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Up and coming web design trends for 2010 are explored. Topics include flashy is out, practical is in, a real presence behind your site, analytics, widgets, apps and more.

2010 may title the scale of small busines websites over the 50% limit Read More

In this video Aaron Wall, search expert extraordinaire, gives very practical tips for optimizing for video search. For instance, he suggests first posting a video to your own site before posting Read More

A panel of attorney's discuss a wide range of small business legal issues from power of attorney to contracts at a meeting of the board of the National Association of Women Business Owners. This video from Small Business Television claims to include 25 small business legal tips within 25 minutes and honestly I didn't count that carefully. Also there is some exchange with the audience including qu Read More

If you follow me on Twitter you know that I like to tweet social media tips. This is a collection of social media tips under 140 characters that I tweeted out over the past year. Here's the list of over 150 tips: Read More

Although the phrase working capital is common in business and finance circles, it is often very misunderstood.  Is it good to have a high or low balance of working capital? In most cases, this articles points out that less is more! Read More

The sixth in a series ten posts on sales effectiveness describing the 10 essential attributes B2B sales reps must possess in order to succeed and the 10 opposing ideas that are also essential to success. This post focuses on the dichotomy of a desire to ear commissions vs. the desire to ensure the customer’s success. Read More

This article from Inc Technology looks at how to monitor small business competitors online. The article covers six tools available for monitoring other small businesses online and keeping an eye on what others are doing in your market. Not that anyone these days is particularly hiding what they are up to on the World Wide Web. Still, it can be a great idea to keep up on what other businesses like Read More

Why is it then that organisations regularly create teams without considering these issues? There have been lots of theories surrounding team development (five stages according to Bruce Tuckman – Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing and Adjourning) and team dynamics and team roles (think Belbin, Margerison-McCann etc) but I honestly believe that such theories are only considered when something Read More

1. Realise that Linkedin is a complex and multi-functional tool; it's going to take some time to learn to use it wisely — Niall Devitt 2. Contact/connect with experienced users and ask them for their advice as to how best to use it — Niall Devitt 3. Know why you are using Linkedin — what is your primary goal? This will determine your strateg Read More

Matt Cutts from Google said there is strong lobbying in Google to introduce a new ranking factor baed on how fast a site or page loads. Matt described this as one of his 'what to expect in 2010′ bullet points in his presentation in Las Vegas. Read More