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Digital
This article provides some quick tips and strategies to help both online and brick-and-mortar retailers get up to speed on how to capitalise on seasonal activities, festivities and holiday shopping patterns.
Features
With 50 staff and two small businesses, like so many others my world was turned upside down. The last three months has definitely thrown up serious challenges, many of which we have never had to face before and hopefully never face again, writes Sam Wood wellbeing expert and founder of 28 by Sam. Being given… Read more »
News
Businesses are both consumers and curators of content on LinkedIn. Whether deliberating on the best content format to reach target markets or wading through the newsfeed as a consumer, all will be confronted with a plethora of choices, quality of content, formats and opinions, writes LinkedIn expert and Founder of DARE Group Australia, Sue Parker.… Read more »
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How much money are you spending on subscriptions? If you’re like me, you probably don’t know. A new app, GetReminded, aims to change all that and save you a bundle while you’re at it. A free app for desktop, iOS and Android smartphones, GetReminded allows users to set reminders for when it’s time to renew… Read more »
Business Advice
Small businesses need to manage cash flow carefully however many are losing money due to poor invoice processing and manual accounts payable practices, according to Upstream. Paul Fletcher, solutions specialist, Upstream, said, losses can soon add up. “Due to errors that creep in during manual data entry, while misplaced invoices or lengthy approval workflows can… Read more »
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There is ambiguity surrounding what Customer Experience (CX) really means. Essentially, CX is a tool, used to build a client base, beginning with the first impression a customer has and growing to define their end-to-end experience with a business or corporation. Because CX is an umbrella for so much, including advertisements, website usability, and product… Read more »
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In today’s world, cash is no longer King – as consumers move to an increasingly cashless society.
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Document productivity startup, Nitro, has found Aussie employees are wasting valuable hours battling outdated tech, mired in unnecessary meetings and trapped in poor workflow. Nitro, surveyed more than 1,000 Australian office workers to better understand the productivity challenges faced by employees and discovered five primary pain points. 59 per cent of employees reported outdated processes,… Read more »
Finance
Australian small businesses (SMBs) are wasting, on average, 216 hours, or 29 working days, a year counting and banking cash, a report has found. Meanwhile, the report, based on a survey of more than 1,000 consumers and 400 SMB owners around Australia commissioned by payments company Square, found that 77 per cent of consumers are… Read more »
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As the fuss over the Federal Government’s $443.8 million funding grant to the Great Barrier Reef Foundation has highlighted, the public is increasingly interested in where charities are spending their money and, in particular, how much is actually going to aiding their specified causes (think, perhaps, of the times you or someone you know has… Read more »
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In a nationwide survey of Aussie tech users, Canon Australia found 50 per cent of Australians avoid setting up their tech products because it’s just too stressful. “We found that Aussies chose setting up their printers as the third most stressful menial task in their lives – just after doing their taxes and setting up… Read more »
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For some entrepreneurs to be let down by unscrupulous suppliers is a rite of passage, but let’s call it what it is: a rip-off that should have never happened. Here are Christie Whitehill’s five tips to avoiding supplier disappointments. Unfortunately, being ripped off and let down by suppliers is not unusual. For example, in my… Read more »