Another week and another meet up with a Birmingham based entrepreneur. Life at Birmingham Science Park sure is interesting. This week I was given the chance to take to Alex Major, a somewhat serial entrepreneur with a very technical background. Having worked for the likes of Google, he decided to divert his interest into his [...]
July 4, 2012 By 6 Comments
5 Interesting lessons I learnt from Barnaby Lashbrooke
For those that do not know Barnaby Lashbrooke is a UK based entrepreneur and a very interesting guy. By the age of 28 he had already sold a domain selling company for a multi million pound sum after growing it from nothing to 24,000 members with just £150 startup money. Currently he runs a series [...]
April 4, 2012 By 8 Comments
10 things I learned about getting your story to journalists
I have been very fortunate these past weeks to attend some very well organised events within the centre of Birmingham. The first was Launch48 which was well documented in this article: 10 Things I learned about a new startup. The second, which I attended today was Launch: Meet the Gaming Press. Launch Gaming event was [...]
March 23, 2012 By 22 Comments
10 Things I learned about a new startup
Many of you will know that over the weekend I pitched an idea at a launch event, won both backing and a team, then had 48 hours to produce a working business before presenting it on Sunday evening. Yes, 48 hours from concept to production. The event was called Launch 48 (Birmingham) and it brings [...]
February 13, 2012 By 4 Comments
3 Interesting Ways to Make Money from Your Free Reports and Giveaways
Many people will tell you that the money is in the list (or more precisely Active List), especially for Online Marketing. What this means is that when you capture visitors information you have an opportunity to market to them numerous times, rather than simply the once when they visit your site. So many people resort to [...]
January 29, 2012 By 9 Comments
The end of Market Samurai? The art of risk assessment and how relying on Google can be a mistake
If you have been involved with Online Marketing for any amount of time then you will surely have heard of Market Samurai. It is promoted by many marketers and bloggers as the ‘must have tool’. It always you to research competitors website information including ranking, backlinks and other basic data. In reality you can do [...]
January 19, 2012 By 1 Comment
Leaving a legacy – Deciding how you want your business to be remembered
[box type="yellow"]Today I present a guest post on the subject of ‘leaving a legacy with your business’. A particularly interesting topic which should get all entrepreneurs thinking. As always with guest posts, I offer some of my own commentary to clarify or state my opinion at certain points. Enjoy the article – Dee Kumar[/box] Leaving [...]
January 18, 2012 By 2 Comments
Why small business should be AVOIDING Google+
Yes, you read that title right. Google+ is actually bad for business for the vast majority of you and in this article Im going to spell out why. I’m not here to give my person opinion on Google ethics or other moral judgement on just how many times Google has been caught flaunting the law [...]
January 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
5 predictions as to how Internet Marketing will evolve in 2012.
2011 was a year where social media really changed our world. Facebook and Twitter in particular were the mediums of choice for mass protests around the world. Revolutions in the Middle East and Northern Africa, were all made possible with the instant messaging nature of social media. This revolution then spread across the ocean to [...]
January 6, 2012 By 2 Comments
What is Goal Setting and why SMART goals do not work
Last year I set some goals for my blog, which I made public. They were not simply goals but dreams of where my blog would be within a year. It included how much money I would make from the blog and how many visitors I would expect. How many posts I would write and a [...]
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