Win! One of two magazine subscriptions!

by SaveTime

The Business Mums Magazine is Australia’s only magazine aimed especially at mums running their own businesses. It is written by business mums, for business mums.
We are once again offering two lucky people the chance to win a 12 month subscription of this bi-monthly magazine valued at $25 each.
To go into the running for this wonderful [...]

Does your business have a brand?

by SaveTime

Looking around the net for business information lately, we have seen a few things about brand.
We think brand is critical for all businsses, both small and large. In fact, small businesses may need a strong brand even more than large businesses than can rely on a larger number of potential customers finding them.
Despite what many [...]

Business Cards in different cultures…

by SaveTime

Like many things, how you give out (or even receive) business cards in different cultuers can be different to how you would do things in your own culture. What works in one place may not work, or even be offensive, in another place.
If you deal with people from a variety of cultures, or are attending [...]

It’s almost May Madness time!

by SaveTime

Every May, Save Time Online joins with a number of other Australian businesses in a month promotion called May Madness.
If you would like to promote your business by joining May Madness, just send us an email with the details of your May Madness offer and start promoting the May Madness page where ever you can. [...]

Juggling parenting and business

by SaveTime

An increasing number of parents are running their own business, which means they often find themselves doing a real juggling act. As we are both Mums and business owners, we get it!
One thing to note is that the juggling act changes over time, so don’t expect that what is working today will work next year [...]

Give rice to the starving

by SaveTime

This is the sort of thing that makes the internet so wonderful - you can help others quickly and easily, and it doesn’t even have to cost money.
Visit the free rice site, test and improve your vocabulary, and 20 grains of rice goes to the UN to defeat world hunger. Work on more words, donate more [...]

Why offer RSS feeds on your site/blog?

by SaveTime

you can add… RSS feeds
why?

gets your content in front of more people
links to you
credibility - expert
free promotion
may be picked up by different sites than oterwise (eg plugger)

You allow it, still under your name, not copyright issue

How do you feel about your business finances?

by SaveTime

Running a business requires a time in a lot of different areas - not just in your specialty. Finances, including keeping accounts, budgeting and paying taxes, is a major component of a business’ functions, yet it probably the most dreaded area of business for those not trained in accounting or similar.
If you are running a business, [...]

Location, Location, Location

by SaveTime

I’m sure many of you have heard this phrase with regard to Real Estate, however it also applies to online businesses, especially online shops. One of the first things many consumers look at is where an online store is located. There are many reasons for this, including the cost of shipping, ease of contacting the [...]

Announced your holiday dates?

by SaveTime

Your clients won’t be surprised if you take some time off over the festive season or early January - but they won’t be so happy if it appears you are open for business when you aren’t!
So make sure you have announced when your business will not be available - it can be a note stuck [...]