Small Business Blog from Microsoft
Small business technology, product and solutions: information, tips and advice
Play our festive game!
You've worked hard all year and now is the time to kick back and relax a little - and what better...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 12/08/2011
Windows Phone 7.5 makes communication quick, easy and intuitive
As mobile phones become more and more integral to the way we communicate in and out of work, not to...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 12/07/2011
ISV Exceedra uses cloud to speed deployment & cut costs
Exceedra, based in Marlow, is a leading provider of IT solutions that help consumer packaged goods...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 12/02/2011
4-part video series on Tech Tips
The StartUp Britain initiative has gained government and industry support nationwide. Microsoft UK...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/30/2011
The Excel part of mail-merge: get those Xmas cards out!
The holidays are fast approaching, which means you've got to get your cards signed, sealed, and...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/29/2011
Do it on a Windows Phone! 5 ways to work smart on the go
With all the excitement about cloud computing offering anywhere-access to your documents, it would...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/23/2011
Download the Microsoft Office 365 Integration Module Beta for Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials today!
The beta release of the highly anticipated Microsoft Office 365 Integration Module (OIM) for Small...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/21/2011
Pay-per-click (PPC) for SMB #3: An introduction to adCenter
Continuing our series of guest posts from Microsoft Advertising adCenter on how to get started with...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/18/2011
Advice on going global
Microsoft Small Business was a guest of Enterprise Nation at the Going Global conference on Tuesday...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/17/2011
Free e-guide to help your business prepare for disaster
Guest post from @Cindy_Bates, Microsoft VP, SMB (US) What runs through your mind when you flip on...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/16/2011
Catch us if you can!
A quick note - Microsoft Small Business and adCenter are out and about this week - come and say...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/14/2011
Some cures for PowerPoint anxieties
When you have a presentation on the horizon and you need to create a PowerPoint deck to help deliver...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/11/2011
Come and see us at Business StartUp, 17-18 Nov, London
Are you thinking of starting a business and need some advice? Or maybe you’ve taken already...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/10/2011
Pay-per-click (PPC) for SMB #2: An introduction to Bing
A couple of weeks’ ago we published the first in a series of guest posts from Microsoft...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/09/2011
Get Safe Online - and on your phone
Today marks the start of Get Safe Online Week, an annual event held to raise awareness of Internet...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/07/2011
Going global at speed
Over 65% of businesses are going global within their first year of trading according to a survey...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/02/2011
This taxi visits over 4,000 places a year. Now take your office to all of them.
What is the difference between a hot-air gun and a hairdryer? This is not a question that has...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 11/01/2011
Starting up or growing? Learn, explore and network at Business Startup
The Business Startup Show at Earls Court, London is less than three weeks away and is set to be the...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/31/2011
Three ways to be a better browser
Have you ever sat back and calculated how much time you spend on the Internet, whether for work or...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/26/2011
Demystifying The Cloud: 3 Nov, Gloucester, 10 Nov, Swindon
Are you at the stage where a server might be the next stage to growing your business, but the idea...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/24/2011
Global Entrepreneur Week offers help (not kelp!) on going global
Global small business trading experts Alibaba.com are sponsoring Global Entrepreneurship Week (14-18...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/21/2011
Pay-per-click (PPC) for SMB #1: Paid and organic search
For SMBs, search and online advertising can be a bit intimidating. Every organisation wants to be...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/19/2011
Are you missing out on an information windfall?
If there’s one thing every small business knows, it is that these days, very little in the...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/17/2011
Ten tips to cut your business energy bill
Guest blog from HP's Business Answers blog - join HP's LinkedIn group for small business...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/14/2011
Microsoft Publisher: 5 tips for printing cards, labels or name tags
Bob deLaubenfels writes the Office Publisher blog and posts lots of useful hints and tips like this...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/12/2011
Download the Office 365 Forum Assistant
The Office 365 Forum Assistant is a free Windows desktop gadget that you can download at...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/10/2011
Boot or bust!
If your laptop had just seconds to boot up – could it? The wait is over – power up in...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/07/2011
Get connected with Microsoft at IP Expo
“I did 3 months’ research in just 2 days. I can’t do that anywhere else....
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/06/2011
Hospitality - a universal ingredient for business success
Guest post from Cindy Bates, Vice President of Microsoft’s US SMB Organisation. Read more from...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 10/05/2011
Free StartUp Britain event: Technology Basics for Business, 17 October, London
Sign up now for this free Tech4StartUp Brtiain event aimed at small and newly formed businesses....
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/29/2011
Be passionate, dream and get a mentor - advice from MPs and entrepreneurs at MADE
Guest post from Simone Schuurer, Microsoft Advertising, who attended MADE, the Entrepreneur Festival...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/27/2011
Windows 7 Step-by-step videos on YouTube
If you’ve recently deployed Windows 7 or maybe have new starters joining, these Microsoft...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/23/2011
Five ways to kill customer loyalty: are you guilty?
Guest blog from Maria Ross, founder and chief strategist of Red Slice, a branding and marketing...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/21/2011
Virtualisation growing in popularity among small businesses
Small businesses are moving steadily toward more virtualised computing infrastructures, a survey has...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/19/2011
Starting up a business: The road to entrepreneurialism
Forward planning, hard work and a dash of creativity are the crucial ingredients of any new...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/15/2011
Hidden Gems #3: Revise, review and refine with Word
Welcome back! This month’s discovery is close to my heart- after all, for the professional...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/14/2011
Ten more reasons the Cloud makes financial sense
One of the key messages of cloud computing for small businesses that has come through loud and clear...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/13/2011
Collaboration in the cloud – why aren’t you doing it?
Cloud computing and collaboration are a match made in heaven, yet someone must have forgotten to pay...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/07/2011
6 ways to ensure your email gets read
If you’re like a lot of us, you get so much email every day that you might spend as little as...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/05/2011
Why get a server?
The leap from having a few PCs strung together on a network, to having a fully-featured server, is a...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 09/01/2011
Writing a visual identity brief
Guest blog from Sebastien Powell, from telephone answering service company Messagebase. In the same...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 08/26/2011
Free Office 365 ebook - download it now!
This free eBook just landed (virtually) on my desk and it really is an eBook at circa 300 pages of...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 08/25/2011
Aeronautical engineering SMB Aeroresponse keeps customers flying with SBS 2011 Essentials
Aeroresponse, based in Abercynon, Wales, is a team of engineers who travel the world to inspect...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 08/23/2011
Ten rookie marketing mistakes to avoid
Guest post from Maria Ross, founder and chief strategist of Red Slice a branding and marketing...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 08/18/2011
Small businesses can raise output via flexible working
Flexible working can provide significant benefits for both employers and employees – but...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 08/15/2011
Tips, tricks and time-savers for Word, Excel, OneNote, Outlook and PowerPoint
We blogged a couple of weeks ago about the Office 2010 tips and tricks screensaver, which you can...
Author: Microsoft Small Business Date: 08/12/2011