Save Time by Using RSS Feeds

Business Strategies, Business Trends, Online Business Comments

Do you start your morning by visiting numerous websites to find the latest information and updates? Do you find it annoying trying to remember lots of different log in names, user names and passwords? RSS feeds can help you eliminate this time consuming process.

So what is RSS anyway?
RSS stands for Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary. In its simplest form RSS can be described as a list of a web site’s new or updated content. It is a format for delivering regularly changing web content straight to your email inbox. Read the rest…

For Things to Change, You Must Change

Business Strategies, Life Support, productivity Comments

Mary is a typical small business owner, she keeps herself busy doing the ‘hands on’ work. In her case it is doing beauty treatments and she told me she keeps doing this because she really enjoys it. Her clients constantly told her how great she was, which made her feel appreciated. However it trapped her into staying ‘on the tools’. Read the rest…

Blogging- The Essential Marketing Tool

Business Strategies, Communication, Free Business Tools, Marketing, Online Business Comments

You are reading a business style blog right now -  but have you thought about creating one for your business? Blogs create marketing opportunities that allow businesses to interact with customers like never before. As the blog has evolved - and because it is an interactive medium where readers can comment on the articles, or ‘posts’  - businesses have embraced the blogs ability to build rapport with customers and humanise the business. Read the rest…

The Secret to Motivating Your Team in a Downturn

Business Mentoring, Career Development, Human Resources Issues Comments

It is critical, particularly during challenging economic times, that business owners recognize their employees for all their hard work. If you can reaffirm and re-enforce your team members’ value and contribution while your organisation is coping with the global downturn, you stand a better chance of retaining your best people when the economy turns around and opportunities to leave become plentiful. Read the rest…