15th October 2008 - Business in Berkshire News: www.businessinberkshire.co.uk/151008.html

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Top Stories Wednesday 8th October 2008

 
 
   

Get YOUR Ethical Christmas Gifts Micro Site

Get YOUR Ethical Christmas Gifts Micro Site'Ethical Christmas Gifts' are flying with Business in Berkshire space that was first created in October 2006. That year 44 visited the space in October, 438 in November and 929 in December. An excellent flow of traffic and this was based mainly on fun articles such as 'Who was Good King Wenceslas', 'Christmas wine tasting', or which town was switching on the lights when and 'Christmas trivia' and 'Cooking tips for the perfect Christmas dinner'.

Get YOUR Ethical Christmas Gifts Micro Site

   

Limo hire london - get me to the ball!

Limo hire london - get me to the ball!BusinessinBerkshire at the Red Laces Ball

At BusinessinBerkshire we like to do our bit for charity when we can and it is very nice when in the course of helping to promote a worthy cause, we also get to have some fun in the process. A definite win, win situation!....

That is exactly what happened when. Jon received an invitation from Heart UK for us to attend their Red Laces Ball on Saturday 11th October.

Limo hire london - get me to the ball!

   

Virgin Media needs to speak to media coach Geoff Motley

Virgin Media needs to speak to media coach Geoff MotleyA lot of channels discover new talent or want to feature well known names on screen. Sometimes there's a slight problem; the new names can't present. They look good, they are interesting people, even talented but once on camera their inhibitions rise to the surface and they lose confidence or over react. That's where Geoff Motley comes in.

Virgin Media needs to speak to media coach Geoff Motley

   

Fire Safety: The Role of the Responsible Person

Fire Safety: The Role of the Responsible PersonWho is your workplace's nominated Responsible Person for fire safety? Do they have a clear understanding of their role, responsibilities and duties? Do they have the necessary levels of training and support enabling them to carry out their role?

Under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005, every workplace must have a Responsible Person. This is the employee which the fire authorities will need to speak to in the event of any issue involving fire safety. They have an important degree of control over fire-prevention systems within your premises.

Fire Safety: The Role of the Responsible Person

   

Flexible mini cooper leasing

Flexible mini cooper leasingFlexible car leasing with Cooperlease

Do you want to lease a Mini Cooper but don't want to sign up to lengthy and complicated contracts? Openlease from Mini Cooper experts Cooperlease provides the solution.

Openlease is just what the name describes: an open contract allowing you to arrange the lease of a Mini Cooper for as little as 28 days at a time. Your credit history doesn't need to be perfect, and you are not obliged to sign up for any more than four weeks. You'll enjoy all the benefits of contract leasing without being tied to a lengthy lease period.

Flexible mini cooper leasing

   

Good morning <07 Name>

Last month we shot a couple of videos using the garden as a back drop, the water feature providing a relaxing sound to our jolly interesting video! The trouble was, I was wearing my casual jeans and it was felt by some that this was just a little too relaxed.

Well go check out this month's video on the home page. Not only are we dressed in business attire but we have professional interviewer, in the form of Geoff Motley, asking the questions. Hanif was "just the cameraman" on the shoot! Geoff and Hanif came over for a few hours and they started by setting the environment. Talking double dutch and a touch of bollywood, or was that bolly uks! Eventually they were ready for yours truly to get involved. We nailed it in a couple of takes and then while Hanif edited and encoded the footage, Geoff and I worked on his BinB micro site.

We started by looking at what his market place are searching for. He's looking to help budding TV presenters get off the ground and so "TV presenter courses London" made a great deal of sense. We extracted content from his existing website and he added a few new words.

While we were shooting he'd mentioned that he wanted to talk to Virgin Media as they've always got a stock of young hopefuls and he could make their day. So I recommended that we write an article addressed to Virgin Media. Why? Because Virgin Media will be looking for stories on Virgin Media through their PR people and I feel very confident that their PR people, being professionals, will be tuned into Google alerts and because we have mentioned Virgin Media in the title and body of the article then this would get picked up and pushed out to those tuned in to the most up to date news, gossip, articles etc about Virgin Media.

There is a significant chance that this article could follow a similar path as Virgin Media are mentioned 7 times in this article. And do you know the best thing about pushing out the story was that within 5 minutes of us pushing it out it was No 1 on Google for the title of the article... and Geoff was amazed. We'd "Shown him the money" in a Tom Cruise type of way!

