Important advice… Having a sound investment strategy is not only a sensible thing to do, it is a legal obligation of SMSF trustees. The law doesn’t set out exactly what the investment strategy needs to look like, or what it ...

This could be the ultimate list recently published by News Ltd. We have discussed some of these ideas (and others) here before, but we believe the key is to get advice and get it early. WHEN you are thinking of ...

We see these every day, but it is not difficult to correct these mistakes. The starting list from News Ltd: 1. You don’t charge enough Small Business advisor Andrew Griffiths says this is more common than you’d think. “Many businesses ...

Social media used to be relatively easy – open a facebook page and spit out some tweets and away you go. We now have consultant we hire just for this purpose as it can be that important for some businesses. ...

The statistics show that 90% of small businesses fail. There are a number of reasons for this but most are summed up by Nikki Durkin when talking about her fashion start-up: “Looking back, when I started 99dresses fresh out of high school ...

We are all learning very quickly about the world of the phone apps. The vast majority of apps are from ideas with their beginnings in small business. So, you have an idea for an app – where do you start. ...

It often seems cheaper to do everything yourself, but there is a real cost that needs to be measured. OnlineCapital Consulting have also seen some businesses with the opposite problem – they outsource everything and therefore have issues as to who ...

HERE at OnlineCapital Consulting we are always lecturing about the need for a web strategy – even a simple one to ensure that everyone knows why, who and how the company’s website will work. If the strategy includes search engine optimisation, then ...

Clair Heaney in the Herald Sun writes: COMPANY websites have increased customer traffic for nearly half of small and medium businesses – but those lacking an online presence are missing out on “serious firepower”, a poll has found. Research from ...