Telstra Best of Business Awards

This year’s Telstra Best of Business Awards has fewer doors and higher stakes. Last year, there were seven categories to choose from. This year’s been whittled down to four. Last year, if you were an eligible business under 200 staff, you could enter as many categories as fitted your story with seven categories to choose […]

Australia punches above its weight at the 2025 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business

Australia was represented by a powerhouse of founders, executives, thought leaders and innovators in New York this week, after a record number of local women won gold, silver and bronze at the 22nd annual Stevie® Awards for Women in Business, one of the most competitive global platforms recognising women shaping business, industry, and social change. […]

Vanity business awards: how they take advantage of our egos

You fire up your computer, ready for another busy day.  Watching your inbox fill with spam emails, requests for meetings and calendar reminders of jobs you keep putting off, but an email catches your eyes. The subject line makes you sit up. Subject: Congratulations – You’re a Global Business Superstar Winner! You squint at the […]

Paid media: worth it or damaging to your brand?

The email opens with ‘Dear AnnetteC …” They wanted to ‘feature’ me in their magazine. What they really wanted was my money…