February, 2012

With February 29 th the traditional time for an unusual marriage proposal, we’ve got one of our own. Many marketing specialists see themselves as the incisive, statistics-led brains of the operation and sales folk as the sometimes truculent operatives...

Office Live Small Business (OLSB) will be discontinued on 30 April 2012. Transition to Office 365 today. Action: Visit the Transition Centre Read : Self-transition guide for OLSB customers Need additional support? To further support our transitioning...

Today, 27 February 2012, marks the start of Anywhere Working Week. Do you wish you could work a little more flexibly? We’re calling on you and your company to give flexible working a chance during the week of 27th February . You can track the...

Our imaginary account for ‘Shah’s Cars’ is now complete with campaigns, ad groups and keywords. Next, we need to write some awesome ads. Writing effective ads that target the right customers can help increase your click-through-rate...

Tired of looking in multiple locations to locate project-related documents? Why not create some Libraries, handy collections of documents, music, and multimedia files to help you find files faster and easier - no matter where they’re stored? And...

Come and learn with Microsoft’s Licensing experts. This is your opportunity to have your licensing questions answered. Date: 5 March, 3pm Duration: 1.5 hours Register here Invite key 05D7A0 (note 0 = zero) Event ID: 1032505140 ...

Where financial clout and resources are concerned, small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) have a tough time competing with their larger rivals. In order to claim a share of the market, they need to be innovative, agile, and dynamic, and be able to capitalise...

Microsoft Partner and training provider QA is offering two new virtual classes focusing on Office 365 (P1) for Professional and Small Businesses – one class for administrators and one for users – both at £75 each. Classes run on 5 April...

Finding Keywords via the adCenter Desktop Tool First up, open your adCenter desktop tool (download here if you haven’t got it yet!) and hit the research tab, located top left… Once in you’ve got four options which will help...

Every now and then we get asked what discounts are available for charities and social enterprises. As you would expect, Microsoft does a huge amount of what we call Corporate Citizenship - voluntary work, donations, fund-raising etc, including: ...

There has never been a better time to start running your search campaigns in adCenter because you can: Easily import your Google and Yahoo! campaigns to Bing using the Microsoft adCenter platform Efficiently promote your business to UK and international...

Small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) face something of a quandary where IT is concerned. Fully aware of the benefits of technology, in terms of driving revenue and managing costs, business leaders are eager to use IT to improve their operations. But...

On 2 March 2012, Robert Sturdy MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s International Trade Committee, will be hosting a trade conference aimed at bringing together British SMEs and national and European experts, advisers and officials, to...

Microsoft research, released today (6 February 2012), highlights that 78% of respondents have basic online security protection, but are less knowledgeable about how to defend against cybercrime threats that rely on deception such as phishing, identity...

The Office 365 Integration Module (OIM) for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials is now available for download . This feature add-in simplifies the management of Office 365 by integrating the administration experience into the server Dashboard...

You’re just about to start your first search campaign for Shah’s Cars , advertising your new car insurance product, but you have no idea what the average CPC is, what the seasonality looks like, what your typical audience is and you want to...

Research in the first month of the New Year points to record levels of new businesses being created and high optimism amongst small business owners. Will this confidence convert into international trade and expansion? We hope so! Enterprise Nation founder...