News Archive
Ebusiness news archive from October 2006
| Tourism, heritage, technology - launch of new challenge fund An event to launch a trailblazing challenge fund in the Highlands and Islands. Up to £120,000 of development funding is available for groundbreaking ideas in the use of technology and creative content to connect heritage and tourism. | |
| eBay selling: the latest findings Every so often, we return to the subject of small to micro-sized businesses selling on eBay. Time now for an update on our on-going eBay selling experiment. | |
| Finding yourself online It used to be called vanity searching, but now it’s a valuable tool in keeping tabs of your online reputation, presence and image. | |
| Why mash means cash One of the growing phenomena of late has been mash ups or mapvertising. And it's something business in the Highlands and Islands ought to be getting into... | |
| The goldfish bowl effect The goldfish has an attention span of approximately three seconds. The average web site visitor devotes around the same time to your home page before clicking away. It’s vital to get straight to the point. | |
| Jargon a turn off Using digital and internet terminology and acronyms are leaving many web site users in the dark and, by inference, potentially failing to make a purchase they might otherwise have made. | |
| Hard selling software First, it was baked beans, then broadband, own brand PCs, VoIP and now software. Is there anywhere the Tesco brand won't venture? | |
| Transferring files the easy way Sooner or later, most small to micro-sized companies will find themselves with the task of moving files from one computer to another for a variety of reasons. What are the options and their pros and cons? | |