Monthly Archives: November 2008

How Could It All Happen?

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If you’re having trouble understanding how highly paid chief executives and highly paid politicians could let something like the current financial crisis occur I guess it can all be summed up in one word – greed. In fact it was more than just greed – it was something that was built in to the system and remains there even now.

Sadly that greed may never go away while small business and ordinary people around the world are forced to bail out the big end of town.

How did those greedy people do it? It’s a long read but The End of Wall Street’s Boom explains it all in detail.

 

Do You do Business With China?

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Even if you’re small business doesn’t do business with directly with Chinese businesses it’s quite likely that somewhere up the line from your business there’s a Chinese connection. That’s why, in these tough economic times, to keep a tab on just what’s happening over there in the worlds most populous nation … and the news is not good.

Here’s an interesting report on current business conditions in China and it’s something every small business person should read.

It’s Been Mayhem Around Here

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Wow, I see that it’s been two weeks since I last posted here! That means that I had better do something about that lack of posting otherwise I’m going to be getting rude emails and text messages from one of my daughters who checks this blog to see if Toni and I are still alive.

I do have an excuse though … we’ve just been swamped with work that all seemed to be on some very tight deadlines. We also had a server move tossed in there because Toni thought it might be a good idea.

Actually, it was a good idea … the server we were replacing was old and it was time to replace it with something better … so we did it. Most small businesses are never going to have to experience the trauma of a moving a heap of sites from one server to another so let me tell how Toni described it. She suggested that it’s about as traumatic as waiting for a baby to be born.

However, in amongst all the drama we received a very nice letter from one of our clients. Last month we built a website for the Gayndah Museum and last week they wrote to us to thank us for the work we had put into the site.

“The members who have computers and have had a look all agree that the colour scheme you have chosen is spot on and the layout is very easy to follow and appropriate.”

Comments like that from satisfied customers really make our day :)

Does your small business receive compliments like that?