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Does it really take a business 150+ hours of work per year to succeed...

Digital and social media company makeovers are the right solution for Australian small business success - that’s the conclusion of a survey by American Express. The company has run a competition named “Take Off” for Australian businesses. The prize for the winning small business owner is a digital and social facelift.

If you have an innovation to cut carbon and energy consumption, the Cleantech Program...

The Australian Clean Technologies Competition is part of the government’s push to make Australia an economy that is big on efficiency, but small on carbon. It wants innovators who can help reduce resource and energy consumption in business as a way to get there.

To earn online, go for BPO, mobile apps or open standards web development, but...

When the economy gets tough, providing services over the Internet just gets better, according to a survey from Freelancer.com for the first quarter of 2012. The number of jobs listed rose from 140,000 to 170,000 in the first quarter of 2012. Some roles are star performers.

If you can handle the split personality, born-again ilab offers up to $20,000 to...

ilab is back. It's got shiny new offices in Indooroopilly in inner Brisbane, and a new menu of programs to start, grow and commercialise businesses. Queenslanders interested need to get their skates on. Applications are closing soon.

The zombie apocalypse is looming. What can you do about it?

Barricade the doors! Nail some boards over the windows, and start running? Really? Is that all you've got? It doesn't have to be. Sensis is offering $2,500 in prize money to the designer of the best app to get us through a zombie apocalypse. Read on anti-zombie warriors!

It's a mobile kind of magic. Startup weekend Adelaide discovers some magic, then makes...

Adelaide's Startup Weekend in March found some interesting and commercially viable new mobile apps.

Apps to help businesses plan, impress dates, annotate fridges and fill bars; all winners...

So, who won the big prizes at the Sydney Hackathon? Apps that help everything from planning a great date, to organising the internet were awarded. Plus, Eric Bae shares his five point success plan that helped him score the major award and a $10,000 investment.

Now you can get your condoms like your mobile phone subscription and measure your...

Big Richard Industries Pty Ltd has launched a monthly condom subscription to combat embarrassment about buying condoms. The company cites a recent NSW Health report that of people aged 20-29, only 40.51% of people admit they always use condoms during sex. Its deduction was that problems of availability and awkwardness of over the counter sales were to blame, and that it could offer another solution.

How to move the online goal posts and become the most downloaded app in...

Australian software start-up company PlayUp offers sports and media personalities the opportunity to monetise their social networks, by linking them to premium “pay-per-play” content that already interweaves sport and social interactivity. The PlayUp app is now in the top five downloaded apps in 80 countries and number one in 30 countries.

Serial entrepreneur helps QLD small businesses embrace the digital era

Queensland businesses that are not online have been given an opportunity to leap into digital era, with a state-wide program to help train businesses. Skills Queensland is running a state-wide program called "Get Up to Speed" for the next 12 months that is designed to help businesses embrace online.
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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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Strategic Alliances with Simone Novello [FREE INFOGRAPHIC]

Have you heard the often touted claim that the average lifespan of a business is two years? Have you ever wondered why that is? Often, it’s because, in the rush and intensity of starting up, business owners get caught up in day-to-day op-erations and overlook fast growth opportunities, like strategic partnerships. In this FREE INFOGRAPHIC, Simone Novello helps to answer your three most common questions about how to harness the power of... FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS.

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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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