BLOG

This is SmallBizPod's blog dedicated to practical advice, news and insight for small business owners, entrepreneurs, and anyone needing help starting a business. You can read all sections of the blog from here or go straight to the topic you prefer by clicking the appropriate channel above.

Sponsors

Freeform Dynamics sponsors SmallBizPod's blog


ARCHIVE

How To Category

Web 2.0 Strategies

Last week’s Web 2.0 Strategies conference in London brought together people who were anxious to find out whether and how to implement ‘Web 2.0′ in their organisations. They came with a generally favourable disposition towards the subject but most of those I spoke to were finding it difficult to engender enthusiasm among their senior management. [...]

Read more ...

Outlook driving you nuts?

For three months, I have been using Xobni, a free plug-in for Microsoft Outlook which removes a lot of the pain of using this widely-used but widely-unpopular application.
If you have trouble remembering the product’s name, it’s ‘inbox’ backwards. It works by indexing all your emails, not just those in your inbox. This gives you instant [...]

Read more ...

Thumbs down for thumb drives?

You know those diddly little memory drives (variously called thumbdrives, USB drives, Flash drives or memory sticks) that plug into the USB port of a computer? Ever thought about how dangerous they might be? Each one can hold massive amounts of information - even the tiniest holds 256MB - but four times that is commonplace. [...]

Read more ...

Twitter: don’t be put off by the name

Do you connect to the internet? If you don’t then you might not want to read on. Like a tongue worrying a broken tooth, I’m off on another of my social computing themes. This time it’s Twitter.
Twitter, for those unfamiliar, is a place to say whatever you like in 140 characters or less. A bit [...]

Read more ...

Need to find a local, trustworthy ICT supplier?

Today sees the official launch of Conjungo, a technology supplier search engine aimed at companies who are looking for local or specialist suppliers of business technologies.
Over 15,000 companies are in the database already and Conjungo wants to become the natural port of call for anyone wanting to find trustworthy, relevant and local ICT (information technology [...]

Read more ...

Alibaba.com sponsors SmallBizPod small business podcast

Podcasts

Listen to small business podcasts on iTunes

Click on one of the blue triangles below on the right to listen to inspirational interviews with entrepreneurs from the SmallBizPod archive.

SmallBizPod #26 - Monday 24 April 2006

SmallBizPod #26 - Monday 24 April 2006

Simon Coyles, CEO of Kschocolat, on growing your business through exports and the inspiration behind his chocolate brand.

play small business podcast now
SmallBizPod #24 - Saturday 4 March 2006

SmallBizPod #24 - Saturday 4 March 2006

Advice on how to recruit, motivate and manage staff and employment legislation. Includes a conversation with Julia Scott, founder of award-winning call centre, Base Connections, on her innovative approach to managing people.

play small business podcast now
SmallBizPod #74 - digital startups on Digital Mission to NYC

SmallBizPod #74 - digital startups on Digital Mission to NYC

Interviews with some of the UK's most exciting digital start-ups at a meet up before they flew out to New York on the first Digital Mission of 2008.

play small business podcast now
SmallBizPod #76 - Silver Cross, British branding and international trade

SmallBizPod #76 - Silver Cross, British branding and international trade

Interview with Alan Halsall, chairman of Silver Cross, a great British brand, on how he made a failed business a success, the importance of branding and how to trade internationally.

play small business podcast now

Small Business Podcast RSS FeedWhat is this? Small Business Podcast RSS FeedMore business podcasts

Recent

Comments
  • Sherry Borzo: Thanks for the silver lining news and ha, ha, on the blowing bit. Nothing like tooting the horn for...
  • Ron Perrella: Cloud computing is another name for timesharing or “utility computing” — a concept...
  • Martyn: Nice article. We are a company in the target range, circa 50 employees, and we struggle with the on/off line...
  • The Credit Cruncher: It seems to me, the major credit crunch effect on businesses will be the banks hiking up costs...
  • David Tebbutt: Hi Alexander, if mine hadn’t been a birthday present, I’d have gone for the bigger screen...
  • Will - ArenaFlowers.com: Definitely an opportunity for business owners…if they can hold their nerve and run a...
  • Alexander Deliyannis: I’ve been quite impressed myself by these little machines and will probably buy one soon....
  • Benjamin: Lots I’d agree with there. Small businesses need someone to be their technology intermediary - not...
  • Ed Stivala: Will certainly go and read his research, sounds really interesting. For those of us that have been in...
  • Bob: Hi the complete agenda of the Berlin Web Week: http://berlinwebweek.de/

Topics
  • Archives
    Contact

    Other Info

    Check out other information and ways to subscribe for free to this blog

    • Add to Google
    • Subscribe in NewsGator Online
    • Subscribe in Bloglines
    • Add SmallBizPod - small business blog to Newsburst from CNET News.com
    • Small Business Blogs - BlogCatalog Blog Directory

    Small Business Trends review

    Creative Commons License

    © Copyright BizPod Media Ltd, 2005-2008