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Month May 2010

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Top 5 Tips for Hands-On Leadership

May 31, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Be there as much as possible.  Even if you have brilliant staff, standards will inevitably start to slip if you are not around to keep an eye on things. 2. Make sure that you…

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Lily Waring Intimates

May 29, ’10 7:30 AM

WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week winner this week is Kat Waring, the owner of Lily Waring Intimates. Kat started her own business in 2007, after many years of dreaming about running her own company. Lily Waring Intimates is an online store selling lingerie, with free UK deilvery Read more about Kat’s small business story here,…

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Social Media Basics for Bootstrap Businesses

May 26, ’10 7:30 AM

As regular readers of my blog will know I am passionate about small businesses and believe that the best way to start a small business is to use bootstrapping techniques. Bootstrapping means using money that comes in to your business to grow your business; avoiding taking loans or finance in order to start your business.…

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Top 5 Ways of Maintaining Virtual Relationships

May 24, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Make sure that you send regular, concise messages to your customers. 2. Invest in good software and hardware that you can rely on. 3. Set aside time each day to answer your email and…

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Sarasvati Arts

May 22, ’10 7:28 AM

WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week winner this week is Emily Rogers, the owner of Sarasvati Arts, and designer of the Buddha Wheel. Laura is a mum of two from Totnes, Devon who started her business after realising the amazingly positive effect that meditation had on her epilepsy. Her vision to enabling and empower people to…

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The Centre of Your Small Business

May 21, ’10 7:30 AM

Who is at the centre of your small business? Do you currently run your business alone, or do you have staff? In some ways, managing everything yourself is easier than taking on staff; time is always an issue but you know how to deal with your self. When you begin employing staff you need to…

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The Customer Is Always Right!

May 19, ’10 7:30 AM

While we all hope to make our customers 100% happy all of the time, and this must of course be what we strive for, there will be occasions where a customer is less than happy with the service you have provided. Even if your customer service is second to none misunderstanding and technical faults can…

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Top 5 Ways of Being More Efficient in Business

May 17, ’10 7:00 AM

The top 5 tips weekly post is always full of hints and tips for small, home & micro business owners. 1. Keep track of your time as dilligently as possible to prevent getting sidetracked. 2. Use a specific business calendar to keep a reminder of your schedule. 3. Don’t purchase containers to store more documents…

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WinWeb Pitch of the Week – Digistar Solutions

May 15, ’10 7:30 AM

WinWeb’s Pitch of the Week winner this week is Kelvin Thom, the owner of Digistar Solutions. Kelvin started Digistar solutions in March this year and his story is typical of small business owners across the world; that owning a small business is hard work, but that he wouldn’t change it for the world. You can…

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What’s Your Business Personality?

May 14, ’10 7:30 AM

When you’re in business you often hear the phrase “people buy from people”, but just how important are people, and personality, in running a successful business? On Monday, Gordon Brown the British Prime Minister announced that he is to step down as leader of the Labour party. What was his main problem? Policies, recessions and…

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