Category Archives: Small Business Communications

Emailing Your Clients

More and more small businesses are using email as a way of marketing their products and services to past customers and some future customers too. But there’s always a potential risk of being labelled as a spammer when you use … Continue reading

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Writing For Small Business

If you are looking for some tips on writing for your small business – whether it’s for your website, blog or even a press release – you might find the tips that you will find at 9 + 1 Things … Continue reading

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You and Because – Two Powerful Words for Small Business

I’ve always understood the power of the word ‘you’ – right from back in my days in uniform when a: ” Oi … come here you!” bellowed from somewhere down around my diaphram would stop just about anyone in their … Continue reading

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Podcasting – Who Needs it For a Small Business?

Yes I know that podcasting is all the rage and there are those who claim that it will overtake normal written communications but will it really? Do you really need to gear your small business or home office up to … Continue reading

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The Power of the Blog

There has been a lot of hype over the last year or so about blogging. On one level blogging has been seen as the preserve of those who want to share their thoughts and dreams with the world. On another … Continue reading

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Let Your Small Business Have a Say Pt3

Just a quick update in the middle of this very pleasant Australia Day. Here is another small business that has it’s own blog – English Cut. Now for someone who spends most his working day in nothing but a pair … Continue reading

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Let Your Small Business Have a Say Pt2

A couple of days ago I wrote Let Your Small Business Have a Say and suggested that maybe your small business could really benefit from having a blog. If you read that you could easily be wondering what on earth … Continue reading

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Let Your Small Business Have a Say

If you have just arrived on this site for the first time then let me welcome you to what is commonly referred to as a blog. The Wikipedia gives this definition for what a blog really is: A blog is … Continue reading

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Plain Speaking

My ex wife once told me that when I talked to people I was blunt and she inferred that I was blunt almost to the point of rudeness. And I guess she was right – I do speak plainly, I … Continue reading

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How Much Help Are Small Business Boards Really?

Some years ago in Webmaster circles my nickname was becoming well known for being contentious and rather abrasive. That wasn’t really a persona – I didn’t set out to make a name for myself by being abusive and nasty. However … Continue reading

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