Andy Whyte – Whyte with a Y not an I.

As the world of business rapidly advances to keep in tune with technology there are constant changes to the way we live, the way we communicate, and with how we spend our money and thanks to much of this technology, how happy we are to spend our money. 10 years ago we had the iPod [...]

In recent months I’ve noticed a big surge in the amount of office supplies dealers using Twitter. This is really encouraging for the independent industry. It shows dealers are getting in tune with modern technology to help drive their businesses. Whilst I would never class myself as an expert, guru or any other nonsense that [...]

Groupon is one of, if not the fastest growing online .com’s in recent years. It is certainly the fastest growing within the last year. If you’ve not heard of Groupon it is basically a group buying deal website. The general process is that A Groupon rep will contact a business owner and pitch the idea [...]

Crush it! By Gary Vay-Ner-Chuk is an informative book about how to use modern technology primarily the internet to exploit a passion you may have for anything and turn it into a credible perhaps hugely successful future career for yourself. This review is going to be as much about how the book proved its worth [...]

I’m feeling in a reflective mood this Christmas Eve. It is now 2 years since I entered into the software industry. Really by luck more than anything else. Previously to working in software I had run a very successful sales territory for Everest Home Improvements. I’d taken on the area sales manager role as the [...]

The time has come to drop your web page. There was once a time where I’d have preached that all businesses should have a web page. Not any more. Today all businesses should have a blog instead of a web page. Before I lose your attention a todays blog is much more than just the [...]

There should be little doubt in todays world that the internet plays a massive role in business. Any business that isn’t operating online I’d put a bet on it isn’t performing as well as a similar company that is. That said the internet can be a complicated place for business and not everyone has time [...]

Ok ‘AWESOME’ in capital letters maybe a little O.T.T.. If it’s not quite AWESOME there is no doubt that About.me is a very cool concept that I’m liking a lot. What is it? Well the best way to see what it is is to have a look at my page http://about.me/AndyWhyte. As you can see [...]

Several months ago I blogged about how I found it odd that this blog was appearing on the first page of Google before Googles actual web page for searches on their online ordering system the ‘My Lyreco Portal‘. Further to this I blogged about how independent dealers in the Office Products & Supplies industry could [...]

There is no shortage of news reporting websites in the UK Office Supplies industry. And unsurprisingly there is no shortage of news stories to go with them. However, this doesn’t stop a select few suppliers to the industry from over indulging in press releases to these news providers. For example Nimans has had 29 individual [...]