Small Business

Small business offers clear language guides to starting up and growing your small business - brought to you by some of Australia's most successful small business owners and experts.
Planning
A Wall Street stockbroker. (AAP)Soloist success in uncertain timesThe media may be talking about economic doom and gloom but there’s still money to be made and it’s still possible for a soloist business to thrive.
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Funding
Credit cards. (AAP)Creating a credit policyEvery time you provide goods or services before you receive payment, you’re extending credit to another party. Having a credit policy in place will help make sure you get paid.
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Managing people
Workers’ compensation for home-based staffYou might be surprised to learn that if you employ staff that work from home, you could be liable for workers’ compensation if they’re injured.
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Selling online
Creating content for your blogWriting a blog establishes you as a market leader in your field and helps to build trust with your readers. The challenge lies in knowing what to write.
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Customer service
Doing business Vanuatu styleWhenever I travel I enjoy observing how other cultures approach business and wonder how I can benefit from their practices. Here are some ideas I picked up in Vanuatu.
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Sales and marketing
Marlon Brando in The Godfather.Is your free offer irresistible?So you want to capture people’s details when they land on your website. What should you offer in return? And how can you best position it to entice people to subscribe?
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SALES AND MARKETING:
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People in business
Wayne Coyne from the Flaming Lips. (AAP)Business lessons from a life of rock and rollI didn't know it at the time, but spending years in a rock and roll band proved instrumental in turning me into an entrepreneur. Here’s what I learned from the experience.
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