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UK Budget 2014: What do small business owners want?

UK Budget 2014: What do small business owners want?

In a few short weeks, UK Chancellor George Osborne will unveil his latest Budget and small business owners are waiting with baited breath. Concerned business owners in coastal areas will be particularly interested to see if there is a boost to flood defense spending to try and avoid further disasters. But what does the average…

Infographic: Video Marketing

Infographic: Video Marketing

If you are promoting your small business online today then you need to be aware that the written word simply isn’t enough. These days it is all about video. Video has become a huge part of the lives of almost every internet user, with 85% of us now using the web to stream video on…

Top 5 Tips for Media Exposure

Top 5 Tips for Media Exposure

How often do you see stories on your favourite websites that are all about a business? You’ll probably see a few every day, and usually they aren’t paid advertorials but actual editorial content. Even sources like the BBC and The Guardian run pieces on a daily basis about businesses without any money changing hands. This…

Are you making these mistakes when hiring Freelancers?

Are you making these mistakes when hiring Freelancers?

If you have a small to medium-sized business, you are probably already benefiting from the use of Freelancers in your everyday operations. Freelancers bring with them the latest industry knowledge and methods, and they will more often than not be experts in their field. On top of this, you will only need to pay when…

Infographic: Virtual Corporate Culture

Infographic: Virtual Corporate Culture

Today’s infographic is a case study of a business that started with a corporate culture of teleworking (mainly out of necessity) and kept it in place even as the company grew into a $1 billion concern. That company is Automattic and – even if the name might not be familiar – you will almost certainly…

Perfection – Quote of the Week

Perfection – Quote of the Week

“The delusion that you’re perfect – or that if you just do the right thing, things will always work out OK – makes you resistant to change and fearful of failure… you’d rather not discover that you’re imperfect, that maybe what you were doing was wrong. The more people can go through these discoveries the…

Stress, Complaining and Lost Business

Stress, Complaining and Lost Business

I came across this article “15 Statistics That Should Change The Business World – But Haven’t” which identified 15 pieces of research that show how important customer service is in retaining and developing business – much more so than the quality and price of the product or service being sold. This led me to think…

Top 5 Tips for Explaining Your Business

Top 5 Tips for Explaining Your Business

When you are a small business, it can be difficult to make people pay attention to your products even if you are selling something familiar. The job is made even harder when you are selling cutting edge technology and having to explain terms like “cloud computing” just so that people understand the things you do.…

Infographic: Loving Your Job

Infographic: Loving Your Job

Most of us entrepreneurs love our businesses and really enjoy working in them, but if you have to work a day job that you don’t enjoy just to make ends meet it can be very disheartening. Fortunately there are a number of ways to make every part of your working life more enjoyable (and none…

Infographic: Free Web Services

Infographic: Free Web Services

Nowadays we expect a lot of things for free on the internet. Whether you want to watch videos on YouTube, send email, access vast global maps, or connect to your friends on social media, providers are expected to offer all of these things for free to their customers. But what you might not realise is…

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