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February Business of the Month In the Spotlight: BoscoBear

February 2, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

Our February, 2012 Business of the Month is BoscoBear! Tell us a little about the person behind the business: I have three children, twins that are 4 (turning 5) and a two-and-a-half year old. I live in Melbourne but started my business in Sydney. I am a bit of a workaholic and outside of work, cannot get enough sport into my life (netball, cricket, AFL, cycling, tennis–I will watch it all). I love running, although do not do it as much as I would like to and I play netball/tennis. I also enjoy studying search engine optimisation (SEO) in my spare time…which is a little weird because I have no spare time. Why SEO? I cannot answer.

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In the Spotlight Competition: February Poll

February 1, 2012 By Cas 1 Comment

Congratulations to the following businesses who have been randomly selected for the poll to win an In the Spotlight Interview (valued at $500 in free publicity).

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In the Spotlight: Enslaved Design

January 31, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

My name is Amanda, I am a 29 year old living and working on the Gold Coast. I live with my partner Steven our naughty little 2 year old Cattle Dog Sophie and our beautiful Cat Summer. I fell in love with Graphic Art in 1999 when I produced custom website graphics for clients while finishing High School but my Tertiary Education took me away from my web design and artwork in 2000.

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Sharing the Valentines Love from our Sponsors This Week (Jan 22 to 28, 2012)

January 28, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

Each week I have a browse through our sponsors’ website to see what’s new! This week I’m going with a Valentine’s theme and sharing the love! Here’s what I found:

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E-commerce: Paypal has no Trust

January 27, 2012 By Cas 6 Comments

It is really tempting to view Paypal as the ultimate payment solution when you’re starting out with your business. It’s easy. It’s quick and everybody uses it, or so it seems. But did you know that if you trade through a Family Trust, like many small businesses in Australia do, Paypal won’t have anything to do with you?

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Are you wasting energy chasing business butterflies?

January 23, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

Every day, I come across fantastic resources, tools and ideas I can use for my work at home business. While it may be tempting to download that latest cool plugin for Wordpress or start a new spur-of-the-moment promotional campaign because of something you just saw someone else do, it is wise to take a breath and ask yourself the following:

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Back to School From Our Sponsors (January 15 to 21, 2012)

January 21, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

back to school from our sponsors this week

Each week I have a browse through our sponsors’ website to see what’s new! This week I’m looking for products and services with a “Back to School Theme.” Here’s what I found.

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Celebrate Working from Home with iWAHP Week!

January 19, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

February 5-11th, 2012 we are launching the inaugural International WAHP Week to celebrate and recognize the achievements of work at home parents/people. Here’s how you can get involved:

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5 tips for boosting your creative biz’s productivity online

January 16, 2012 By Cas Leave a Comment

5 tips for boosting your creative business productivity online

There is a dizzying array of online selling and promotional tools for creative entrepreneurs but sometimes there can be such a thing as too much choice. There is a big temptation to spread yourself across every shopping platform and every social network but perhaps all that is needed is to identify and focus on those networks and platforms that bring in the most traffic to your blog or website and to make sure your website is optimized for your visitors. So how do you do that?