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Book Review: Bringing Nothing to the Party

On Amazon, this book is tagged 'liar', 'alcohol', 'sociopath' and 'jail'. But also with 'entrepreneur', 'web 2.0' and 'dotcom'. It should probably also be tagged 'genius raconteur'.

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Brief encounter: Steve Pammenter, MD, WhiteLabelDating.com

According to dating software company, WhiteLabelDating.com, having a relevant web site will always encourage relevant people to dip their hands into their pockets. We speak to Steve, Pammenter, managing director about profiting from niche.

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Last Chance for the Digital Mission

Chinwag is working with the DTI to create two 'digital missions' to the US. And tomorrow is your last chance to join them.

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Social Networks and Profitability

Despite early promise, a huge question mark facing social networks has been their ability to properly monetise both the huge amount of information they have on their members and their large reach. Although advertising spend on networks continues to grow, it only represents a small percentage of the overall Internet advertising budget. Tim Hoang reports on how social networks are looking to deliver for investors.

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The Shrinking Web

With the world currently facing an economic downturn, many are waiting for a second Web bubble to burst. What will come of the huge amount invested in social networks and what will the future landscape of the Web look like?

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Glass Opens Window of Opportunity

TLEO has launched its new web portal which has been designed by digital communications agency, Glass. Its aim is to encourage businesses to make better use of the London Metropolitan university’s resources.

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Businesses Failing to Profit from Web 2.0

With web 2.0 apparently set to revolutionise the business world, new research has revealed that companies are not quite ready to take advantage of social media tools. Tim Hoang reports.

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Building a Business on Free

Fantastic.  Prince gave away his new CD for ‘free’ with a national newspaper, former Kinks frontman, Ray Davies, is soon to follow and Radiohead recently invited you, Joe Public, to decide precisely how much (or not), to pay for the digital release of their latest oeuvre, In Rainbows

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FOWA: Turn Your App into a Business

Ted Rheingold, the founder of the Dogster and Catster social sites for pet owners, advised delegates at the Future of Web Apps on the teething pains that attend turning a simple gimmick or tool on the web into a full-time job.

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How to Attract More Clients

Imagine life with a steady flow of new client enquiries. Every month, interested decision makers make contact with you. They either come recommend by someone who knows you – or they have read your useful, helpful and interesting material. Before they even speak to you, they like what they have heard.

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Blogs not in the Marketing Mix

A survey from Webtrends shows that few businesses have embraced the ‘push-button publishing’  power of blogs and that email remains the number one marketing tool for firms on the Web.

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NMK Forum: Nic Brisbourne

Keynote speaker Nic Brisbourne addressed the topic ‘Web Business Models that Work’, introducing a number of ideas for monetising internet sites and services.

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NMK Forum: The Upstarts

The second panel of the day concerned new internet start-ups, the prospects for their longevity and the difficulties faced by them.

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Delivering a Winning Business Pitch

After a business plan has been written, the next stage often involves pitching the plan to prospective investors. The following is a list of tips to maximise your chances of success when pitching to investors.

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New Ideas in Big Business

Business software providers IBM Lotus, SAP and Oracle have each announced the adoption of Web 2.0 features through new products and add-ons to their current offerings.

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Small Business; Global Reach

Consumers are increasingly looking for the experience of buying from a small business, not a global superbrand. A new venture answers the challenge by offering the customers the chance to participate in the creation of a new single malt whisky.

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Starting a new business? Get planning

A strong business plan is essential to launching a new business. Andrew Gleeson offers his top ten resources in the UK to help you get it right...

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Top 10 Business Plan Mistakes to Avoid

The importance of business planning is widely documented; however, guidance as to what constitutes good business planning is less clearly defined. Alan Gleeson aims to redress that imbalance by describing 10 of the most common mistakes that occur in business plans...

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Why Transparency Is Good For Business

For years the creative services industry has shielded its eyes to account management practices. But one thing is becoming increasingly apparent - client transparency is good for business, says Marcus Leathwood...

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Dawn Of The RSS Age

Momentum is building for delivery of news and other content by RSS. Mark Rogers looks at the workings and business potential of what some are calling the biggest thing since the invention of the web browser...

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Oxford Uni Business Plan Prize

Expanding businesses in - and those hatching a plan to enter - the digital technology and design sectors have a new opportunity to raise investment capital, in the shape of this business plan competition...

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Could your Business Survive?

Many business owners are too focused on today to give serious thought to tomorrow - especially a tomorrow in which they may not play a part. Stern and Company give the lowdown on how to plan for a future in which you don't feature.

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Is Your Business Healthy?

Experience shows that following times of growth, a subsequent reversal in fortune can result in widespread business failures. One way of helping to avoid this is to make sure that your business is running efficiently and has good cashflow management procedures in place.

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Stress in Business

Charles Helliwell believes that managing the perfomance of any business is direct consequence of the personality it projects to its staff, customers, partners and shareholders.

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Better Business by Design

Natasha Zlobec of Phage on why investment in good design can bring huge commercial benefits for your company.

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Funding a Digital Media Venture

Investors discuss funding and entrepreneurship in the digital media industries.

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How to Win New Business

Advice on the process of generating new business, from identifying leads to convincing potential clients that yours is the right company for the job.

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