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These days, marketing your business effectively doesn’t require advanced skills or hefty budgets. These 5 tips are today’s fundamentals – make sure your business is doing them ...
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Social media can be a valuable tool to grow your business. Here are some simple ways to make the most of it. Social media is all about building relationships. When you put your...
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You don’t need a million dollar budget to get the best logo. Start-ups and small businesses now have access to world-class designers thanks to dedicated online marketplaces. It doesn’t matter how big or small your business is, it needs an identity – a personality. It tells your customers who you are, what you do and helps them identify you in a mar...
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Avoid mistakes, focus on mobile and learn the tricks of the trade from digital expert Stephen Scheeler, Senior Advisor at McKinsey & Company and former Managing Director of Fac...
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For many, SEO can seem like a foreign concept, better left to tech brands. But there are very real benefits to having a smart site, and easy ways to go about it. Search Engine ...
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We’re in the middle of a digital marketing revolution, with an array of digital tools and technologies available to small businesses. But, as with any tool, it’s how you use it...
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Chances are, you’ve visited a website that immediately made you perform an action. That could be signing up to a newsletter, buying a product, or clicking on a button. It’s be...
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With businesses operating in so many different channels—both on and offline—the challenge is how to give your customers the consistent and unified experience they expect. Today...
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Even smaller operations can mine social media data and use those insights to build a better business. To most of us, the unique selling point of social media is the attention i...
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Today, virtually anyone can shoot a decent video on a smartphone and upload it to social media, the company website, YouTube and any number of proprietary platforms. When fishi...
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You don’t need to exhaust yourself being all over every variety of social media, just choose the channels where your customers are. One of the questions I’m often asked about m...
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Direct mail has been the faithful companion for marketers for aeons. And merging the digital with the physical is giving it a new lease on life. Direct mail was once a faithful...
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Marketing is a fundamental ingredient in the recipe book for success in businesses. But as technology continues to create new ways of talking to your audience, we look at what ...
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As a social platform, Instagram has been celebrating an explosion of attention in Australia – and businesses are the latest to benefit. In the last year, Instagram became the f...
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Marketing to a culturally diverse audience can be tricky. Even if your customers are based in Australia, its size and multiculturalism mean careful consideration of your audien...
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What is Webrooming and how you can take advantage of this shopping trend? Webrooming is the sibling of showrooming, which is the practice of using stores to compare produc...
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Regardless of the type of business you have, or product or service you sell, there is massive untapped potential in email marketing and the automation of your campaigns. In an ...
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With email, there’s a fine line between ‘read’ and ‘delete’. How can you make sure you’re getting cut-through? Out of all the forms of marketing your business, email is still o...
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Over more than 150 years, the Victoria Racing Club has built a brand that’s gone global and appeals to Aussies from vastly different social strata. We speak to CEO Simon Love a...
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Marketing can be an expensive exercise, but knowing what the media is after can go a long way towards getting your name out in the local community. Public Relations is the age-...
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Everyone likes dealing with their friends. But can a social relationship between business and consumer benefit the bottom line? You know that rush of adrenaline you get when yo...
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Sometimes the best way to market your business isn’t to go big, and a focus closer to home is more valuable. Local Area Marketing (LAM) means the marketing and advertising acti...
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Small businesses are spoilt for choice when it comes to advertising. But with more users than the other major social networks, Facebook holds many opportunities for business. A...
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When you set yourself a fundraising target, there are many ways to raise the capital. And today, more and more people are turning to crowdfunding to help them reach their goals...
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Telstra brought experts together to discuss how businesses could make the most of their social media. Smarter has the highlights from the session. In a recent free Telstra Virt...
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The internet and the online business world are ablaze with growth hacking. It’s a startup movement that uses data as a backbone to creatively fuel customer conversion, retentio...
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LinkedIn is more than a glorified Rolodex. It’s not just another site for job seekers and recruiters. And while it falls under a social media platform, like Facebook, or Twitte...
