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• Oct 10 2008

  

  Memories of Wigtown

  This time last week I was on the tracks and heading for the home of Heather, Pete and Zoe Bestel. These friends of mine – and firm friends of Enterprise Nation – put me up for the night and put on a great show at the Wigtown Book Festival. Here are the images. Memories of their idyllic home (and home office) will be slow to fade.

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• Oct 10 2008

  

  Q&A with Building Beginnings

  I met Jill Ming two nights ago. I was attending an event to speak about the book ‘Spare Room Start Up.’ Jill knows lots about spare rooms and, in fact, just about every other room too. That’s because she researches the history of houses for a living. It’s a great business and Jill is testimony to how you can turn something you love into a full-time commercial affair.

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• Oct 9 2008

  

  How to write email newsletters that turn subscribers into paying clients

  Enterprise Nation member, Karen Skidmore, is hosting a fantastic sounding TeleForum on Wednesday 15th October on the topic of how to generate new clients and sales from your e-newsletter. Karen’s TeleForum happens to coincide with our sales and marketing day on the site so let’s celebrate business and talk about sales together!  

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• Oct 9 2008

  

  The BlackBerry Rap

  It’s almost 1am and I can’t drag myself away from the screen. We sent out the e-news at 5pm - announcing the BlackBerry give-away - and it’s been a constant stream of delight ever since. Thank you for your emails. We’d love for you to all win but there just aren’t enough gadgets to go round. But here’s something to share … the most poetic entry so far.

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• Oct 8 2008

  

  How to use Twitter for Marketing and PR

  Thanks to Rachael Ellis of Ocurem Software for passing on details of a very interesting-sounding webinar that’s all about how to use twitter for business. It’s a subject that’s close to our hearts at Enterprise Nation as we can often be found singing the praises of tweets and twitter.

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• Oct 8 2008

  

  On the home business Christmas wish list

  I appreciate and understand there are many people who don’t like to hear mention of the word ‘Christmas’ when we haven’t yet reached November. And I myself was surprised to hear that mince pies are selling like hot cakes in M&S. But…I’ve just come across a neat product that’s definitely going on my Christmas wish list. It’s a little something for a laptop.

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• Oct 8 2008

  

  Something to address

  Enterprise Nation member, Kerryn Greatrix, rightly says that working from home has many benefits but something that may be of concern is having your home address promoted across the internet and on business cards and letterheads. Kerryn has started a service to address this concern.

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• Oct 8 2008

  

  Website of the day: ask500people.com

  With thanks to Peter Bestel for pointing us in the direction of this lovely site. It’s a site where you can ask your own question or respond to someone else’s. It’s free to use and possibly the cutest market research tool I’ve seen in a while.

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• Oct 8 2008

  

  Q&A with Dreamtime Film

  Tom Lloyd works in a self-declared ‘swanky shed in Windermere’ From there he watches over a herd of semi-feral Fell ponies and runs his film production business, Dreamtime Film. When you read his story, you’ll see that dreams can come true.

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• Oct 7 2008

  

  The basics of a successful website

  Susi White has made an appearance on the site before. That was when she offered advice on how to source referrals and recommendations. This month Susi’s talking websites. In particular, how you can have your website working at its best in three simple steps.  

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