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• ServiceBazaar.com Overview ServiceBazaar.com Overview

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• Renting A Property Explained Renting A Property Explained

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    Renting A Property:
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• Home Information Packs (HIPs) Home Information Packs (HIPs)

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• Win £1000 by posting jobs at S Win £1000 by posting jobs at ServiceBazaar

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    ServiceBazaar are running a competition that will see users have the opportunity for wining upto £1000 for posting jobs online on the marketplace. Yes thats all you need to do. Create a job that you need. Create a small video describing the job and post it online. Thats it. To find out more check out http://www.postajobtowin.com

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• Successfully finding Customers Successfully finding Customers Online - Whats the big deal ?

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    Finding customers online is a challenging task in todays expanding online world with a myriad of tools and techniques that one must employ to ensure their efforts online help drive the required prospective traffic to their  website and convert that prospective traffic into clients.
    
    So what is challenge

    1. Get Traffic to your website
    2. Convert the traffic coming into your website into prospective customers
    3. Convert prospective customers into actual customers
    4. Constanly repeat steps 1 , 2 , 3

    So how are you doing this today if you are selling products or services ?  Are you being successful ? well over the next couple of posts we are going to go through each of these challenges and share with you some of our own challenges as a start up company in doing the same thing everyone else on the web is trying to do and present you with some possible solutions that should make this journey alittle better, cheaper and easier.

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• Ok Lets Get Some Traffic Ok Lets Get Some Traffic

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    Well we have created that all swish bang new website and need people to come see, use, buy from it ... whatever the purpose of the website.... bottom line you will be needing traffic to hit your website.
    
    So what are the options. There is no end to this list from starting at the various search engine advertising like Google Adwords, to writing articles and posting them on article directories to build links, to submitting website to directories, using social media like twitter, facebook, book marking websites ... the list goes on.
    
    There are so many options each with it's own merits and disadvantages and each worthy of many articles on how best to use and benefit from each however bottom line the key thing you need is traffic and it fundamentally is about do you try and do the work to get the traffic or can you get someone else to create the traffic for you. This is not necessarily about outsourcing the work ... it's about in the first scenario you have to spend effort, money, time, resources to create the links, adverts, listings in a multitude of websites to get the exposure you need. The second option is somehow getting the benefit of someone else spending alot more money, effort and time to advertise and get traffic and you benefit from that effort.
    
    So which option will it be ?   If you provide services to customers or other businesses then you can benefit from the online marketing and lead generation platform that http://www.servicebazaar.com provides.
    
    What it provides is a platform where for very little outlay you can advertise yourself & business and at the same time see potential leads as they become available allowing you to act upon them. To find out more check the website today.

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• Workplaces set to get 'smarter Workplaces set to get 'smarter'

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    Today work is somewhere (usually away from home) to which you travel each workday. In the future work will come to you or that is according to a report attempting to work out what the offices and workplaces of 2030 will be like.

     

    It predicts that as workforces get more mobile, technology will ensure that everything an employee needs is available no matter where they are.

    Head offices and individual desks are likely to disappear in favour of hot desks, collaborative spaces and decor that adapts to a worker's mood.

     

    "We are getting more mobile and work anywhere, any place that we might be going," said Dr Marie Puybaraud, research director at Johnson Controls, a company that designs car and office interiors and sponsored the report. By 2030," she said that all these pieces of technology we have today will be embedded throughout the environment and become completely transparent. "A fully integrated set of technologies will follow users wherever they are," said Dr Puybaraud. "The whole focus is on user empowerment."

    The report posits a situation in which, from the moment someone wakes, the world is aware of their needs and uses any and every means to keep them up to date.  Walls could become screens showing diaries, documents or video conferences. Homes and cars would measure mood and tune surroundings to, for instance, soothe a worker if they were feeling stressed. The number of offices in use could shrink as smart scheduling software ensures that they maintain maximum occupancy. A tiny smart mobile, with a folding screen and a powerful pico-projector could be the gadget that co-ordinates the way information is passed on, speculated the report.

     

    "The whole idea is to have this sensory, seamless smart environment," said Dr Puybaraud. "You will turn up and this environment is ready to support you and the way you work."

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• Free Video & Podcasts for Busi Free Video & Podcasts for Business owners and managers

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    business owners and managers can now get expert advice and watch feature videos of how some businesses are tackling the current economic downturn on the British Chamber of Commerce website. All features provided are from markettiers4dc Ltd.

    The media is available at: www.britishchambers.org.uk/video-and-podcasts/video-and-audio.html

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• Finance for East of England bu Finance for East of England businesses

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    Small businesses across the East of England are being given a helping hand by the East of England Development Agency (EEDA) to find critical forms of funding and finance during the recession. Launched on 30 June 2009, EEDA’s new ‘Understanding Finance for Business’ programme has been designed specifically to prepare companies for raising finance – whether through a bank, venture capitalist, business angel or even public-sector grant funding.

     

    To coincide with the launch of the new ‘Understanding Finance for Business’ programme, EEDA have published a top 5 list of funding and finance streams which businesses tend to forget about, namely:

    Regional Loan – Growth Fund
    EEDA-administered loans for small to medium-sized businesses in the region which have strong growth potential and long-term investment needs, it offers loans of between £50,000 and £200,000 are available. Interest charged at 5-9 per cent above the base rate.

