Andy Whyte – Whyte with a Y not an I.

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 [...]

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 [...]

Last year I spotted the Superdry Windcheater whilst out shopping for a new coat. It was exactly what I was looking for in a jacket. I went to find my size and couldn’t. This went on in several different retail outlets throughout the fine city of Norwich. I ended up resorting that I’d have to [...]

I had a phone call on Wednesday morning that has been putting a smile on my face ever since! I had entered into a competition on the Aviva Facebook group to win tickets to the Norwich City Football club away game at Charlton this Saturday. Not only had the game sold out within minutes, but [...]

LinkedIn is one of the most powerful tools for sales focused businesses in todays modern world. The internet, modern logistics and technologies means that ‘local’ business boundaries are now expanded or no longer exist. LinkedIn can be the tool to connect you to your prospective customers and existing customers. I understand that not all businesses [...]

The social media boom has come into some criticism recently as there seems to be a small amount of back lash at all the people jumping on the ‘social media expert’ bandwagon. The reason for the back lash I feel is that people who use social media for personal and business use who don’t claim [...]

Regular readers of my blog will remember my some what critical blog post regarding Gordon Brown and the Labour government earlier this year in June ( click here for those that missed it ) . Well I’m proud to say that Labour has won back my vote. Although I should point out from the start [...]