Whooah Biz

I have never been a great armchair sports fan, as I always enjoyed sport more being a player in the game. I can understand why so many people like watching sport, two teams, or players battling it out on the same course. What makes it exciting is that it is a fair match as teams usually battle teams of similar level. For the spectator it must be thrilling as only one team can win, a fact of the game is that the playing field is level. A truly buoyant economy is an exciting economy where everyone can benefit. But it is important that monopolies official or unofficial are kept in check or are introduced to sufficient competition. This same philosophy is the basis of democratic society. Every person who is born into society by law has the same chance in life. When the playing field is sloping towards one side we have a problem.

I have a whole list of topics that I could write about today, corporate blogs, gloss, writing about what you already know, etc but I have decided to do something else. I am going to write about Istockphoto, which in some respects will cover all of the above. We have been using IStockphoto for over a year. Why? it is a cheap and easy way to do business. IStockphoto is an online photo community a bit like Work Connexions except it only focuses on photos. There are millions of images uploaded by amateurs, professionals, advertising agencies etc. You browse the categories until you find an image you like. Then you have the option to download from four categories each increasing in price as the quality increases. It is truly an example of brilliant e-commerce. The photographer gets payment for his work, IStock take a small percentage for providing the service and the customers get his\hers required artwork. If you are looking to do business in the digital online image world, then visit Istockphoto.

When a Business is successful they come and…..

I am always amazed at just how many possibilities there are for businesses. If I walk done my local high street I often lose count of things that I think could be done better. In fact if a company was just to provide good customer service they would be putting themselves in the top 20 percent of companies. Answering the telephone and doing what is agreed is a good start for any business.

As reported by Nedbase:

Web sites averaged 57.3 million visitors a month, or one in three of all Internet users, a 15 percent increase over the same period a year ago.

It does not surprise me at all. In fact News corp were considering offering there website News services for free. The decline of paper Newspapers has begun for better or worse. read the full article here . Could this be good for the environment?

Having being doing a bit of research on business directories, I came across this Article about Google describe as the ultimate money making machine. There is lot to be said for Google. A simple interface does what is says on the packet. Of course its technology is closely guarded, as that is the key to its success. It also involves practical every website entrepreneur.

The fact remains though when I typed in business directories which one do I use……