    Details at: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
    
    Grants for Business Investment

    This provides grant funding for ambitious companies looking to grow and create jobs through capital investment e.g. bigger premises or new machinery. £10,000 is the minimum grant available to cover, on average, 10 to 20 per cent of the project’s total cost.

    Details at: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
    
    Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme

    This is part of the government’s new ‘Real Help for Business’ portfolio offering new loans, refinancing for current loans, or the option to convert part or all of an existing overdraft into a loan to release capacity in order to meet working capital requirements. It offers loans of between £1,000 and £1 million for a period of three months to 10 years.

    Details at: www.businesslink.gov.uk/realhelp
    
    Research & Development Tax Credits

    This provides tax relief for research and development focussed small to medium-sized businesses - companies can deduct up to 175% of qualifying expenditure on R&D activities when calculating their profit for tax purposes.

    Details at: www.hmrc.gov.uk/randd
    
    Grants for Research and Development
    This provides grants to help small to medium-sized businesses carry out research and development work on technologically-innovative products or processes. Grants of between £5,000 and £250,000 are available.

    Details at: www.eeda.org.uk/finance
    Source: www.ukbi.co.uk/index.asp?PID=944

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• Starting a Business in an econ Starting a Business in an economic downturn

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    Short video we came across talking about starting a business in the current recession climate and I agree it is a good time to think through the challenges one comes across during a recession that could help spurn some new business ideas which could grow like wildfire when things begin to really pick up. 

     

     

    One of the things you certainly hear about during downturns is companies cutting costs, looking for that excess costs they have built into their companies and trying to trim this off. If you are able to start and run a company in difficult times then you pay alot more atention on the costs and set yourself up for better management of them when things get better.

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• ServiceBazaar Overview ServiceBazaar Overview

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    Quick overview tour of ServiceBazaar

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• Out of Work? Tips for ‘Chance Out of Work? Tips for ‘Chance Entrepreneurs’ Starting their own Business

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    Out of Work? Tips for ‘Chance Entrepreneurs’ Starting their own Business
    
    (ARA) – Unemployment figures for the first quarter of 2009 have created a panic in the workforce. The U.S. Labor Department said the national unemployment rate rose to 8.5 percent in March, the highest level in 25 years.

    In the UK, the unemployment rate was 7.1 per cent for the three months to March 2009. The number of unemployed people increased by 244,000 over the quarter and by 592,000 over the year, to reach 2.22 million. These are the largest quarterly increases in the unemployment level and rate since 1981. (Source: Office for National Statistics)
    
    Is it any wonder that many unemployed, underemployed and workers fearing the loss of their jobs are now considering going into business for themselves? After all, if you’re self-employed you’ll never be laid off, right? And entrepreneurs are truly the backbone of the American economy; they create 80 percent of all the jobs in America, without the benefit of bailouts or handouts.
    
    But is self-employment right for you? The prospect of being your own boss may look appealing, but what are the real benefits -- and risks -- of going it alone?
    
    While preparing to write her book “The Accidental Startup, Business Basics for the Chance Entrepreneur,” author, Fox Business, CNBC and CNN media personality and financial expert Dani Babb surveyed 200 entrepreneurs and discovered that just 10 percent were unemployed when they started their own business. Another 26 percent were working part time and wanted full-time work, and 63 percent were already employed.
    
    Yet with unemployment figures continuing to increase, Babb predicts so will the ranks of “chance entrepreneurs,” those who find themselves suddenly out of work and unable to find another job. If you’re among those ranks, it would be wise to weigh all the risks and benefits of becoming self-employed.
    
    In the first chapter of “The Accidental Startup,” Babb explores the benefits of working for yourself, including:
    
    * A stable income
    * No more fear of losing your job
    * Additional income
    * Freedom to make decisions
    * Flexible hours
    * The chance to do something you’re passionate about
    * Pride of ownership
    * Earning potential
    
    You should also consider the risks and downsides of self-employment, including:
    
    * Feeling of instability as your business struggles to grow
    * Potential for failure
    * Unforeseen costs
    * Potential for long hours
    * Lack of vacations
    * Difficulty in building your business
    * Blurring (or disappearance) of work/life boundaries
    
    You also need to consider financial aspects of being an entrepreneur, Babb advises. You’ll need to insure your business and learn the tax basics of being self-employed, payroll taxes, corporate taxes, etc. You’ll likely have to pick up your own healthcare costs, and provide coverage to employees. You have to consider if self-employment really will make you better off financially than just getting another job, or if you will be content just breaking even.
    
    Once you’ve decided if self-employment is the right move for you, you’ll need to develop a business plan, raise capital and manage finances, learn about your customer, know what to expect during the first year and develop a strategy for growth.
    
    “You may become an entrepreneur by chance, but succeeding in your own business definitely relies not just on luck, but on planning, preparation, money and time,” Babb says.
    
    Published by Alpha Books, “The Accidental Startup” examines the reasons and motivations that lead to entrepreneurship, and helps new business owners plot a step-by-step guide to starting and running a business. The book is available in major book retailers across the country and from online merchants.
    
    Courtesy of ARAcontent
    

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• Good business structures in th Good business structures in the downturn

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• Is marketing the new finance? Is marketing the new finance?

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• Bill Gates Unplugged Bill Gates Unplugged

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    Bill Gates talks about some of the worlds biggest problems around 2 questions and how we might answer them. Video from http://www.ted.com/talks/bill_gates_unplugged.html

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