When I started my first business I knew nothing about sales. In fact I was so terrified at the idea of selling something that I would avoid answering the phone in case someone rang wanting me to convince them to […]

How many customers, followers (on Twitter), friends (on Facebook), database names do you need to have a successful business? Is it 10,000 followers, 5,000 friends? How many fans? How many names on a database? I’ve […]

Twenty years after launching successful designer stationery name that bares the founders names, Corban & Blair owner Gillian Corban is still passionate about the stylish niche products that pioneered an industry. […]

This week: Podcasting, Seesmic Desktop, the new Women in Business eNewsletter and Making Videos with the Mino-HD

Freshly shucker oysters, boulliabaise (sp?) and tuna done rare. Is there better food on a sunny […]

During a recent call with the Wonderful Web Women group, founder Janet Beckers and her guest Carrie Wilkerson of Barefoot Executive challenged listeners to get a video up on You Tube within a week. I’ve done a […]

One of the benefits of being a member of the Australian Businesswomen’s Network is that you get a page on the community website to promote yourself, your business, offer member to member discounts and offers and […]

One of my favourite presentations at South by South West was called Making Whuffie – Raising Social Capital in Online Communities, presented by Tara Hunt. According to Tara whuffie is social capital, connections […]

Amazon special on “Dummies” Social Media books ends 31 March… some good titles. I’ve ordered the SEO one. http://bit.ly/zxyPp #
Just had sneak preview of tomorrw’s Beyond Blogging webinar. Excellent info […]

Are you trying to improve on something, to make it just that little bit better, or a lot better? Are you trying to be a better marketer, write a better brochure, improve on a system, or do something better than […]

Found this quote today from R. Buckminster Fuller. Was actually looking for a different one about making a difference… but this one is great too.
Never forget that you are one of a kind. Never forget that if […]

I know it’s old but still thrilled at the innovation that is: hear song in Starbucks, go to iTunes on my iphone, artist/song listed, BUY. #
Matching business mentors with mentorees (women business owners) […]

On of the highlights for me from South by South West’s Interactive festival this year was the keynote from Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos, a $1 billion dollar online business that sells shoes (and quite a few other […]

The other night Jay Leno ended his interview with Barack Obama by saying:
“This has been one of the best nights of my life.”
No doubt, being the first host to have a sitting president on your show was a career […]

The other night Jay Leno ended his interview with Barack Obama by saying:
“This has been one of the best nights of my life.”
No doubt, being the first host to have a sitting president on your show was a career […]

Amazon in the US is having a sale til the end of the month. Taking into consideration both exchange rate and discounted prices, I think there are still good deals here on books that you may or may not be able to […]

Community guidelines create the context for participation. Just like the corporate culture in good organisations does. Makes sense. #sxsw #
Is your community fun like Govt or like a party at your house? […]

This weekend’s Weekend Australian newspaper includes a story titled: Viability Aside, New Enterprise is Vital to a Strong Economy HerBusiness member Cathy Cousins and CEO Director Suzi Dafnis participated in th […]

Like most businesswomen, I’m extremely busy. I need to make the most of my time and the more that I can achieve from my desk, the better. So when I was invited (by Flying Solo’s Robert Gerrish) to be a part of a […]

I started ‘tweeting’ regularly in October 2008. Since then it’s become a major distraction/addiction/pastime and strategic tool for business. When people ask: “What is Twitter?” I often reply by saying “it’s a […]

I’ve been at the preeminent technology festival, South by South West for the last three days. As you’d expect, much of the content in presentations is about, or touches on social media. We’re using multiple […]