Episode 7 of our Small Biz Live podcast series has gone live on this site and on iTunes. This week we’re asking “Who Do You Trust?” when seeking advice, help, support and when buying from potential suppliers. We’re also looking at the latest offerings for mobile apps – bridging the gap between offline and online business…
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The Power Of Choice – Why Less is More, & The State Of UK Customer Service
The Small Biz Live episode 6 has gone live, talking about the power of choice, why less choice generates more sales. We also have a special guest in the form of Danny Slevin from Objective Eye, a competitor-research company, (for the uninitiated, it’s also known as ‘mystery shopping’), who we will be talking to about…
Tactile Marketing, Death Of The Business Card, and the Perceived Value of Digital Products
Small Biz Live episode 4 has been released, and this week we’re talking about tactile marketing, the importance of having tangible marketing literature, including good quality business cards. Also, talking about what many people claim ‘is the business card dead’? Plus, do digital products have the same perceived value as physical products in this modern…
Our Business Radio Show Hits New And Noteworthy On iTunes
Last week our business radio show series Small Biz Live was picked by iTunes to appear in ‘New & Noteworthy’ in the business category. We were naturally chuffed by this as it gives us even more exposure! We’re also getting a rather healthy number of subscribers and listeners which is very encouraging, so thank you…
Small Biz Live – New Business Radio Show
Small Biz Live is a new business radio show that I host with two of my colleagues, Neil Humphrey, a design and branding consultant, and Luke Carthy, a marketing consultant. The aim with this series is to discuss topics that relate to each of our respective fields, but also to contain lots of good general…
What Microsoft Buying Skype Means For Us
It has been confirmed today that Microsoft are to buy Skype in a $8.5bn deal. Certainly a bit of surprise news, as the last I saw it was Facebook who were seriously in the running to take it over. Well, I suppose times move quickly in the world of technology. So, what does this mean…
Someone Thought I Was Knowledgeable
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by a writer for IT Donut, following my response to a question they posed via Twitter on the plus-es and pitfalls of cloud computing. I essentially just relayed my experiences using dropbox daily for document storage and sharing, freeing up files to use on other computers when…
Seth Godin – This Is Broken
If you’ve ever wondered to yourself how daft some signs, inventions, tools, procedures were, how over-engineered a solution has become, then this video will certainly strike a chord with you. We live in a world of daftness most of the time, where simpler solutions exist but are never implemented for various reasons. In this video,…
Mac People Vs. PC People: A New Study
There has been a new study conducted by Hunch Blog, to chart the similarities and differences between Mac and PC (Windows) users. They had polled over 388,000 Hunch users with around 2000 questions to try and gauge as accurate an overall picture as they could. I regularly have geek-off’s with colleagues of mine, me being…
Sir Ken Robinson On Creativity At TED
This is a TED talk you’ve probably seen before, as it’s quite a popular one. Sir Ken Robinson on why he thinks schools are killing creativity. It’s certainly one to get you thinking! Ken has been talking about this subject, and the importance of creativity for many years. He also has a book about it…