The B2 Business Hub

The mobile webspace is a rapidly growing market. According to research from Yahoo more websites will be viewed via mobile devices compared to the “old” desktop method by 2014.

Consumers are increasingly accessing their mobile smart phones for instant browsing,purchasing, information, location based searches, and much, much more.

Ian Bowen-Morris, CMO at London-based Telnames, explains why you need to be asking the right questions when it comes to thinking about what your business really needs from online tools

With so many businesses these days utilizing what has been called Other People’s Marketing, or OPM, there are some important considerations to take into account, including making sure that it’s a relevant and manageable exercise and ensuring customers don’t lose you as the social networking environment changes by owning your own place online.

Facebook Business pages are becomingly increasingly popular with businesses that use these as part of their marketing plan. But as any web marketing consultant will tell you, not everyone uses these to their best advantage. But if used correctly, a Facebook Business page can be a very effective form of marketing.

There are a variety of tools available that allow you to run competitions on your Facebook profile. These encourage your customers to interact with your business and spread the word amongst others.

Whether a high search engine page ranking is really essential to the health of a niche internet marketing business is a question that is often asked and can be a belief that those new to online marketing pursue as some kind of nirvana. The thinking that unless the first page of Google is attained for a particular keyword or phrase then you might as well stop is not entirely accurate.

A new online toolkit has been launched today by Employment Relations Minister Norman Lamb, which provides first-time employers with a step-by-step guide through their obligations when taking on a member of staff.

The late payment of trade invoices is threatening the profits, growth and even survival prospects of small firms but few use formal procedures to tackle the problem. This is according to findings of a research report launched today by the commercial credit referencing agency Graydon UK, working in partnership with the Forum of Private Business.

Back in the spring of 2002 BBC 6 Music launched, coal mining ended in Scotland and the Queen Mother died. Another story that crept under the media radar at that time was the launch of the online printer ink retailer, Stinkyink.com. On 22 April 2012 serial entrepreneur, John Sollars, celebrates a decade of trading and gives advice to start-ups on how to survive beyond the early years.

John Sollar’s tips for new businesses: “It’s different for everyone but these tactics have worked for me.