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Student interns help grow Office Live

I frequently speak to small business owners who feel overworked but can’t afford to hire additional full-time employees to share the burden. One option many have overlooked is the possibility of hiring a student intern. Internships or placements are a Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 9:44 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Microsoft Office Live, Small Business, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, start-ups

The future of news

There’s been a lot of debate recently about the way in which news will be authored and delivered in future. Traditional newspapers are increasingly struggling to make ends meet as their readers go online for news and seem unwilling to pay for it there. Read More...

Posted: Friday, May 08, 2009 3:35 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Social Media, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, Getting the right online image for your business, grow your business online , online presence

Surviving and thriving during an economic downturn

Microsoft has recently released a white paper entitled “ Survive and Thrive – How Technology Can Help Small Businesses Compete ”. It’s a little US-centric but has some good pointers for Startups and Small Businesses, such as : Reduce time spent on paperwork Read More...

Posted: Thursday, April 30, 2009 9:51 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Office Live Small Business, Office Live Workspace, Small Business, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, attracting customers , free online services for your business, grow your business online , online presence , start-ups

Dress for success

Would you turn up for an interview in ripped jeans and a baggy T-Shirt? Especially for those 2 million people in the UK who are now finding themselves in search of another job and are all too aware of the increased competition resulting from rising redundancies Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 1:56 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Office Live Small Business, Small Business, website design, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, Creating a professional image for your business, Getting the right online image for your business, attracting customers , free online services for your business

What does the budget mean for you ?

On first seeing last Wednesday’s budget, I was tempted to think that most people have got off fairly lightly. However, now I’ve had more time to think about it, I’m not sure this is the case. For a start, we’re going to be paying the 2p/litre increase Read More...

Posted: Friday, April 24, 2009 12:15 PM by tkimber | 2 Comments

Filed under: Small Business, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, start-ups

What can SMEs do to survive the recession ?

A colleague of mine, Robert Epstein, head of Microsoft Small Business recently met with Lloyds, AIMs and FSB to exchange experiences and advice to help support SMBs at this tough time (see link to Podcast below). It became clear in this debate that although Read More...

Posted: Tuesday, April 21, 2009 9:21 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Small Business, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, attracting customers

Office Live - belly dancing, photography and perfume

Belly dancing, photography and perfume We always love to hear about the wonderful ways in which businesses are using Office Live, so we thought it would be a great idea to share a few stories with you. And if you're one of thousands of other companies Read More...

Posted: Friday, April 03, 2009 1:23 PM by tkimber | 0 Comments

Filed under: Office Live Small Business, Small Business, website design, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, Creating a professional image for your business, Getting the right online image for your business, attracting customers , entrepreneurship, free online services for your business, grow your business online , online presence

Customer service - when the customer’s not there…

Customer service should be a given unless you’re a bank, in which case everyone knows you can’t afford it but will charge anyway. The customer is king and other clichés – you know this stuff. Thing is, the customer isn’t always in front of you. This is Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 9:53 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Small Business, Social Media, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, Creating a professional image for your business, Getting the right online image for your business, online presence , start-ups , Guy Clapperton

Increase sales with Search Marketing

If you’re an Office Live customer who has been using the adManager service, you’ll have been disappointed to have received notification that it’s to be discontinued . However, you can still very easily promote your website with Pay-Per-Click (PPC) advertising Read More...

Posted: Monday, March 30, 2009 8:26 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: website design, Surviving the downturn, Creating a professional image for your business, attracting customers , grow your business online , online presence , start-ups

Good and bad shops

The news this week that customers are deserting small businesses online for established brands is grim but unsurprising. It was obviously going to happen for two reasons. First the findings are from research commissioned by online aggregator eDeals, so Read More...

Posted: Monday, March 23, 2009 12:50 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Office Live Small Business, Small Business, website design, Small Business issues, Surviving the downturn, Creating a professional image for your business, Getting the right online image for your business, attracting customers , entrepreneurship, start-ups , Guy Clapperton

Keep your CV up to date and in the cloud

In these difficult times, more and more people are polishing their CV just in case the worst happens. Someone told me the other day that they learnt their lesson the hard way about backing up important files. They had one copy of their CV on their home Read More...

Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:24 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Office Live Workspace, Collaboration, Cloud storage, Surviving the downturn

A small business surviving the downturn

I was recently talking to a small business owner who provides software products and services to the Architecture industry. Business has been very good historically, largely due to the UK property boom. I’d assumed that things would not now be so good, Read More...

Posted: Thursday, March 05, 2009 8:03 PM by tkimber | 1 Comments

Filed under: Office Live Workspace, Collaboration, Cloud storage, Small Business, Surviving the downturn, free online services for your business

NEW Office Live features and functionality

First of all, Office Live WorkSpace has added language support for Hungary, Romania, Lithuania, Serbia, Ukraine, Slovakia, Latvia, and Slovenia to use the localised service. WorkSpaces also get long-awaited FOLDERS, full cut/copy/paste and file storage Read More...

Posted: Wednesday, February 25, 2009 9:51 AM by tkimber | 1 Comments

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