November, 2011

The StartUp Britain initiative has gained government and industry support nationwide. Microsoft UK is also offering support with special offers – take a look at our StartUp Britain webpage for more details on these. We’ve also held a series...

The holidays are fast approaching, which means you've got to get your cards signed, sealed, and delivered! This post goes out to those of you who keep your address list in Excel and need to figure out how to use it to create mailing labels in Word. ...

With all the excitement about cloud computing offering anywhere-access to your documents, it would be unfair not to look at what productivity benefits you can achieve on your phone. If you’re straying into Smartphone territory for the first time...

The beta release of the highly anticipated Microsoft Office 365 Integration Module (OIM) for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is now available. The OIM allows small businesses to seamlessly combine the cloud-based productivity tools of Office 365...

Continuing our series of guest posts from Microsoft Advertising adCenter on how to get started with online advertising; you can view the whole series here . This week we focus on adCenter. If you’ve been following our recent series of blog posts...

Microsoft Small Business was a guest of Enterprise Nation at the Going Global conference on Tuesday this week - listening to amazing line-up of speakers and panellists sharing their wisdom and experience. Over 130 people packed out the room to listen...

Guest post from @Cindy_Bates, Microsoft VP, SMB (US) What runs through your mind when you flip on the evening news or catch the headlines onyour mobile device and see that another tornado or hurricane has devastated town“X”, leaving...

A quick note - Microsoft Small Business and adCenter are out and about this week - come and say 'Hi!' if you're attending the following: Go Global conference tomorrow (Tuesday 15 November), kindly invited by Enterprise Nation, HP, Alibaba and PayPal...

When you have a presentation on the horizon and you need to create a PowerPoint deck to help deliver your message, do you ever get a little apprehensive? Despite the fact that PowerPoint presentations have become quite commonplace in all types of meetings...

Are you thinking of starting a business and need some advice? Or maybe you’ve taken already that first step and are looking to grow and expand? Order your FREE tickets for the Business StartUp show at Earl’s Court, London, on 17 th & 18...

A couple of weeks’ ago we published the first in a series of guest posts from Microsoft Advertising adCenter on how to get started with online advertising. Catch up with that post here Pay-per (PPC) click for SMB #1: paid and organic search, and...

Today marks the start of Get Safe Online Week, an annual event held to raise awareness of Internet safety issues. The aim is to encourage everyone to take time out of their week to learn more about Internet safety and to make sure that their computer...

Over 65% of businesses are going global within their first year of trading according to a survey carried out by small business support company, Enterprise Nation and international trading platform, Alibaba.com Enterprise Nation founder, Emma Jones...

What is the difference between a hot-air gun and a hairdryer? This is not a question that has troubled me much, but seeing how some black cabs have recently been branded as part of our Office 365 advertising campaign, the thought did arise… ...