Innovative rethink in the employer /employee relationship at HCL Employee First Customer Second View more presentations from Hcl Technologies. (tags: first modern) Irish blog awards winners announced (SOHO Solos, start contributing to this blog and let’s see if we can make the finals next year ) Five things you should know about writing Full Article

This year end small business online marketing checklist from Matt McGee at Search Engine Land is just as relevant for kick-starting your efforts this year, as is Matt’s 2007 small business website checklist. Veet hair removal land a perfect ad placement (spotted on Paul Dervan’s blog): Goodbye salesperson, hello consumer evangelist! Full Article

Adrian Weckler of the Sunday Business Post has some good tips on getting more press coverage with photos and writing effective press releases on his blog. Tweet, tweet: examples of US companies using Twitter to engage productively with their customers. Business tips from Donald Trump, collated from the The Apprentice Season 4 in the US. Full Article

Image via Wikipedia Big Brands are seeing value from engaging on Twitter. Niall Harbison of iFoodsTV shares his tips for building your small business brand using free online tools on his personal blog. Niall’s energy and enthusiasm is infectious… and he offers some good advice. Free one day Digital Marketing conference in Dublin on Full Article

Image by future15pic via Flickr Why Social Media marketing may not be right for your small business. Tips and a host of useful links on Using Twitter for Business from John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing. Our usual venue is closed in January, so I’m thinking of holding a virtual SOHO Solo meeting on Vyew…details to Full Article

SOHO Links are now going to be hosted in a more ad-hoc fashion. They will remain a regular part of the SOHO Solo West Cork blog, but rather than appearing every Friday they will turn up as and when the posts are ready. Enjoy! The Irish Internet Association’s (IIA) Social Media Working Group has released a business Full Article

Again… better late than never . Enjoy! Some Christmas e-commerce do’s and don’ts Ever wonder how to get your web-pages to rank better in Google? Dowload the official Google guide to Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) for webmasters and find out how. Great post over on Copyblogger on how partnering can be the key to online success. Full Article

Business coach James Sweetman shares ten mistakes salespeople make and suggests ways you can avoid them. How Diddy did it – music industry mogul and all-round entrepreneur P. Diddy shares the secrets to his brand’s success and living “The American Dream” in this special edition of CNBC’s “The Big Idea”. Why failure isn’t Full Article

OK – missed a couple of Friday’s, because of lots of other “must-do-now” stuff… and because, shock/horror, I have a life off-line . Here’s an assortment of links you might find interesting. Will re-establish Friday posting of SOHO Links from this week onwards… apologies for the disruption. Seizing the day Guy Kawazaki style…. Full Article

Image via Wikipedia Are you being productive, or are you just busy? Take control of your time with these Time Management links (hat tip to SOHO Solo Jim Flynn of MTS Consulting) Great post on Brazen Careerist – are you working too hard? Despite spam, E-mail is still a potent weapon in the small-business marketing arsenal. West Full Article