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Watching the Web

Twitter is really doing the Biz

An email from Biz Stone arrives in my inbox as I sit wondering what to write in this column. By chance Biz (one of the owners of Twitter) is announcing the next phase for what has become a byword for social media.
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Inside Watching the Web

Border is irrelevant to good business

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

“Hopefully you are in business to stay in business and with today’s challenging economic climate, we need to open our horizons to the opportunities on our door step,” it said on the website — and I was interested.
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Leading the charge for a better website

Tuesday, 9 March 2010

It astonishes me how cavalier some businesses and organisations are with regard to their websites. This is their home on the web. At the very least, it is their business card on the web.
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Online payment is a real pal of business

Tuesday, 2 March 2010

Taking payments online is hardly a new thing, but it's still a question I get asked a lot by businesses.
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Blogging for new business in just seven simple steps

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Anecdotally, bloggers and business owners have long pointed to more enquiries, improved visibility and growing reputation as signs that blogging was good for their businesses.
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Is it Google Buzz or simply Google Zzzz?

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

Less than a month ago Google launched its social networking and messaging tool Google Buzz to a largely lukewarm reception.
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The unlikely persistence of email marketing

Wednesday, 17 February 2010

Almost as soon as email was invented, it was used as a marketing instrument.
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Discover a wealth of free software

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

As a small business at this time of recession you may be looking for ways to reduce the amount you are paying out for some computer packages like Microsoft office or Adobe’s design studio.
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Is twitter starting to show its age?

Tuesday, 16 February 2010

A shiver ran round the corporate offices of technology, media and investment companies last summer.
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The web makes access to business easier but sometimes talking to real people is best

Get the most out of your customer data

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Social networking — Twitter, Facebook and so on — is one way for a business to get to know customers. It is cheap, simple and direct and its a good way to have a conversation.
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Some simple steps towards tweet business success on the internet

Tuesday, 9 February 2010

Good communication hinges on one point. The speaker must understand how the message is being heard to be sure a clear channel has been established.
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Angelina Jolie, Britney and Beyonce nude, dirty tricks and the changing face of SEO

Wednesday, 3 February 2010

The likes of Beyonce Knowles, Angelina Jolie and Britney Spears have in the past been victims of unscrupulous practitioners of the dark art known as search engine optimisation (SEO).
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The bass-ics of developing new business ideas

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

I remember the day I took up the bass guitar. More to the point I remember the expression on my parents’ faces, swiftly followed by the phrase, ‘it will never last’.
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You can enjoy Tweet success, but keep it human

Tuesday, 2 February 2010

It is more than a year since the great Twitter adoption. Within a few months Twitter stories were all over the media.
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Web can help with your entrepreneurial ambitions

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

January is traditionally a time when we dabble in a little personal reflection and commit to making changes in the year to come - from going to the gym, to quitting smoking to slipping the reins of employment and starting our very own businesses.
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Follow your market and not the Twitter crowd

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Twitter can distract and make you endlessly digress and from a business perspective - take the wind out of your passionate sales.
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Twitter trends predict 2010’s zeitgeist

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

The the only efficient way to keep track of Twitter comments and conversations is the hashtag (#).
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The digital revolution has handed us all the power to communicate with anyone, anywhere, anytime.

Have a meaningful online conversation with clients

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

The net is a real place where people can go to learn, to talk to each other, to do business together. It is a bazaar ... It is a conversation.
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Digerati in the loop with know-all website

Tuesday, 12 January 2010

One must never see Twitter or any communication in fact, in a vacuum. Twitter is merely a conduit for information. It gives up to the minute news and views yes - but also links to digital content of all sorts.
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Knowing where you are with the new wave of mobile apps

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

In the majority of phones now there is some form of global positioning system (GPS) to tell the world where you are.
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Getting your firm into the Thick of It

Tuesday, 15 December 2009

The third series of the brilliant BBC TV comedy The Thick of It has come to an end.
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More watching the web:

