1) There's no way to avoid rising energy costs

Electricity bills are going to increase 10% - 15% year-over-year for the next few years.   With Australia's perpetual
increase in energy usage, fossil fuels becoming more limited, the need to reduce greenhouse gases and the requirement for new power stations to meet peak demand, there's just no getting around it.

What can you do?

• switch off your computers at night
• use natural light whenever possible
• turn off fridges over extended holiday periods and long weekends.

In only 8 years, the National Broadband Network will connect more than 90% of Australian homes, schools and workplaces to the internet at speeds up to 100x faster than most of us experience today. If your small business is prepared to take advantage of the benefits of the NBN, it could be set to boom.  In fact, the NBN business plan states that the network is specifically designed to benefit small and medium businesses.

As a Facebook Page owner, you may have wondered just how many of your fans actually see any given post.   After all, each Facebook user’s news feed is unique, displaying only a small sample of recent posts from people and companies they follow.   How do you make the cut?