How to market your business by writing a Kindle book

November 24, 2011
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Even if you’ve never written a book before, you can (and should!) publish on Kindle. With millions of fans, low prices and the current buzz around the Kindle devices themselves, Kindle books are flying off the virtual shelves. So grab yourself a piece of Amazon’s amazing marketplace – and promote your business at the same [...]

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I started a business with a baby: Melinda Holohan of eleventyone Limited

November 21, 2011
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Tell us a little about your business I’ve always wanted to start on my own but never really had the opportunity or an idea that I thought was worthwhile. But in late summer 2009 the pieces fell into place and I started my company called eleventyone Limited, which focuses on developing practical and useful products [...]

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November’s Blog Carnival is Live!

November 20, 2011
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November’s Blog Carnival is live and ready to read over at bumptobundle.wordpress.com. Thanks this month go to host Anne, owner of BumptoBundle.co.uk. Thanks Anne! So why not take a well-deserved break and take a look at the carnival post?

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Sell advertising space on your website: Which stats do you need in your media pack?

November 17, 2011
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When I looked into selling advertising space here on Business Plus Baby the first place I went was Google.  Unfortunately, most of the information I found was way too advanced and technical for someone like me who was just starting out with web advertising. In the end I decide not to go down the advertising [...]

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Why the world needs you to be an entrepreneur

November 14, 2011

We often think of entrepreneurs as building big companies to making themselves richer. But last week I found this video that explains why innovators, inventors and entrepreneurs are critical to the wealth of society as a whole… The statistics are for the USA, but the theory is the same wherever you live in the world. [...]

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Launching an iPhone App: How two mums launched Legacy Organiser

November 10, 2011
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Today’s guest post comes from Victoria Moore who, together with her business partner Mo, launched the iPhone app Legacy Organiser (despite neither of them having a background in IT or even owning iPhones!) You may recall that the last series of the BBC’s Apprentice featured the launch of an app. At the time I couldn’t believe [...]

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Business Mums Blog Carnival for November

November 8, 2011
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Are you a mum with a business and a blog? Join in the November Business Mums Blog Carnival and get yourself more readers and comments! (If it doesn’t seem long since October’s, you’re right. The carnivals late in the year are squeezed closer together so we avoid the Christmas period.) You don’t even need to [...]

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