Food supplements contain banned substances
Making and selling food supplements is a huge business not just here in the UK but worldwide, there are many large companies who have based their business on this market, which are being marketed as being healthy and natural.
Yet recent research has shown that this business may not be as healthy or natural as [...]
Apple gets a huge slice of phone market
There is no doubt that Apple has carved out a nice piece of the phone market for touch screen mobile phones and in fact they are expected to become the market leader in the US for this product by the end of the year.
The iPhone will have around thirty five per cent of the touch [...]
Adsense referrals RIP
For users of Adsense who have not updated their accounts recently, may wish to pay the account pages a visit, especially before the end of August as this will be the time when Adsense referrals will be closed for good.
Google said that this part of their continuing work to improve the services that they provide [...]
The plan to save Battersea power station
A £4 billion plan to save Battersea power station before it falls down has been unveiled, but I order to save the power stations which is one of the most easily recognisable sights on the London skyline the sight is going to have to change dramatically.
The project will include an underground link, three thousand homes, [...]
The ads that spy on you
It makes no difference these days whether you are surfing or just simply travelling around in your car, walking or using public transport.
But there are many ways that the advertisers are using these days, not to capture our attention, but to monitor what our reaction are to adverts and to know which sort of [...]
The right PR at the right time
PR has been around for many years, it encompasses almost everything in our daily lives, and yet when we start a business it is one of the last things that we ever think of. Yet with good PR your business can very quickly begin to make up ground on the competition.
The problem with PR is [...]
Free Tibet flagged up
By now it is common knowledge that virtually anything that you need can be made in China for a lot less, yes the quality may be in question, but the price is certainly not. However there are other issues that concern people, such as counterfeited goods and the people who are behind this sort of [...]
April 1, 2008Engadget told not to use T Mobiles colours
Anyone who checks out new technology will know of the Engadget sites; these have been around for sometime and have built up quite a reputation. Maybe they have built up too much of a reputation for some people as they have been given a letter from the mobile phone company T Mobile.
Deutsche Telekom the German [...]
New business in Brain fitness
With more or less everyone knowing some body that has a child affected by Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) you can imagine the size of the market, yes if you were a business and this was your target market then it would be huge, wouldn’t it?
This marketplace has grown over the years as parents try [...]
The business of junk mail
Virtually everyone connected to the internet receives a little bit of junk mail, this is different to spam as these messages are sent to you because you have at some stage subscribed to the company’s list, this authorises them to send you adverts and offers.
Sometimes when you have had enough of them all you need [...]
Doritos in a mess
The makers of the famous brand of snack Doritos, has found themselves is some serious trouble with the Muslim community. Walkers Crisps, has been criticised by Muslims leaders over the snack because it contains alcohol.
It may only be a trace amount of alcohol but never the less this product has not been listed on the [...]
Niche market could be the key to success
Being a small business has its advantages no matter what your business does, whether it provides a service or supplies a product the basics are the same, in order to become a very successful small business you will need to explore your niche in that particular market sector and exploit it.
By doing this a small [...]
Digg to fix ads
It would seem that Digg have been receiving some complaints about their the current ads, some may be play sounds and other have moving images, whatever the type of ad the users don’t like them and have told the Digg management.
So luckily for the users, Digg have made the right decision and will be moving [...]
Big Amazon giveaway
To promote the great Amazon MP3 store, the company are planning on a large scale giveaway to get people started this will take place during the Super Bowl game in February.
Amazon launched their site back in September where it is said that they have around two million tracks available for download, over time this will [...]
Mini Nukes could power towns
In this day an age, you would have thought that the idea of a mini nuclear reactor that could be built, encased in a block of concrete, transported to the site, where it will be buried in the ground and will be able to provided enough power for a 25,000 homes for at least five [...]
November 23, 2007“I feel lucky” costs millions
Poor old Google, every time that a Google users presses the “I Feel Lucky” button on the search engine its costs them money, according the one of the co founders Sergey Brin, costing them money however is not entirely true, what he means is that they don’t actually make any money, there is a slight [...]
November 15, 2007Could Santa be green?
This is a bit of fun, which also has a serious message. The figure of Santa has been around for what would seem years and yet he turns a blind eye to what happens in the world, the disasters, the bad people and so on, so where does he stand on green issues?
The case for [...]
Business target Facebook users
From now on businesses will be on Facebook in a big way, and some major companies like, Coca Cola, Blockbuster, CBS, Sony and Verizon have already been looking into how they can take advantage of this new and exciting advertising opportunity.
Advertising on Facebook will take the form of custom pages, marketing messages across the network [...]
Before you write a business plan
If you are planning on writing a business plan, there may be some things that you need to do before putting pen to paper:
Understand what a business plan is; don’t just write down your idea. There is help out there on the net where sample can be found.
Legal, sort out any legalities in order for [...]
Google loves Web 2.0
The last couple weeks saw the long awaited PR update, but what seems to have happened is that there has been a move by Google towards those site that are to all intents and purposes Web 2.0, these have been judged to have solid content and are updated regularly which the most of them are, [...]