on 03-02-2012
They say only change is constent & when it comes to market....
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on 16-01-2012
10 top tactics to considerCategories: Marketing
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on 14-12-2011
Unlike the hackneyed financial phrase ‘past performance can be an indication of future results’. Strategic planning is tricky, it involves guesswork, an un....
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on 13-12-2011
I’ve lost count of the times when talking to clients, web designers/developers and anyone else involved in a project that one of them will say something like:
“We’ve got this great idea and we’re going to do this.... and once you’ve added some SEO to it...”
This is tre....
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on 05-12-2011
Do you take a dividend?Categories: Finance
The Revenue are starting to look more closely at “time to pay” requests. Their internal guidance manuals recommend refusing such requests if the company has paid a dividend.
For a number of SME’s a....
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on 01-12-2011
of discontent or a lifeline to small businesses?Categories: General
See I told you it wasn’t all bad (although anyone only reading the headlines might be inclined to disagree!)
The Chancellor George Osborne has just delivered his Autumn statement. The jury is still out, and will be for a while, deciding on whether the proposals will, as Osborne himself ....
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on 01-12-2011
Your country needs youCategories: General
Your country needs you
Amidst news of lower growth forecasts, rising Italian borrowing costs and warnings of a double dip recession you could be forgiven for not feeling too cheery. What with Sir Mervyn King and George Osborne’s doom and gloom even Mariah Carey and Wizzard have a tough ....
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on 01-12-2011
I kicked off this blog back in the summer by outlining The Magnificent 7 Benefits of Blogging & by giving a few tips on
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on 25-11-2011
redundancies achieve its objective?Categories: HR
Will shortening consultation for collective redundancies achieve its objective?...Unlikely...
As part of the "Raft of Radical Reforms to Employment law" announced by Vince Cable and Edward Davey today it is proposed that the minimum requirement for 90 days of consultation about redundanci....
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on 21-11-2011
take to grow a business? Categories: General
Rather than being the set up to a poor punch line for small businesses this is a valid question. Large businesses have entire departments to support sales and marketing, HR and finance so how do small businesses compete without an equal plethora of support?
There are two ways of looking a....
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on 21-11-2011
How bad can it get? Categories: General
Listening to all the economists (including the excellent Martin Wolf talking about ‘The new Global Economics’), the daily saga of Europe, Greece and Italy ,(and the ones to follow ?), European Politicians pontificating but seemingly achieving very little (....
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on 15-11-2011
Terms & Conditions Apply!Categories: Marketing
Google has an internal motto of “Don’t be Evil” and encourages its staff to think about this when making decisions. However a recent decision they made has had the SEO industry up in arms.
Google has provided....
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on 10-11-2011
Social media is for businessCategories: Marketing
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (or BIS for those of you who like an acronym) is teaming up with Dragon’s Den panellist Doug Richard to teach ‘web exploitation skills’ to 3500 SMEs (that’s small to medium enterprises for those non acronym ....
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on 08-11-2011
Infographic comparing SEO & Social media Categories: Marketing
Originally published by Revolution, this is a very interesting infographic comparing SEO and social media and their business contribution for B2B and B2C marketers.
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on 01-11-2011
sales & marketing tips to win back revenueCategories: Marketing / Sales
It’s no secret that this has been a tough year for many SMEs. In ....
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on 22-09-2011
although 1 is more of a pitch!Categories: Marketing
We are entering the crystal ball season where pundits guess & surveys reveal, so here are 10 marketing trends from one of the more reliable sources – a group of marketers! (279 of them to be pre....
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on 19-09-2011
4 Tips for Local BusinessesCategories: Marketing
I was going to write my second blog on Social Media (don’t worry that will be covered at a later date), however the same question has popped up a few times recently, so I will write about Google Places in....
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on 06-07-2011
4 tips for successCategories: HR
Why are exit interviews important?
Exit interviews are seen as good employment practice, giving employees an opportunity for closure and employers a chance....
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on 06-07-2011
Are your business records accurate?Categories: Finance
The Revenue are currently trialling their business records check on 1200 businesses. Those businesses that were “volunteered” for this have been given assurances that they will not be penalised on the outcome of the trial which finishes on 15th July 2011. However I....
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on 05-07-2011
Getting the SEO basics rightCategories: Marketing
There's are lots of Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) blogs out there, all with various “tricks of the trade”, most using technical language that only seasoned SEO professionals would understand and some ev....
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on 04-07-2011
Blog posts may be short but they take time to write properly.
We’ve previously covered the benefit....
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on 03-06-2011
Why should my business blog?Categories: Marketing
Welcome to the first springboard post & where better to start than 'Why should my business blog?'
So to our first and perhaps most compelling benefit - blogs 1.improve your search ranking for free. Google loves & rewards fresh, relevant & authoritativ....
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