The article has since dipped down but not for long, it will be back as Geoff gets in the rhythm and adds new stories as they come to him. And this is what each and every micro site owner should be doing right here, right NOW! Adding content about their industry and combining this with their dreams, hopes and aspirations in the form of regular articles that will grab the attention of those interested in their world. Our content flies high, just check out the ethical Christmas gift story for this week. That space rocks because it's been alive a few years and this year is the opportunity for boom time if those in the gift world tune in to what we have to say.

All this exposure means that those who are looking for media attention are knocking on our door, just check out Ali's story about our Saturday night out to our 3rd ball in as many weeks!

You need to get your BinB micro site party started... what are BinB micro sites all about? Go re opt-in for our BinB 7 Series and get the inside track on what we can do for you.

   

Windsor Art Fair 2008 featuring Annick McKenzie

Windsor Art Fair 2008 featuring Annick McKenzie"Windsor in Colour" by Annick McKenzie (c).

WINDSOR CONTEMPORARY ART FAIR 08 BIGGER THAN EVER
7th - 9th November 08

Popular key arts event returns for fourth year with more exhibitors and activities giving art lovers the perfect one stop shop.

Windsor Art Fair 2008 featuring Annick McKenzie

   

Using Email Marketing to ensure customers are tuned in

Using Email Marketing to ensure customers are tuned inFor years we have been despatching emails to our various email databases, both our own and those of clients. Mostly these have been a regular dialogue to customers, potential customers and others who have opted in to receive communications.

These are great and allow regular readers to tune in to what's happening in your world. But what about those who are new to the party? They have just signed up for your newsletter, they get the welcome email but then they are straight into regular communications. The last seven years are a mystery. The great things you and your company have done are a mystery!

Using Email Marketing to ensure customers are tuned in

   

B&Q launch environmentally friendly DVD pack

B&Q launch environmentally friendly DVD packB&Q have launched the third title in their "How to" range of DVDs. Having previously produced "How To Tile" and "How To Lay Real Wood And Laminate Flooring", the DIY market-leaders have gone green by focusing on "How To Insulate Your Home" with this latest title.

Media Plant have been involved in the project from the outset. The media reproduction specialists are constantly pushing their own industry to offer greener, cleaner solutions Media Plant offered B&Q their know-how so they could offer consumers a truly environmentally-friendly pack for the "How To Insulate your Home" DVD. Media Plant's Director Joe Fox says, "We believe we should support clients in providing more than just a disc."

B&Q launch environmentally friendly DVD pack

   

Transferable skills using self confidence hypnosis

Transferable skills using self confidence hypnosisTransferable Skills

One thing that never ceases to amaze me is how many different areas a person can transfer the same skills to.

For example: If you have good balance it can be used for Martial arts, Ballet, Skiing, Yoga, Type rope Walking, Acrobatic etc. The list is almost endless.

Transferable skills using self confidence hypnosis

   

Jazzmouse Download Shop News

Jazzmouse Download Shop NewsWhat better way to beat the credit crunch than releasing your music on the Jazzmouse download site.

We encode your album onto high quality MP3 files, create preview clips and generate HTML button codes for both your web site as well as our shop. Mp3 creation is done using our Pro Tools Systems with Digidesign's Mp3 encoder. This not only converts the audio but also adds all the relevant ID tags for your files. We also then create a thirty second audio clip to use as a preview.

We then upload them to the secure server and generate the HTML codes to produce your web shop buttons.

Jazzmouse Download Shop News

   

Get Cinderella to the Red Laces Ball

Get Cinderella to the Red Laces BallThe great bonus of not being in the corporate world when you are a 'small business person' is special opportunities. They get so used to their perks; they don't really take the time to appreciate them. It is so easy to take things for granted especially when someone else is paying the bill. This cannot be said for our intrepid party of 8, who last Saturday had a most fantastic night out with all the trappings, style and glamour afforded to a top business night out and of course all in the name of charity.

Get Cinderella to the Red Laces Ball

   

Michael Parkinson Road Show and classic celebrity interviews

Michael Parkinson Road Show and classic celebrity interviewsParky is currently on a good old fashioned book signing tour just prior to the launch of his new website.

The website is up and running with a bunch of classic celebrity interviews including:

Julie Walters, Tom Cruise, Little Britain, Noel Gallagher, Jane Fonda, Jonathan Miller, Peter O'Toole, Stephen Fry, Will Smith, French & Saunders...

Michael Parkinson Road Show and classic celebrity interviews

   

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Our copywriter will liaise with you in order to write five relevant, SEO-rich articles which will then be sent out in our regular newsletters to our database of thousands of readers. The stories will also be turned into attractive PDFs by our professional design and type-set team, for you to use as promotional marketing collateral...

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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!

How do you do that easily? By adding a new news story to your BinB micro site. Please look at the image below and follow these steps.

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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