August, 2010

On the news this morning was the government's spending challenge - our chance to help shape the way the government works by suggesting cost-saving measures. Checking the website it looks as though you can't submit any additional suggestions but you can...

Great little (2.37 mins) video on why Nitec like Windows 7 for themselves and their customers.

Here's an extract from a new feature story published on the Microsoft Small Business website yesterday. You can read the story in full here . To some extent, urging small business owners to invest in IT security solutions may be preaching to the converted...

Guest post by Vasilis Vryniotis, co-founder of WebSEOAnalytics.com SEO professionals spent hours of work trying to fine tune their SEO campaigns and increase their organic traffic. Since SEO is a game of inches not miles, every single change could...

Rabbits rule (apparently) Here's one for the children and for the parents of children - new photo-editing tools in Word 2010

Thanks! we've had a couple of comments on our previous post about contacting us. In response, because it's easier and we don't have email addresses for those who have commented, we've posted a couple of replies on our Facebook page.

Here at Microsoft SB (and all Microsoft) we are genuinely interested in what small businesses have to say about what you’re selling/building, the difficulties you face and what you'd like to see on the website or in the newsletter so please don’t...

Guest post from Maria Ross, founder and chief strategist of Red Slice a branding and marketing consultancy based in the US. She is the author of Branding Basics for Small Business : How to Create an Irresistible Brand on Any Budget available on Amazon...

Here are a few Help & Support resources worth making a note of: Microsoft Helps: http://twitter.com/microsofthelps - Official Microsoft Twitter support account for Windows and Office queries. Based in US so available 7.30am to 5.30pm Monday to...

Now you can get even more out of Office using Web Apps . Web Apps are your favourite Office programs in a scaled-down form. They're available completely free as part of our SkyDrive service. If you have a Windows Live ID you're already halfway there....

Don't want to lose your older, line-of-business XP applications? No problem - run them with XP Mode in Windows 7. Our brief video tells you more

Continuing our astronomy discussion (did anyone actually see the Northern Lights?) I can say with much more certainty that the Perseids meteor shower will be visible for a few nights from tomorrow. The Jodrell Bank website says: “If it is clear...

In our series of Windows 7 Professional videos, here's a brief (60 or so seconds) video on how you can access your files and programs from anywhere. Watch the video

Have just retweeted an interesting article on the Marketing Donut site, Let your heart rule your head , which advocates accepting emotion as a valid tool in business dealings. This is in the sense of accepting that we’re all emotional beings at...

Nothing to do with small business, but apparently the Northern Lights may be visible from the UK tonight, so I for one will be looking upwards when I'm walking the dog later. There's a brief explanatory video about it on YouTube . I'm struggling...

Guest post from Emma Jones, founder of Enterprise Nation www.enterprisenation.com , a business expert, and author of ‘Spare Room Start Up’ and ‘Working 5 to 9’. Job satisfaction has fallen to a record low according to an...

Want to see how Excel can help you - whether managing finances at home or at work? Take a look at this video.