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Posted Wednesday, June 11, 2008 10:30 AM by Microsoft Small Business
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. Read More...
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True business – real life for small businesses

Posted Monday, June 02, 2008 9:27 AM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Straight from the horsesmouth

Posted Wednesday, March 12, 2008 12:56 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Talk the Talk

Posted Sunday, February 10, 2008 2:35 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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The business value of blogging

Posted Friday, February 01, 2008 8:59 AM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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WSJ: Copywriting company gets it write with small business blog

Posted Monday, August 20, 2007 4:15 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Growing Business lists hot Web 2.0 businesses, Innocent Drinks on blogging

Posted Sunday, August 19, 2007 9:03 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Small business shows the way with travel blog

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 6:04 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Wiggly Wigglers podcasts are blooming marvellous

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:15 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Event: Steve Clayton talk on blogging benefits for small businesses

Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 11:27 AM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Windows Live Writer: 5 steps to publishing success

Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 5:36 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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, Read More...
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Web 2.0: a new world of possibilities for small businesses

Posted Friday, July 20, 2007 1:27 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Windows Vista magazine investigates social media

Posted Wednesday, July 18, 2007 5:55 PM by Microsoft Small Business
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 Read More...
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Why small businesses should consider blogging

Posted Saturday, June 30, 2007 7:23 PM by Microsoft Small Business
By Matt Brady Microsoft's Steve Clayton back in October 2006 gave 7 reasons why SMEs should blog . In a sort of homage to that piece, I present my 5 reasons why a small business should consider launching a blog: Traffic! Blogs are great for attracting Read More...
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