Archive for 'Business'

Boost your google ranking in just 8 minutes

Google Alerts for AutoCarLog

Or, how I used free directory sites to boost my profile
Believe it or not, sometimes the best way to increase your site ranking in Google is not to list it in Google.  There are hundreds of free (and hundreds more paid) directory sites where you can have a small blurb and link to your business [...]

Free content – an effictive way to bring traffic to your site

Free Content

Through giving away one product on one site, I’ve learned that telling people how to do it for themselves is a good way to bring in business.

Babyboomers and Gen Y working together?

Ageism

Babyboombers and gen y can work together, and can work together in what could be a very powerful partnership built on respect, experience and entrepreneurship.

Known thine weakness!

How often do you look at yourself and say “I’m rubbish?”

Batch transactions

BlueChilli ABA File Generator

Elegant software should all be about reducing the time taken to do tasks. I firmly believe that if doing something online or the electronic way takes longer than what it did before – then you shouldn’t be doing it!

Employ smart people

Why aren

You’ve all seen it, the small business owner who is paranoid of losing control and either doesn’t employ anyone; or worse, takes on staff whom they’re not threatened by. Why do they do this?

Perception Management

Fixing the Fire Control Radar

Perception Management is the art of managing the perception of those around you to ensure potential unfavourable outcomes are positively received.

Never leave anything to chance

Dice

One thing my first mentor told me which stands out more than anything else, is to succeed you “never leave anything to chance”.

A lesson in disguise

Back when I first dabbed my big toe in running my own business, I can honestly say I didn’t know what I was doing.  But I was doing something and to me that was the most important thing. It didn’t matter that I didn’t have an MBA or formal education in business, I had an [...]

Customer Service

Customer Service

A recent bad experience with customer service prompted me to think about why the big companies promote the importance of customer service yet fail to deliver, but smaller ones do well but keep quiet about it.