Does Your Small Business Need An iPad?

Apple have launched their latest offering, the iPad, and in the way that only Apple can they have most certainly got people talking; although not all of the comments about the iPad have been singing its praises. So, what functionality aspects of the iPad make it a must-have for small businesses? Or is it a …

Online Working Doesn’t Have To Be Isolating For Small Businesses

As you might be all too familiar with, typically work-at-home professionals or independent contractors spend a lot of time alone and end up working in relative isolation. However, a new global trend is emerging that helps break the monotony of working alone and it’s called co-working.

Wikipedia defines co-working as the social gathering of a group …

Save Your Small Business Time- Just By Being Online!

The old saying goes that “time is money” and this is true for no-one more than the small business owner.

In the modern society in which we live time is an all too precious commodity, with there being far more drains on our resources than we can possibly manage; whilst all the time trying to squeeze …

It’s 2010. Can Your Small Business Afford Not To Have A Website?

If you’re like most people today you turn to the web for everything. Find a plumber. Get directions. Organise a holiday. And chances are your clients are no different.
However, according to emarketer.com “only 38% of small businesses polled have a company Website,” but as Trynka Shineman, chief marketing officer for Vistaprint North America says “the …

A Virtual Address Book for your Small Business

Keeping track of your business contacts can often be quite difficult. Nowadays, you will often have multiple phone numbers for each contact and then an e-mail address in addition to these. This quickly becomes confusing and difficult to manage.

The traditional address book is now obsolete. They are difficult to search quickly and …

A New Year Online. An Updated SWOT?

Do you know where your business is going and how it’s going to get there? This may seem like a silly question, but many small businesses do not know the answer.
Would you go on a road trip without knowing your destination, without taking a map or without having an understanding of how long it will …

Don’t Let the ‘Deep Freeze’ Impact your Small Business

Much of Britain ground to a halt yesterday as Arctic conditions severely disrupted transportation and infrastructure services.
The Daily Telegraph reported today that the cost to the economy could top £14.5 billion by the end of January due the inability of millions to get to work. It’s not surprising that adverse weather conditions will have an …

Securing your Small Business Data Online

The importance of keeping back-ups can never be overstated. There are numerous factors outside of your control that could easily result in data loss for your company. With luck you will not be losing anything significant, but without a backup system in place you could easily lose all of your electronic customer records or important …

Small Business Online Networking Through Twitter

Roland Millward, founder of The Entrepreneur Club, gives the following advice on networking your small business through Twitter.
It is true to say that a great deal of business is generated through networking with like minded people. To that end there are many networking groups where people can meet over breakfast and build business relationships and …

Unleash The Power Of Your Web Browser With OnlineOffice

It can be annoying and time-consuming when software on your computer has to regularly download updates from the Internet in order to keep you up-to-date with the latest version.
You often have to reboot your computer after installation and there is no guarantee that you will not face problems with the latest update that could take …

Working Online With WinWeb To Benefit Parents

Flexible working or working from home can be a daunting prospect for many parents.
Those parents who spent the majority of their careers working from offices are used to having all of their IT and many of their admin tasks completed for them.
Using an online office solution can help parents cut the hassle from IT problems …