Facebook is for Business, not just for Pleasure

For many business owners, Facebook is still a ‘kids thing’ and I often need to explain to them why that is no longer the case and why Facebook and similar social networking sites will be increasingly important to their business.

The marketing opportunities that the Internet brings to business expand continually. From a simple beginning in [...]

Why do you want to optimise your site?

A simple question and the usual quick answer is “to be found in Google”!

But what business objective does that SEO work serve? Optimisation takes time, effort and money if it is to achieve lasting results, so it needs to fit inside the overall business plan.

There was a good article – The 6 Goals of SEO: Choosing [...]

Separating the Public from the Private online?

Should you keep your business contacts separated from your social contacts when joining social networks?

Do you use Facebook for friends and LinkedIn for business colleagues?

There’s a great discussion kicked off by a post from Natalie on the FutureNow blog a few days ago on the benefits and pitfalls of the two strategies.

For many people, I believe [...]

Get Clients at YOUR Doorstep – free Webinar Jan 15th

The WSI head office in Toronto has organised a very special webinar entitled, ‘Get Clients at YOUR Doorstep‘, that is being hosted on Thursday Jan 15th at 3pm GMT. 

We have been hearing a lot about the global economic condition, and how they are affecting local businesses everywhere.  The webinar will focus specifically on what is growing in [...]

Ten Facebook Tips for Business

Gaining Business from Social Networking Sites

Social networking site, Facebook was originally launched in 2004 as a site for youth. Today it has over 90 million active users worldwide. In the UK, it is the No 2 visited site and the most popular site for communication between friends, colleagues and acquaintances.

Importantly for business, it has also evolved [...]