Domain attraction

Choosing a domain name often involves extensive research

Choosing a domain name often involves extensive research

GrowthBusiness looks at what to consider when choosing a domain name and how the decision can impact on web searches.

Attracting attention without Facebook

Wordville director Lucy George

With Facebook ad prices soaring, growing businesses may start being priced out of the social media market. Lucy George, director of Wordville, writes that traditional brand awareness strategies remain effective.

Interview with Nigel Lacy

Nigel Lacy, co-founder of young driver insurance specialist Young Marmalade, explains the concept of the business and its success in being completely web-based.

Online presence

How websites reflects a brand

Four entrepreneurs discuss how their website reflects their brand

Perfect pitch: giving a great presentation

Whether you are meeting people at events, trying to win new customers or looking for investment, pitching is an unavoidable element of modern business.

Seven surefire ways to boost sales

Supercharge your sales

These strategies will help you increase top line growth in good times and bad.

Effective websites

Two major obstacles stand in the way of making a site effective: ego (“sorry, the CEO insists that the background be lime green”), and design-by-committee (“let’s take a vote to see what colour the background should be…)

Preparing for a pitch

Preparing a pitch

A lack of preparation will kill any presentation before you even enter the room. Here's how to make sure you have everything in place to wow your audience.

Building brands online

Economist Ronan Lyons argues that the internet has broken down barriers to entry across the economy, giving individuals the chance to build their own brands.

Brand monitoring

Social networking tools helps companies to build their brand

Find out what your customers really think about you

Local search: get noticed

Most internet users use local search techniques to locate products and services in their area. Steve Barnes, CEO of online search specialist Infoserve, explains how you can get in on the action.

Web analytics

Internet marketing is big business – search spending alone is expected to more than double to $18.5 billion (£9.25 billion) by 2012, according to Jupiter Research, and that’s just the money businesses are feeding into search engines to get prospects to glance at their sites.

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Effective viral marketing

Effective viral marketing

The perils of corporate blogging

Q&A: Making the most out of blogs

Pay-per-click advertising

The digital challenge

Showcasing your products via a website

Using keywords to boost your business

Making your website accessible

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From humble beginnings back in 2006, Chauffeur Plan Insurance has grown at a rapid rate, and now handles over £4 million gross written premiums (GWP) – a remarkable performance in such difficult economic conditions.

Vitesse Events

New Energy and Cleantech Awards 2013

Date: March 21, 2013
Venue: Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square, London

M&A Awards 2013

Date: June 27, 2013

Location: Millennium Mayfair, London

2013 Investor AllStars

Date: September 25, 2013

Location: The Natural History Museum, London

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Business Finance

The rise of cash shells

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An education technology start-up created by an American entrepreneur has netted £1.1 million of seed capital.

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Global growth: SABMiller has helped out in places including Cape Town

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With its commercial activities taking it into many countries and communities around the world, brewery company SABMiller is supporting entrepreneurs to build their own enterprises.

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Crowdfunding: An arriving and welcome phenomenon

The rise of crowdfunding can only be sustained if we keep the nanny state out.

Research

Source of growth: There are 64 UK-listed cash shells holding £237.9 million

The rise of cash shells

New research from GrowthBusiness shows that the number of UK cash shells is climbing. We speak to new entrants to the market and those that have recently closed deals to find out what’s driving shells’ increasing popularity.