The summer is a time when visitors come from all over the world to watch our famous sports events including Wimbledon, test cricket at The Oval and the UK Grand Prix at Silverstone. To the side of these visits, many are also researching the UK as a destination for their new business. The UK is now one of the easiest countries in the world to do business in but there are a number of essentials you must have in place before you can start trading if you are a non EU citizen. Visa You will need a Tier 1 Entrepreneur Visa, or a Tier 1 Investor Visa. For the Entrepreneur Visa you will need to invest a minimum of £200,000 in your new business and employ yourself and at least two members of staff. For the Entrepreneur Visa you need to be prepared to invest at least £2m in the business. Business Idea You need to start with an idea of what product or service you want to sell. The first step is to think who might buy your product and why. You need a USP (Unique Selling … [Read more...]
Business Blogging Hints and Tips
Business blogging is now widely acknowledged as being one of the most effective marketing tactics around when it comes to showcasing your industry knowledge or expertise. For a little regular effort and minimal cost, a great business blog will also enable you to: Increase your visibility on search engines Search engines such as Google love blogs as they judge original, high quality blog content to be of interest to many online searchers. Google also loves fresh content, so the more often you post, the more often you give Google a reason to come back and index your site into their search results. In effect, a good blog can end up becoming one of the main drivers of search traffic to your website. Promote your expertise and opinions via social media Blogs can easily be linked to your social media posts. As a result, they enable you to share more meaty content with your followers and fans, and as with search, a tweet or post can provide a link back to your business website. … [Read more...]
>Google changes important for businesses on the web
>Businesses looking for leads via search engines should be aware of the changes that Google has recently made says UK Business Advisors (UKBA). These changes affect how companies and their web sites are rated by Google which accounts for 87% of UK web searches. Google makes on average around 400 changes to its method of indexing and ranking websites every year to provide higher quality results to its users. The most significant recent change is the increasing emphasis on search results tailored to every individual user, based on what they have searched for before, and their known location. Google is increasingly focusing on returning local results which increases the importance of an optimised business listing in Google Places (formerly Google maps). Another major change Google made at the beginning of last year is to index Twitter and Facebook social media sites in near real-time. For certain combinations of words and phrases this displays Tweets and Facebook posts on … [Read more...]
>Google changes important for businesses on the web
>Businesses looking for leads via search engines should be aware of the changes that Google has recently made says UK Business Advisors (UKBA). These changes affect how companies and their web sites are rated by Google which accounts for 87% of UK web searches. Google makes on average around 400 changes to its method of indexing and ranking websites every year to provide higher quality results to its users. The most significant recent change is the increasing emphasis on search results tailored to every individual user, based on what they have searched for before, and their known location. Google is increasingly focusing on returning local results which increases the importance of an optimised business listing in Google Places (formerly Google maps). Another major change Google made at the beginning of last year is to index Twitter and Facebook social media sites in near real-time. For certain combinations of words and phrases this displays Tweets and Facebook posts on … [Read more...]
>Search Engine Optimisation is made easier
>Search Engine Optimisation is essential for the effective promotion of a website, the generation of an increased number of hits and ultimately more customers and more business. However many people do not understand this 'black art' and therefore do not do it, frightened by the cost and lack of understanding.Now help is at hand. We can help optimise your website on the basis of pay by results. No set up charges, no upfront fees. Just by results on organic search only.The new business generated usually outweighs any charges made, making the whole operation self funding. And it does not end there. We go on working with the client to ensure that the site maintains its lofty position on the search engines.If you want to get your client to the top of the listings email me Bob Francis at bob@abio.ltd.uk with your URL, contact name and phone number. … [Read more...]
>Search Engine Optimisation is made easier
>Search Engine Optimisation is essential for the effective promotion of a website, the generation of an increased number of hits and ultimately more customers and more business. However many people do not understand this 'black art' and therefore do not do it, frightened by the cost and lack of understanding.Now help is at hand. We can help optimise your website on the basis of pay by results. No set up charges, no upfront fees. Just by results on organic search only.The new business generated usually outweighs any charges made, making the whole operation self funding. And it does not end there. We go on working with the client to ensure that the site maintains its lofty position on the search engines.If you want to get your client to the top of the listings email me Bob Francis at bob@abio.ltd.uk with your URL, contact name and phone number. … [Read more...]
>Top ten tips for website improvement
>Search Engine optimisation (SEO) is the term used for a range of processes and tools that help to ensure your website is found and, hopefully, found on the first page of any search engine listing for certain words. An entire industry has sprung up as part of the internet revolution. There is one thing that many of these companies have in common. They make the whole process more confusing than it need be and they charge large amounts of money to the customer who then becomes reliant on them. The tips shown below will allow you to get up at least a couple of steps on the ladder to a high performance website. These tips are by no means exhaustive but it will at least start bringing the hits to your site.Tip 1 Website ContentYou just need to look at any website randomly and this point is amply illustrated. The text that you use should be visitor friendly. A visitor wants to see that they are searching for fairly immediately. If you are looking for a manufacturer of widgets the last … [Read more...]
>Top ten tips for website improvement
>Search Engine optimisation (SEO) is the term used for a range of processes and tools that help to ensure your website is found and, hopefully, found on the first page of any search engine listing for certain words. An entire industry has sprung up as part of the internet revolution. There is one thing that many of these companies have in common. They make the whole process more confusing than it need be and they charge large amounts of money to the customer who then becomes reliant on them. The tips shown below will allow you to get up at least a couple of steps on the ladder to a high performance website. These tips are by no means exhaustive but it will at least start bringing the hits to your site.Tip 1 Website ContentYou just need to look at any website randomly and this point is amply illustrated. The text that you use should be visitor friendly. A visitor wants to see that they are searching for fairly immediately. If you are looking for a manufacturer of widgets the last … [Read more...]
