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How to use Twitter in your business

Twitter is a microblogging service that allows you to post very short messages of 140 characters or less – so that they can be sent to a mobile phone as a text message, as well as appear on a web site. The idea behind Twitter is that your messages can …

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How to use blogging to boost your business

Blogging is an essential component in successful online businesses. That’s not just my view, but the view of Business Week magazine which said that blogging was a “prerequisite” for business. And the influential magazine said that back in May 2005. If your business is not already blogging you are behind …

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How do you relate to your own web site?

Business owners have a variety of ways in which they relate to their company’s web site. And not all of these relationships are good. Rather like a child, a web site is your offspring and it continues to develop. Anyone who believes you set up a web site and then …

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Larger numbers mean you will sell more

Researchers at Ohio State University have discovered that we just love big numbers. In fact, the bigger the better it seems. The study has important implications for anyone in business – particularly online where people are looking for the prices of your products and services rather keenly. Here’s what the …

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Crowthorne businesses are wasting money on their web sites

Business owners in Crowthorne were warned to take a serious look at their web sites as most of them are a complete waste of money. That was the stark message from Internet Psychologist Graham Jones when he spoke at the “Can Do Can Be Business Women’s Network” meeting on Tuesday …

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New President, New Era, New Internet

President Obama was responsible yesterday for a significant slow down in much of the Internet. During his inauguration more people than ever before decided to watch the speech online, rather than on TV. More people than ever before posted status updates on Facebook, saying they were watching the speech. And …

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Online retailers do not know if their techniques work

Internet retailers are trying all sorts of techniques to sell stuff online without any real knowledge as to whether their techniques are likely to work. That’s the conclusion you can draw form research conducted by Cormetrics which reveals that few people selling via the Internet actually analyse what they are …

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