It could be a better way of making a sales presentation, creating repeat sales, generating referral business or resolving customer concerns.

Q&A with Lisa King, co-founder of Eat My Lunch - a service that donates one lunch to a Kiwi kid for every lunch a consumer buys.

Two autopilot tricks you can set up so business opportunities come to your inbox daily, writes Debbie Mayo Smith.

Q&A with Louise Webster, CEO of the NZ Innovators Awards and the NZ Innovation Council about trends in innovation.

Q&A with Peter Stothers, managing director of Rackstuds, about his invention and taking it to market.

Q&A with Dr Rod Claycomb, co-founder and MD of Waikato-based biotechnology company Quantec.

Q&A with Nicola Martin of Solar Bright about the company's innovations and bringing them to market.

Your database can be used to increase sales but many businesses make a crucial mistake. Debbie Mayo Smith explains.

Q&A with Trish Wilson, founder of the CICE network, about the management philosophy lean.

Q&A with Dan Khan, a tech entrepreneur and startup advisor, about how the management philosophy 'lean' works.

Social media is popular, but nothing beats having your own database of clients and prospects to market to.

Part one of week-long series on the challenges and opportunities created by disruptive technology and business models.

Q&A with Nick Ferneyhough and Chrystelle Baran, founders of Baran de Bordeaux, about doing business in NZ.

The Labour Party wants a more flexible tax system for businesses, which would allow companies to pay as they earn instead of predicting their annual income.

Q&A with Guillaume Nicoli, founder of Ma Cherie, wholesaler and retailer of French pastries, about business in NZ.

Q&A with Thomas Dietz, founder of TOMeTTe, about starting a French food company in New Zealand.

Q&A with Jean-Christophe Poizat, founder of French fine wine merchant Maison Vauron, about doing business in NZ.

Coffee retailer accuses former worker of setting up a rival business, stealing confidential information and recipes, and trying to poach its clients.

Debbie Mayo-Smith's free and easy tips presented to the rural contractor association but with relevance for many businesses.

Q&A with James Scollay, general manager for SME solutions for MYOB, about the research trends in exit planning.

Q&A with business owner Robyn de Bruin-Judge about selling her furniture company.

Q&A with Stuart Chrisp, founder of Rothbury Kinross and Totara Investments, about exit planning.

Anna Russell takes what she has learnt from high performing professional sport and applies it to a corporate environment.

Graham McGregor with couple of suggestions for online marketplaces that can help you with your marketing.

Q&A with Cam Wallace, former co-owner of Electropar, a family owned electrical engineering business, about his exit strategy.

Q&A with Mathew Mannington, a director and technical manager at Waipak, about 3D printing in the food and bev industry.

Q&A with industrial designer and senior lecturer Ross Stevens about the trends in 3D printing and NZ's advantage.

How a hair salon used a simple database exercise to drastically increase sales, writes Debbie Mayo-Smith.