If the term ‘Social Media’ is relatively new to you, then you may have not yet pondered the benefits of promoting your business by using this media.

Walk through any shopping centre and it is hard to miss the “Sale” signs out front of nearly every retail outlet. There is no doubt retailers are doing it tough right now but should this be a surprise to us.

The only motivation book I will recommend to others is Self-made in America, by John McClintock. John introduced me to an obscure English word that I now use as a cornerstone of my daily activity – conation.

Small businesses with the fastest growing revenue know exactly where they are going. According to Inc Magazines 28th 500 fastest growing small businesses list, approximately 88% of them have a statement outlining where they are going. The other 12% are living dangerously.

Tips for protecting you and your money from scam artists.

These days, Facebook has become a part of our daily conversation. Those who aren’t on Facebook are met with incredulous looks.

Industry research indicates that over one third of all SME business owners intend to exit their businesses over the next 5 years.

Paul Newsom explains the one consistent thing the world’s top performing sales managers do.

Our twenty one District Health Boards (DHBs) now have a dashboard of six key health targets on which their future performance will be measured …

After Kinko’s was bought from Paul Orfalea in 2000 by FedEx, Kinko’s went from a paragon of “good profit” to an unfortunately great example of “bad profit”.

Getting a good “fit” is important, but you will also need to know how to keep that relationship working once your business is going. Here are some tips for finding, and keeping, a business partner …

Somebody did a study of sales people who make over $250,000 and found out that the #1 reason for their success was SPEED OF EXECUTION.

We all have nightmare clients that demands too much, are rude and generally a real pain to deal with – but have you actually calculated how much these clients cost your business?

Most New Zealanders will not know Richard MacManus and his flagship web site ReadWriteWeb.com. Nor will most New Zealanders know that ReadWriteWeb.com (“RWW”), at the time of this writing, is ranked the 9th most popular blog in the world.

I was introduced to Jayson via a friend on Twitter. My friend suggested that Jayson would be a great story for BusinessBlogs.co.nz and after speaking with Jayson she was right.

Pumpkin Patch is in decline. Several weeks ago they announced they would close 20 of 35 US stores in order to curtail further losses.

As a business owner I am sure at some stage you will come across a form of marketing that entices you to a spectacular event promising massive rewards, including the ‘secret’ for making loads of money on the Internet.

This discussion piece is for business owners seeking a no-frills explanation on how social media can add value to their business.

Is your website producing the results you want? Is the recession hitting you? It may be that your ‘DIY’ text isn’t cutting the ice.

From 1 April, 2008, all employees over the age of 18 who are enrolled in KiwiSaver must be paid 1% of their gross pay by their employer into their KiwiSaver account. The percentage will increase by 1% each year until the employer is contributing 4%.