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Eight ways you should be using LinkedIn to generate business to business sales leads
LinkedIn allows you to showcase who you are and what your business is about with a company page. Use your page to build a brand narrative to be proud of. Post status updates and share content that is valuable to your prospects. One of the coolest features you must not ignore is the “services” or “products” tabs which showcase your solutions.
How to turn your book notes into reviews [PODCAST]
PreneurCast is a marketing podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet marketing and...
GST on online purchases? All good things must come to an end, except for...
Love your online shopping? So do many Australians. With an estimated growth rate of 12.6% per year,Australia’s e-commerce is growing fast. Online spending is...
Who will own the future of media? If it’s not Fairfax, could it be...
It's been an unhappy week for Fairfax shareholders. And a disconcerting one for traditional media proprietors. No-one can deny that something bigger is at play. However, with every new disruption there is opportunity. So, who will own the future of media?
An Aussie tech start-up that is shaking up the huge US rental market is...
Property Connect, an Australian real estate tech start-up that is shaking up the huge US rental market, is set to raise A$2.5 million as it lists on the ASX
Expert says the workplace bullying blame game is bleeding millions out of the economy
“If we are to truly address the problems associated with workplace bullying and its cost to the economy, we need to broaden our focus beyond punitive measures and how we deal with incidents once they have occurred,” Dr Gutierrez said.
This Australian cloud-based software lets you manage your business remotely, even while abroad on...
Australian company, simPRO has developed a cloud-based job management system that is responsible for the surge in business owners that are managing their companies...
ingogo wins over top investors as it plays catch-up with goCatch
The race to get the most compelling taxi app to your nearest smart-phone is revving up. Ingogo is playing catch-up with goCatch, the iPhone app that won the $50,000 top prize at Tech23 last month. But it may have stolen a march by attracting marquee investors.
The Go2 People seek to raise $12m for expansion ahead of potential ASX listing
Perth-based labour hire and residential building group, The GO2 People, is seeking to raise $12 million to support its growth and expansion plans ahead of its intention to list on the Australian Securities Exchange in September.
New payment app attracts local and international investment to reinvent how groups manage money
Following the successful growth of fintech PayBox in Israel, the next evolution localised for Australia, PayK is now available for download.
Tips and benefits of networking [PODCAST]
PreneurCast is a marketing podcast. Each week, author and marketer Pete Williams and digital media producer Dom Goucher discuss entrepreneurship, business, internet marketing and...
Oh, so you’re not ticking anyone off huh? Then you just aren’t trying hard...
The mark of a visionary leader is someone who’s not swayed off track when thumbs up go swiftly south. Trying to remain popular can all too often stand in the way of being effective. If you want to leave a legacy, you have to be willing to take the heat.
7 tips for helping your business survive and thrive
Every business owner knows the importance of running a profitable and lean team, but when was the last time you took the pulse of...
Fruit Box Group is set to deliver 25,000 boxes of fresh food to 1,000...
Under the initiative, The Fruit Box Group will donate 25,000 boxes of fresh fruit, vegetables, milk and bread over the course of 2017. The group is investing up to $400,000 in the pilot program in Melbourne.
How Snackable is aiming to become ‘the Netflix of bite-sized content’ for millenials
Sydney company Kontented wants to become “the Netflix of bite-sized content” aimed at the millennial generation with its mobile youth web platform and video network, SnackableTV.
Legal: Structure for success
So the blood, sweat and tears of the last five years has finally paid off and you have developed the next big thing. You...
The budget, the mining tax, falling shares… why is the government “all over the...
RMIT economist Sinclair Davidson talks about the latest employment figures, which look positive. He criticises the mining super tax, saying the government is all over the place on the issue and questions assertions in the Federal Budget that we are headed back for a surplus.
Flinders University Director Nabs Best Entrepreneurial Educator Award as school serves up new opportunities...
Few of us are born knowing how to operate a business. That means we turn to mentors and educators to learn to navigate the...
Rethinking entrepreneurship for the next decade
The world is currently eyeball-deep in a period of technological disruption that is unparalleled in human history. This is creating a smorgasbord of opportunities for those entrepreneurs who have the balls to innovate, writes Steve Anderson.
What will it take to get innovation back on track?
“Open innovation” isn't a term you associate with Australia. We don't even fund it anymore. When we used to, it was called Innovation Exchange. But it collapsed. Listening to accomplished speakers highlighting this point at the recent Innovation Series event at Langham Hotel, I asked myself: “Why?”
