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This press release by New York company AMI Partners looks at the rapidly increasing participation of small businesses in social networking as a way of advertising and promoting themselves.  Social networking is being seen as an expedient way, in the current downturn, of keeping in touch with current clients and finding new ones.

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This  is a useful reference page which can be found on the U.K. government’s BusinessLink website.  It deals with all aspects of CRM (customer relationship management)
Thanks to Intute

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These links will take you through to the Business Source Complete database, one of our online databases. You will be prompted first for your library card details before viewing the articles.
Fanbook
Coster, Helen
Forbes 28 January 2008 p 62
This article looks at how small businesses can use social networking sites such as MySpace and Facebook to connect [...]

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People management

People management is the online magazine of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Management (UK).   Free to access, it’s a great place to keep up to date with HR issues.
It is also available fulltext through our Business Source Complete database at www.mygateway.info

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Just to let you know that we will be at Stand 148b at the Wellington Small Business Expo which takes place on 25-27 June 2008. 
We have a limited number of passes to give away so if you would like a 3 day free pass please email me at prosearch@wcc.govt.nz or ring me Marilyn Domney 801 4059. 
Come [...]

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Scott Ginsberg is only 27 but has already published four books and his blog has been voted one of the world’s top 100 business blogs. His blog posting 98 ways to think like an entrepreneur is full of useful tips and ideas.
Thanks to Mary Ellen Bates

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Crafting a business

This column by Jenny Hart, which can be found in the virtual magazine Venuszine, will be published on a regular basis.  In it, she discusses setting up her business Sublime Stitching and gives advice for women who are thinking of setting up a small business.  Thanks to Resourceshelf

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Wellington City Libraries can offer you or your business up to 2 hours free non-urgent research if you have a WCL library card.  Our Prosearch team are experienced researchers who  provide a confidential and reliable service and have been involved with helping business owners for many years.   If the research requires more than 2 hours research, costs are entirely [...]

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Results of small business expo

Wellington City Libraries was a late addition to the list of exhibitors at the Small Business Expo which was held in Wellington in late July.  It was a very useful exercise and we talked to many people, and showed them our  WCL business resources.   We also demonstrated our online databases which can be accessed within the library, [...]

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