In a recent Career Ignition post, Susan Wareham McGrath says she was driven to write about the amount of “grammatical errors and misspellings, I come across regularly on executive career portfolios." She explains that the problem is that if you don’t prepare your career collateral professionally, … [Read more...] about Don’t dumb down your brand with poor grammar
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To return or not to return … that is the question
I've written before that meeting with other business owners over a late’ or long black to happily discuss the joys and challenges of business or building a network is one of the rewards of being a business owner. One of the things that also happens is we get busy with life and perhaps we dont … [Read more...] about To return or not to return … that is the question
Being My Own Boss – The Reality
The 'being my own boss' dream is that we answer only to ourselves, we do what we want when we want, money rolls in and there's time for the personal stuff we want to do. The dream of being my own boss kick starts so many small businesses. I have been my own boss now for over 6 years - before … [Read more...] about Being My Own Boss – The Reality
Boring Bits of Business: 10 Tips that Could Save You $$ at Tax Time
Top 10 End of Financial Year Tax Tips 1. It’s all about timing! The first boring bit of business is that 30 June falls on a Sunday this year. Hence you should be preparing to complete all your administrative work on Thursday, 27 June. Get all your banking and financial transactions done on … [Read more...] about Boring Bits of Business: 10 Tips that Could Save You $$ at Tax Time
Fine Print! You Always Read the Terms and Conditions – don’t you?
To read or not to read the fine print! That is the question. Most people choose not to read the fine print. Not that I blame people simply glazing over when they are confronted with those giant blocks of fine print that you have to "accept" in order to move on- most people don't really want to … [Read more...] about Fine Print! You Always Read the Terms and Conditions – don’t you?
Cloud Computing – Silver Lining or Just Fluff?
Businesses are going to cloud computing solutions, with suppliers that provide extremely efficient alternatives that are far less expensive than the traditional in-house method. And why not! The advantages of cloud computing for small businesses include reduced costs, easy servicing and latest … [Read more...] about Cloud Computing – Silver Lining or Just Fluff?