Want some simple ideas that will have a real impact on your business? Here are six low-budget business tips that you can easily implement into your day-to-day operations.

The biggest reason we lose customers is that they don't feel appreciated. In other words, we never told our customers that we cared about them or that they were important to us. The solution is to use appreciation marketing on a regular basis - here are three ways you can do so.

There are literally thousands of people offering business advice and it is important for business owners, particularly those unaware or unfamiliar with the type of advice out there, to think carefully before rushing into a relationship with an external consultant.

Every business needs to differentiate themselves in the way they provide goods and services to make it very easy for a buyer to choose their business over others. Here are three ways you can do so at relatively low budgets.

Service-based business can be the most difficult in which to measure profitability. All kinds of issues can impact the difference between what is charged to a client and the cost of delivering the service. Read on for more information on how SMEs in the service sector can optimise their performance.

Come 30 January 2012, certain small businesses will be impacted by the Personal Property Securities Act if they supply goods to customers on consignment or on finance terms. If businesses don't, they may lose title to these goods.

Australian SMEs are not regular users of debtor finance but given that cash flow challenges are usually cited as major impediments to growing a small business, it is timely that we explore debtor finance as a way to improve working capital.

It is said that more millionaires are made during tough economic times that during good times. Business coach Stuart Waddington talks about four ways to lead the pack in your market space and think like a millionaire- even if you're not.

When your business's rubbish is disposed of each day, is it secure? It might sound crazy, but there are enterprising crooks out there prepared to troll through your rubbish to see if they can piece together enough information to replicate your business' identity or that of your customers. Here are 11 ways to safeguard sensitive information in your business.

Part Three of the online business series presented by Suncorp's Mark Harper builds on last week's how-to on building a successful small business website. This week, he talks about the eight tips small business owners can use to drive customers to their website.