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Capital Investment Back to Pre-Crisis Levels | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 18:56:19 +0000

[podcast] Phil Dobbie talks to Christine Christian, CEO of Dunn and Bradstreet, about the latest National Business Expectations Survey, which shows positive signs for the Australian economy. Businesses are expecting to invest in more capital and build their inventory. Two signs that companies expect increased sales in early 2010.

What's Keeping Australians Up at Night? | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 15:30:39 +0000

[podcast] New research from Ogilvy and Mather asks "What's Keeping Australians Up at Night?". The answers are surprising. All age groups, for example, are concerned about the lack of respect we have for each other. What do these results mean for marketers?

Cashflow in the Quiet Months | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 10:35:39 +0000

[podcast] The summer months in Australia are a period of long holidays and slow cash flow. It's followed by the season with the highest levels of bankruptcy. All businesses should be thinking long and hard right now about how they will manage their cashflow, even if invoicing is strong.

Barter Off Your Spare Capacity | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 19:53:37 +0000

[podcast] Bartering your services is a poor second cousin to cold hard cash, but if you have spare capacity it might be a useful way to offset cash expenses. In Australia 20,000 companies now use Bartercard, accounting for the equivalent of $10 billion worth of transactions.

Is the Reserve Bank Fighting the Wrong Demon? | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 19:55:38 +0000

[podcast] Economist Steve Keen argues that rising interest rates are more to do with controlling the housing bubble than keeping inflation under control. He says rate rises and removal of the first home buyers grant will make Aussie house prices tank in early 2010. Of course, he's said that before.

Finding Your Ideal Networking Group

Robert Gerrish — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 07:10:33 +0000

I recently caught up with Suzy Jacobs from The Athena Network in this short video interview. Suzy shares some good tips for those new to face-to-face networking and has some fine ideas when considering the best event to attend. Clearly networking is more than just thrusting cards into people’s hands and as Suzy explains it can be [...]

Recruitment FAIL!

Melissa Lourenco — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 23:12:42 +0000

Having seen just about everything when recruiting, here are some examples of what not to do. (These all really happened, folks.)

What Influence Do Marketers Have? | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:11:00 +0000

[podcast] A new survey shows that marketers are satsified with the influence their department has on the success of a business. Does that mean companies are realising the importance of the full marketing mix, or is it because some marketers don't realise they should be driving more than just communications?

Smart Businesses Save Skills | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:12:18 +0000

[podcast] A survey from Deloitte and the Australian Industry Group shows that, with the economic downturn, a third of businesses have made cuts in their training expenditure, with most cutting it more than 20 percent. What does this mean for Australia's skills shortage?

The Government 2.0 Taskforce | BTalk Australia

Phil Dobbie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 07:38:49 +0000

[podcast] Web 2.0 has changed the way we use the Internet. Can it also change the way we interact with the government? Dr Nicholas Gruen, chair of the Government 2.0 Taskforce in Australia, believes it will be the catalyst for a profound transformation in democracy.