Dynamic Business

Teleworking. It’s a word you hear more and more often in business circles. Not quite on the bandwagon yet? Now’s the time to get on board.

For business owners, the beginning of the new year is an opportunity to reflect on and assess how their operations can be improved.

The upcoming festive period is one of the busiest times of the year for small to medium business operators like you. For some, it brings in a significant part of their annual revenue.

Finding and building a niche – a special area of demand for a product or service – could prove to be both rewarding and profitable for your business. This tactic for growth can be especially useful if you work in a competitive industry.

If you use cloud accounting, no doubt you’re keen to ensure the safety of your business’ confidential accounting information. This is how to ensure your valuable data is covered from all angles.

Being a manager often isn’t easy, nor is finding the time to spend quality time discussing your team’s past, present and future activities with them. Here are some ideas for how to plan and run an efficient work in progress (WIP) meeting.

With the rise and rise of the internet, Australia’s persistent patchwork economy and increasingly fierce competition for the cautious consumer dollar, innovation is core to business success.

At the core of a happy and engaged workforce is a great leader. Anyone can be a manager, but can they be an inspirational, affiliative and collaborative leader? MYOB CEO Tim Reed offers these thoughts.

Given all you need to start a business these days is a computer and an internet connection, why has the number of businesses registering for GST almost-halved? If you don’t know where to start with your start-up venture, this checklist’s for you.

Good customer service could be the competitive advantage you’ve been looking for, and a new methodology called the Net Promoter Score is helping businesses see how likely customers are to recommend them to another person. Here’s how it works.

Australia is not known for it’s remarkable customer service, which is why so many of us are shocked when we’re greeted with some outstanding customer care. Here, MYOB’s Kristy Sheppard shares a recent service experience that surprised her, and how this has endeared her to a business she wouldn’t normally frequent.

If you employ the services of any building and construction contractors, from 1 July the ATO will be adding some new reporting requirements. Here’s what the new obligation will mean for your business.

The carbon tax is almost upon us, and yet many business owners are still dazed and confused about what it means for their business. Fair enough too, it can be a fairly complex topic to get your head around, but these tips should help.

Accounting software with a cloud component enables data to be stored securely offsite – usually on servers managed by a cloud provider – and accessed remotely anywhere and anytime via the internet. Here are three more good reasons SMBs should embrace the technology.

Last financial year, the ATO evaluated 1.4 million SMBs against its risk detection systems, which led to 16,000 being investigated. Here’s how to plug your EOFY knowledge black spots and escape the attention of the tax office.

If you don’t know your competitors back to front and you don’t know where your customers are coming from and how they feel about your service, then it’s impossible to make informed improvements to become more competitive.

Did you know that this upcoming EOFY is one of the most compliance-heavy years we’ve seen in some time. Daunting, huh? Here’s a look at what you need to be aware of.

According to the latest MYOB Business Monitor survey, 30 percent of business owners haven’t holidayed since starting their business. Sound familiar? Think about the effect this has on you physically and mentally, plus the effect it has on your family and friend networks.

Media interviews are a great opportunity to gain third-party endorsement for your business in the form of a print or online article, but it’s vital you go into the interview prepared or you could end up doing more damage than good. Here’s some expert tips to get you prepared for the big day.

The ever-increasing importance of ‘traditional’ websites, social media and information technology means a whole new skill set is required to stay on top of developments affecting your business. From Twitter to RSS, newsgroups to Google Alerts, a brave new world of information gathering options exists to make sure you never get left out of the loop.