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5 Free Ways to Market Your Business

Times are hard and many businesses are tightening their belts. However, for savvy companies, there are several highly effective marketing techniques which require no initial outlay apart from time and effort. Use these ....
By Trevor Ginn Sep 09,2009 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)

Fight the recession with customer service

Kim Stoddart offers hints and tips on how to offer the best customer service and fight back against the recession..
By LaunchLab.co.uk Aug 10,2009 - Comments (0) - Rating (2 votes)

Revisiting R and D tax credits

Adjustments to the Research and Development (R&D) Tax Relief Scheme means that for some companies the value of the relief will have more than doubled from 7.5 per cent at the beginning ....
By LaunchLab.co.uk Jul 13,2009 - Comments (0) - Rating (2 votes)

How to work with product designers

Business hoping to take their product to market will in many cases enlist the services of a product designer. Richard Habergham, head of design at specialist design agency 4D Creations gives his ....
By LaunchLab.co.uk Jul 09,2009 - Comments (0) - Rating (0 votes)

Make pay-by-results PR work for you

PR is a numbers game. You need to speak to lots of journalists to get a few hits. For this reason, PR agencies avoid working with clients on a pay-by-result basis because ....
By LaunchLab.co.uk Jun 04,2009 - Comments (0) - Rating (2 votes)
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Launch a new product or service

Launching a product or service is a critical step for a start-up or early-phase business. Done successfully it can set the business on the path to growth and viability. Botched it can ....
By Steve Wood Jul 11,2008 - Comments (1) - Rating (1 votes)

Customer email databases

We’ve seen too many companies tried to improve data integrity and management when it’s too late. .
By Grant Keller Jul 12,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)

PR in a credit crunch

As the threat of global recession looms many small businesses are looking to reassess and reduce their overheads and marketing and PR activities are often the first to be cut..
By Kim Stoddart Jul 07,2008 - Comments (0) - Rating (1 votes)
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Against the Grain

From a plan to import polo sticks from India to the king of Cobra beer, the ....
Homepage MAKER 6

Homepage MAKER 6 Ultimate by bhv, is an out of the box business website kit ....
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Get business with your phone number part II

Jun 27,2008
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This guide sets out some of the ways you can maximise the gains from encouraging people ...

By Launchlab Contributor

Direct marketing through a downturn

Jan 13,2009
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A recession hits everyone but it can be particularly hard on growing businesses. Yet economic downturns ...

By LaunchLab.co.uk

Set up a social networking initiative

Nov 04,2008
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User-Generated Content (UGC) and social networking is an increasingly popular brand marketing tool for many large ...

By LaunchLab.co.uk

Digital marketing for small businesses

Jul 07,2008
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With the rise broadband, free and easy-to-use online publishing tools and viral marketing tools, citizens are ...

By Jacki Vause

Build rapport on the telephone

Oct 30,2008
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Rapport building is an essential part of the small business communication process. If you don't build ...

By Christine Knott

Start an online shop business

Jul 13,2008
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Vince Holt, managing director of North Manchester based online specialists 11 out of 10, gives some ...

By Vince Holt


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