Archive for the ‘Business Advice’ Category
Good Habits – Backups and Version Control
May 10th, 2009 | Author: Dan Harrison
Just a short article with a couple of tips today. Do you backup your websites regularly, if so, how often? And when developing a new website, do you use any kind of version management tool? If you rely on any website to make you money, you should be doing both!
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Bad Customer Service – Learning from the Big Boys
April 10th, 2009 | Author: Dan Harrison
Something that some of my friends will know of me is that I absolutely hate bad customer service. There are a number of large companies in this world who put profits first, customers last. Thing is, if they put customers higher on their lists, they’d actually increase their profits! Happy customers mean more repeat business and more word-of-mouth referrals.
Here are some examples of bad customer service that I’ve received recently, as well as what I’ve learnt from each of them. It appears that most companies don’t even care that there’s a recession, as they seem to be doing everything they can to lose customers! To avoid legal issues, I’ve decided to remove the company names from this article.
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Free UK Tax Advice Workshops
March 25th, 2009 | Author: Dan Harrison
Today I was on a HMRC Course on “Becoming Self Employed”. Now I’ve been self-employed for a number of years, but I was recommended to go on the course to learn about what expenses are tax-deductible. The advantages of going on one of these courses is that you can ask all the questions that are specific to your business. I found that I now truly understand what I can legitimately claim when I do a tax return.
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