How to Get More From Interview Opportunities

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One way many small business owners can promote their businesses is through interviews with local media and press to build exposure. The idea of being interviewed is exciting. It allows you to talk about something you’re passionate about (your business!) and build authority by showing off your expertise.

http://smallbiztrends.com/2010/10/get-more-from-interview-opportunities.html

Nine tips for top personal knowledge management

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Stephen Bynghall explains how to make the most of the tools at your disposal to stay efficient. In this article I'm going to attempt to summarise some tips for successful PKM which have worked for me.

http://www.knowledgeboard.com/item/3095/23/5/3

On Your Marks

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Intellectual Property (IP) – in legal terms, various rights to own and control intangible property – is the unique business asset that needs protection. Linda Roberts explains precisely why.

When considering an investment, a crucial factor to any Angel Investor is the ‘unique selling point’ (USP) of the company’s products.

http://www.theangelinvestor.com/article/100067/On-Your-Marks-Trademarks/

Crowdsourcing: Turning customers into creative directors

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Ning Li is Made.com's 28-year-old CEO, and we are at the company's London office, on the 11th floor of an unremarkable Notting Hill office block. Made.com is an online-only furniture retailer, so there's no danger that customers will drop by. The company is six months old and already approaching profitability, with revenue doubling month on month, despite relying on word of mouth rather than marketing.But this is a furniture business with no warehouse - and no inventory. Instead, products are "crowdsourced".

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11437839

Personal finance for the lazy – 10 tips

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Advice on how to get the best deal on financial products invariably includes the words "shop around". But sometimes life is just too short to wade through all the brochures or websites and punch away on your calculator keys to work out which credit card or energy tariff will cost you least.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/8029464/Personal-finance-for-the-lazy-10-tips.html

Best online maps: Bing vs Google vs MapQuest

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Ask anyone what websites they can't live without: After mentioning their email service and Google, they'll invariably point to an online mapping service as a key to modern life.

But which of the big mapping services is best? We took a hard look at three of the most popular online mapping sites: Google Maps, MapQuest and the up-and-coming Microsoft Bing Maps, to see which one got us from point A to point B (and points C and D, if necessary) the most smoothly. Here are our findings in six test categories.

http://features.techworld.com/applications/3242492/best-online-maps-bing-vs-google-vs-mapquest/