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Comment on Small Business Crash Course by John

John — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:25:45 +0000

Hi Hamidreza

Thanks for checking out the 6 days crash course. I’m glad you found it useful.

John

Comment on Small Business Crash Course by Hamidreza

Hamidreza — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:05:22 +0000

Hello,
I really appreciate that 6 days crash course as these materials effectively build up a planned, organised, leaded, controlled business stabilising with all necessary monitoring and feed backs to improve ‘Be your own Boss’ programme continuously.
As an Industrial Engineer and a new accountant I would say You are professional in this field and one of the best advisors.
Best regards,
Hamid

Comment on Work From Home by Starting Your Own Business Ideas

Starting Your Own Business Ideas — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 22:28:19 +0000

I think it’s getting harder and harder to keep to these boundaries. Getting emails constantly on your phone – and feeling the pressure to reply ASAP. Paradoxically, I think I get more work done with more disruptions around such as TV and the Internet around me. It breaks up the routine and it’s hard to explain but I might get less done in a day this way than if I just set a chunk of time to just working but over the years, according to the work notes I keep, my productivity is greater. I think it’s psychological – but my working day is all day long but it is in very small manageable chunks that I can do anywhere café, park, in the middle of watching a DVD, etc.

But then again I don’t have a family, lol. I suppose, that’s the difference.

Derek.

Comment on Build Your Own Business Website by John

John — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:59:47 +0000

Hi Mary

Thanks for visiting. Your question is a little vague but I have had a look at your website and have the following observations.

The layout and design are generally good as is the navigation. The major thing that stands out is that the home page looks like a completely different website to the inside pages. That could confuse visitors into thinking they’ve clicked on a different site. A consistent design and layout is important. Both designs are good for the business. The home page is a bit more trendy but the inside pages are more user friendly.

There is also a good amount of content to keep visitors interested, and I like the way the pictures tell the story of your business. Some pictures just have placeholders though or are not linked properly to the images.

The downside from a search engine perspective is the lack of text content on the inner pages and very poor search engine optimisation of the pages themselves. Your page addresses are just page numbers where they should be the same as the page title and the page titles themselves (the one that shows up at the top of the browser bar) need to be more descriptive of the page and reflect the terms people use when searching for a hair salon.

Try to get some feedback from your customers on your website to find out how they view it and what features they would be looking for.

I hope this helps a little, ask again if you have specific questions.

John

Comment on GOING SOLO – Basic Principles by John

John — Sat, 25 Jun 2011 11:44:27 +0000

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Comment on Build Your Own Business Website by mary ajibade

mary ajibade — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 00:30:34 +0000

i need to upgrade my website but am not sure of what to do, can you lease help.
thanks.

Comment on GOING SOLO – Basic Principles by http://www.aptsarizona.com/

http://www.aptsarizona.com/ — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 23:45:47 +0000

Yo , I am forming a new blog and some of your original articles would fit the style good. Would you care if I copy and paste this article?

Comment on Work From Home by Document Storage

Document Storage — Fri, 27 May 2011 01:47:53 +0000

I work at home and these are truly great tips to be able to work at home effectively and efficiently. I have my own work room where I have my computer of course. And I close the door when I really need to concentrate on my work and I put up a sign at the door which says busy. If I’m not that busy, I just leave the door open. My kids understand this, so when the door’s closed they really would not bother me. I guess it’s just a matter of understanding between family members.

Comment on Small Business Crash Course by John

John — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 20:22:37 +0000

Hello Ivan, thanks for stopping by.

Your questions raise a number of issues. In starting to answer them I realised that many people have similar problems and this warranted a full blog post.
So I have posted your reply here:

http://www.beyourownboss.co.uk/starting-out/choosing-a-business-idea-when-youre-spoilt-for-choice

Comment on Small Business Crash Course by IVAN DAVIS

IVAN DAVIS — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 10:14:59 +0000

Hello,
I live In Uganda East Africa, a graduate of Business Studies but i have a very big challenge coz i’ve got a variety of Business Ideas and i have failed to decide on which when i can concentrate on please guide me on the necessary principles one should follow to put this in practice, secondly what limits me is start up capital which i have failed to get wat is the logic behind that can see me out of this bondage?

Thanks