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Is your business semi local?
Wednesday, 12 Oct, 2011 – 6:00 | One Comment
Is your business semi local?

If it is, then our friends over at FirepoleMarketing.com want to talk to you!
Semi local business are those that as well as trading in the local community also have an online element, which allows their …

10 Days to Start Up: Day 3 – Naming Your Business
Tuesday, 12 Jul, 2011 – 6:00 | 8 Comments
10 Days to Start Up: Day 3 – Naming Your Business

When you’re starting out in business one of the most important decisions you’ll make is naming your business. Correctly chosen and your name will be talked about for miles around, chosen poorly and your business …

Friday Giveaway: “Make it Happen”
Friday, 20 May, 2011 – 6:00 | Comments Off
Friday Giveaway: “Make it Happen”

For no other reason than it’s Friday, let’s have a giveaway!
This is what we’re giving away:  Make it Happen: The Prince’s Trust Guide to Starting Your Own Business:

Here’s how Amazon describe  the book:
This is a …

Homeless Man Finds Daughter Through Twitter
Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 – 6:00 | 4 Comments
Homeless Man Finds Daughter Through Twitter

photo credit: alexandermensa
Homeless Daniel Morales, 58,  last saw his 16 year old daughter 11 years ago. One day when visiting his daughter at the home of his former partner, he discovered they’d moved without …

Discussion Post: What’s The Biggest Problem Facing Your Business?
Thursday, 24 Feb, 2011 – 6:00 | 6 Comments

This is  the first discussion post on The Big Red Tomato Company and we’d really value your input.
Being a business owner is very much like navigating a ship through an ice field. Some of the icebergs in the …

What I’ve learnt from a year of blogging
Tuesday, 1 Feb, 2011 – 6:00 | 9 Comments
What I’ve learnt from a year of blogging

Many people write their reviews and outline their plans for the  year in the first week of January. In fact the blogosphere is awash with them. However, I read today that 78% of people fail to achieve thier goals for …

Tell us your story
Friday, 12 Nov, 2010 – 6:00 | 5 Comments
Tell us your story

This month Chris Ducker from virtualbusinesslifestyle.com has been walkabout in the US. Visiting clients, conferences, and attending Blogworld10 (in Las Vegas), even meeting Darren Rowse from Problogger in the process.
Anyway, whilst Chris has been on …

November Reading List
Sunday, 7 Nov, 2010 – 6:00 | Comments Off
November Reading List

In September I started a post about what I was reading that month. This got some great feedback, so each month I’m featuring the books I’m going to be  reading that month and then posting …

October’s Reading List
Tuesday, 12 Oct, 2010 – 6:00 | 5 Comments
October’s Reading List

Last month I started the month talking about the books I was looking forward to reading in September.  This got some great feedback, so I thought I’d continue letting you know what I’m reading each …

September’s Reading List
Saturday, 11 Sep, 2010 – 12:00 | 7 Comments
September’s Reading List

It doesn’t seem like 5 minutes ago that I was asking readers what books they’d recommend reading this summer.  Where has the summer gone?  (Ok, I know it’s Winter ‘down-under’ but it’s allegedly Summer  here …

Birthday Winners! – Friday’s Winners Announced
Tuesday, 17 Aug, 2010 – 9:50 | 7 Comments
Birthday Winners! – Friday’s Winners Announced

This week is Birthday Week here on The Big Red Tomato Company blog – it’s the celebration of our 1st birthday, and we’re very excited.
Each day we’re giving away gifts to mark the occassion – …

Happy First Birthday – BRT
Saturday, 14 Aug, 2010 – 6:00 | 14 Comments
Happy First Birthday – BRT

This week is the first anniversary of The Big Red Tomato Company Blog. It’s the anniversary of when The Big Red Tomato Company static website and The Better Leader Blog came together here at www.bigredtomatocompany.co.uk.
A …

The 7 Link Challenge – #7links
Saturday, 17 Jul, 2010 – 6:00 | 10 Comments
The 7 Link Challenge – #7links

This is a response to a challenge set on Problogger.net. The idea of the challenge is to publish a post that is a list of 7 links to posts that you and others have …

Celebrating 41 years of the Moon Landings
Tuesday, 13 Jul, 2010 – 6:00 | 3 Comments
Celebrating 41 years of the Moon Landings

Next week, 20th July, see’s the 41st Anniversary of the Apollo 11.  The Moon landings see the achievements of President Kennedy’s 1961 dream:
“I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, …

What books do you recommend reading this summer?
Saturday, 10 Jul, 2010 – 12:00 | 8 Comments
What books do you recommend reading this summer?

Post with a difference this one. As I’m asking your help to write it.
Summer is coming and many people will be thinking of going on thier summer holiday.
Summer is the time when most people read …

Happy 4th July
Sunday, 4 Jul, 2010 – 6:00 | 3 Comments
Happy 4th July

Happy Independence Day to all our readers in the US. I hope that whatever you’re up to you’re having a fantastic time with friends or family.
As a UK based blog and business it’s exciting to …

Facebook Landing Pages
Saturday, 26 Jun, 2010 – 6:00 | 19 Comments
Facebook Landing Pages

When people first visit your Facebook page they are shown your wall. Depending on the posts that you have on your site visitors will either ‘Like’ your page or move on.
If you could control the …

Launching Tomorrow
Sunday, 20 Jun, 2010 – 6:00 | 2 Comments
Launching Tomorrow

Imagine if you could get big results quickly. Well soon you’ll be able to:
Tomorrow, 21st June 2010 see’s the 2nd Pre-Launch of our workbook – How to Achieve Your Dreams The Tomato Way.
It’s a complete …

5 Books for Father’s Day 20th June
Monday, 14 Jun, 2010 – 6:00 | 6 Comments
5 Books for Father’s Day 20th June

Where ever you are in the world, 20th June celebrates Father’s Day, the celebration of fatherhood in 55 countries. Father’s Day this year, for me, will be very special if our baby (due on 19th …

Come on England!
Saturday, 12 Jun, 2010 – 6:00 | 14 Comments
Come on England!

Tonight, the mighty England team, led by stand in captain Steven Gerrard, will commence their quest to win the World cup in South Africa.
Every 4 years the nation goes football mad in support of the …

Video: Has personal oursourcing gone to far?
Saturday, 10 Apr, 2010 – 6:00 | 3 Comments

Has personal outsourcing gone to far? As workers move to transfer their work to low cost countries. The Big Red Tomato Company asks if this has gone to far?

What do you think?

2009 Year In Review
Wednesday, 30 Dec, 2009 – 0:00 | Comments Off
2009 Year In Review

Each year, at this time of the year, many people take time out to review what they’ve achieved this past year and look at setting goals for the following year.
The point of setting goals though, …

Augmented Reality
Tuesday, 8 Dec, 2009 – 6:00 | Comments Off
Augmented Reality

Until a couple of weeks ago I’d never heard of augmented reality. However, like all things these days, once you’ve heard about something you keep hearing about it. The term augmented reality has, according to …

What’s going to be in your stocking?
Friday, 27 Nov, 2009 – 6:00 | 2 Comments
What’s going to be in your stocking?

It’s getting to that time of year when our thoughts turn to the holiday season and what gifts to buy.
Often the most fun and (useful) gifts are ’stocking stuffers/fillers’ particularly those related to business.
I thought …