Yahoo-Microsoft Search Deal. A Google Killer?
The big news story hot off the press today in the search engine world, is the 10 year deal agreed between Yahoo! and Microsoft when it comes to sharing search technology and advertising revenue.
The formal press release on the Microsoft site is here with their associated website for the concept available here.
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You Know When People Value What You’re Doing When…
…they start ripping off your ideas, designs, code or content.
I’ve been involved in the creative industry in some form or other for the last 10 years.
Whether it’s running my own web design agency, working with freelance graphic designers, illustrators, copy writers, web coders and photographers or perhaps advising on the strategic direction a business should [...]
Smashing Up Guitars Damages Your Brand
Is your brand name and reputation important to your business?
If so, protect it well because social media gives your unhappy customers the ideal platform to air their grievances and if they know what their doing, you’ve potentially got a big PR problem on your hands.
What I’m referring to is an excellent story that’s doing the [...]
The Importance of Understanding What You Really Do
Some people may respond to my title with a little incredulity, I can imagine such comments as, “Of course I know what I do” – well, judging by the responses I have had from many, many business managers over the years, I would respectfully beg to differ.
Even though I’m writing on this subject I’ve certainly [...]
Up and Coming Twitter for Beginners Workshop in Bradford
Missed my Last Twitter Workshop for Beginners?
Following the success of my last Twitter for Business seminar in June; I am, in conjunction with Bradford Grid – Bradford’s business incubation and support social enterprise initiative; repeating the event at the Park Lane Business Centre (off Manchester Road) in Bradford, West Yorkshire on Tuesday 11th August 2009, [...]
Please DoFollow Along: There’s a Good Chap!
I’ve taken the risky step of installing the “DoFollow” WordPress Plugin onto this Blog as a means of encouraging more people to leave comments on my Blog Posts.
Now before I go any further it’s worth pointing out that I will be talking techie to some degree in this article but I ask you to please [...]
Forget Your Email Address! What’s Your Twitter ID?
This lunchtime I found myself talking to two business owners over a very decent Indian buffet at a networking event in Bradford (the curry capital of Britain).
As we chatted away, munching on our Samosas and Tarka Dhall; the person I was talking to suggested that we meet-up away from the event to talk things through.
“So [...]
Are You Making the Most of Your Bleisure Time?
Contrary to what many of you may think, I do spend time away from a computer and actually do other things with my time.
One such occasion occurred last Saturday morning when I found myself reading the Saturday Times newspaper having bought a copy a few minutes previously. The thing about these ‘broadsheets’ on a [...]
How to Update Your LinkedIn Status with Your Twitter Tweets
Do you, like an increasing number of business people, use Twitter and LinkedIn to keep in touch with your customers and contacts?
If you do, perhaps you’d like to link the two together?
In this short tutorial, I’ll walk you through the simple steps needed to ensure that the”What are you working on?” status in [...]
Web 2.0 Influences ‘Normal’ Business
Over the last few months, as I talk to our clients and prospects, all of whom are generally within the SME and micro-business sectors; I’ve noticed that there is an increasing desire to become Web 2.0 enabled with their own websites.
Now I’m not saying that your average small to medium sized business owner knows what [...]
