If you are handy on the computer, here are four ways to turn your talents into profits:

1.      Social Media. Do you use social media a lot? Know what a RT and twitter hash tag is? Well why not offer your services to help small businesses harness the power of social media for their business. Social media is a huge area and a lot of small businesses are scared or put off from using social media to grow their business. You can either offer to manage their social media profiles …

I’m sure you can remember waiting for that phone call or text after a first date. If you don’t hear from her or him, you start to worry that the date didn’t go as well as you thought. It’s the same with business. Once someone has placed an order, send them a confirmation right away. It’s simple to do this with most online shopping carts, and will remind them they have made a good choice and can rely on you to deliver their order.  It is then up to you …

Some people are big on grammar and spelling, others are not. Lots of bloggers can write fluently, but feel a little uncertain about grammar. If this sounds like you, here are 5 more easy errors that lots of people make but which you can learn to avoid:

There / their: there is a place, ‘their’ is something belonging to them.
Practice /practise: think of advice and advise: practice with a c is a noun, whereas practise with a s is a verb.
Complimentary / complementary : the former means something free, while the …

It is easier and cheaper to get an existing customer to buy again than to find a new one.  Repeat business provides much needed cash flow that allows you to invest in advertising and marketing to win new business. Your current customers know you, like your products, and have the right budget available to invest, it should be easy to sell to them again. However, not every customer comes back to buy again. The days right after your customer makes their first purchase are critical in getting them to become …

Is your blog doing its best for you? Here are 3 more ways to make it earn it’s keep … and more!

Space on your blog has a value. Offer advertising space to complementary businesses and you’ll have valuable income coming in every month. If you have more than one website highlight this to advertisers who may wish to cut a deal to advertise on all your sites.
Don’t forget to invite blog readers to join your email list. This makes it easier for you to reach them, and newsletter readers are …

Being a great blogger can be achieved without being a great writer, but it is easy to lose certain types of readers if you make silly mistakes with spelling or grammar. Here are 5 easy mistakes to avoid.

Your / you are: Use ‘your’ when showing ownership, as in ‘your blog’ and ‘you are’ when you mean ‘you are’.
Effect / affect: Effect is a noun – you can create an effect, while affect is a verb – someone affects someone or something else.
A company is always singular e.g. ‘Dickens and Jones …

Does your business bring in all the money it can? You might be missing out on some simple ways to boost your income via your blog.

It can take a number of exposures to your message before people take action so embed adverts for your business in the header or sidebar of your blog. Doing this ensures that your blog sells your products and services for you the simple way.
Some people prefer not to click on ads but like to read articles. Your business blog should offer its readers regular …

Need some quick ideas to do this week to spread the word about your business?  Take one action every day and you’ll find more and more people are aware of what you offer, and as awareness grows so will sales.
Idea 1 Boost the numbers of people signing up for your newsletter. Develop an extra incentive to sign up, be it a discount voucher or free report, and tweet, facebook and blog about it.
Idea 2 Write a blog post and tweet a link to it. Highlight some benefits of buying from …

You don’t have to be technical to create apps or online software. Here are some tips to help:

Start with a problem.  If there’s no problem or ‘need’,  no one will use it.  That need might be causing pain or it might be a need for entertainment, either way have a reason beyond ‘I thought of it’ to create your app.
Find the simplest solution.  Users don’t want to do anything complex, they want easy.  Find the shortest route to solving the problem.
Get REALLY clear if you are asking a tech to …

Are you an aspiring author? Have you already got a publishing deal? Or do you have books already in print? Whatever your situation, if you’re not blogging you are missing out on a key way to reach new readers, and build a relationship with your fans. Blogging can also help improve your writing. Here are 10 reasons why every author should be blogging regularly.

A blog is a great outlet for ideas. It is a place to add in all sorts of ideas that you may or may not use in …