Being creative with Xero
Working in Xero’s UK support team, I get to hear a wide range of requests or suggestions from our customers. A couple of months ago Richard Burton from Hoodeasy, a company that sells leavers hoodies to...
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Rock my franchise
Adding accounting into Rockmybaby™ wasn’t something we considered until we saw Xero. Now we can add more value to our Rockmybaby™ licensees and help them get their business running better. Xero makes...
View ArticleGoogle Local Business Center
Google have been slowly beefing up their directory products, and have recently introduced Google Local Business center. This allows small businesses to enter in more specific information about...
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E2theMax
Since 2008 we’ve been sponsoring the E2theMax Business Makeover Challenge. Our CEO Rod was quoted saying, “The Challenge provides owners (small business) with the mentorship and tools necessary to...
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Google Places
Google has renamed Local Business Center (which we mentioned back in January) as Google Places. You can read about what’s new here: Introducing Google Places. There are lots of new features such as...
View ArticlePet Angels
We love hearing of new businesses that are using the power of the Internet to scale. One of our growing customers is Pet Angels, whose business is literally going to the dogs … Congratulations Angels.
View ArticleStronger, fairer, simpler – crikey that’s good for SMEs
Australia – we are winning. The Government today confirmed it plans to implement some of the recommendations from the Henry Review on tax, and wow they are leading edge (hence the slogan stronger,...
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Aussie Budget
Deficits are inevitable and Kevin Rudd’s intent to get the Australia economy back to surplus by 2013 (three years ahead of time) is ambitious but admirable. In the Budget announcement last night all...
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Changes to New Zealand GST – no problem
One of the biggest (and most anticipated changes) for The Budget just delivered by New Zealand’s Minister of Finance Bill English is that GST will rise from 12.5% to 15% effective 1 October. You may...
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Gorgeous and effective emails…
Getting your email marketing right takes a bit of doing and we like to think we’re getting it nailed. So it was great to have this reinforced with some international recognition in SitePoint’s latest...
View ArticleHow do I price the rise in GST?
With the Goods and Services Tax (GST) changing in New Zealand from 12.5% to 15% there’s a lot of discussion about how to change your pricing so that the rise in GST is passed onto your customers and...
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Making tax easier
Today the New Zealand Inland Revenue Department (IRD) launched a 6 week consultation process to fundamentally change the way it receives information from small businesses and individuals. Over the next...
View ArticleAustralian businesses talk about Xero
One of the greatest parts of my job is getting to travel around Australia and meet people who are passionate about Xero. Without our partners and early adopter clients we wouldn’t have made so much...
View ArticleUK Government abolishes medium-sized businesses
I am nurturing a personal theory about business which in short says that medium-sized businesses will become extinct, overtaken and then usurped by a growing breed of super-agile, better informed, more...
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Xerocon Live Blog
Good morning We’ll be posting throughout the day from the Viaduct Events Centre in Auckland New Zealand. Check back at 9.00am NZST for live coverage from the Xerocon keynote #xerocon. 9.37am CEO Rod...
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New Zealand wiki makes small business data accessible
We’re chuffed that Xero is the first business backing Wiki New Zealand. This site is a new initiative to make data about New Zealand accessible and easy to understand. The New Zealand wiki features a...
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Demystifying cloud computing for small business
Many people remain unsure about what cloud computing is and how it can help them. As an event host for the Victorian Small Business Festival, we jumped at the chance to provide a free workshop on...
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Company’s financial hardship turnaround
Businesses have their ups and downs, and you have to feel for the managers concerned when major problems arise. So it’s pretty exciting to hear about the use of Xero as part of a turnaround expert’s...
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Tips and tricks for small business
We’ve been busy developing a brand new section on xero.com, called Small Business Guides. The content of the section is based on research we did in the small business community. The research...
View ArticleRethinking business websites
When the notion of having a website for your business first started to surface around 1994, the way business owners regarded business websites shifted very quickly from the mid-1990′s – what on earth...
View ArticleTalking Australian success with Switzer
Continuing the strong momentum we have seen in Australia, I was invited to speak on Sky Business News by Peter Switzer, host of Switzer TV and recent Xerocon MC. The focus was on the imminent shift...
View ArticleTalking about technology behind business
Following on from last week’s TV interview with Peter Switzer, I was again in the hot seat at Sky News studio. This time I was speaking with Nigel Freitas, host of Technology Behind Business. Since the...
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Sparking technology innovation
According to new research commissioned by PayPal Australia, technology comprehension can have a big impact on the growth of Australian SMEs. Three in five SMEs claim that they could run their business...
View ArticleWhy should my business telework?
A new expectation is being established by today’s employees that their workplace will enable them to work away from the office, particularly from home. In Australia, 51% of employees now use the...
View Article10 business apps to grow your business
Allowing business to work smarter and faster has been a key goal of Xero from the very start. An exciting and valuable part of this has been the Xero API launched in 2008, which lets other applications...
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