Business success articles

Australian Industry To Maintain Spend on Marketing

Exhibitek Displays has just subscribed to the Marketing Magazine- a great, informative read.  Their website has an online poll asking if subscribers intend to cut their marketing budgets.
58% of respondents voted NO. Only 8% of respondents indicated that their budgets would be cut by more than 50%.
 
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Dogs don't read the paper

Innotek Australia is the Australian distributor for a range of products designed to make life easier for you and your dog or cat.  Our products are sold nationally through pet shops, vets, produce shops and some online stores. Here we are halfway through this financial year and our sales are up more than 30% over last year. This seems...

Australian company joins eBay's international network

Paymate, an innovative Australian provider of Internet payment services, today announced the launch of a new online payment service for US-domiciled sellers, to go live in February, 2009.  At the same time, Paymate announced its integration into the world’s largest online marketplace, www.ebay.com, as an approved payment provider...

I'm retiring early - you can too!

Recession?  What Recession? Australia leads the world!

I won't mention my company because I don't want this to be an advertisement for it however I am writing because there is at least one organization that is ignoring the experts and it is, business as usual. Well not really, it is better than usual and I want Aussies to...

Jani-King Franchisees clean up in good and bad times

The economy may be looking a tad tarnished at present but that simply means more opportunity for franchisees in the world's largest commercial cleaning franchise, Jani-King.  Discretionary spending is usually hit the hardest when the economy heads down south but a clean, tidy office is not a luxury - it's a necessity, Mark Gosling, the...

Business booming for IT firm

I spoke to our IT supplier today and one of their comments was that for the first 5 months of this financial year their sales are up 50% on the same time last year. They expect this to continue.

Live your dream

We are a very positive family, like everyone we have had good and bad happen in our lives but we are glass half full people and we firmly believe that the harder you work the luckier you get! We have been considering buying a small franchise business for some time now and had just started our due diligence when the global credit crisis started...

Small businesses supporting each other

Since launching a new forum for small business just two weeks ago, it's astonishing to see well over 1,000 posts from Australian business owners all diving in to offer support and encouragement to each other. The level of expertise and the generosity of skill sharing has really taken us by surprise.

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Record sales defy 'doom and gloom'

While the media pump out the doom and gloom stories on the hour, every hour, all day long, ordinary working Australians are going about their daily business.

Many Australians, including us, have done the only sensible thing and have stopped watching these constant negative messages on the news. TV news ratings must be down.

Internet helping Sunshine Coast 4x4 company succeed

With all the doom and gloom advertised in the media I thought i would share a business success story from a client I meet last week: All Terrain Warriors Sunshine Coast We are a 4x4 all terrain Vehicle specialist Located on the Sunshine Coast, Now whilst our product is custom made right here on the sunshine coast and we have a very select...