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Choosing your own work hours, deciding which projects you take on, and possibly even pursuing your passion. Sounds like the ideal work situation, right? With a little creativity, you could be running your own business from home sooner than you think.
For many, working from home became the new normal ...
Running a small business always comes with its challenges, and with the arrival of a new year comes the added pressure to assess how you’re doing things, and where you’ll go next. Regardless of the industry you’re in, the size of your company or the amount of success you’ve experienced so far, here ...
Growing your client base is great, but it can take time away from the day-to-day operations of your business. One way to minimise the problem? Referrals and returning clients.
If you’re a small business owner or freelancer, you’d know that some of the highest praise from a client includes them return...
Seed rounds, venture capital, angel investors… what does it all mean? Finding investors can be daunting for any start-up, but with a little practice, you’ll be comfortable in no time.
You might have the best business idea in the world, but without the funding to pursue it, it’s not going to become th...
For small businesses and freelancers, finding clients is only half of the struggle. Managing your payments can be tricky at the best of times, and the problem is only made worse when payments are late. Here’s what to do if your clients aren’t punctual with pay.
From trades, to media, to agriculture –...
It’s natural to become attached to a project you’re working on, and when you’ve started your own business, there are plenty of good reasons for doing so. But doing too much work has its downsides – so how do you strike the right work-life balance?
Work-life balance is often held up as a glorious idea...
Some people love networking; others can’t stand it. Regardless, most see it as necessary in the world of business.
In an article last year, Forbes claimed that networking is crucial to any career: that it’s “not only about trading information… [it] serves as an avenue to create long-te...
In 2020, digital marketing is a must for any small business. Yes, time and money can be a barrier to being competitive online, but the alternative – not having a digital presence whatsoever – has the potential to harm your offline marketing efforts, as many consumers will search businesses onli...
Whatever stage your business is in, an apprentice or trainee could be what you need – particularly if you’re expecting to grow soon, or are simply looking for an employee that’s enthusiastic about knowing the industry inside out. Before hiring an apprentice, here are five things to keep in mind.
1. K...
The new “working-from-home economy” is predicted to continue long past the pandemic that prompted it. That’s not all: e-commerce has likely changed forever as online shopping boomed during lockdowns; Zoom meetings and get-togethers are now commonplace; and we all now know ho...
It has been more than 20 years since the GST was introduced in Australia, and despite all the fears about how we would work out how much to pay for birthday cakes and pre-prepared salads, the implementation of the broad-based tax has run very smoothly.
If you’re a consumer it’s simple – GST is added ...
Company t-shirts, stress balls, pens: we all have them, and we’re bound to collect more as time goes on. Branded merchandise is still a go-to for many businesses looking to increase brand recall among their audience, but times have changed since its invention.
With the world more digitised than ever ...
Few events have as big an impact on the global economy than a pandemic. Almost every industry has been affected by COVID-19, whether negatively or positively; and for some, it simply prompted a closer look at how they – or their business – operated.
When the initial wave struck, supply chains were sh...
