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.co.uk Giving back to the community and maintaining...

Over the summer, I’ve been reading a few books about Peak Oil, the Energy Crisis, Renewables and other such engaging subjects. I also thought it was a good time to start experimenting with some of the new Advanced Design features in OfficeLive Small Business. So what I did was put a small website together...

Welcome to some of this morning’s new MicrosoftSB Twitter followers. It’s always interesting to see who’s following us, so here’s a plug for the new UK small businesses. Below are the companies’ names and websites plus their Twitter ids with their own bios, which I’ve copied word-for-word. Socks...

By Matt Brady I recently published a blog entry about the new internet phenomenon that is social networking and small businesses. Today, a story surfaced about how only 8% of SME executives use social networking sites such as Facebook and Live Spaces . According to John Davis, Marketing Director for...

Guest post by Dimitris Zotos. Dimitris is an editor & SEO Professional at WebSEOAnalytics.com . Social Campaigns should be designed according to the organisation’s objectives. In this article we will share with you the actions and the goals of a real life example that can help you understand...