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Launching a startup, even when you build it upon a carefully considered business model and pay close attention to it's costs, must be seen as running a gauntlet. You and your intrepid team set out to create a profitable enterprise and commit to taking on whatever challenges you find along the way. Your personal and financial success is cruelly measured by just how quickly you can cope with an ever changing set of business requirements.

With that as a training ground, it is odd that the biggest… Continue

The recession has meant that many businesses are looking for alternative ways to promote their products. By providing consumers with better propositions, communicated through more direct channels, they hope to gain better cut-through than would be achieved through traditional routes i.e. in-paper advertising.

It is common business practice to exchange coupons and undertake joint mailings with other noncompeting local businesses which serve the same clientele but the variet… Continue

Time is at a premium for most SMEs in today's highly competitive business environment. Historically, senior management has struggled to stay in touch with everything going on within their organisation. They and their employees constantly miss out on critical internal information because existing collaboration tools are expensive and complicated and put the onus on users to do most of the work seaching out information relevant to their daily needs.

Today, however, with the advent of [b]Chatter[/… Continue

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If you are proud of your excellent service, products or people and want to let others know, try these tips on how to go about researching, and entering relevant awards that you have a good chance of being shortlisted for.


First, let's outline the benefits:

. An award endorses your company's service or product offering, within your key business/industry community, keeps you ahead of your competitors and helps boost sales . Everyone loves

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