The Small Business Blogging Experts

Way back in 1994, I was working for The Open University as an IT trainer. I loved running courses there. I used to teach faculty members how to use Windows, Word, Excel and PowerPoint ...

There are a lot of myths out there about business blogging. Not because it's difficult to explain but because small business owners are bombarded with conflicting information ...

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 ...

As micro businesses, we all use social media to increase awareness, promote our brand, sell our products or services - sound familiar? But who uses social media to list build?

How many times have you heard someone say ''I could write a book about it''? You might have said it yourself. You might have meant that you want to write something about your life ...

I was asked to give a short presentation last week about an area of interest to small business owners, about what I do in my own business, without making it a sales pitch ...

Languages have been evolving as long as humans have been on the planet and the differences in structures of languages can be truly fascinating. Some differences are very obvious ...

Why automate and schedule your tweets? Surely they are immediate expressions of thought and insights? Yes, but tweets are also promotions of content, marketing and opinion ...

It's been an emotional time. Demi's first operation was on 10th March to repair her cleft lip, nose and anterior palate. My tiny 15 week old baby was going to have an operation ...

The most awe inspiring technological innovation ever is the World Wide Web. An idea proposed by Sir Tim Berners-Lee in 1989. It put the Internet at the disposal of the world's population ...

''We've got a great Vision and a detailed strategy'' bemoaned the Managing Partner of a firm I'm getting to know. ''So why is it that my staff aren't as engaged with the business plan?''

Small firms don't have the resources for a HR person. However, like larger organisations, they are looking to improve their efficiency and performance by using best HR practices ...

I'm fascinated by the latest Twix adverts. As the marketing Genie, I'm responsible for finding ways to get people to think and talk about our call handling service ...

Discounting is lazy selling. In fact, you could say that it's not really selling at all. It doesn't require much thought and effort and it doesn't call for any particular understanding ...

It's been a busy few days and I was struggling with what to write about in this week's blog post. Sometimes inspiration hits me at the strangest of times; today it arrived over ice cream ...

Last month, I finished training a group through my Certified Networker course. Twelve regular half days of has resulted in each of them having a Strategic Referral Marketing Plan ...

Over the past few weeks, the increase in our workload has resulted in a jump in my daily mileage. Not only for PAT Testing but also to visit potential new clients for site surveys ...

You might think of an organised Public Relations (PR) campaign as something that smaller brands can only aspire to! But you probably have the backbone of a PR campaign already ...

It's time to throw open the windows and blow away the cobwebs! Ahh, spring time. It's one of my favourite times of the year. The days are longer and the weather is warmer ...

Following the recent tweet by British beauty receptionist Gemma Worrall about ''our President Barraco Barner'' that went viral, it made me think about the youngsters today ...

I recently blogged about the tragic death of three year old Lydia Bishop killed on her first day at nursery school. Now school health and safety is in the spotlight again ...

I was watching Galaxy Quest last night. It's a send up of the original Star Trek movie and Commander Jason Nesmith has a brilliant catchphrase that all entrepreneur's need to remember ...

Many business owners are realising the benefit of business blogging. However, why should you develop a completely new marketing channel? And why should you do it with sblogit.com?

From a simple streaming video of an event to a fully mixed round-table with matching slides, technology is moving forward at a rapid pace enabling evey business to broadcast themselves ...