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A great list of essential books to read if you plan to market your business with a blog and social media. Read More

Comprehensive guide for how to market a business on Twitter effectively. What to do, what not to do, and how to use Twitter to increase your bottom line. Read More

The Sales Bloggers Union is back with a fresh coat of paint and tons more opinions and attitude. Read More

If you are seeking employment or spend a lot of time working alone, inspirational quotes can help keep you motivated. Here are some of my favourite quotes. 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

The key questions to ask when hiring a social media consultant for your business, brand or self. Read More

If you want to make more money on your small business Website, the Google Website Optimizer might be the right tool for you. Check out the article "55 Google Website Optimizer Tips and Tricks" at the Convert blog for an exhaustive list of tips and tricks for best uses of this Web tool from Google. Learn the meaning of a Website conversion rate and how to improve yours. The article compares the su Read More

You know I’m a huge fan of blogs for small business and an equally big supporter of the WordPress blogging platform.

The wide adoption of WordPress is aided greatly by the fact that its open source architecture means that outside developers can create add-ons to extend the basic functionality. 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

So how do you become the Pied Piper of Linkedin? How do you attract traffic to your profile? I have never used and therefore cannot comment on the effectiveness of the Pied Piper pipe. Below I have outlined 5 simple tips proven to deliver two potential sources of viewer traffic – traffic generated from within Linkedin and traffic generated from outside Linkedin. Read More