SmartCompany Editor

Eloise Keating is the news editor of SmartCompany and Inc Australia. Prior to joining SmartCompany, Eloise was news editor at Books+Publishing, the trade press for the Australian book industry. Eloise has degrees in media and communications, marketing and business management, and political science. You can follow her on Twitter at @ellykeating.

Wedding photographer under fire for “bridezilla” comments on Facebook

A wedding photographer in New South Wales is the latest business owner to come under fire on social media, after a post from his business pa…

Brands jump on the #RoyalBaby bandwagon: How to get real-time marketing right

The newest member of the UK Royal Family was just hours old when brands from around the world began joining in the celebrations. From childr…

“Startups are not for the faint hearted”: Online health-booking service readies for IPO, despite shareholder concerns

Three-year-old online health-booking service 1st Available is on the home stretch for an initial public offering that will see it attempt to…

Small business tax cut to be restricted to companies with $2 million turnover; MYOB raises $833 million in biggest float of the year: Midday Roundup

Just one day after news reports suggested the federal government’s slated 1.5% cut to the company tax rate would apply to the first $5 mil…

Australian businesses offer helping hand to Nepal, with Brisbane software developer NetEngine leading the way

A Brisbane software development company and outdoor retailer Kathmandu are among a number of Australian businesses helping the relief effort…

Former Telstra boss says his $27 million salary was indefensible: How your SME can give employees more value

Telstra’s former chief executive says his salary while managing Australia’s largest telecommunications company was indefensible and busi…

Three entrepreneurs tell the one thing the Australian government should change about the country’s labour laws

The federal government should look closely at the current level of the minimum wage and how the benchmark is regulated, according to one ent…

E-commerce sales up 22% as Aussie shoppers jump online after work to spend their hard-earned cash

Australia’s e-commerce sector continues to outpace bricks-and-mortar retail, according to research by online payments platform eWay. Austr…

Shark Tank judge Janine Allis: the key to success in business and life is how you think

Janine Allis with Flybabee co-founder Emma Lovell The key to achieving business success and even happiness in life is changing your mindset,…

Inside the internet’s click farms; Are laptops killing the iPad? And one woman’s legal battle that could change Uber forever: Best of the Web

Social media may now be the engine of the internet “but that engine is running on some pretty suspect fuel” says Doug Bock Clark in his …

Australian firms rethinking approach to M&A as focus turns to cost reduction: Report

The number of Australian companies actively pursuing mergers and acquisitions has dropped, with more than 50% of firms surveyed by Ernst &am…

Small business owner stung with $15,000 fine for pulling the wool over his clients’ eyes

A former wool buyer has been handed a $15,000 penalty in the Melbourne Magistrates Court for deceiving two clients into buying what they tho…

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