Selecting the best amongst the 600 small business articles on offer is tough. To narrow it down, I’m going to choose my favourites from 2008.
Robert kicked up some dust when he wrote Business Performance Feedback: What Gordon Ramsay said about my business.
Love rat or no, the acumen of the foul mouthed Brit can’t be questioned. That’s Ramsay I’m referring to, not Robert.
Kathie M. Thomas turned conventional wisdom on its head by questioning the Value of websites: Do you really need one?
If you’ve gone ahead with a site, Zern Liew’s tips on Web design no-nos is a must read. Or reread.
As a lover of all things free, I appreciated Heather Smith’s top tips in her small business article on Free software or freeware.
Lucinda Lions gave us a shot in the arm with her advice on Building confidence by using fear while Andrew May advised us to put on the brakes in The Slow Movement: Hurry up and slow down!
Trish Weston’s piece on email etiquette Business emails: Five simple rules was an interesting read, as manners are a source of fascination to me. For this reason, I also enjoyed Megan Tough’s article on Mobile phone manners.
Finally, the enigmatic Noel Ranger dispelled some myths about working solo in his article Can you run a business from the beach?
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“ If you’ve gone ahead with a site, Zern Liew’s tips on Web design no-nos is a must read. Or reread. ”
Sam Leader is a director of Flying Solo and its editor. She is the co-author of Flying Solo - How to go it alone in business.
