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A million milestone for BirdsOnTheBlog

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 want to [...]

Franchise oppotunities: an ever-popular business choice

Franchise oppotunities: an ever-popular business choice

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 franchisor’s guidance, [...]

Why you need to put your money on mobile

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 still guzzling [...]

Are you an Opportunity Seeker or a Strategic Entrepreneur?

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 – yes, Friday [...]

Women on Wednesday #WoW and some Rockalily Lipstick!

Last week I spoke about Jacqueline Gold‘s Twitter initiative #WoW – women on wednesday – where Jacqueline picks a different woman every week to feature and help to promote. I had a peek and it seemed to be going great guns, so for the next few weeks I’d like to feature women who have been [...]

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

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