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Companies Embracing Mobile Marketing, Survey Reveals

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Mobile marketing campaigns are set to be utilised by increasing numbers of client-side marketers this year as strategists take advantage of the developments in mobile phone technology.

This is according to a survey from the Mobile Marketing Association (MMA) and the Association of National Advertisers (ANA), with 88 per cent of respondents announcing their intention [...]

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Computers, Laptops, tablets, everything you need to know

I still remember my first computer. It was an enormous elephant of a thing, cased in pale blue plastic, clumsy, cumbersome and ugly. The monitor was a horribly heavy square box, like an old TV from the 70s, the tower was roughly the size of an articulated lorry, and the whole thing was slower than [...]

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Speeding up payment in your restaurant

If you run a business restaurant you will know exactly how manic it can get and lunchtime and in the evening. The solution is hospitality point of sale systems.

With this system you can speed up the order flow between the waiting staff and the kitchen. It is a reliable and exceptional way of [...]

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Many businesses’ can not comply with waste disposal regs

The waste material produced as a result of industries and businesses daily operations is discarded through waste disposal. Along with its disposal, waste material should be efficiently managed by means of their collection, processing, recycling and transportation. It is the duty and responsibility of each waste producing business to make sure adequate measures are taken [...]

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Which telephone system is right for your SME business?

Communication is vital for companies to succeed in today’s economic climate; from raising brand awareness to dealing with suppliers and potential customers. So, what telephone system is right for your business? Business phone systems company Cloudnet Telecommunications Ltd has answered this question in its recently published whitepaper outlining the key [...]

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How to develop a successful business strategy

Every business needs a coherent business strategy to define the company’s objectives and to keep the business focused on how those objectives are to be reached. Defining a successful business strategy requires certain skills that are not naturally born in most people, and that is why training courses are available for people that need to [...]

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Conference Calls Reduce Business Stress

Stress can be a very negative thing in the workplace causing people to work poorly, argue with co-workers or even quit. Indeed, minimising stress is a major part of any manager’s job, as he or she must seek to make their employees as happy and comfortable as possible in order to boost productivity. One way [...]

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The Internet is revolutionizing UK business

The Internet is revolutionizing UK business, according to recent studies.  It is now responsible for more than £100 billion in annual revenue, which is around 7 per cent GDP.  It now tops the UK’s utilities, transport, and construction industries.

About £60 billion of that number is attributed to Internet consumption; the remainder is from the Internet [...]

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Sim Cards for Business

Although most people are used to their mobile phone supporting the use of a sim card in order to store all of their personal information as well as their account details in order for a mobile to be activated, the truth is that in the future the mobile market is headed for dual sim phones [...]

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