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10 FREE business tools - No 2 Dropbox

Posted on: Wednesday, August 26th, 2009 in: Tools

 
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Every start-up founder uses free or inexpensive online resources to get his or her company launched. Chadd Bennett of RetroRazor, a Seattle-based company that sells old-fashioned safety razors, provided us with a list of the tools he found to be the most helpful. First up, he recommends a CRM application. “Until recently, we used a […]

FREE business tools - No 1 CRM

Posted on: Thursday, August 20th, 2009 in: Tools

Over the next few weeks I am going to be blogging about 10 FREE but essential business tools that can help your business and save you a fortune in these programs - the first one is CRM software. 
Every start-up founder uses free or inexpensive online resources to get his or her company launched. Chadd Bennett of […]

Regular folks find fame on Twitter

Posted on: Saturday, August 8th, 2009 in: The Internet, Tools

They’re so popular on Twitter that it would take a football stadium, or several, to accommodate everyone who follows their posts.
No, they’re not Hollywood A-listers like Oprah or Ashton Kutcher, who have collected more than a million fans on the micro-blogging service.
Rather, they’re three relative unknowns from Northern California who, through tireless hobnobbing, nonstop posting […]

Website grader

Posted on: Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 in: Tools

 
Want to know how to get your Website high up in natural search results, but don’t want to pay a search engine optimization (SEO) firm just to find out what you are doing wrong?
Now you can get a free, automated evaluation of your site on Website Grader. Just type in your Website address, and it […]

Don’t break the chain!!!

Posted on: Monday, September 10th, 2007 in: Tools

 
Jerry Seinfeld’s productivity secret is that he uses a giant calendar and then marks off the day in a giant red ‘X’ when he writes something that day. The key is not to break the red X chain.
Inspired by Jerry’s idea, the folks at SmarterFitter have built an online Seinfeldian Chain calendar. You can make […]

Your not famous enough for Wikipedia!!!

Posted on: Wednesday, September 5th, 2007 in: One to watch, Tools

 
Wikipedia’s editors aren’t always so friendly. If you try to submit an entry about yourself or notable friend, there’s a good chance they’ll deem you “not notable enough.” Well, with SquidWho from, who else, Squidoo, you can post Wikipedia-like entries about yourself, your friends or anyone else.
Seth Godin, famed entrepreneur, writer and the site’s founder, calls SquidWho “the […]

Business IT Online

Posted on: Tuesday, August 14th, 2007 in: One to watch, Tools

 
I was recommended this service by a colleague who i met in London last week, he has a virtual development business and utilises students around the globe, one thing that keeps them and his business together is Business IT Online - and its FREE!
Business IT Online, a free webware application which provides contact management, calendars, […]

Google Maps - Street View

Posted on: Monday, August 13th, 2007 in: Tools

Looked up my mates new website today and was really impressed with his Find Us section, he has used Street View on Google Maps so you can even see the street where his office is located at plus photographs of the area.
Discover Google Street View
Use Street View to:

View street level photographs (select cities)
Take virtual […]

Blog redesign

Posted on: Saturday, July 28th, 2007 in: Tools

 
Thanks to the great team at Worthing Media i am pleased to announce the launch of the new UKpreneur blog design. As i am getting more readers i thought it would be nice to make the look a bit more sharper!
Really pleased with the new look and hope you like it!

GoodLogo.com

Posted on: Monday, July 23rd, 2007 in: Tools

 
Not just a great tool but also a good place to seek inspiration when starting out and designing your logo. GoodLogo.com is a website that ranks logos. It has hundreds of logos submitted by users and companies. Current Top 5 Logos are: Stüssy (7.2), Apple (6.6), World Wildlife Fund (6.2), Atari (5.8), and Batman (5.8).
Try […]