I recently had to have passport photos taken for a passport renewal. They cost me $14, which while not a lot of money, seems to be a lot for a small digital photo, especially when photo reprints only cost 20 cents these days. Since then I have stumbled across this site, http://www.epassportphoto.com/ which suggests you [...]
ANZ is offering some free Small Business workshop, 'Marketing and your small business' with me. To find out more go here http://www.anzsmallbusinessworkshops.com.au from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant
Here is Australia, the new version of MYOB will not be released until August / September time. Here are some video snippets from the MYOB New Zealand website that may be of interest to you. There are 4 short easy to watch videos on the new features for MYOB in New Zealand.· Enhanced Search (540KB) [...]
It is great to look at KPI’s (Key performance indicators), and business statistics and comparisons, but you need to ensure that the figures that you are working with are correct in the first place. The ATO has a list of common GST mistakes :- here More to add here!!!
A resume, even that one sitting on linkedin, should be reviewed quarterly.It should include; Budget ~ details of how you achieved against the budgetMetrics ~ define and state the business metrics and then how you achieved against themTeam ~ it is important to demonstrate how successful your team was, and how you worked with them.This [...]
I can highly recommend "Orbiting the Giant Hairball A Corporate Fool's Guide to Surviving with Grace” By Gordon MacKenzie. It is a really easy read, with pictures throughout (I love picture books!). You can actually borrow it at the Brisbane City Council Library http://elibcat.library.brisbane.qld.gov.au/uhtbin/webcat/ on special loan for a week, they ship it up from [...]
An event to assist young entrepreneurs to get off on the right foot in business is being staged at QUT’s Brisbane Campus on May 27.Step Up & Start Up is the result of a young man operating in the entrepreneurial space himself. Chris Davis, who operates his own event business, Greymouse Conference, said his idea [...]
With a credit card, you simply reconcile to the date on the statement.What is critical is when you do your BAS, you make sure you do the end of the month, when it comes to that time, the bank card may reconcile to e.g. 31st March, and the credit card may reconcile to the 8th [...]
Is a paperless office for a soloists a practical reality? In my article Small business record keeping: Dealing with the shoebox Marc Fraser from Melbourne raised the possibility of maintaining financial source documents electronically.This article was published at Flying Solo.To read the rest of the article and leave a comment, please click here.from Heather Smith [...]
If you are interested in setting up an RSS feed in OUTLOOK 2007, click here for some simple instructions. from Heather Smith ~ MYOB Certified Consultant