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4 common mistakes Australian exporters make which hold them back on Alibaba.com
Just as you would not treat a traditional B2B transaction like this, you should not expect this from Alibaba. You need to spend time negotiating with interested buyers, building their trust and coming to an agreement.
The Wine Collective proudly unveils Australia’s leading digital wine marketplace
With over 10,000 wines soon to be offered, Australians will gain unprecedented access to the world of wine direct from the cellars of leading Australian and international winemakers that matter.
Letter from China – Innovate, or else…
The Chinese word for "crisis" is often erroneously thought to be composed of two characters: one representing danger and the other representing opportunity. Etymological nuance aside, how you see the 'glass' will ultimately determine how you perform through a crisis. The Chinese are very good at planning for such an event. After all, it's all in Sun Tzu's 'Art of War'.
How to quickly create web content [FREE WEBINAR]
Here's a factoid that might surprise you.
According to a recent HubSpot report, a business with a blog will, on average, attract 12 times more...
How Young Republic is bringing Aussie designers to the World
Sydney based Young Republic is setting their sights on becoming the go-to destination for designers and lovers of independent fashion all around the world with the launch of their new international online marketplace today.
Many startups are cashing in big time on apps, are you one of them?
In case you didn’t know, Australians are cutting a huge slice off the cake of the multi-billion dollar apps industry. From broadcast media to...
What Australian businesses need to know about navigating foreign markets in 2018
The Australian dollar has already fluctuated significantly this year, but overall, a slide is predicted for our dollar in 2018. With a weaker AUD, small to medium-sized businesses (SMEs) working in overseas markets should begin to look for ways to protect their business from potentially volatile currency movements.
There has never been a better time to be selling stuff online: online shopping...
As more of us embrace browsing the internet, shopping and paying our bills there on a day-to-day basis, the online economy in Australia is...
The platform for designing other platforms is expanding to Australia with the appointment of...
InVision, the platform used to design the apps and websites we use every day, has appointed Tom Richardson as its first...
HOW TO RECRUIT THE BEST PEOPLE with Sam Chandler
Plenty of recruitment agencies have tallied the numbers and found that the average dud hire will cost an organisation between $50,000 and $70,000, factoring...
Want web traffic? Meet the man who SEO’d himself and unlock his secrets [FREE...
Want web traffic? Simply publishing a few good pages is no longer good enough.
According to online marketing maven Mark Middo, you need the mindset,...
5 Business Lessons From Game of Thrones. Is winter really coming?
SPONSORED: For small businesses, technology can make the difference in driving your company ahead and setting you apart from your competition. But the challenge...
Growing up global: Meet Owen Kerr, CEO of Pepperstone [VIDEO]
I recently chatted to Owen Kerr, who is CEO of Australian forex broker Pepperstone.
Pepperstone is a hot business in a fast growing space....
This guy built a $300 million empire in just five years… selling shoes from...
Sean Clark is the founder of Canada’s insanely successful online shoe retailer, Shoes.com.
In five short years, Clark has propelled Shoes.com from a one-man start-up...
5 ways to get more out of your coffee shop meetings with Antony Gaddie...
stop wasting your time in coffee shop meetings. Learn five steps to make coffee meetings more productive.
We back our athletes. Why not our entrepreneurs?
Two events happened this week that, together, have got me fired up. Firstly, I watched an aspiring Olympian make a collection in a busy cafe on Swan Street, on the outskirts of Melbourne. Sure, he was handsome, well-spoken, physically capable of doing things once thought humanly impossible. But, at the same time, I had to ask myself, to what extent does Australia truly stand to benefit from the physical accomplishments of this man? Secondly, that same morning, I received a thoughtful request for assistance from two young entrepreneurs seeking support for a delegation. Who would you back?
Here’s an export success story. Once upon a time, an Aussie company went to...
Although China is a tremendous opportunity for Australian exporters, The Expert Editor is actually the first professional editing company to service this growing market.
An Aussie tech star talks about taking on the world (and winning)
This instalment focuses on Dr John Papandriopoulos, who in 2007 as a 30-year-old University of Melbourne research fellow revolutionised broadband by developing an algorithm that speeds up ADSL connections by up to 100 times.
Singapore Inc.
We may no longer refer to the economies of Asia as ‘tigers’, but Singapore (literally ‘Lion City’) is roaring like never before. For Australian...
Upwire launches world-first ‘drag and drop’ tech as it expands to the United States
Upwire co-founder Ben Brophy, said the response to the platform has exceeded expectations and validated a global market need for a simple way to build intelligent communications.