Retailers show their ostrich tendencies

Gordon Brown has gone quiet on us, hasn’t he. One speech recently, but other than that, out the back he went. It’s almost as if he pretends we’re not here, we’ll go away. Indeed, while he was our unelected Prime Minister, he seemed to behave as though ignoring the financial …

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Why Your Blog Is The Heart of Your Business Online

By Louise Barnes-Johnston Have you noticed how excited everyone has become by all the wonderful whizzy social networking tools and are busily using them to promote their products and services? While these tools are indeed very important, I’ve noticed an over-reliance on social networking sites by business owners who are …

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You cannot please everyone online

Will Mrs Clinton rescue David Miliband?Picture Courtesy: US Department of State. The Miliband Brothers – it sounds more like a vaudeville song and dance act than a couple of politicians. But they both appear beset with the same fundamental problem – trying to please all of the people, all of …

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BBC Radio Leeds

Doing an interview on BBC Radio Leeds on the X-factor contestant Chloe Victoria and the hate campaign she has against her on Facebook.

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Paper-based blogging system yields results

OK – here’s a quick quiz. Question 1: What is the fastest way to contact someone? Did you say email? Or Twitter? Or an SMS text message? If you came up with some digital method – it’s the WRONG answer. The fastest way to contact someone is…wait for it….the telephone. …

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How To Choose The Right Web Design Company For You

By Duncan Knowles Taking the step of employing a web design company to design your new website can sometimes be a daunting one, especially with hundreds of web design firms in any one area or radius to choose from. Therefore, it is vital that you do your research and make …

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Do not remind customers how useful your products are

David Miliband keeps reminding us that his brother Ed, is really a great leader. The former Foreign Secretary doth protest too much, methinks. When we have to be reminded of things, when politicians keep telling us they don’t mind losing an election or when some hapless no-hoper from The X-Factor …

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Twitter expert reveals dramatic change for future of business

Twitter Expert, Mark ShawPicture courtesy: www.markshaw.biz Mark Shaw is the UK’s leading expert on Twitter who has started to publish a “Hall of Shame” of companies who use Twitter badly. Many firms set up a Twitter account and then do nothing, leaving their brand to attract dust. Or they set …

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Inbound Lead Generation

Generating leads for your business is one of the key reasons you have a web presence, no doubt. But just how can you generate those leads when there is so much online competition? When there is just so much Internet “noise”? This report from the experts at HubSpot shows you …

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Your customers will not remember what they choose

City spivs might not choose to vote Liberal Democrat again after being attacked by Business Secretary, Vince Cable, today. They might choose to vote for another political party in the future. On the other hand, though, they might forget all about this little spat and support the coalition party once …

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