Category SME-Blog

Entries 113 Total

Wanted: Experienced Authors For The Small Business Blog

Jun 19, ’12 6:54 AM

Are you an experienced writer with a passion for small business? Do you want to use your skills to contribute to one of the world’s leading small business blogs? If so, we want to hear from you. To expand on educational content in all areas of small business, case studies, reviews, previews and news stories…

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Yes, Ex-Minister,#MicroBizMatters!

Mar 28, ’12 10:55 AM

Question Time Just before I flew home to Canada I was asked by my inept agent, Tony Robinson OBE, to chair a ‘Question Time’ type debate at a large micro business conference in his home town of Scarborough. Micro businesses (0-9 employees) are, apparently, quite important to the UK. There are 4.5 million of them…

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The Small Business Blog Is Changing.

Sep 26, ’11 4:48 PM

After five and a half years writing articles about small business issues on this blog, I am going to follow many of my fellow bloggers and open my blog permanently up to a select group of interesting and relevant authors for my readership. In the next few weeks I will start introducing new authors with…

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The Small Business Blog On Facebook

Sep 22, ’11 6:45 AM

A week ago, I launched a new Facebook Page for The Small Business Blog – please come and join me to talk about anything to do with small business, micro business, home business, self-employed, business start-up …. Tell me what you think about my blog posts, leave your writing (comments) on my wall, give me…

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Shell Live Wire Competition – Meet Business Partners

Dec 4, ’10 2:30 PM

As readers of my blog will know, I love innovation and entrepreneurship – both of which I am passionate about. Shell Live Wire are currently running a competition and the winners are the people who produced the video that gets the most views on YouTube. One contestant, Becky Blackmore, from Meet Business Partners, took the…

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A Great T-Mobile Competition With A £2000 Prize!

Nov 17, ’10 5:53 PM

Mobile Phone Company, T-Mobile, is offering small businesses the chance to win £2000, with just 140 characters. In their latest competition, T-Mobile are asking small businesses to submit 140 characters about what makes their business great, to their website. These entries will then be judged and the winner will receive £2000 for their business. The…

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Blog Action Day 2010 – Water as a Human Right

Oct 15, ’10 1:58 PM

Water is a basic human right, at the fundamental core of environmental, communal and personal health, yet vast areas of the world still have no access to potable drinking water. This year’s Blog Action Day will bring together people from all over the world and unite them on this single issue. Thousands of blogs from…

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RARE Business – A New Book By Adrian Swinscoe

Oct 4, ’10 3:35 PM

A fellow blogger who has previously written here on the SME-Blog, Adrian Swinscoe, has released a book entitled RARE Business. In RARE Business, Adrian speaks about how businesses both large and small can build better relationships with their people and customers enabling them to drive sustainable growth. Business and customer relationships are something I feel…

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John Needs YOU!

Jul 30, ’10 10:25 AM

Fellow blogger John Crickett is busy writing a new book: The Big Book of Business Ideas, and he needs your help. John needs business owners to use as case studies and some ‘from the trenches’ advice on starting a business like yours. What do you have to do? Just take a few minutes to complete…

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The Inception of a Business Idea

Jul 28, ’10 7:00 AM

Every successful business starts with an idea. If you haven’t been immediately struck with inspiration, then coming up with a concept for your small business can be difficult and frustrating. However, there are some tried and tested methods you could use to come up with an idea that suits you. Firstly, you could try doing…

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