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Over 1,000,000 of our web pages visited in 2008

Over 1,000,000 of our web pages visited in 2008Introducing LiaiseOnline Limited who had over 1,000,000 visitors to their various web sites in 2008. Jonathan Davey, MD of LiaiseOnline Limited gives a timeline on the evolution of an online marketing company moving into its 10th year.

1999 - Building websites under the name JonnyD Web Design. The vision of a high street on the web is born out in images that we produced back then. 2009 will see us adding a retail solution to our range of services. HotMetal was our html editor back then - what a great product that was!...

Over 1,000,000 of our web pages visited in 2008
   

Berkshire JAM - Business Networking for 2009

Berkshire JAM - Business Networking for 2009Jon Davey, Mary Flavelle and business partners have teamed up for 2009 to bring you a range of networking events that will follow a similar format, giving it a known rhythm to make networkers feel at home. BUT, the location of events and timings will vary in order to attract different business people, making each unique and therefore encouraging attendance.

There is no need to attend every event, simply turn up to the ones that fit in with your business life. All events will be charged at around £20 per meeting, payable online before the day, or £25 on the day to encourage early booking and simplify the admin.

Berkshire JAM - Business Networking for 2009
   

When the axe falls opportunity knocks!

When the axe falls opportunity knocks!At the weekend I caught up with a good friend of mine who is about to become redundant … not necessarily her … her job!

Many of us have been there at some point in our working lives and it can be a trying and testing time with lots of questions - How will I cope? What will I do, I've worked there for years? How am I going to get another job? Where do I start? How do I put together a CV?

When the axe falls opportunity knocks!
   

HOW TO DEAL WITH ASSESSMENT CENTRES

HOW TO DEAL WITH ASSESSMENT CENTRES1. Don't take over. So you're on your hands and knees with a bunch of people you've never met before, building the Taj Mahal out of matchsticks. Don't be over-officious or too bossy. No one likes a bully and that is how you'll come across. Be assertive and wait to see if the team appoints you as its boss...

HOW TO DEAL WITH ASSESSMENT CENTRES
   

Good morning <07 Name>

What's it going to be guys? Doom and gloom or are we going to polish our smiles for spring?

I can understand y'all fleeing gloomy with rain 'n snow and there being nowhere to go... I feel a song coming on!

Tesco's are moaning because sales were only up 2% over the Christmas period. Poor old Tesco's! They've noticed a change in the choices people are making apparently we're heading for the value brands.

None of us are going to spend hard cash on stuff unless we really need it.

This means everyone, not just the big boys need to remove all the wool and candy floss, ensuring they highlight the key benefits of any product and service they offer. Keep it Simple Stupid.

With this in mind Business in Berkshire emphasis has switched to "Business Lead Generation". If we summarise what we do then that's it, we drive visitors to your door and introduce them to your world!

What we offer is excellent value for money and you're mad not to join in. £99 + VAT is the price of a night out and who knows who will be led to your door as a direct result of folk searching the web.

Now that would make you smile. Someone out there with a real budget to spend on what you have to offer finds you via the Internet and goes from prospect to top customer in the blink of an eye!

Help yourself to create that positive energy around you by simply saying "Thank you". I've started to add it to emails, rather than "regards", it feels uplifting and we do smile and nod in appreciation when people say thank you for what we've done.

Best thing you can do to help yourself is get out there networking and bump into a few people for the first time... this time next year they or their customers could be your customers! Come and join Mary, Lynne, DKL and myself at Hall Place, BCA, Maidenhead tomorrow afternoon. BOOK NOW.
   

On this day 14th January

On this day 17th DecemberBorn on this Day 1741 Benedict Arnold, 1904 Sir Cecil Beaton, 1926 Warren Mitchell, 1934 Richard Briers, 1936 Charlie Gracie, 1937 Billy Jo Spears, 1938 Jack Jones, 1940 Sir Trevor Nunn, 1941 Faye Dunaway, 1962 Patricia Morrison, 1967 Emily Watson, Saskia Wickham, 1968 LL Cool J, 1979 Karen Elson, 1988 Jack P. Shepherd

On this day 14th January
   

Prince Harry to replace Russell Brand at BBC

Prince Harry to replace Russell Brand at BBCRumours are rife that Prince Harry is being groomed for a TV and radio career. A BBC insider said, "What with Russell landing a £20,000,000 movie deal and Jonathan Ross heading for early retirement after stashing most of last year's earnings in a guaranteed high interest account with Northern Rock, guaranteed by Her Majesty's government. What are we left with? There are no real radio or TV comedians of their calibre and this footage commissioned by the News of the World back at the turn of the century has made us realise what we are missing. Better still, he's already on the pay role so we just move him between departments!

Prince Harry to replace Russell Brand at BBC
   

Office designer furniture and workstations

Office designer furniture and workstationsBackground
Major project to bring all teams within the Turner Group together
Cartoon Network is a part of the Turner Group, housed in Great Marlborough Street in London, having moved there as part of a major project to bring all the teams within Turner - news (CNN) ; Kid's (Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network Too, Boomerang, Toonami) ; and movies (TCM) - together from dispersed sites at the beginning of the new millennium.

Office designer furniture and workstations
   

Driving visitors to your website

Driving visitors to your websiteThe role of online marketing is to drive visitors to your door.

Retailers and service based organisations are looking for different things from their online marketing.

