The benefits of an online spreadsheet is not that its going to be better and more feature rich than excel, but the fact that several people can be involved in editing it, without the need to 20 copies of it to end up clogging up your email. It’s also got integrated chat, so you can […]

I just came across a very good review and introduction to Google Analytics, which is essentially a tool to help you analyze who is viewing your web site, and what they are doing. Sounds simple but way to many small businesses do not pay enough attention to what is happening on their web site. Your […]

Some VW dealers are going to get a bump in publicity with this little bit of self promotion… selling their “Fast” on eBay.

With only 600 of the little creatures avalable, 1 per dealership apparently, any dealerships selling their “Fast” are sure of some extra attention. Two have appeared on ebay so far, the bidding […]

A friend just pointed me to a book called Go It Alone - by Bruce Judson, and you can read the whole thing for free online if you like.
I’ve read the first couple of chapters and it is a first class read, and a must have for anyone who wants to start their own […]

ZDnet reveals some Gmail code that hints at more business centric email tool
Someone has been snooping around in the Gmail javascript code and found this little gem:
function vJ(){if(uy){;return’‘+”Manage this domain”+” | “}else{return””}}
Essentially, if Gmail is enabled for other domains, businesses can update there own “MX Record” to point at mail.google.com, and google will handle […]

Selling and marketing a service based business is a unique challenge that does not get enough attention, which considering services make up significant percentage of the US economy, is rather a problem.
I found this article on a favorite site of mine for marketing articles that lays out some of the differences between selling and […]

The idea that “cheap, fast or good… Pick two” gets a kick in the pants from a company called 37signals.com. This small company has created four brilliant products that claim to do “less that competitors products”, and in the world of software that really is refreshing. It is by keeping things simple that this small […]

Creating a blog for your business can be a valuable tool in your marketing toolbox, for some businesses more valuable than the website itself. I know many businesses equate “blog” with “confessional teenage diary”, and dismiss it as a trend, but it’s seriously good business. In the end a blog is just a very “simple […]

Google Local is making so many improvements so fast it makes my head spin, and I do this for a living. It was only late last year that Google Local came out of beta, and maps and local were merged (go to maps.google.com you end up at local.google.com and visa versa).
Well I’m lucky enough […]