Blogging is a great marketing tool. Blogging takes time and patience though before you will start to see results in terms of link building and readership. Don't be disheartened - both will come in time for you and your business.Here are things I've learned in the last year or so - hopefully you'll
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Blogging, some handy pointers
Posted by Barneyausten under Social MediaFrom http://www.starttoblog.com 5118 days ago
How do you measure up?
Posted by Barneyausten under StrategyFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5119 days ago
Effective project management predicates that each project is analysed to understand what worked well and not so well. Business managers also need to understand project delivery as it fundamentally affects their operation. Business managers and owners need to make sure that they have the correct mea
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Language in a global market
Posted by Barneyausten under GlobalFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5129 days ago
When dealing with international customers, it is vital to understand the impact of language and localisation to ensure that you are not unintentionally being rude to customers or indeed insulting them. If translation is not an option, then language should be kept simple and to the point.
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A Quiet Go-Live
Posted by Barneyausten under StartupsFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5130 days ago
While this post is about our product go-live, it is not a promotional post! There are some lessons for all in it with regards to validating your offering through "live" testing. We did a lengthy beta test during which we tested business processes as well as the product, we made the move to producti
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Business Confidence - Getting Going
Posted by Barneyausten under StartupsFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5134 days ago
New business owners can worry about every small thing before opening their doors and this can prevent a business ever launching. Provided a strong foundation is in place, the doors should be opened. Problems can be fixed, but it is better to be doing this in operation - otherwise how do you know wh
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Business targets - staying on track
Posted by Barneyausten under StrategyFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5137 days ago
Targets are often set in business at a high level. Net profitability, revenue targets, sales targets. But it is just as important to set specific targets at a lower level also throughout the organisation. Those smaller individual targets in each area will ensure that the high level revenue and sale
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Sales and Customer Service - Managing the Tyre Kickers
Posted by Barneyausten under Customer ServiceFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5149 days ago
In business, we encounter people who would suggest that they are customers but don't actually ever intend buying anything from us. Customer service and engagement is just as important with them otherwise you might miss out on a positive reference to a real future customer.
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Experience Counts
Posted by Barneyausten under ManagementFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5151 days ago
Experience creates effective project management. An experienced project manager will be able to quickly handle problems that arise because they have experienced similar issues in the past. Businesses should learn from that experience and make sure it is passed on to the rest of the team.
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Decision making - make that call and save yourself time.
Posted by Barneyausten under ManagementFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5151 days ago
Do you make your decisions quickly? If not, why not. Not enough facts to support making it? Or fear of getting it wrong? - A very little post!
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Using a map
Posted by Barneyausten under ManagementFrom http://blog.myprojecttracker.com 5157 days ago
In business projects, we sometimes have to take an unplanned path that was not foreseen. While there is often no choice but to take this path, a risk assessment should be undertaken so that an informed decision can be made. Doing things "blind" will cause more problems than it solves.
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