Start with Why - Simon Sinek
When I talk with people about starting or building a business, I always ask Why? What makes you do what you do? I can't think of any better way to explain things than this short YouTube clip.
When I talk with people about starting or building a business, I always ask Why? What makes you do what you do? I can't think of any better way to explain things than this short YouTube clip.
Some incredibly useful weblinks:
Building an e-commerce website?
Incredibly effective but for a smaller monthly outlay than you may have already been quoted try: www.MSGlobal.com
Some sites to find freelance programmers to build your website include: elance.com and odesk.com
Using SEO or interested in search engines? Try SearchEngineLand.com
Think with Google a great Research tool : ThinkWithGoogle.com
What are your competitors using for Keywords? Find out at Spyfu.com Make sure you select the UK from their drop down menu
How to get Traffic to Your website: TrafficTravis.com
Looking to compare online adverts and what works-v-what doesn't work? You need AdChop.com
Affiliate Offers: odigger.com
Get a Logo made for $5: Fiverr.com
Check out a Trade Mark or to make an application for a Trade Mark in the UK: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/intellectual-property-office
Buy Quality Adverts from the best in the business: buysellads.com
USA Based Agency to Spread your adverts worldwide: Adblade.com
For Split Testing your website to see which one works better: VisualWebsiteOptimizer
Selling Your Website: Flippa.com
Some Other Useful Links:
An 11 Year Old Girl Makes a Cold Sales Call - Click Here
Everything Explained in 800 Words
Need Your Phones Answered professionally 24hrs a day? - You need an All Day Pa
Need a Lawyer in Edinburgh or Glasgow - Morisons Solicitors
Search for details of a Company Director or a Registered Limited Company - Companies House
Do you need Capital or Funding for Your Business? - Angels Den
Search for a Patent or Trade Mark - Intellectual Property Office
Is this the best caravan in the world? TripBuddy.co.uk
Need Information on a Company - Free Information on 31,000 Global Business
Fiverr.com - Get lots of Stuff done for just $5 ( This site should not be underestimated. You literally can get anything done for just $5!)
WARNING! This site is highly addictive.
Traffic Travis.com - To really sort out Your website Keywords.
Moo.com for fantastic business cards
Kaywa.com - To Generate QR Codes ( Not sure what a QR code is? Find out here) QR simple means "Quick Response"
TinyURL.com - Useful for when a domain name or link is just too long. For example; This: http://www.raymondrecommends.com/web-stuff.html can be reduced down to this:http://tinyurl.com/64o3ru3 So a link of 47 characters drops to 26. In fact a link of 140 characters would also drop to just 26. Try it.
BIt.ly can also shortens links to virtually nothing and you can customise them - such as bit.ly/GetInvestment
