Blogs Archives - SmartCompany https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/ Business news, business advice and information for Australian SMEs, startups and entrepreneurs Mon, 01 Mar 2021 03:27:10 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/cropped-android-chrome-512x512-1.png?w=32 Blogs Archives - SmartCompany https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/ 32 32 202088525 Five quick and easy innovation hacks for your business https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/five-quick-easy-innovation-hacks-business/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/five-quick-easy-innovation-hacks-business/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2016 18:59:31 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=78587 Creativity and innovation don’t have to cost a fortune in R&D. If you can create the type of culture in your...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/five-quick-easy-innovation-hacks-business/feed/ 0 Aunty B: When will I ever have “free time” away from my business? https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-will-ever-free-time-away-business/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-will-ever-free-time-away-business/#respond Mon, 22 Aug 2016 01:14:23 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=74258 Dear Aunty B, I’ve always been my own boss and loved the flexibility that it has offered me, especially when...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-will-ever-free-time-away-business/feed/ 0 Aunty B: My email inbox is out of control and I’m not getting any work done – Help! https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-email-inbox-is-out-of-control-and-im-not-getting-any-work-done-help/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-email-inbox-is-out-of-control-and-im-not-getting-any-work-done-help/#comments Mon, 18 Apr 2016 00:31:58 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=67406 Dear Aunty B, I’ve become one of those people I can’t stand – I’m forever complaining about how many emails...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-email-inbox-is-out-of-control-and-im-not-getting-any-work-done-help/feed/ 2 Aunty B: What’s the right way to interrupt a colleague who just won’t shut up? https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-whats-the-right-way-to-interrupt-a-colleague-who-just-wont-shut-up/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-whats-the-right-way-to-interrupt-a-colleague-who-just-wont-shut-up/#comments Mon, 11 Apr 2016 00:57:09 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=67137 Dear Aunty B, I read your column last week in which you offered some advice to a business owner who...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-whats-the-right-way-to-interrupt-a-colleague-who-just-wont-shut-up/feed/ 2 Aunty B: My staff are hopeless at team meetings – help! https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-staff-are-hopeless-at-team-meetings-help/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-staff-are-hopeless-at-team-meetings-help/#respond Mon, 04 Apr 2016 01:03:14 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=66836 Dear Aunty B, My business partner and I have somehow managed to employ a group of people who seem completely...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-staff-are-hopeless-at-team-meetings-help/feed/ 0 Aunty B: My staff are not happy working from home – help! https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-staff-are-not-happy-working-from-home-help/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-staff-are-not-happy-working-from-home-help/#respond Tue, 29 Mar 2016 00:20:31 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=66553 Dear Aunty B, I’ve read plenty of articles and blogs advocating for flexibility in the workplace and as a result,...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-my-staff-are-not-happy-working-from-home-help/feed/ 0 The secret benefits of your website https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/the-secret-benefits-of-your-website/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/the-secret-benefits-of-your-website/#respond Tue, 22 Mar 2016 05:42:52 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=66279 Your website will be delivering in ways you may have no inkling of.

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/technology/the-secret-benefits-of-your-website/feed/ 0 Do you have these 10 qualities of accountable people? https://www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human-resources/do-you-have-the-10-qualities-of-accountable-people/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human-resources/do-you-have-the-10-qualities-of-accountable-people/#respond Mon, 21 Mar 2016 04:12:18 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=66235 Some confuse accountability with being held to account, and will avoid it like the plague. But accountable people make must-have employees.

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human-resources/do-you-have-the-10-qualities-of-accountable-people/feed/ 0 Talking to your customers (and others) https://www.smartcompany.com.au/marketing/talking-to-your-customers-and-others/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/marketing/talking-to-your-customers-and-others/#comments Mon, 21 Mar 2016 03:57:48 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=66264 Companies are communicating more than ever before. So why does so much of it fail? Amid entreaties to engage customers,...

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]]> https://www.smartcompany.com.au/marketing/talking-to-your-customers-and-others/feed/ 1 Aunty B: Deadlines freak me out – please help! https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-deadlines-freak-me-out-please-help/ https://www.smartcompany.com.au/business-advice/blogs/aunty-b-deadlines-freak-me-out-please-help/#respond Sun, 20 Mar 2016 23:59:48 +0000 https://www.smartcompany.com.au/?p=66274 Dear Aunty B, I work in the sales industry and I have recently set up my own business in a...

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