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Who should be our January Pioneer of the Month? Vote now!

by Erica | 31 January 2012 | one comment

It’s our very first Pioneer of the Month poll for 2012 and we have some great contenders. Will it be the fashion designer, TV presenter, community founder or our newbie entrepreneur? Meet The Contenders Alastair …

Tech Tuesday: The small business social media cheat sheet

by Zarina | | one comment

Flowtown recently published a great summary of popular social networks useful for business plus a few tips on how to use them. The Flowtwon social media cheat sheet includes the following: A platform overview (as …

Monday inspiration – I want to draw a cat for you

by Zarina | 30 January 2012 | no comments

Steve Gadlin is a web developer, writer and comedian living in Chicago, Illinois. He likes to draw cats and he has founded I want to draw a cat for you. Sounds interesting right…? Watch the video to …

Pioneer of the week: Aaron Clarke

by Zarina | 27 January 2012 | no comments

This week’s Pioneer of the Week is Aaron Clarke. Aaron will be added to this month’s running for Pioneer of the Month. Why we’ve chosen Aaron: For making a great introduction to him and his …

The Round-Up: Catch up on the latest enterprise news

by Zarina | | no comments

Top news this week – the self-assessment tax deadline is to be extended until February 2nd. If you’ve not yet submitted your self-assessment, avoid the £100 fine by doing it today. Mark Prisk unveils enterprise …

Pioneers News 254: Pioneers Take Youth Investment Fund To Parliament

by Zarina | 25 January 2012 | 2 comments

This week, a selection of Pioneers joined Richard Branson at Westminster to campaign for the Youth Investment Fund. Check out some of the highlights below: The Youth Investment Fund on Twitter Twitter was buzzing as …

Tech Tuesday: 5 top tips for writing blog content

by Zarina | 24 January 2012 | 2 comments

We know how relevant good blog content is for your company or project.  Social Media Examiner recently published 26 tips and we’ve selected our 5 highlights. The below content is courtesy of Social Media Examiner. …

Need some blogging motivation? Try Storify.com

by Zarina | 23 January 2012 | no comments

If you’re lacking inspiration with your company blog, why not try Storify.Com. ‘Storify helps its users tell stories by curating social media.’ In essence, Storify can be a useful tool for small businesses because it …

The Round-Up: Catch up on the latest enterprise news

by Zarina | 20 January 2012 | no comments

This week’s enterprise related news sees support waning for the anti-piracy bill, news on social media as customer service, online retail sales hitting £50bn and lastly, the King of Shaves takes Olympic hopeful as new …

Pioneer of the week: Stephane Alexandre – Milk and Honey

by Zarina | | 3 comments

This week’s Pioneer of the Week is Stephane Alexandre. Stephane will be added to this month’s running for Pioneer of the Month. Why we’ve chosen Stephane: We’ve chosen Stephane as this week’s Pioneer of the …