We’ve all seen, and most likely read, those articles that proclaim “30 hacks to improve workplace productivity” with gems such as ‘delegate’ ‘outsource’ and ‘gamify’ as the holy grail of solutions. But let’s face it, delegating takes time and planning, and really, who the hell has enough staff right now to give the work to?…
Research by Xero shows that businesses that boost their technology spending the most grow revenue three times faster than those with the weakest growth in tech spending. While that doesn’t surprise us, we are curious as to exactly how technology drives business growth. Digital champion Simon Waller suggests that three benefits of technology that can…
What is a Mumpreneur? A woman who combines running a business enterprise with looking after their children, and they are on the rise in Australia. Research undertaken by BankWest has found that women are starting businesses at twice the rate of men and Kimberly-Clark found that 70% of women have considered pursuing a business idea since having…
Cloud based CRM software is really a buzzing topic of late. It used to be that I’d mention CRM in a sentence and people would ask ‘What’s CRM stand for?’ Now business owners are beginning to understand how to access and use digital technologies to facilitate their growth. Awareness has skyrocketed with people searching for…
‘Sticky’ or repeat customers are the pot of gold in your business. So you’ve accomplished the tough job of obtaining a client, you’ve wooed them, educated them and built enough trust that they’ve decided to invest in your products or services. It would be madness to let them purchase just once after all that effort!…
The rapid rate of information technology deployment is one of the great transformations of the 21st century. Throughout history technology are deployed to do repetitive and information based tasks. When this happen the human skills associated with those tasks get rapidly devalued. They become worth less. A great example I read about recently is the…
