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Can your Facebook page replace your website? 7th October 2014 1:08 PM

Interesting topic from the Guardian. Does a modern small business need a website?

Can you achieve all the visibility and customer interaction via Social Media rather than via your own website? ie your Facebook page, Google page, Twitter etc.

Take it step further, have emails had their day and contact is more effective via social media messaging options?

Interesting article form the Guardian that gives some pro's and cons:

Can social media platforms replace a business website?

The upshot seems to be the type of business, I don't think social media is going to be a solution for everyone, or at least for now

But I've used the services of small businesses via Facebook who have no other digital presence. One example is a cake maker who made a birthday cake and delivered it to me while I was on holiday in Scotland. I've also arranged meetings with businesses after talking to them on social media.

So with things like Google Plus listings, Facebook business pages, twitter etc, can these be a viable replacement for your website?

Has anyone done away or not bothered with a website? Has anyone tried it and realised they needed a website?

Working in London next week? Beware Tube Strikes! 7th October 2014 12:26 PM

According to the beeb:

"London Underground workers are to hold a 48-hour strike next week in a long-running dispute over staff cuts.

The RMT union said its members had been instructed not to book on for any shifts between 21:00 BST next Tuesday and 20:59 hrs on Thursday.

The planned strike coincides with separate walk-outs by council workers and civil servants nationwide."

Looks like the issue is over ticket office closures and staff reductions as Transport for London tries to make major savings, apparently it needs to save £4.2bn by 2020!

Becoming a Non Smoker 7th October 2014 11:54 AM

Originally Posted by SkylerJarman

“I have had a cigarette here and there sense than, for the most part I have kept my promise. (I only smoke when I drink which is very rarely. Lately I find myself not even having a couple drags when I am severely intoxicated. haha

)”

Well done for quitting, but remember, there are only smokers or non smokers!

Part time or occasional smokers are still smokers Keep the faith and fight any temptation! Wrigleys gum works for me

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Google Places is no more! Hello Google+ Local 7th October 2014 11:51 AM

Going to close this thread, as it originated back in 2012 and isn't relevant anymore, as Skyler says its been superseded by Google My Business.

Yelp forms an anti Google coalition 6th October 2014 1:22 PM

As reported by webpronews

Yelp has formed an anti Google coalition called Focus on the User and is trying to demonstrate that Googles current search results are unfair when it comes to local results.

They have released the below video, and are promoting a chrome extension that claims to demonstrate Google bias. What do you think?

Interestingly I downloaded and installed the chrome extension over the weekend, only to get a message in my browser that Google had disabled it as it was deemed to be unsafe

So is this big brother or maybe round one of clash of the Titans?

This isn't the first anti Google coalition, with Trip Advisor, Microsoft and Expedia amongst others forming the FairSearch alliance who regularly put pressure on Google.

With recent EU antitrust activity and German Newspapers unhappy with Google displaying paid content, is there an anti Google backlash starting to grow, or is this just sour grapes from smaller competitors?

Can you work this out? 6th October 2014 1:07 PM

credit to deviantart.com

There's some clever people about! So is the whole thing a painting or is the arm stuck on?

HP to split into two companies - whose next? 6th October 2014 12:49 PM

So hot on the heels of Ebay separating Paypal into a new company, nor HP is going down a similar route:

From HP's Press Release:

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Will Define the Next Generation of Technology Infrastructure, Software and Services for the New Style of IT

HP Inc. Will Be the Leading Personal Systems and Printing Company Delivering Innovations That Will Empower People to Create, Interact and Inspire Like Never Before.

So one company will make printers and the other will make PC's

It's interesting though that these huge companies feel the need to reduce in size and specialise in particular areas to remain competitive.

I guess it makes sense, anyone who has worked for a large corporate knows of the supertanker turning circle mentality when it comes to implementing change. In this modern social media and consumer focused world we live in, businesses have to react to a faster pace of life!

Holidays - do you / can you switch off? 6th October 2014 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by Kempres

“Question though, slightly off-topic...i shall be holidaying next July for the first time in 3 years, stall-wise it's easy as i just won't book into the Shopping Centre that month, but any thoughts on what to do with the website? ”

Is it something a VA could run with? I know there some VA's who stand in for things like holiday cover.

Or can you set all products so they display as out of stock while you are away, with an option to email when back in stock, so you might retain a possible lead?

Or maybe you could go for the Out of office on your website, we did a forum post about it recently:

Out of Office - on your website?

Beginners Guide for "Google My Business" 6th October 2014 10:47 AM

Hello Skyler

It looks like you wrote that post for the Warrior Forum who have removed it for whatever reason, but it's a useful post and should be useful for anyone looking to create a Google My Business listing, so happy to approve it and have moved it to our Google section and "stickied it".

I've just broken it down a little by bolding some titles to make it a little easier to read

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The Youf' of today! 6th October 2014 10:28 AM

Originally Posted by ColonWhisperer25

“(Im sure theres more detail to unpick & unpack)

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I liked the wallpaper, blatant 1970's colour scheme versus something modern and sheet and blankets versus the duvet! Plus the tattoo, as it appears 99% of the UK are now "stamped" in some shape or form!