small business

Proud to Win a Business Award!

Proud to Win a Business Award! Mount Alexander Business Awards 2017 We Push Buttons is pretty chuffed that we are joint winners of the Professional Services Award in the Mount Alexander Business Awards for 2017. The judges found this category a tough one so we shared the award with another great local business, Healing Well. We heard from a

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Interview with Jonathon Hanks

Jonathon Hanks explains shared value We Push Buttons interviewed Jonathon Hanks, founder, and Director of Incite, a South African company that provides powerful tools to businesses in emerging markets, to help them build Shared Value and Sustainability best practice business models.   Shared Value is a business strategy that is based on profit-generating principles at scale while addressing societal

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Storm Season Backup Servers

Backup your server Storm season – time to get a backup server The recent autumn storms that lashed the east coast of Australia are a not-too-subtle reminder that all businesses, large and small, should have backup servers in a separate location from their main business premises. As well as keeping a backup server, business owners

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How to set up Mac Mail

Using a personal email address is by far the most professional option to present your organisation in the best light. Unfortunately, setting up an email address using the in-built Mac Mail can sometimes be infuriatingly difficult due to security settings that are predetermined by your Mac.   Here’s a short how-to guide to setting up

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Punishment: Google Style

Crime and punishment – Google style This is nothing more than a commentary on selecting the optimisation tactics for a website, in terms of what is “safe”, productive or cost-effective, considering Google’s Search Essentials. Some people say that search engine optimisation is not exactly the sort of business a fellow gets into, looking for stability and

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What is Podcasting?

What is Podcasting?   This is the first in a three-part series on Audio Podcasting A podcast is simply a segment of audio that you can download from the internet and listen to at any time. The name suggests listening to it on a portable media player, and certainly, this is the appeal of podcasting

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Is an online store your best option to sell your art?

Is the internet the best option to sell your art?   People seem to have a love-hate relationship with online sales sites.  Most are easy to set up, have relatively low to no fees, and offer a seemingly easy way to sell your art. Unfortunately,  unless your product is priced correctly, your product fits into

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