Rewardle is an Australian mobile app start-up that is on a mission to clean out the paper and plastic loyalty cards filling wallets everywhere. The Rewardle app available on iOS and Android uses customers smartphones and merchant POS material featuring QR codes to allow consumers to record and carry their membership data at participating businesses… Read more »
19 year old entrepreneur Brandon Cowan has been praised in Media over the last 2 years for his successful apps and philanthropic work in creating apps for organisations and communities that help them be more effective in reaching their goals and mission. Recently he has been reaching out to the Red Cross Blood Service to create an app for them in order to help increase repeat blood donation, after reaching out a number of times, he has decided to write an open letter in order to get the attention of the “right” person he needs to talk to within this part of the organisation. Share this one folks, it’s an important issue, and the app can actually help save lives.
In general around 80% of sales people I have met, are pretty average, because they really don’t understand the science around sales and the difference between that and account management. There is a HUGE difference. When you are starting up a business, before you have accounts to manage, this is when your truly see what sales and business development is all about.
I admit it, I was wrong. When I first imagined building Airtasker, I thought that from the start, marketing would be the most significant factor in building a successful marketplace for services. After a few months of pushing our developers to build lots of stuff to support online marketing campaigns, Jono (Airtasker COO and co-founder) and I started looking at the data and realized that whilst we had a pretty good net promoter score, we were spending some of our money on acquiring customers who weren’t going to be die-hard advocates of our service.
The website taps into Facebook users already existing social networks to match them with extended friends networks. Everyday, Meeeup sends the user a match chosen from their social graph, and the user has 24 hours to decide whether to “Meeeup” or “Meeeno” that match. If the user selects Meeeno, that match will never occur again. But if there’s a mutual Meeeup, the users will be connected. What’s more, once a connection is made, members will receive exclusive offers to redeem at the cities top trending hot spots when they meet up.
EVERY company who employs sales people will tell you – the way you get great sales people is to build them. You need a plug and play system that you can put ORDINARY people into and get extraordinary results from them. But that system HAS to include someone who has already done it to manage the whole thing, so you’ve got two choices: Pay a Wage and get someone in who’ll help you OR (and this is definitely what I think!) Learn to sell yourself
Did you know that there are 30 times the amount of people in Australia that say their religion is Jedi in comparison to Scientologists? Love it, Hate it, Believe in it or Ignore it – Religion my friends is big Business, A Big tax Exempt Business.
If you are under 40 and are Influential in life, work or just in general, why not nominate yourself or a person your know for the Shoe String Annual – Young and Influential List.
As much as we here at Shoe String tend to live our work lives via WiFi and 3G modems, there’s nary a day that goes by that we don’t need to use paper. Whether it be to print and annotate story ideas, scan sketches or fax off an invoice for Shoe String Sales or Shoe String Design, a great multifunction device can make a huge difference in streamlining office activities.
I am absolutely loving Asher Moses’ web series Digital Dreamers on the SMH every week for the past month or so, he has done a great job highlighting both sides of the entrepreneurial challenges for startups and new businesses coming out from Australia, notably in the Tech Space.
Sterling and Hyde Custom (sterlingandhydecustom.com) is a new bespoke shopping experience where women can create their own dream leather handbag online. A range of designs, leather types and colours enable millions of possibilities, ensuring that elusive perfect handbag becomes a reality.
Undies. A Massive Industry that makes A LOT of Money, there are the dominant players that we all know of such as Bond and Rio who have had monopoly over the market place for years, but over the past few years we have seen a rise in new innovative underwear startups that are beginning to make big traction. With their agile sales strategies, clever marketing and intelligent distribution channels, the new kids in undies are beginning to claw the market share away from the big boys – In a Big Way! Let’s take a look at some of the players in the Underwear industry making a name for themselves.
Often in a small to medium business your role includes marketing, accounts and general sweeper. When your role includes giving a presentation about your business, it is vital that you get it right. It is often forgotten that you are your brand so it is essential when giving presentations you stand out for all… Read more »
Despite buying and selling four businesses, and racking in 15 times more than what she invested when selling her very first business she directed at the tender age of 18, now 32, Emma Isaacs has no plan to be pensioned off from what she does best, and that’s building a Business Chicks empire. Business Chick,… Read more »
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