Online Business Adviser

The Forum For Online Business Success

Well, it’s finally here. The end of the noughties, and what an amazing decade it has been. The technological advancements that have fundamentally changed the way we do business are now within the reach of everybody to take advantage of and create an online business.

My mission this year has been to share the knowledge and advice that I have to give to help give you the best chance of success. Next year, I have two business resolutions that I am making. One of those is to be more personal, which I covered in my last post. The other – take bolder actions. 2010 will be the time to make the most of the moment in order to get ahead of your competition.  Read more...

For my penultimate post this year, I’ve been inspired by something Chris Brogan published yesterday on his blog about The Visible Media Maker. It’s a great post about being a personality while sharing stories.

One of my main goals for 2010 with Online Business Adviser is to make it more personal. When I say personal, I’m talking about injecting not only the blog, but also my social footprint with more information that is specific to me as a person in an effort to start more conversations.

In looking to achieve the goal, I’ve outlined 7 things that I believe are beneficial to any online business owner who wants to be more personal and build their brand. Some of these I have been doing all along, and some I am yet to do, but all are activities that should be a sooner rather than later project.  Read more...

I’m really excited to announce today that another project I have been working on has just gone live. Talking Media Sales has been borne out of a fragmenting media market and the continued challenges it presents in landing new clients and revenue.

If you are in advertising sales (or any kind of sales for that matter), then this site has been designed for you. We’re drawing on more than 70 years of combined media sales experience between ourselves and our contributors across all different media.

Here you will find advice, tips, reports and the tools to help make you a better sales rep, and the opportunity to interact with other sales reps from different mediums.

We have loads more content that will be going up over the next few days – look forward to seeing you there.

There is a common misconception that using the web for business can be an expensive and difficult exercise. The truth is, getting a site live, marketing it and most importantly getting people transacting on it, can be done for very little money using resources already available online.

Each week I update my blog with news items, observations and case studies about doing business online.

I’d love you to stay in touch, and I want to make this information as accessible as possible. You can find me on Twitter, join the Online Business Adviser page on Facebook, sign up for email updates or grab the RSS feed. And of course you can always visit me here at Online Business Adviser. Whichever way makes your research about online business easier.  Read more...