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• “Dear Editorials” Do Get Read

  

    So said Robin Wauters, European Editor of The Next Web at last night´s interesting Barcelona Internet Startups meetup at Dango Lounge. Journalists and bloggers are always looking for interesting angles and stories and are open to your ideas. Good PR is a great way to boost to your [read more]

• Infographic: Why we should keep trying

  

• Increase Motivation by Reorganising your Workspace

  

  On Friday, have a tidy. Experts have revealed that Executives waste up to six weeks a year searching for lost items and that clutter destroys motivation amongst staff. Research shows that a simple reorganisation of the office, together with more efficient storage can increase productivity by [read more]

• What is business coaching?

  

  “A coach is part advisor, part sounding board, part cheerleader, part manager and part strategist.” The Business Journal We may not control the external economic factors but we control the internal workings of our business.  And how a business is run is the key to why some are [read more]

• A simple technique to form a positive business habit

  

  Develop positive business habits Here is a great technique to form positive business growth habits.   It is important that we consistently seek ways to grow our business and here is one simple technique to incorporate in your daily routine. Its a powerful technique and this is why: It Helps you [read more]

• Best Business Books for 2013 read & reviewed

  

  There is always a lesson to be learnt from every good book, especially business focused books and that has been our quest.  Reading a business book a month offers us a way to continue developing our business knowledge and motivation, but it can´t be done in one book but instead a collection of [read more]

• A Mo for Movember

  

  Today is the first of Movember, a charity event that challenges men to grow moustaches throughout November to raise awareness for men’s health, specifically prostate cancer. This year I am participating as we like good ideas and actioning on them. We are all about start-ups and planting the [read more]

• 5 Free DIY Market Research tools to help understand your potential customer & marketplace

  

  Defining market segments to help your business in development Throughout 2011, experts in marketing circles have been urging small businesses to recognise the changing nature of consumer buying behaviour. Whether your customers are other businesses or end consumers, 2011 has been the year that [read more]

• Set SMART Goals and achieve better results today PLUS 3 techniques to make them more effective

  

  The Goal Setting Theory states if you set a goal you are more likely to succeed. But it does depend on the goal. You can´t just set a goal and expect it to happen, we probably have all had an unfulfilled New Year resolution. They need to be SMART goals – SMART goals help people [...]

• Why Take Interest in Pinterest?

  

  If Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn consist of the most users in social media networks, then why take interest in Pinterest? Pinterest is a unique image sharing social media network with visual collections, as well as multiple themes and interests. It’s a great way to share topics, ideas, and [read more]

• Share your face, create a gravatar and get noticed!

  

  From the marketing desk: How to make sure you blog and post comments don’t go unnoticed Have you ever noticed comments on blogs or posts that people leave with a nice photo or their logo alongside it and wondered how they do this? Welcome to the world of the gravatar, this is a unique feature [read more]

• Maximising the new highlighting and pinning tools on facebook

  

  From the marketing desk: The one thing with the new facebook page design is that it can get a bit busy and at times overwhelming. Happily there are some additional features that benefit in promoting content on your facebook page. Pinning While we are all now used to pinning on pinterest, [read more]

• 10 Useful Apps for increasing productivity for Small Businesses

  

  Let software make things easier for you.  Here are some applications that will help your productivity and efficiency.  Most are free too.   1. www.dropbox.com – Great free storage app, simple to use, you can download to your desktop so you simply save like you would to your harddrive [read more]

• Interview with an Entrepreneur: Cristina Garcia Blasco, Barcelona Chocolate Tours

  

  Walking though the old city of Barcelona whilst tasting chocolate, sound good? Added with in-depth chocolate knowledge and Barcelona secrets, we speak to Cristina from Barcelona Chocolate Tours to find out the history on what is surely one of the most delicious ways to spend a few hours in the [read more]

• How to eat an elephant?

  

  Business owners and entrepreneurs are renowned for having big dreams and ideas, but execution is another matter all together.  How can you succeed in executing those ideas? How do you eat an elephant? …One bite at a time A simple answer often to complex questions: How can we hit our 5 [read more]