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Here are six powerful benefits that CRM automation can unlock for your business

Preparing for growth requires a combination of strategies deliberately pushing a company towards new achievements. CRM automation is one strategy that keeps showing up wherever remarkable growth is taking place.
Vistaprint dives deeper into design, joining forces with 99designs

Vistaprint dives deeper into design, joining forces with the creative platform, 99designs

The combination of 99designs’ large network of talented freelance designers and Vistaprint’s more than 20 million customers will create a global platform which will make it easy for small businesses to access both professional design services and great marketing products in one place.

Google Glasses: Coming soon to an eye near you

Today, hardly anybody steps out of their homes without their mobiles and that could become equally true of Google Glasses.

Marketing your content or service but not your brand [PODCAST]

PreneurCast is a business podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet marketing and...

Telstra: 62% of Aussies will stop considering a business if it doesn’t have an...

Drawing on the 2018 Telstra Small Business Intelligence Report, Telstra Executive Director, Small Business, Brendan Donohoe said the evidence showed small businesses were missing critical opportunities to meet the wants and needs of the contemporary consumer.

Here are 5 tips on how to market your small business to consumers

Small businesses usually find it difficult to drag their account from the red to the black. Consumers are usually...

FIVE INSANELY OBVIOUS FUNNEL FILLERS FOR B2B

In the endless pursuit of ‘new leads’, far too many business owners and professionals in the B2B space overlook the obvious. That’s...

Ultimate guide to offline and online customer engagement

Every business owner understands the importance of the customer experience. Creating a consistent, reliable customer experience can build trust and loyalty, which helps your business reach success in the long run.

For success, reality must take precedence over public relations

There are way too many people out there in business bullshitting to themselves, their staff and their customers. The simple truth is that if you run your business like its amateur hour, no matter how much you want to fool yourself and your customers into thinking that you’re smart and good at what you do, eventually you will stumble and the truth will out.

At 31, Steve Jobs had a moment of insight. He shared it in a...

There is no doubt that technology is changing education. Sugata Mitra has a vision for how education needs to change from this moment onwards. But, back...

Once a terrible employee, she’s now an innovative entrepreneur revolutionising the arts world

Juliet Rosser was a self-described “terrible employee” in her past career. However, after making the life-changing decision to work for herself, she has found...

Here are 5 ways how your business can use video to boost employee engagement

Considering millennials and Gen Zs will make up 50% of the global workforce by 2020, and already account for the highest consumers of video content – spending between 18 - 53 minutes a week watching videos – it makes sense for companies to communicate with them in a way they can relate to.

Here are key personalisation tactics to improve customer engagements

Customers today are faced with an overwhelming number of choices in everything they do. The digitisation of everything has led to consumers...

How to get the most from customer experience (CX) in this coronavirus climate

As the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates a business-critical need in Australia to pivot services and embrace digital technologies, there’s a risk that too many businesses...

Here are 6 low-budget marketing strategies every start-up can afford

Your start-up's future relies heavily upon your marketing strategies, and if you have a low budget, your options might seem limited.

Sorry, Mum — Mother’s Day spending will be a little tight this year

Last year's Mother's Day gifts of showy bling and fancy perfume will likely give way to chocolates and bouquets. It's not that we love you any less, Mum. It's the economy, y'know.

Is your business losing profits? Here are tips and ideas [PODCAST]

PreneurCast is a business podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet marketing and...

Will this innovation usher real estate marketing into the digital age? [VIDEO]

Sign guru, Pierce Cody, is changing how Australians sell property with the first digital signage for real estate that can be updated anytime and anywhere

Marketing is like dating: how to take your prospects from Tinder to ‘Netflix and...

Marketing is much like dating. There are a series of steps and events that must take place in order for a relationship to develop and get more serious.

These are the 5 primary steps to follow in whiteboard video production [SPONSORED]

Whatever may be your personal opinion about whiteboard videos, one thing is for sure. And that is the fact that there is truly something hypnotic and fixing about whiteboard videos, especially a well-made one.
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How Master the Art of Sales Even if it Makes You...

The art of selling is a social minefield. Have you ever been on the wrong end of a ham-fisted, awkward or just plain obnoxious sales conversation? Of course you have! Why is it that some sales conversations magically delight, while others make us want to manically bolt for the door? This Phil Anderson FREE CHEAT SHEET will help you to master the art of sales!

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Want more credibility and influence? Unlock the 12 principles of persuasion...

Have you ever felt uncomfortable with sales? Or maybe you have found yourself feeling awkward at a networking event? Perhaps your marketing activities just...

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New Zealand’s Xero eyes US IPO, further disruption as subscribers increase...

Xero recently held its annual meeting in Wellington, during which the company revealed some interesting details about its future. As has been widely suspected, the...

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