October, 2011

The Small Business Blog

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Top 5 Offline Marketing Tips for Small Business

The Small Business Blog

The weekly top 5 tips post is always full of helpful hints and advice for small, home and micro business owners. 1. Do a little bit of research and identify the local business groups and events that take place in your area.

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Should I stay or should I go?

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Conferences, networking events, too-good-to-miss social media training opportunities… Let’s face it, there are plenty of activities to distract us from everyday business life that promise to promote and improve our businesses, to make connections and hopefully secure sales along the way.

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Are All Politicians Bad Parents?

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My son came by today and was telling me about what was happening in his life and I must say I’m a very proud parent, like many of us. All the hours, days, weeks, months and years of support have paid off for me and especially my wife.

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Entrepreneurs- The New Rockstars?

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I spend a huge amount of my working life supporting micro firms, many of them start ups. Specifically through my work with Shell LiveWIRE, I look at a huge number of funding applications for our monthly awards- this is a great privilege and gives me an insight to the ‘state of the entrepreneurial nation’!

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How Building Better Relationships with Your People and Your Customers Can Deliver Sustainable Growth

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I was thinking about what to write today and I couldn’t get my mind off something that I had written earlier in the year as a manifesto across at Changethis.com. This is quite a long post and is mostly the same as the manifesto but it’s message is simple and bears repeating, I believe.

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Recession? – New businesses never had it so good!

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Before I alienate most readers with my first post let me explain: In the 90’s before the internet and emailing were prevalent within the business community most new businesses had buy or rent office/shop premises, have staff available during normal opening hours and be able to afford the normal overheads such as heating, lighting rent,…

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Evolving Signs: Go Digital

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A business sign can be an extremely helpful asset to a small business, especially if they are in a crowded high street and need to stand out from the rest of the crowd. An eye-catching sign is the best way to immediately increase the amount of foot traffic that your business receives.

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