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Social Networking For Business – Google+

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Social Networking For Business – LinkedIn

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Social Networking For Business – Facebook

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Social Networking For Business – Using Flickr

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Facing the challenges of job loss

The announcement by Dairy Crest of the likely closure of its dairy plant at Fenstanton as reported by the Cambridge News (see http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/Home/200-jobs-face-axe-at-dairy-in-Fenstanton-17042012.htm) is a further economic blow. The company says that it is having to respond to an “extremely challenging” market for liquid milk and that this decision will help “protect the future of the dairies side of the business.” Like so many other industry sectors, the dairy market is changing all the time and those operating in it have to respond, often ruthlessly.

What choices do they have? How should they respond?

Sound business planning is essential. Help is at hand and attending one of our business planning workshops will start the essential thought processes (see http://www.bizplans.co.uk/our-services/planning-for-the-future/business-plan-seminar/ )

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Social Networking for Business – Building a Twitter Following

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Aspiring to be a “Cambridge Killer”?

Tony Quested’s review “Cambridge ‘Killers’ –Technology’s Most Wanted” published yesterday in “Business Weekly” (see http://www.businessweekly.co.uk/hi-tech/13898-cambridge-killers-technologys-most-wanted) paints a truly impressive picture of Cambridge businesses, each a world leader in its sector or with the potential to be such a leader. In order to have attained this status these businesses have, between them, raised billions of dollars of investment.

Is your business one of these “Hot 100”, “Killer50” or “Ones2Watch”? Should it be? Could it be?

Is this something you can do yourself? Don’t worry, help is at hand! Call 01223 853611 or email roger.hetherington@bizplans.co.uk.

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Business Blogging Tips – 2

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Business Blogging – Tips 1

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Think you have a great idea? Prove it!

Have you ever seduced friends and family with a business idea?

Guess what? They’re biased! Your enthusiasm, along with the fact that the people you question are influenced by their connection to you, means this data is far from honest and accurate.

Having a great idea needs to be proven. Moreover it must be proven in a reliable way. Questioning biased participants is not viable and will not aid your product or service launch, if anything it will hinder it as you go forward with your business plan with unreliable and biased figures.

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