Small business

• ACCC launches online help for new consumer laws

  Wednesday, 01 December 2010 | by Michelle Hammond

  The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has launched an online module for small businesses to help them understand upcoming consumer guaran... Read More

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• Small firms on top for employee engagement

  Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | by Michelle Hammond

  Small businesses are better at engaging employees than their larger counterparts because they offer incentives other than big pay packets, according t... Read More

  Read More: Australian Institute of Management , employee productivity , flexible work arrangements , small business , training and education
  
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• Planet Chocolate

  Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | by Oliver Milman

  Brothers Greg and Darren Factor started up Planet Chocolate in 2005. Now with five stores in Victorian shopping centres (two company owned and three f... Read More

  Read More: business ideas , franchise , franchise systems , Planet Chocolate , small business , start-up , Start-up Profiles , starting a business
  
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• Getting commercial with ideas

  Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | by Oliver Milman

  Dr Rowan Gilmore is the CEO of the Australian Institute for Commercialisation, which works with entrepreneurs to develop intellectual property into th... Read More

  Read More: Australian Institute for Commercialisation , commercialisation , funding , grants , growth opportunities , intellectual property , National Broadband Network , Rowan Gilmore , small business , start a business , starting up , venture capital
  
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• Franchise duo launch start-up incubator Inkuberra

  Tuesday, 30 November 2010 | by Oliver Milman

  Rod Young, founder of DC Strategy, and Simon McNamara, founding shareholder of Grill’d, have launched Inkuberra, a business incubator for fast-growth ... Read More

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• Companies in the dark over converting web traffic into sales

  Monday, 29 November 2010 | by Michelle Hammond

  Sixty per cent of companies with an online presence have no idea how to convert website visitors into customers, according to new research. Read More

  Read More: conversion optimisation , Experian Hitwise , internet , online retail , Reseo , sales management , SEO , small business , start a business
  
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• Baillieu set to topple Brumby in Victoria

  Monday, 29 November 2010 | by Michelle hammond

  Ted Baillieu is on the brink of being named as Victoria’s new Premier, ending an 11-year period of a Labor Government. Read More

  Read More: election campaigns , John Brumby , small business , small business politics , Ted Baillieu
  
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• Small firms urged to make non-paying customers a 2011 focus

  Monday, 29 November 2010 | by Michelle Hammond

  Small businesses should focus on identifying non-paying customers and make it a key priority in the New Year, according to a new report. Read More

  Read More: American Express , business goals , credit cards , profitability , reference check , small business
  
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• Why is SEO important?

  Monday, 29 November 2010 | by Wai Hong Fong

  So you've got your website set up or are thinking of launching it and you've heard of this thing called search engine optimisation (SEO). Read More

  Read More: business planning , Google , internet , OzHut , SEO , SEO for start-ups , small business , start-up , starting up , Wai Hong Fong , Yahoo
  
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• Lobby group COSBOA installs new chairman

  Monday, 29 November 2010 | by Michelle Hammond

  The Council of Small Business of Australia has appointed Geoff Fader as its new chairman, following the departure of Bob Stanton. Read More

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