Mark Harbottle
News and interviews on Mark Harbottle including trends, features, blogs and community conversations from an Australian business perspective.
SMEs should use Australian crowdsourcing hub to reduce need for funding: ExpertWednesday, 19 May 2010
Futurist Ross Dawson says Australian SMEs should do more to leverage the country's development crowdsourcing hub if they want to reduce their need to tap venture capitalists for funding. ...
How I won a Webby Award
Friday, 14 May 2010
Australian entrepreneur Mark Harbottle was caught by surprise recently when his site, 99Designs, was nominated for the prestigious Webby Awards. The company ended up taking out the People's Choice award, voted on by users instead of the official panel, ahead ...
SmartCompany Crown Lager Business Start Up Awards winners revealed
Wednesday, 25 November 2009
Canberra-based project management firm, Point Project Management has taken out the top prize at the inaugural SmartCompany Crown Lager Business Start Up Awards, held on Wednesday night at Melbourne's Crown Casino. ...
99designs
Friday, 20 November 2009
Matt Mickiwicz Mark Harbottle Start Up Rank: 13 Revenue: $3,200,000 Founder(s): Mark Harbottle, Matt Mickiewicz Industry: Internet Head Office: Victoria Employees: 15 Website: www.99designs.com Crowdsourcing has grown incredibly popular ...
I've had enough and I want to sell my business. Help!
Friday, 21 August 2009
Dear Aunty B. I want to sell my online business. And badly. The business has been up just over a year. During that time, despite the 80-odd hours I've worked each week, it's grown at a snail's pace. At the moment I'm coming in at about $100 a month in income ...
Tweet your way to marketing success
Tuesday, 04 August 2009
Social networking giant Twitter has grown from an internet gimmick into a full-blown marketing tool. For SMEs, being able to spread your message and sell to millions of people with no cash required is an offer too good to refuse. ...
The selling power of social networking highlighted again
Friday, 13 March 2009
The power of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook has been demonstrated again in a fascinating experiment in the United States. ...
How Twitter helped one small business reach millions and raise money for bushfires
Wednesday, 11 February 2009
Mark Harbottle is one of Australia’s most successful social networking entrepreneurs. So he had high expectations that his companies Sitepoint and 99Designs could raise $50,000 for the victims of the Victorian bushfires using social networks. ...
Online in a downturn – the top 20 trends
Thursday, 22 January 2009
After almost a decade of strong growth, the online sector faces its first major recesson. The experts are bracing for a tough year, but some products and services will still thrive. We outline the top 20 trends that every business owner needs to come ...
Australia’s best online forums
Tuesday, 25 November 2008
Many companies underestimate the power of online forums as a branding, marketing and communications tool. Here's how Australia's best forums do it – and five of the best examples. By BRAD HOWARTH By Brad Howarth Online forums are one of ...
SmartCompany awards 2008: The billion dollar list
Monday, 15 September 2008
Australia’s top small and medium businesses have shrugged off the downturn to reveal spectacular growth rates at this year’s SmartCompany.com.au awards held on Friday night in Melbourne, hosted by NAB. ...
Domain name policy change good for businesses
Friday, 20 June 2008
The value of a key asset for many businesses – their domain name – is on the rise, thanks to policy changes to allow the sale of domain names introduced this month. Changes to the .com.au policy by Australia’s Internet Domain Authority, which came into effect ...
Top 40 Sales & Marketing Tips
Friday, 30 May 2008
Australia’s leading entrepreneurs are brilliant at selling and marketing and in creating the strategy that supports these key functions. As the current downturn kicks in, we took a trip around SmartCompany.com.au pulling together the tips and tricks that ...
Sitepoint: Ideas = exchange = business
Tuesday, 22 April 2008
Web 2.0 pioneer Mark Harbottle, 35, is changing direction, and has has started another business, 99designs.com, from an idea that grew out of his forums. By AMANDA GOME ...
Mark Robilliard
Wednesday, 24 October 2007
That point in time when someone realises what depreciation is, and how it can work for their business, can be a sublime moment. ...
Forums: Get it together
Saturday, 21 July 2007
Online forums have almost become mandatory for any business that’s serious about its online presence – but the significant benefits always come with potential pitfalls. Forums are the new marketing tool for 2007. SIMON LLOYD points both out. ...
Web trends revealed
Monday, 04 June 2007
It's hard to keep up with the latest web trends, but harder still to plan for the future. Sitepoint's Mark Harbottle tells AMANDA GOME what he sees in the telescope. Several readers have posed intriguing questions. See inside for Mark's answers. Email you ...
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