Australian small businesses face many challenges when seeking venture capital funding, or lines of credit. Typically, financing options are restricted to banks and financial institutions. The rigmarole that you are subjected to can prove disheartening, and hamstring your business ideas before they take root. Australian banks require stringent criteria to be met before they approve […]
Continue readingTraffic and Your Online Store Traffic is important for any online store that’s looking to succeed. There’s just no arguing that. If you want your ecommerce site to do well, you need to receive a lot of traffic on a regular basis. This goal doesn’t have to be difficult or particularly time-consuming, however. Businesses that […]
Continue readingFood is the basic necessity of every human. Not everyone gets time on a daily basis to leave home to buy groceries or go out to a restaurant only to wait in a queue. Internet-based food ordering businesses are thriving on this limitation as they let customers order food from the comforts of home and […]
Continue readingToday, most, if not all businesses understand the importance of climate change. Our ever-increasing consumption of natural resources is widely accepted to be unsustainable, and businesses are having to adapt in order to meet changing customer demands and new governmental policy. In the past year alone, sales of consumer goods from brands with a demonstrated […]
Continue readingThis is Part 3 of 3 in this blog post series about Selling Your Business in 2016. You can find Part 1 here and Part 2 here! In the previous two posts in this three-part series, we discussed the importance of early and thorough preparation, and the need to start with a realistic understanding of […]
Continue readingThis is Part 2 of 3 in this blog post series about Selling Your Business in 2016. You can find Part 1 here! While selling a business can be one of the biggest steps you ever take, it doesn’t need to be stressful or overly complicated. In fact, by following the steps outlined below, it […]
Continue readingThis is Part 1 of 3 in this blog post series about Selling Your Business in 2016. Stay tuned for part 2 and 3! All indicators point to 2016 being a banner year for selling your business. 2014 and 2015 have seen accelerated M&A activity across the board in comparison to earlier recession years, while interest […]
Continue readingThose of us who work primarily online can sometimes develop a kind of tunnel vision. When we think “retail,” we’re actually thinking about e-commerce. When we think “publicity,” we’re automatically thinking about guest blogging, link building, and SEO. And when we think “advertising”… well, we don’t like to think about that do we? But, as […]
Continue readingFinding the most suitable candidate for a job role is one of the most challenging aspects of being a small business owner. Recruitment can be an arduous and frustrating task at the best of times. As well as advertising the role in the right places, you’ll need to filter through numerous applications, make a judgement about every candidate’s […]
Continue readingEverybody writes their resumes in ways that enhance their best qualities and obscures their weaknesses. In the same vein, people answer interview questions in the most self-flattering way possible. This behavior is perfectly acceptable and should be expected from recruiters and business managers. The problem comes when interviewees tell out and out falsehoods about their […]
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