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100 awesome business blogs that are better than an MBA

Since this Microsoft Small Business blog is featured in the 100 awesome business blogs we had to mention it! (At no 13 btw, though I don't believe they're ranked, just listed.) At a glance they seem to be primarly US-oriented, but still worth a look if

Get out there!

The latest Virgin ad is the subject of my colleague Nick's latest post on his True Business blog . It's very clever and very funny - I won't spoil it for you - read his blog and watch on the ad on YouTube. The point of this is, as Nick says, "the whole

Learning from others

Other people's start up blogs are always interesting to read - if only because they serve to validate that you're not the only person in the world facing specific difficulties. Nature-friendly products is one worth looking at - it really is in its infancy.

True business – real life for small businesses

Have you checked out this blog yet? True business – real life for small businesses – is written by Nick Saalfeld, a bone fide ‘small business’ man, who deals with the real day-to-day issues of running your own company. Recent posts embrace the ethics

Straight from the horsesmouth

Not a typo, but a website dedicated to informal e-mentoring. It's basically a social networking site, embracing life, work and learning, with blogs, conversations and pearls of wisdom. For business assistance you can browse through profiles of existing

Talk the Talk

Are you guilty of indulging in TLAs and FLAs (three and four letter acronyms)? How about blamestorming, boss-spasming, and workspace specific perpetual abstraction? Recruitment firm Office Angels have put together a list of the UK's most cringeworthy

The business value of blogging

Blogging about blogging may seem a bit incestuous but as the lines between social networking, business networking and blogging become increasingly blurred you might want to think about starting your own blog as a means of generating awareness about you

WSJ: Copywriting company gets it write with small business blog

From across the Atlantic, the Wall Street Journal reports on the usage of blogs by small businesses as a marketing tool. In the article Blog It and They May Come , author Sarah Needleman highlights the case of Get It In Writing , a small business providing
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Growing Business lists hot Web 2.0 businesses, Innocent Drinks on blogging

Web 2.0 is covered in the July/August edition of Growing Business magazine (£3). In the article "Web 2.0 & what it means for you" ("Trends and ideas behind the latest online businesses - and why you need them too"), Jon Card examines the phenomenon

Small business shows the way with travel blog

And here's another small business with a blog: Europe a la Carte . Started by travel broker Karen Bryan in 2002, the company offers guides to less well-known travel destinations in Europe. Karen recognised that the Internet was catching on, allowing her
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Wiggly Wigglers podcasts are blooming marvellous

Recently, I posted thoughts on why small businesses should consider blogging and podcasting. There is a business currently doing both activities, and achieving considerable success as a result, that I would like to mention: Wiggly Wigglers . Wiggly Wigglers

Event: Steve Clayton talk on blogging benefits for small businesses

Microsoft's Steve Clayton will be giving the inaugural British Interactive Media Association (BIMA) Breakfast Bites talk in London on 21 September 2007. In his talk, he will be talking about blogging and why small companies " can gain a significant advantage

Windows Live Writer: 5 steps to publishing success

By Matt Brady For those of you who blog already, you may be interested in a new Microsoft product called Windows Live Writer (still in beta). It's a desktop application that allows you to write posts on a "WYSIWYG" interface and publish to your blog,

Web 2.0: a new world of possibilities for small businesses

By Matt Brady We have a news story published today on our Small Business Centre site about the surge in popularity of "Web 2.0" (the moniker given to developments such as social networking, blogging and so forth). The article, Web 2.0 is the future for

Windows Vista magazine investigates social media

By Matt Brady I blogged the other day about the official Windows XP magazine. Today, I picked up the other Windows mag, Windows Vista: The Official Magazine (an inexpensive £3.99 if you buy it). Like the XP sister title, Vista is packed with useful tips
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