Birds on the Blog » Small Business

Four women entrepreneur success stories on Kiva

Sarah Arrow — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 19:00:19 +0000

Pin It by Elizabeth Goldman Whilst I am but an aspiring business woman currently, it makes me immensely proud to see other women running enterprises and changing their lives and the lives of their families for the better. Seeing UK female entrepreneurs make it (or even start a business) is of course fantastic to see [...]

Four women entrepreneur success stories on Kiva is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Give customers a positive shopping experience online

Sarah Arrow — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 19:00:55 +0000

Pin It When you have decided to move your business on the web you need to make it visible among thousands of others. A cash-generating ecommerce website should both look professional and feature great content. Here are a few tips to keep in mind to get off on the right foot with your website. Don’t [...]

Give customers a positive shopping experience online is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Why do I need a Facebook page for my business?

Naomi Johnson — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Pin It Facebook Page or Profile? I see many businesses wrongly set up on Facebook, and as per the above example, this can end in disaster. Would you be happy if this happened to your business? If you want your business to have a presence on Facebook, you MUST use a Page. Read Facebook’s explanation [...]

Why do I need a Facebook page for my business? is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Your online reputation matters

Naomi Johnson — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:00:41 +0000

Pin It Do you care about your online reputation? If you’re in business, then maintaining a good reputation will be one of your major concerns. OK, it’s not that easy to monitor your offline reputation (unless you’re into eavesdropping, or wish to employ a private detective). But it’s not difficult to keep track of what’s [...]

Your online reputation matters is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Top 5 ways to help make your unsubscribe process successful

Sarah Arrow — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:00:19 +0000

Pin It Many companies put every bit of time and energy into finding people to subscribe to their business. Whether it be subscribing to a blog, a special promotion-filled newsletter, or another email marketing campaign, getting readers to subscribe can be a huge gain for any company. You have your company information right in front [...]

Top 5 ways to help make your unsubscribe process successful is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Should you please the customer – whatever the cost?

Sarah Arrow — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:00:02 +0000

Pin It Sarah Arrow offered me the opportunity to write a series of articles for this blog following a tweet I sent out she re-tweeted and commented on. The tweet in question said “If you bend over backwards to please your customers, you get nothing but pain long term”. Its one of my favourite thought [...]

Should you please the customer – whatever the cost? is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

A million milestone for BirdsOnTheBlog

SuzanStMaur — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 08:00:18 +0000

Pin It Here’s yet another milestone for us to celebrate here on BOTB: a grand total of a million page views in one six-month period. For the mathematically minded, that’s around 167,000 page views a month, around 38,460 a week, around 5,480 a day, and around 228 per hour. Whatever we have to say, people [...]

A million milestone for BirdsOnTheBlog is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Franchise oppotunities: an ever-popular business choice

Sarah Arrow — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:00:54 +0000

Pin It A guest post by Beatriz Eralte First, what is a franchise? A franchise is a form of business organization in which a firm which already has a successful product or service (the franchisor) enters into a continuing contractual relationship with other businesses (franchisees) operating under the franchisor’s trade name and usually with the [...]

Franchise oppotunities: an ever-popular business choice is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Why you need to put your money on mobile

SuzanStMaur — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:00:35 +0000

Pin It As I looked around our living room in a quiet moment during the recent festive season at friends of all ages, despite our being in crusty old Britain I noticed a big difference. Fewer sweet treats? Rationed mince pies? Half-portions of eggnog? Mineral water instead of beer or wine? No, they were all [...]

Why you need to put your money on mobile is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?

Are you an Opportunity Seeker or a Strategic Entrepreneur?

Linda Mattacks — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 14:22:03 +0000

Pin It I set aside two hours this morning to watch a webinar from Rich Shefren, who is variously described as online marketing guru, business growth guru, guru to the gurus, you get the picture, anyway! I’m running a Business Women’s playshop (it’s too much fun to be called a workshop) on January 13th – [...]

Are you an Opportunity Seeker or a Strategic Entrepreneur? is another contribution from: Birds on the Blog, the home of business women bloggers If you like this post, then please stop by and comment. We use Comment Luv so you get valuable links to your own posts :) Grab a free digital book in our book club: this month Engagement From Scratch Fancy sharing a guest post with us?