The Small Business Blogging Experts

I'm on holiday in the sunny south of France, or, to be more accurate currently, in the rather cloudy, rainy and unseasonably stormy south of France ...

As a freelance copywriter I see a lot of 'me too' marketing. I see marketing materials where, if you hid the brand and imagery you'd be hard-pressed to tell one business from another ...

In traditional Chinese culture, the marriage matchmaker is a highly regarded and influential figure in the community. A good marriage was essential for the whole family in China ...

While I was in hospital, I had a couple of teams working some large contracts. The problem was that people's perception of the number of items requiring PAT Testing is always interesting ...

I have talked about our Bytes festivals numerous times. The first festival was last summer and we held smaller versions at Christmas/New Year and at Easter. Summer Bytes 2014 is back ...

When we have fought our way through difficulties, overcome obstacles, faced a multitude of challenges, worked hard for rewards and achieved satisfaction, it's easy to become complacent ...

The little grey cells seem to on overdrive during my stay in France. It's amazing what a bit of peace can do to boost your inspiration. I'm certainly capitalising on this whilst away ...

The management training magazine 'The Edge', published by the Institute of Leadership and Management, released an article regarding the subject of work-life balance back in January 2013 ...

We often see trade body logos on electricians, plumbers and other tradesmen's vehicles, but what do they really mean? Do they reassure us the tradesman is a quality assured professional?

Neuro Linguistic Programming has been a panacea for me. From the first day of my Practitioner course late in 2010, I knew it would have a deep and lasting effect on my life ...

If there's one thing small business people want, that's a better ranking on Google. But what if people thought of you before they dived in to search? That'd be quite cool as well, right?

Looking after your customers is vital to your continued success in business. Every business owner should be looking for tips for keeping them delighted, ensuring they stay loyal ...

Following on from last week's blog post called 'What Do You Want To Be When You Grow Up?', this week as been an interesting learning experience for both mother and daughter ...

In a town, far, far away, a local service provider, having been in business for several years and achieved a certain degree of success, recognised they were not doing all that they could ...

Wow! I've just had the most intense six days of learning I've ever experienced! And if I'm honest I had a true personal breakthrough around about mid-afternoon on the third day ...

Specialists say that body language accounts for roughly three quarters of a conversation. Put simply, your body language is over three times more important than what you actually say ...

Are the British fighters in Syria the excuse for the Government to reenact the Snooper's Charter or the European Court of Justice's strike down of the EU Data Retention Directive?

We would like to invite all those interested in an Extra Help franchise to a discovery evening on Wednesday 6th August at De Vere Venues Harben House, Newport Pagnell, starting at 6pm ...

It's been years since I first went self employed and such a lot has changed. When I first started there was no Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn and certainly no one had thought about bloggi ...

I believe that having a coach is the best way to seriously grow your life and your business, quickly. I get real pleasure seeing my client's successes. Yet coaching really isn't for ever ...

Knowing that your business needs to be customer centric is one thing but going about introducing this new culture is something else entirely! Here are some tips to help you make the chan ...

Last week we heard from Adrian and it's fair to hear Ciaran's take on call handling and working for The Office Genie. We may not always feel like Disneyland though we aim to sound like i ...

These days, it is not unusual for many companies to outsource their marketing. Regardless of whether this will be a long term commitment, a short burst, or an ad hoc basis ...

So David Cameron uses unequivocal language to make clear his opposition to Juncker becoming CEO of Europe and he is widely criticised, mainly for the offence of using undiplomatic langua ...