In pictures: Doing the business

  • Top thinkers put heads together for economic seminars. Some of Northern Ireland?s top figures from the world of business and academia have come together for two major seminars hosted by Joint Independent Group for Study and Action (JIGSA) at Queen?s University Belfast. Economist John Simpson; JIGSA member and Deloitte partner Gillian Russell; and IoD Chairman Joanne Stuart were among those attending the think tank event, which discussed devolution, the Barnett Review of economic policy, NAMA arrangements and the UK?s fiscal deficit. Speakers for the event included Sir Gerry Loughran, Lord Paul Bew, Victor Hewitt and Mike Smyth
  • Translink has made a deal worth £7m for 48 new buses to run on rural routes. The deal was reached with Wrightbus and Scania. The contract is funded by the Department for Regional Development. Announcing the deal are Translink chief executive Catherine Mason, Regional Development Minister Conor Murphy (centre) and Dr William Wright, proprietor of Wrightbus
  • Paul Rooney, Chair, Business in the Community (BitC) with Colin Lewis, Deputy Secretary, Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment and Susan Kinane, Managing Director, ESB Independent Energy at the launch of the Business in the Community's Correction Programme at the W5 Lecture Theatre. The programme is funded by ESB and aims to match small business owners with mentors from BitC member companies with the aim of sharing best practice and promoting responsible growth.

Cream of the crop in the business world

L'derry Chamber of Commerce Dinner

  • Minister for Regional Development Conor Murphy with Mayor Councillor Paul Fleming. Londonderry Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner at The Everglades Hotel, Londonderry
  • The City of Hope Collective who performed during the Chamber of Commerce annual dinner
  • Rosa McLaughlin and John McMonagle with Minister for Regional Development, Conor Murphy. Londonderry Chamber of Commerce Annual Dinner at The Everglades Hotel.

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BT Business TV

NI Travel and Tourism Awards

  • Sean Crummey entertains guests at the Northern Ireland Travel and Tourism Awards 2009
  • Sean Crummey, Maureen Ledwith and Nan Short with Craig Doyle at the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa at the Northern Ireland Travel and Tourism Awards 2009
  • Rowan Devereux and Ciaran Mulligan of Blue Insurances with Craig Doyle at the Slieve Donard Resort and Spa at the Northern Ireland Travel and Tourism Awards 2009

NI Travel and Tourism Awards

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards

  • From left to right, Daniel McRitchie (Andor Technology, placed 48 in this year?s Fast 50 ranking); Mark McCusker (Texthelp Systems Ltd, placed 40th in this year?s Fast 50 ranking); Trevor Jordan (Andor Technology); and Seamus Scullion (Texthelp Systems Ltd).
  • James Greer, proprietor of Greer Publications, presents the ?Rising Star? award to Mary McKenna and Paul McElvaney of Learning Pool Ltd.
  • From left to right: Daniel McRitchie and Trevor Jordan of Andor Technology.

Deloitte Technology Fast 50 Awards

CEF Construction Awards 2009

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  • CEF Construction Awards 2009
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CEF Construction Awards 2009

Newry Chamber of Commerce Banquet

  • Newry Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Thursday 8 October 09
  • Newry Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Thursday 8 October 09
  • Newry Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Thursday 8 October 09

Newry Chamber of Commerce Banquet

Connecting Employers to Communities

  • The Connecting Employers to Communities event hosted at Hillsborough Castle by Business in the Community on 23 September 2009.
  • The Connecting Employers to Communities event hosted at Hillsborough Castle by Business in the Community on 23 September 2009.
  • The Connecting Employers to Communities event hosted at Hillsborough Castle by Business in the Community on 23 September 2009.

Connecting Employers to Communities

Ulster Tatler Awards 2009

tatler awards.

NI's Top 100 Companies

Top 100 Companies

Who's up and who's down in 2009

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