Retailers are looking to sell their wares as they used to from the High Street. They want prospective customers who know what they are looking for to find them via the Internet within the first page of the listings provided by their chosen search engine. Ideally the customer places the order and it is delivered within 24 hours to close the loop! The retailer gets paid and makes a profit.

Driving visitors to your website
   

Businesses for sale in Berkshire

Businesses for sale in BerkshireGo do a search for businesses for sale and you come across business for sales .com which lists over 50,000 businesses for sale across the globe. 15,000 are in the UK with 237 businesses for sale in Berkshire.

When I review Wordtracker to see what people are actually looking for when it comes to businesses for sale, the top key phrase is businesses for sale with a factor of over 600. In 5th place is businesses for sale in Torquay with 1/10th of those searching the generic term. What is fascinating to read is that businesses for sale in Benalmadena, Fuengirola and Torremolinos are 2nd, 3rd and 4th with over 100 each!

Businesses for sale in Berkshire
   

Swindon mortgages broker on mortgage market

Swindon mortgages broker on mortgage marketSo to get us all up to speed, here is a round-up of what's gone on during the last two weeks.

Lenders continue to be torn between two contradictory government orders; to offer competitive mortgage deals whilst simultaneously raising and stashing plenty of cash for their Capital reserves and repaying government loans. A Bank of England survey of lenders released last week showed that they plan to continue to hold back for the first few months of 2009, as a result of the falling value of property and other assets against which loans are secured. Good news is that the BoE report shows that the increase in net lending (completed) to individuals secured on dwellings (£0.7bn) was more than the increase in October (£0.5bn) which implies that lenders have started giving consumers a little more. However, the review of new business shows that only 27,000 purchase mortgages with a net value of £3.1bn were approved in November (to compare that to the previous year: there was a monthly average of 75,000 purchase approvals with a net value of £8bn at the end months of 2007, and as many as 114,000 per month in mid-2007). Remortgages fell from 72,000 in October to 42,000 in November.

Swindon mortgages broker on mortgage market
   

Current environmental issues - get shredding and recycling

Current environmental issues - get shredding and recyclingCorporate Social Responsibility (CSR)

With more and more companies now recognising the environmental and business benefits of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Green-A-Way aims to highlight some of the ways in which organisations can help to minimise their impact on the environment.

Most of us recycle at home, so why doesn't the same happen in the work place?

Current environmental issues - get shredding and recycling
   

Could installing a water softener help skin problems?

Could installing a water softener help skin problems?Scientists are currently investigating whether installing a water softener in your home can relieve children's eczema symptoms. Eczema affects up to 20% of children in the UK.

The Department of Health-backed study, which began in 2007 and will run until summer 2009, will also look at the differing effects of hard and soft water on the condition which causes dry and itchy skin.

Eczema has been reported to be more common in hard-water areas but it is not understood why that might be.

Could installing a water softener help skin problems?
   

Aliens in search of alternative power sources? Ecotricity

Aliens in search of alternative power sources? EcotricityDamage to a Ecotricity wind turbine in Lincolnshire has been attributed to a mystery aircraft.

The turbine at Conisholme lost one 66ft (20m) blade and had another badly damaged in the early hours of Sunday.

Local UFO groups have had teams searching for clues. A spokesman from the local group has mentioned that there has been a lot of UFO activity in the area. Reports have even mentioned a octopus shape aircraft hovering over the turbine.

Ecotricity, which owns the site, are continuing investigations and have said they are not ruling anything out - though the extent of damage was "unique".

Aliens in search of alternative power sources? Ecotricity
   

All inclusive holidays in Cyprus

All inclusive holidays in CyprusAkteon Holiday Village Paphos, Cyprus

The Akteon Holiday Village is situated directly on the sea front of Chloraka Village, approximately 10 km from the airport and a few minutes drive from the picturesque harbor of Paphos and the peaceful and attractive Coral Bay. It is a fantastic holiday destination as it holds a prime location and the hotel offers numerous facilities to ensure guests ultimate comfort. Included amongst these facilities and services are restaurants and bars, singing and dancing shows, a children's playground and many more. Sports enthusiast will also be thrilled as there are a wide variety of activities and sports to choose from such as tennis courts, swimming pools, volleyball, a fitness room, to name a few.

All inclusive holidays in Cyprus
   

Photo competitions - Portraiture and Fashion

Photo competitions - Portraiture and FashionLondon Photographic Association - Awards

In a year when making oneself as visible as possible is key, it makes real sense for photographers to involve themselves with the LPA competitions.

Our competitions are open to all photographers however registration is required on the website.

Photo competitions - Portraiture and Fashion
   

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Adding a news story to your Micro Site

Promotional Micro Sites from only £1200 + VatDo you want people to find your web pages when they search for an answer to their current problem? Then you need to publish the thing that is preventing them moving forward, and the web page that answers their question, so that they can be indexed by the spiders.

The fastest way to get your pages indexed, with the answers for all those people out there that need your product or service, is to publish them on a Business in Berkshire Micro Site. The content is generally indexed in minutes of publication and ready to be found by those in pain!

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Adding a news story to your Micro Site
   

Managing Your Content Management System

We have produced 4 video's that give you a short introduction into the key areas of the website CMS. Please download and review as required. They have been made in house, enjoy!

If you need a higher resolution version for perfect viewing then please let us know and we'll send you a CD.

Managing Your Content Management System
   

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