Bubble wrap your business
Risk management is not simply about ‘mitigating’ and choosing policies. There is much more to it, as Kevin Kevany...
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Employment Matters
Great CV? Check the ‘netprint’!Going online can be extremely useful for pre-employment checks.Erin Burke takes you through the...
Conquer Your Email Overload
Debbie’s productivity tips for busy people If email is taking up too much of your valuable time and your communication flow keeps...
Cash to work with
Debt factoring products and services are steadily gaining traction in a market that has traditionally viewed them with a degree of...
Keeping up with customers
CRM in 2012 is about ‘customer intimacy’, ‘coherency’ and a buffet of options from the Cloud to...
Bridging the gap to commercialisation
A new book from entrepreneurial Wellington publisher and author Jenny Douché is aimed at helping bridge the sometimes huge gap between...
Ask, listen and learn
Your staff may be good at answering customer questions, but if they don’t ask questions, they’re just order-takers. Dr Ian...
Digitising Documents
An effective electronic document management system (EDMS) and process can be the key to reducing costs for organisations, large and small....
A brand is born
Launching a new green-luxury brand into the US has taken a big leap of faith for small, family-owned Christchurch business Tréology. Sandy...
When staff don’t measure up
Non-performance issues with employees often end up on the back burner. HR support specialist Angeline Long offers some guidelines on how to...
NZBusiness May 2012
COVER STORYA Touching TaleFEATURESMum's the WordDigitising documentsA brand is bornProtecting your information...
Part Accountant, Part Advisor
Today’s business accountant wears two hats – ‘bean counter’ and ‘business advisor’. The new breed of...
Show us the money
Looking for funding to grow your business?You must get smart if you want to get the money. By Kevin Kevany.To borrow and adapt an opening...
The cheque’s in the mail!
Today’s challenging business environment is forcing many business owners to toughen up their debt and credit management procedures....
Legally speaking
There are no major law and tax moves planned for 2012, but 1 April heralds student loan and KiwiSaver changes that employers need to be...
Megaupload raid underlines cloud risks
January’s big local technology story was the police raid on Kim Dotcom’s Coatesville mansion. Dotcom and his colleagues were...
Lessons on upskilling
Looking to grow your business? Aside from looking at the fundamental aspects of your enterprise such as marketing and sales, perhaps you...
Shaking the phone tree
Bill Bennett reports on a new breed of phone company that can be better for...
Payroll’s great cloud migration
SMEs are rushing to outsource payroll services in order to become more focused and productive, and ultimately more prosperous. Kevin Kevany...
FaceMe wins $100k Challenge
Ten of New Zealand’s top entrepreneurial businesses made it through to the final of the BNZ/Virgin Business Challenge, but only one...
NZBusiness February 2012
COVER STORYThe girl who likes shoesFEATUREPaperless productivityLessons on upskillingPayroll’s great cloud migrationPacific aid means...
The Shower, the Course and the Thought Bubble
This cute little book is written by London born and Australian based business trainer and human development organiser, Rum Charles....
Revolutionise the way you work
This book has a very apt title – because it does have the power to change forever the way you work. In Revolutionise the Way...
Mega Thinking
If you decided to travel to another country and you had the choice of going first class or economy class, of course you would...
Changing Gears
After taking a hard, honest look at your business, what keeps you awake at night?Aimed at those who own and manage their business in...
From Crisis to Confidence
Research indicates we are prepared to spend more time and effort planning our annual holidays and other lifestyle activities than...
Deliver
At its Auckland launch, Mayor John Banks described Deliver as a pocket book resource, proving the point by...
101 Ways to Sell More of Anything to Anyone
When asked “What is the best way to make a business more profitable?” Andrew Griffiths responds “Learn how to...
Get Rich with Twitter
It all began with the simple question – What are you doing?” evolving to, “What’s happening?” Twitter, Dennis Prince explains,...
The Innovation Secrets of Steve Jobs
This book makes me wish some of my former bosses had been more like Steve Jobs and less like Pooh Bear-without-the-cuddly-charm. It unpicks...