http://www.bizwiki.com/blog News from the World of Bizwiki Thu, 15 May 2008 02:07:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Bizwiki, the UK Business Wiki site founded on the principle of allowing users free access to edit, update and add data to business records, has joined the call to free access to parts of the data held by government departments. “We’ve seen just how much demand there is for relevant ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/05/15/bizwiki-joins-the-call-to-%e2%80%98free-our-data%e2%80%99/ Although anyone can write on Bizwiki, all entries are held for approval by editors and many have to be edited by the editorial team before being published. Submissions are usually reviewed on a “first come, first served” basis but that doesn’t mean they are published that way. If you want to ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/03/28/writing-on-bizwiki/ You have added your company to Bizwiki (or someone else has) and people using the site can find your address, telephone number and read a little bit about your company. Does it end there? Absolutely not! http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/03/17/enhance-your-bizwiki-listing/ Sometimes all people need is the facts. I was struck by the truth of a paragraph in a recent post by Brian Wool discussing the local search offerings presented by the major players at the Santa Clara Search Marketing Expo last week. In regards to ‘cool’ photo options for local-listings Brian says, ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/03/15/its-all-in-the-detail/ In the last post we discussed ways in which companies can encourage satisfied customers to post positive reviews (along with some tips on how to make sure they are satisfied customers). Now we come to the difficult task of dealing with negative reviews. In a recent post Chris Linnett ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/03/14/deal-positively-with-negative-reviews/ In our initial post in this series I stated that “Online reviews are one of the best things that could have ever happened to marketing-led companies.” But how do you get reviews? And how do you go about ensuring that the reviews are positive, or at least not negative? 8 ways ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/03/06/8-ways-to-use-reviews-to-boost-your-image/ Bizwiki is a user generated business directory. This means that YOU can write on this site. As a business owner or manager the ability to submit your company, free of charge, and add to and update your Bizwiki business record gives you the opportunity to go far beyond the standard ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/03/05/is-your-business-getting-the-most-from-the-web/ Bizwiki has added new features that allow our users to review companies and services, as well as adding information about them. Allowing users to submit reviews of businesses, restaurants, clubs, schools, venues and just about anything is becoming more popular on the web, and I’m sure most business owners and ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/02/26/customer-reviews/ Started in 2006 and open as a public-beta since June of last year, Bizwiki is finally officially live today. We're cutting the ribbon (or more literally, removing the Beta ribbon that's been on the top left of all pages since last June) and announcing the site more widely to the ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/02/07/bizwiki-officially-goes-live/ It's all passed in a blur of new features being added, people signing up, improvements being made and a large amount of contributions to the information on the site, but believe it or not Bizwiki has now been live to the public for six months. And what an eventful six ... http://www.bizwiki.com/blog/2008/01/15/bizwiki-celebrates-six-months-live-to-the-public/