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Beestings: What will you do differently next year?

New years bring new beginnings, so now is a great time to plan some changes that will bring great results in 2012. This week’s guaranteed-under-two-minute-read has some ideas to get you started.
November 22nd, 2011 by Bizbuzz Team

Job ad writing - what you can and cannot state

Sure, writing an ad for staff seems simple - but are you aware of what you legally can and cannot state in an ad? Here we give you some tips to help you stay safe!
October 28th, 2011 by Tanya Gray

10 top organising tips your business will benefit from immediately

When your business is well organised, you will be less stressed, more efficient and much more productive. Angella Gilbert covers off ten things you really should have under control.
October 13th, 2011 by Angella Gilbert

Create a fabulously efficient home office

Some useful guidelines on the minimum requirements for setting up your home office, and have it operate efficiently.
September 30th, 2011 by Angella Gilbert

The email dance: how to cyber-swing with grace and manners

When we're dealing with email it's easy to fall into bad habits which affect our productivity and irritate others. Robyn Pearce reminds us about email netiquette and suggests some useful tactics.
August 3rd, 2011 by Robyn Pearce

Is email stealing your most productive time?

Email is an important part of business communication, but if you are being ruled by your inbox, it might be time to make some changes. Robyn Pearce suggests some strategies.
July 15th, 2011 by Robyn Pearce
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Four simple things you can do to get your business bookkeeping sorted

Find out what you can do to keep the bookkeeping side of your business running smoothly - even if you are smart enough to get an expert to take care of it for you.
June 23rd, 2011 by Stephanie Crawford

Selecting the best bank for your business

Dealing with your own financial affairs can be a daunting prospect and often business owners don't so much choose where they will go as end up with a particular bank by default. Stuart Wills suggests some things you might take into consideration when choosing where to keep your hard-earned money.
June 22nd, 2011 by Stuart Wills

Beestings: Are you a details person?

Sometimes it's the seemingly small things that count, and keeping an eye on the details can make a big difference to your bottom line and eventual value of your business. We've got information, tips and resources to help.
May 3rd, 2011 by Bizbuzz Team

Get it in writing

If you've got a debtor who just doesn't seem to get around to paying that outstanding account, Michael Todd has some advice for you.
April 28th, 2011 by Michael Todd
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Boundaries and standards: why you need them and how to set them

The time to make sure you don't run into problems with employees not behaving the way you want them to, is before the trouble starts. Michael Smyth explains what you need in place to make managing employee behaviour much easier and more effective.
April 19th, 2011 by Michael Smyth

In order to go faster, first we must go slower

Do you constantly find yourself rushing, saying, "I haven't got time ..."? Robyn Pearce has some advice to help you be less stressed and to get more done.
February 15th, 2011 by Robyn Pearce

Paperless office? As likely as a paperless toilet!

Once upon a not-so-far-ago time executives and technology media babbled excitedly about what it would be like to live in a paperless office. In reality, though, the modern office – even a very small one – has lots of paperwork to file and retrieve efficiently. Alan Pratt has some practical advice on filing systems and classification.
February 2nd, 2011 by Alan Pratt
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Putting your business into glide mode so you can take a break

If you want to take time off over the holiday season, you need to start planning for it now. We've got some tips that will help you have a great break - and a business to come back to in the New Year
December 16th, 2010 by Heather Douglas

Smart time tips to keep track of your activity

How much time are you forgetting to bill? How many clients do you work for, for less than your hourly rate? Why are you working so many hours yet seem to have less revenue to show for it than you expect? Tracey D'Aviero shows you how to keep track of your time to make sure you're accounting for all of it.
November 18th, 2010 by Tracey D'Aviero
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What farming can teach you about filing

A tidy desk, so they say, is the sign of a tidy mind. And it's often not just the desk, but the whole office, that needs a tidy-up. The task can seem daunting, but to farm-girl Robyn Pearce, a bit of old-fashioned rural wisdom can equally well be applied to the job at hand.
November 15th, 2010 by Robyn Pearce

Win the paper war

James McCullagh has some practical tips which will help you stay on top of your administration and put extra dollars on your bottom line
March 7th, 2005 by James McCullagh

Your business systems and processes

There's more to making your business run like clockwork than meets the eye. Refining, documenting and streamlining processes can give any business a real advantage. Lin Ives outlines how.
August 27th, 2001 by Lin Ives

There's virtually no need to do everything yourself!

Can your time be better utilised if you had someone to help with the day-to-day basics, freeing your time up for valuable activities which contribute to the bottom line more directly? A virtual assistant could be the answer - not to mention making working around the clock absolutely possible.
May 23rd, 2001 by Melanie Cowley

Systems - the key to a business that works

Working on - not in - your business is one of the hardest things for most home based businesses to do. After all, aren't you already putting in enough long hours just getting through the workload? But the benefits of working fewer hours, for more income, and with greater security, make putting this time aside well worth while.
May 11th, 2001 by  Chris Gregory