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What does it take to be a Customer King?
Real Business magazine and Cisco have started searching for this year's Customer Kings. The one question perplexing entrepreneurs, marketers and PRs will be: what are we looking for in a winner?
Published 123 days ago by Charles Orton-Jones.
Postal strikes crucify small businesses
Royal Mail strikes are not only affecting sales at online companies, they undermine the core propositon of internet firms: buy today, have it tomorrow. Here's how you can fight back and undo some of the damage inflicted by striking workers.
Published 133 days ago by Guy Levine.
Have a Friday chuckle on us
The Friday Funnies have been on sabbatical. But here's a few hilarious gems to get you ready for the weekend.
Published 172 days ago by Rebecca Burn-Callander.
Why I'll never shop in Halfords again
The nation is in the midst of a retail breakdown and everyone is trying everything to attract and retain their customers. Everyone, that is, except Halfords.
Published 174 days ago by Richard Baister.
What's with all the government bashing?
I like to give the government a hard time as much as the next man – and in a tabloid society it is almost a sport. But even I have to admit that we’ve taken government bashing too far.
Published 182 days ago by Richard Baister.
Absolut nonsense
No, that's not a typo. The vodka company is suing the recently-renamed Absolut Radio for alleged trademark infringment. Er. It's a "radio" station, guys. No-one's going to call up Christian O'Connell and demand a martini. Well...
Published 201 days ago by Rebecca Burn-Callander.
Murdoch and the FT's Ridding talk up paid-for news
When the FT began charging for content, its subscriber numbers plummeted. Today, the finanical newspaper has a paltry 117,000 paying subscribers to the site. But there may be a light at the end of the tunnel for the firm with Murdoch's plans to jump on the commercial news bandwagon.
Published 203 days ago by Rebecca Burn-Callander.
Entrepreneurship: Americans are late bloomers
The UK is often criticised for its attitudes to failure in business. In the US, there's no stigma attached to going bust. American entrepreneurs simply dust themselves off and start again. But the UK does trump the States in one respect: our entrepreneurs start younger, have more independence and, put bluntly, have far bigger balls.
Published 221 days ago by Dan McGuire.
We're bringing back the Friday Funnies!
Fancy a few jokes on a Friday afternoon? The laughs are back! This week's offering is, weirdly, mostly jokes about religion and agriculture. Enjoy!
Published 221 days ago by Rebecca Burn-Callander.
It's the Real Business jokes on a Friday, people!
You know the best thing about the Real Business Friday Funnies? It counts as working. Honest. Get your fill of the best business jokes, political humour and financial jibes from around the internet.
Published 235 days ago by Rebecca Burn-Callander.
