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• Mar 17 2010

  

  Irish home business going global on St Patrick's Day

  Ahead of a big session on the topic tomorrow, we’ve spent a bit of time recently talking about home businesses 'going global'. Bringing news of an Irish success story is our Derry based friend, Mark Nagurski.

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• Mar 17 2010

  

  Media training: special offer for Enterprise Nation members

  David Parsley is a media trainer of the first degree. His last job was as Editor of London based business paper, City AM, which he left to start his first company, Parsley Media. Join David and colleagues on a media retreat that has a special price tag for Enterprise Nation members. 

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• Mar 16 2010

  

  Help for freelancers

  There’s help all around when starting a new business. Described as ‘the ultimate guide to going freelance’ Freelance Advisor makes available its 2010 edition of the Go Freelance Guide.

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• Mar 16 2010

  

  Help for social entrepreneurs

  Social enterprises are described as “businesses trading for social and environmental purposes” – if this is the kind of business you are starting and growing, you’ll find a useful resource on the Venture Navigator site.

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• Mar 16 2010

  

  Creating a successful business blog

  Do you run a blog for your business? There are some useful techniques you can apply to gain interest, says Karen McNulty of MarketingPlanWiz. She offers her top “dos” and “don’ts” to help your business blog along.

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• Mar 16 2010

  

  Opal to offer home business telecoms package

  When faced with a landing page that asks if you’re a ‘home’ or ‘business’ user do you click away in frustration that the service provider doesn’t understand you’re a bit of both? If so, you’ll be pleased to hear that telecoms company, Opal, has launched a product focused solely on home business owners. Emma Jones calls marketing man, Paul Higgins to find out more.

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• Mar 15 2010

  

  Going Global: What do you think?

  "Give me a place to stand," said Archimedes. "And I will move the earth." Apparently, they should have given him a home office, because - according to research - home businesses are more likely to trade with the rest of the world than other SMEs. So, is your home business 'going global'? If not, what's stopping you from trading overseas? We want to hear from you.

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• Mar 15 2010

  

  19 inspirational quotes for homeworkers

  This morning, at #watercoolermoment - our Twitter-powered virtual breaktime for homeworkers - I asked for your favourite inspirational quotes. Reviewing them now, I thought I should share them with you. There's only so much inspiration one man can take!

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• Mar 15 2010

  

  Home and Away: Work from home and cut congestion

  That's the message from UK business organisation CBI and our American cousins, who say that working from home not only cuts congestion, but it can save money, time and lives.

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• Mar 15 2010

  

  Q&A with Amber Energy Consultants

  Nick Proctor started working for a large high street bank after leaving University. He tells us ‘when the recession hit and the bank was viewed in a new light, I reconsidered my comfy sales job, gave up my salary, pension, company car and bonus and started my own business.’ Did Nick make the right move?

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