tools to help you build and expand your business through your website and SEO, as well as analyse the results of your content and advertising.
Marketing
Data analytics are not so hard for small businesses
While data analytics often sounds like a complex process, SMB owners will be pleasantly surprised to find out just how simple – and affordable – it can be.
News
Adwords: How Google’s announcement will affect your business
Google is changing the game for Google Adwords and pushing their paid advertising platform to a new level.
Features
Is tech in your business plan? It should be
If you’re a small business owner, chances are you’re time-poor. In fact, recent studies by Yellow have suggested that small business owners are amongst the most stressed and overstretched of all Australians. So, if you’re starting a business and don’t want to be another statistic it makes sense to include technology in your business plan.… Read more »
Features
SEO vs. SEM: what’s the difference when marketing to regional communities?
When you’re based in a regional area, chances are your immediate local community is pretty close-knit. While this helps in building a loyal customer base, it’s tricky to extend the reach of your business in a cost-effective way using traditional marketing. After all, direct mail or sales calls aren’t as easy (or even as practical)… Read more »
Features
5 essential tools for business success in 2019
Whether it’s to do with handling finances, preparing payslips, organising client communication or scheduling social media ads – any business can benefit from a range of online tools that help boost productivity, cut costs and improve efficiency. Let’s take a look at some of the top tools that can set your business up for success… Read more »
Features
Why small businesses can’t afford to ignore artificial intelligence
From cloud accounting solutions to marketing automation, Australia’s small businesses are benefiting from the transformative powers of Artificial Intelligence (AI). If your small business is yet to adopt AI you could be missing out. Modern businesses operate in a sphere where artificial intelligence (AI) is commonplace. It provides time-saving features, personalises marketing campaigns, detects threats… Read more »
Digital
10 essential WordPress Plugins you need to add now
Many readers of my articles host their websites on WordPress and so today I want to give you my recommendations of the top 10 essential WordPress plugins to add to your business website. I will show you what each of them can offer you – from interactivity to better security and help with SEO. Yoast… Read more »
Features
5 hacks to improve your small business marketing results
From SEO to understanding analytics to syncing sales and marketing data… Follow these tips and tricks to help your small business deliver killer marketing campaigns without the big price tag. When times get tough and you’re running your business on a tight budget, marketing is sometimes the first pillar to fall by the wayside. Many… Read more »
Features
The end of the financial year: Time to sharpen up, not slow down
With the end of the financial year approaching, it’s crunch time for many small business owners, and it’s easy to get lost in deadlines and paperwork while letting other priorities slide. It’s imperative however not to let go of attention to detail, which can ultimately jeopardise customer acquisition. Focus on the processes you already have… Read more »
Features
How to use the power of data science in small business
Data science can add some much-needed value to small business. In our tech-driven world, there are massive amounts of data – both online and offline – waiting to be found, analysed and put to good use. Small businesses can leverage data science tools and processes (that don’t cost the earth) to help grow their business.… Read more »
Experts
These platforms will help your business tackle the Amazon tiger
Whilst Australia generally lags behind world leaders in retail ‘best practice’, the arrival of Amazon is sure to change that, with local businesses needing to be more nimble and customer service focused to be in with a chance of keeping up. “Amazon’s entry will mean an increase in customer expectations across the board. It should… Read more »