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It might seem like the internet’s new buzzword, but growth hacking is serious business. And it’s changing the way smart companies think about acquiring and retaining new custom...
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Personal branding can help you build your business, create engagement with customers and give insights into your values. So why do so many businesses shy away? When it comes to...
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Find out how generosity, responsiveness and proximity can boost customer engagement. Tiffany Loh sits down with Nima Yassini and Robert Hutchison, authors of GRiP: A New Approa...
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Direct response TV has come a long way since those yell and sell spots we remember from years gone by. Direct response television (DRTV) has formed the backbone of marketing st...
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Of all the online marketing strategies out there, few compare to the longevity and effectiveness of content marketing. And REA Group is a prime example of content done well. Th...
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In the second part of our series, Google Australia and New Zealand’s Head of Small and Medium Business Marketing talks about search engine marketing, analytics and the future o...
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In a two-part series, we talk to Google Australia and New Zealand’s Head of Small and Medium Business Marketing on how businesses can market themselves online. According to Goo...
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Global companies are moving beyond seeing ‘social’ as media and are engaging social tools into everyday marketing messages. Where does Australia rate with this trend? Business ...
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When you engage your customers via social media, you’re speaking to them while they’re immersed in their lives, sometimes in places as intimate as their bedroom. Here’s how to ...
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‘Push’ marketing has some converts among shoppers – but there are still plenty of doubters. When it comes to 'push' marketing by brands and Retailers, less is usually more...
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If you could make one investment that had these three outcomes – motivate and inspire staff, spread the word to new networks about your brand and stimulate creativity within th...
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It’s time for the business card to step aside. The book you’ve penned about your business is now the best way to generate business leads and let people know you’re the expert.
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Can small business rely on social media to drive a promotional campaign?
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Is there anything more exciting than being trackside at a big horseracing carnival? The betting thrills, the people watching and of course the magnificent horses make the races...
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All of the best recreational, educational, and training apps are designed to keep users interested. Here’s how you can build an app that conquers boredom.
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Facebook’s visuals-based social media network Instagram has launched its own standalone video app. Here's how to get the most out of it for your business. Last June, Instagram ...
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The mobile phone is our constant companion, so is it the perfect device to deliver advertising?
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For many businesses, the last quarter of the financial year is make-or-break time. If your revenue projections peak towards the busy Christmas or summer season, now's the time ...
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Facebook's business pages received new features and new ways of finding and using the tools you need. Facebook begun rolling out their back-to-basics take on the News Feed, but...
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Ever wondered how business owners get the opportunity to provide expert comment in print or digital articles? Read on for tips on becoming a journalist’s source. Here’s the str...
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Tiffany Loh explores how glamour portrait company Sherbet Birdie gets the best out of social media. Sherbet Birdie’s glamour portraits have a vintage flair, but Sasha Dobies us...
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Increasingly professional service firms are using the ‘free report’ or ‘white paper’ as a marketing strategy, and here's why. Whether you’re running a building inspection servi...
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You don't have to pretend to be someone or something you're not for your business to get publicity. There’s a lot of hype and quite a bit of nervousness around personal brandin...
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These easy steps can help you build your following without a huge marketing spend. Social media is now an integral part of marketing and advertising plans, but some small ...
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A customer loyalty program is much more than a card-based reward system - it's a way to create brand fanatics. The report For Love or Money? 2013 Consumer Study into Australian...
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A captive (car bound) audience and a reach of millions across many demographics – but is radio in reach of a small business budget? Radio as an advertising medium will allow yo...
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Delizia’s gelato was a trade secret among Brisbane’s top restaurants until the family business started sharing its history with the general public in a major brand redesign. It...
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Sometimes it comes down to having the right vibe to persuade people to spend their money with you – and that’s regardless of price, says Rowan Dean. I remember one of my first ...
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Facebook's graph search functionality has now launched, here's how to help customers discover your business when using it. Announced in January and released to a limited audien...
