NASTY HABITS IN THE OFFICE!How to Deal with the Worst Bad Habits and...
Do you find that you have to put up with some particularly irksome habits from some of your team members? What are the most common employee bad habits that we have to deal with on a frequent basis? And...
View ArticleARE YOU GETTING THE MOST FROM TWITTER?
The Tools, Tips and Tricks that YOUR Business Should Be Using on Twitter This Year When using Twitter as a marketing tool, those 140 characters can seem like a long shot. Here in the Martin Print...
View ArticleDOMAIN NAME GOLD RUSH 2014!
Why Your Business Should Be Planning Ahead for the All-New Domain Extensions. 2014 is going to witness one of the biggest and most dramatic changes in the history of the internet. But is your business...
View ArticleFOOD FOR THOUGHT?
How Martin Print Helped to Give a Surprise Early Breakfast to the Homeless People of Davao City. It was Judy’s birthday last week. Judy is Martin Print’s frankly heroic Head Account Manager who works...
View ArticleCHEQUES, CREDIT CARDS, GATEWAYS, PAYPAL & BITCOINS!
How to Choose the Best Range of Payment Methods for Your Business Customers. As Martin Print becomes the first Australian print and design company to accept Bitcoin as payment for our business-boosting...
View ArticlePAY TO PLAY FACEBOOK
Why ‘Free’ Facebook Posts Will Soon Become a Waste of Time as Organic Reach Plumbs New Depths. Have you noticed just how quickly the visibility of non-promoted posts from your Facebook business page...
View ArticleCRACKDOWN ON FAKE REVIEWS
The tough new guidelines and penalties for business owners who cross the line on Review Sites. Glowing testimonials from happy customers on independent Review Sites can certainly help to drum up...
View ArticleNEW FACEBOOK REDESIGN IS HERE!
Everything you need to know about the new Facebook layout for Business Pages. Another brand new look for Facebook pages is ready to be rolled out this month. You may already have clicked on an option...
View ArticleCALLING FACEBOOK USERS TO ACTION!
The Secret Words that generate the biggest interaction from your Facebook posts. Which secret word hits the spot when it comes to inspiring your Facebook followers to engage with your latest status...
View ArticleGOOGLE YOUR BUSINESS
The new free tool from Google that helps to put your Aussie business on the map and ditch the Octopus. Google have recently launched a new free platform for Australian Small Business which is designed...
View ArticleBREACHING THE SPAM MARKETING RULES
How your business could face a big fine for breaking the tough Australian Anti-Spam Laws. Nobody likes a Spammer, do they? It’s an accusation that gets tossed around far too freely these days, though....
View ArticleOLDER AND WISER
Why overlooking ‘mature’ workers is a big mistake for Australian Business. What would you say is the average age of everyone who works for your business? You can just quickly estimate the answer in...
View ArticleFACEBOOK REACH TO FALL EVEN FURTHER FOR BUSINESS PAGES?
How to avoid becoming invisible when new content controls are rolled out in January 2015. Doom! Gloom! And more doom! A recent announcement from Facebook has suggested that Business Pages are likely to...
View ArticleTHE FUTURE IS YESTERDAY
This is NOT a Blog article about predictions for new business trends in 2015. If you’re an avid reader of Business Blogs, I expect you’ll have already skimmed through a whole stack of new articles and...
View ArticlePROUD TO BE LOCAL?
Why smaller Australian Businesses have an edge over the Global Corporate Giants. In the ongoing battle between smaller local businesses and giant international corporate companies, it can often seem as...
View ArticleUPGRADE YOUR SUBJECT LINES!
The Official Best and Worst Words to Use in Your Email Subject Lines. Hurry! Click to Open! Don’t Miss Out! Please Open Me! Pleeeease! I’m sure you’ll have come across plenty of Emails in your own...
View ArticleCHASING UP LATE INVOICE PAYMENTS!
But could we business owners be the worst offenders of all? Hands up who enjoys hassling customers about late payments? Hmm. It’s all gone very quiet. It’s perhaps fair to assume that dealing with...
View ArticlePICK UP THE TELEPHONE!
Your customers are ready to talk…but is YOUR business ready to listen? A new report reveals just how much a typical consumer is itching to speak to you and your business on the telephone. But how many...
View ArticleASK A SILLY QUESTION…
The Top 10 Strangest Job Interview Questions – and Answers! – of 2015. Have you ever asked a slightly bizarre question to a potential future employee during the interview process? Or have you ever been...
View ArticleBRAVING THE ‘SHARK TANK’!
Why Dean Salakas from The Party People turned down a $400,000 investment from the TV Sharks. You may have seen Dean Salakas from The Party People on your TV screens last week, as he was brave enough to...
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