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Our colleagues at Bing are currently producing a really interesting series of posts on Pay Per Click Advertising for small businesses. We thought we'd share it with you. If you're at all interested in generating sales and awareness online, then this is definitely going to be a series to follow. Part...

We’d like to take a moment to introduce you to the recently launched Microsoft Business centre – a new, single destination that covers all things relevant to your small or start up business. You’ll find everything you need in there, from solutions built around your business challenges...

Developing strong products and services is only part of the challenge for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Unless they are able to reach out to consumers and develop brand awareness, how can they ever be expected to generate a profit? SMBs generally only have limited advertising budgets - they...

We're planning to revamp our Microsoft Small Business UK website and would love to get some input from you - our visitors and readers - on what you hate, what you like, and what you'd like to see more of. Maybe you'd like more videos? Perhaps you'd like more product info? Would you like more general...

I caught some of Working Lunch today (does anyone know why the BBC is axing this programme? Dave Stewart of Eurythmics fame was being interviewed – not for his musical talents and achievements, but for his latest enterprise, a company called Weapons of Mass Entertainment. (I would put the website up...

Redundancy, pre-school children, returning to work or can’t stand the boss…. There are lots of reasons for starting up a business from home – including of course, the excitement and challenge of taking a great business idea and running with it. There are lots of resources out there on the web to help...

We’ve got a great crop of new business articles on the Small Business website: 5 Time-saving tips with Outlook 2007 It’s question time! Cloud computing in a nutshell – technology terms disentangled 10 Top Tweets to follow Creating a web presence without breaking the...

New on our small business website are a couple of great articles on SEO and upgrading to Windows 7; plus, we've had a bit of tidy up and introduced a couple of new pages to help you navigate our resources. Why upgrade to Windows 7? - Dan Simpson, Client Services Manager, P1 Technology Partners...

There’s a great story on the BBC website today on a list of banned jargon , compiled by council leaders. The list includes: · Predictors of beaconicity · Re-baselining · Coterminous stakeholder engagement · Coterminosity · Mainstreaming Now I’m on fairly safe ground I think in...

We've spruced up the Small Business Centre home page with a new look for 2009. We hope the bright colour palette design will provide a much more welcoming experience for small business customers and make it easier for you to find the information you need. Over the coming weeks we will also be reflecting...