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How to hire talented people

I work with some of the most talented people from all over the world – here’s how I find them. It’s great that with the world of Internet Freelancers you can now hire an entire team of developers, designers and copy writers as and when you need them but how do you get quality? There [...]

New UK Crime Map

“Failure to prepare is preparing to fail”…that quote I think was originally from John Wooden. Today in the UK the Government launched a great and innovative Website, The Police.uk Crime Map, which allows UK residents to view on a map the actual crime statistics for where they live on an interactive map. The reason this is [...]

Why should I buy your product?

Everyone loves a deal. Pretty much all of us get sucked in at one point or another if we feel we can get a deal on something and save money. We buy things we don’t need or don’t even want, the usual rules of making a sensible and calculated purchase go out the window and [...]

5 Tips for 2011 Web Success

If you want to pick up the pace in 2011 with your online business then here are my Top 5 tips for more success. 1. Video is now an expectation Video has been commonplace for a number of years now thanks to YouTube but users now simply expect this type of content from you. Long [...]

My Biggest Tip for 2011 – Outsource

I’ve been one of the worlds worst in the past for trying to take care of everything myself and it’s a trap that so many small business owners fall into time and time again. It always seems easier, cheaper and quicker to do it yourself. Whether it’s raising a few invoices, doing your books, creating [...]

100k Facebook Fans for £25k

The goal is simple, if Travel Republic get 100k people to like their Facebook page by Friday 19th November then they will donate £25k to the BBC Children In Need Charity…. How about Travel Republic, you donate £25,000 to charity because it’s a worthwhile cause that you want to support and not based around a [...]

Welcome!

Welcome……Here is where it all starts. FACT: Having a website for your business is NO LONGER enough! The question used to be, “are you online?” and everyone rushed to get a web page up showing off their shiny new logo and stock photographs of models posing in suits. Maybe that used to impress, but if [...]