Enterprise Agencies have their work cut out at the moment. Stimulating new business starts and stimulating growth in a recession aren't easy tasks.
Our latest article looks at the way Enterprise Agencies can keep their clients in business by helping them to focus on generating leads, looking after contacts and then managing opportunities effectively.
The VHQ WebOffice has a range of built-in features that allows small businesses to embed these ideas directly into the way they work AND gives agencies the ability to participate directly in making things happen if needed.
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
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Saturday, June 20, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Social Media and Collaboration
Fascinating to hear some of the presenters talking about collaboration in relation to Social Media at the National B2B Centre "Success with Social Media" presentation yesterday.
Collaboration seems to get subsumed as a topic into other technological advances on a regular basis. This time our perspective is that Social Media may be a good vehicle to bring collaboration into the spotlight for small and medium sized business.
It is true that Social Networking sites such as LinkedIn provide an introduction service to allow interested parties to identify each other and go through the preliminary introduction. Tools such as Ning can provide more sophisticated platforms to share ideas and communicate.
What they lack are the hands-on tools to do real work (especially in an SME and B2B context) so we are delighted that VHQ now has an opportunity to promote our VHQ WebOffice services to fill that gap with features that allow the social side of collaboration if required but major on the business, the money making side as a definite.
VHQ
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
VHQ Views
Collaboration seems to get subsumed as a topic into other technological advances on a regular basis. This time our perspective is that Social Media may be a good vehicle to bring collaboration into the spotlight for small and medium sized business.
It is true that Social Networking sites such as LinkedIn provide an introduction service to allow interested parties to identify each other and go through the preliminary introduction. Tools such as Ning can provide more sophisticated platforms to share ideas and communicate.
What they lack are the hands-on tools to do real work (especially in an SME and B2B context) so we are delighted that VHQ now has an opportunity to promote our VHQ WebOffice services to fill that gap with features that allow the social side of collaboration if required but major on the business, the money making side as a definite.
VHQ
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
VHQ Views
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Digital Dictation Article
I've written this short article for one of our business partners as an introduction to digital dictation and transcription services. I thought people might find it useful.
To find our more about Office Lifeline's virtual PA and admin services visit their website www.office-lifeline.co.uk.
Denis
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
To find our more about Office Lifeline's virtual PA and admin services visit their website www.office-lifeline.co.uk.
Denis
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Interested in innovation
Anybody who is interested in innovation, intellectual property rights and research and development needs to know about the launch of the Innovista business network in Birmingham on June 11th.
http://innovista.eventbrite.com/
Gareth
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
http://innovista.eventbrite.com/
Gareth
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
Saturday, April 25, 2009
Enterprise HQ, Coalport - Excellent facilities for start-up businesses
We met up with Fay Easton and her team at the Enterprise HQ business centre in Coalport, just outside of Telford, earlier this week.
Apart from them being a very nice group of people we wanted to highlight what a fantastic job they have done in setting up the business centre. It really looks and feels like a place that you would want to work. The decor is bright and engaging, the facilities are excellent and they serve good coffee!
It is set up to encourage creativity, entrepreneurship and fun. Even the names of the rooms are cool - The Millionaires in Training Suite, The Enterprise Lounge and the E POD Zone.
If you have set up a business in the Shropshire area and you need a better place to work than your back room or need to entertain business visitors this is a good place to do it.
Gareth
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
Apart from them being a very nice group of people we wanted to highlight what a fantastic job they have done in setting up the business centre. It really looks and feels like a place that you would want to work. The decor is bright and engaging, the facilities are excellent and they serve good coffee!
It is set up to encourage creativity, entrepreneurship and fun. Even the names of the rooms are cool - The Millionaires in Training Suite, The Enterprise Lounge and the E POD Zone.
If you have set up a business in the Shropshire area and you need a better place to work than your back room or need to entertain business visitors this is a good place to do it.
Gareth
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
Saturday, April 18, 2009
Well Deserved Recognition for Office Lifeline
Office Lifeline, our virtual office services partner - also a VHQ WebOffice client - recently received recognition of their success from The National B2B Centre at Warwick University and Microsoft Small Busienss Centre.
The National B2B Centre have made Office Lifeline a B2B Showcase company and written a supurb article about the company and how they use e-business technology to deliver their services. They consider this business model to be innovative and market leading.
Microsoft saw the B2B Showcase and realised that Office Lifeline are actually a big user of their new collabortaion suite called Groove 2007. They have written this up as a Microsoft Small Business Case Study which you can see on the Microsoft Small Business Centre website.
I'm also reliably told that the Office Lifeline Case Study will be the lead feature in their April Newsletter which is themed around "Flexible Working" ... watch out for that.
Well done to Anna and her team at Office Lifeline.
Regards
Denis
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
The National B2B Centre have made Office Lifeline a B2B Showcase company and written a supurb article about the company and how they use e-business technology to deliver their services. They consider this business model to be innovative and market leading.
Microsoft saw the B2B Showcase and realised that Office Lifeline are actually a big user of their new collabortaion suite called Groove 2007. They have written this up as a Microsoft Small Business Case Study which you can see on the Microsoft Small Business Centre website.
I'm also reliably told that the Office Lifeline Case Study will be the lead feature in their April Newsletter which is themed around "Flexible Working" ... watch out for that.
Well done to Anna and her team at Office Lifeline.
Regards
Denis
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
Sunday, March 22, 2009
Enterprise Agencies: Keeping your clients in business. New articles from VHQ.
How do Enterprise Agencies and Business Support organisations best help their clients get through the recession?
VHQ's experience of working with small businesses is that what they need most is new business. So the more you can do help them generate leads and manage those leads through the sales pipeline the better.
Our latest article provides some help on how to provide this help.
Gareth Edwards
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
http://www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
VHQ's experience of working with small businesses is that what they need most is new business. So the more you can do help them generate leads and manage those leads through the sales pipeline the better.
Our latest article provides some help on how to provide this help.
Gareth Edwards
Virtual HQ Solutions Ltd.
Web-based software tools and business support services.
http://www.vhqsolutions.co.uk
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