http://nett.com.au/rss/ Nett en-us http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/online-insurer-wins-business-innovation-award/11886.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/online-insurer-wins-business-innovation-award/11886.html 12-month old company The Buzz Insurance has won the 2010 Australian Business Award for Innovation for its innovative approach to insurance sales online.  Boasting a conversion rate of 30% (in... Nett 2010-07-28 http://nett.com.au/technology/hardware/do-you-need-an-ipad/11885.html http://nett.com.au/technology/hardware/do-you-need-an-ipad/11885.html Regardless of whether or not Apple's iPad is the future of computing, do you, as a small business owner, need one now? Each new innovative Apple product appears to be appealing for small business... Nett 2010-07-28 http://nett.com.au/starting-or-selling/start-up/envato-turning-irritations-into-success/11884.html http://nett.com.au/starting-or-selling/start-up/envato-turning-irritations-into-success/11884.html Ten years ago the strategy might have been to get as much press as possible early on to attract lots of venture capital, though we know what happened to most of the dot-com start-ups who... Nett 2010-07-28 http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/kick-start-too-flash-or-not-too-flash/11883.html http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/kick-start-too-flash-or-not-too-flash/11883.html Almost every tourist on the planet does a spot of virtual sightseeing on the internet before going on holiday, so if you want to be one of the finest tour operators in your region, you need to... Nett 2010-07-28 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/federal-election-a-digital-approach/11882.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/federal-election-a-digital-approach/11882.html Matthew Gain of Edelman PR has created a program that monitors the Twitter activity of politicians in the lead up to the August Federal Election. The monitor, called Political TweetLevel, tracks and... Nett 2010-07-27 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/energise-enterprise-speedy-solutions/11881.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/energise-enterprise-speedy-solutions/11881.html Speedy Solutions, the first feature event of Energise Enterprise, Victoria’s small business festival, will be launching on Monday the 2nd of August. The focus of Speedy Solutions is on... Nett 2010-07-27 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/spotlight/spotlight-skateboard-express/11879.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/spotlight/spotlight-skateboard-express/11879.html Nett talked to Sue De Landre, founder of Skateboard Express, about the challenges of starting an online retail store that fills a niche gap with local product. Why did you start a small... Nett 2010-07-23 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/stephen-conroy-announces-isp-filter-changes-google-responds/11878.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/stephen-conroy-announces-isp-filter-changes-google-responds/11878.html The Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy, Senator Stephen Conroy has modified the proposed introduction of ISP filtering with a series of transparency and accountability... Nett 2010-07-21 http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/web-design-less-is-more/11877.html http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/web-design-less-is-more/11877.html It can be tempting to fill your homepage with as much cut-throat copy as humanly possible to win more unique visits and returning customers. Resist the temptation: less is more. May (the... Nett 2010-07-21 http://nett.com.au/finance/business-credit/improve-your-business-cashflow/11876.html http://nett.com.au/finance/business-credit/improve-your-business-cashflow/11876.html Budding entrepreneurs often start up their businesses with their own finances, hitting up their personal account to pay for work expenses. But at some stage, you need to separate your personal... Nett 2010-07-21 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/kogan-brings-ebooks-to-the-masses/11875.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/kogan-brings-ebooks-to-the-masses/11875.html eBooks are hitting the mainstream with today’s launch of Kogan’s new six-inch product for only $189. “We're seeing eBook readers dropping in price, but many are still far too... Nett 2010-07-21 http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/kickstart-gp-on-ebley/11862.html http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/kickstart-gp-on-ebley/11862.html Medical practitioners are up against a lot of competition to win the confidence of potential customers – from each other, from alternative practitioners and yes, from the web. Our panel explores... Nett 2010-07-21 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/a-smart-new-device-from-livescribe/11873.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/a-smart-new-device-from-livescribe/11873.html The latest business tool to add to your kitbag is the new Echo Smartpen from Livescribe. Business meetings will be a breeze with this clever new device, which has the ability to store what you write... Nett 2010-07-20 http://nett.com.au/marketing/social-media/tell-us-your-business-tip-to-win-an-ipad/11872.html http://nett.com.au/marketing/social-media/tell-us-your-business-tip-to-win-an-ipad/11872.html Pitch your best business tip to Nett, and you could win your very own iPad. Nett has one brand new iPad to give away to a lucky reader. All you have to do to be in the running is to tell us a business... Nett 2010-07-19 http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/video-stefan-sojka-s-video-tips/11871.html http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/video-stefan-sojka-s-video-tips/11871.html YouTube veteran Stefan Sojka shares some video production tips to prepare you for your competition entry: . Nett 2010-07-19 http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/creating-your-business-tip-video/11869.html http://nett.com.au/web-ecommerce/web/creating-your-business-tip-video/11869.html To make it even easier for you to create your short video, here are some hints and tips. Before you get into creating a video: Check that whoever will video you knows how to use the basic... Nett 2010-07-16 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/shoe-fetishists-scoop-triple-win-orias/11866.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/shoe-fetishists-scoop-triple-win-orias/11866.html Customised online shoe business Shoes of Prey has come up trumps in three categories at the recent Online Retailer Industry Awards. The ten-month old company won awards for Best New Online Retailer,... Nett 2010-07-16 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/australian-software-company-seals-60m-investment-from-us/11868.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/australian-software-company-seals-60m-investment-from-us/11868.html Australian software developer Atlassian has announced the confirmation of a USD $60m investment from US company Accel Partners. The money will be used to further Atlassian’s leading position in... Nett 2010-07-15 http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/htc-fires-up-new-smartphone-on-telstra-s-next-g-network/11867.html http://nett.com.au/latest-news/small-business-news/htc-fires-up-new-smartphone-on-telstra-s-next-g-network/11867.html HTC’s new Wildfire Android smartphone is launching next month exclusively on Telstra’s Next G network. Described as a mini-version of the HTC Desire and running on the same Google Android... Nett 2010-07-15 http://nett.com.au/people/hr-and-training/energise-enterprise-key-events/11865.html http://nett.com.au/people/hr-and-training/energise-enterprise-key-events/11865.html Energise Enterprise, Victoria’s Small Business Festival, will be taking place across the garden state in August 2010. The festival aims to provide inspiration and ideas on all things to do... Nett 2010-07-14