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Childhood Business Ventures: What Was Yours?

By Small Biz Geek on January 10, 2019 · Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Operations, Sales Updated: January 10, 2019

Car wash

What did you do to earn pocket money as a child? Oh, how times have changed, and yet it is still fun to remember the excitement of young entrepreneurship…

Nuisance Calls, Emails and Empty Promises: The Bungling Incompetence of Yell.com

By Small Biz Geek on December 12, 2017 · Filed Under: Legal, Marketing, Sales Updated: January 7, 2018

Nuisance Calls, Emails and Empty Promises The Bungling Incompetence of Yell

Last month Yell.com emailed me promoting their website services, despite having told them to delete my contact data and send no more marketing communications.  After hearing nothing from them for a few years, I received this this email in November 2017, which irritated me because we’re just months away from the GDRP (May 25th 2018), which is […]

How to Set Up Recurring Debit Card Payments with PayPal

By Small Biz Geek on January 14, 2015 · Filed Under: Operations, Sales, Video, Web Development Updated: April 15, 2017

PayPal Recurring Payments Debit Cards

Are you a small business wanting to sell services on a recurring/subscription basis? PayPal can handle this for you, and uses a secure debit card gateway…

Leverage Seasonal Sales Trends

By Small Biz Geek on September 16, 2014 · Filed Under: Marketing, Sales Updated: October 22, 2016

Seasonal trends

How the peaks and dips of seasonal sales trends offer a window of opportunity for pushing sales…

Create a Twitter Automatic Voucher Code System

By Small Biz Geek on March 26, 2013 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Sales, Social, Web Development Updated: May 13, 2015

How to Create a Twitter Automatic Voucher Code System

Using Twitter and the Twitter API you can customise their website embedded widgets feature and turn it into a DIY voucher code display system…

Increase eBay Feedback and Search Engine Ranking

By Small Biz Geek on March 9, 2013 · Filed Under: Internet, Sales Updated: February 27, 2015

Increase Your eBay Feedback and Search Engine Ranking

Here’s a technique many eBay sellers use to quickly increase feedback. The positive reciprocation between sellers/buyers helps them stand out in product listings…

Increase eBay Clicks With YouTube Videos

By Small Biz Geek on October 6, 2012 · Filed Under: Internet, Marketing, Sales Updated: May 3, 2016

Increase eBay Sales with Embedded YouTube Videos

If you’re selling an item on eBay, think about filming a video of the item with and uploading it to YouTube. Most mobile phones have a camera so it’s achievable…

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Don't Make Me think - Steve Krug

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  • Nuisance Calls, Emails and Empty Promises: The Bungling Incompetence of Yell.com
  • “Don’t Make Me Think: Revisited” – Steve Krug (Book Review)
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