I wanted to follow in my father’s footsteps and be my own boss, make my own professional decisions and be in control of shaping my own future career. Mahon Digital was born.

Reaching Potential Customers with SEO
Consumers are fast-forwarding through commercials and paying less attention to billboards. Take a look around you. How many smart phones do you see? That’s how you need to reach them – SEO.

Preparing a Social Media Marketing Campaign
Although there are a lot of different types of social media and many can be used to help promote your business there are three key players in the market: facebook, twitter and Google+

Does ‘work from home’ always spell trouble?
There are options for home working which won’t leave you either working 40 hours a week with no sales, or £25 down and in possession of a ‘training guide’ that tells you how to set up your own bogus job adverts.

Can You Have too many Contacts in your LinkedIn Network?
Don’t waste time on LinkedIn and other social networks with techniques that are simply intent on connecting with more people or adding more followers. You will be disappointed by the return on your investment.

Social Enterprise Funding Fuels EduTech Pioneer Zoe Peden
Zoe Peden was one of the first people to be offered a place on the Big Venture Challenge’s programme of support, designed to help social entrepreneurs raise external investment

The Best Windows Time-Management Apps
The three best time-management and organisational apps, specifically for Windows users.

Building a Successful Online Home Business
The internet could make your dream of a flexible business a reality.

Business Link Website Squeezes Out Diversity
The Business Link website was a vital resource for UK businesses. Has its replacement Gov.UK thrown the baby out with the bathwater?

How to Be Organised: 4 Steps for Big Picture People
Great ideas are nothing without great execution. Our top tips will help you to ‘make it happen’ every day.

Turn a Hobby into a Business with Etsy [Infographic]
Etsy is the online marketplace for handmade and vintage goods. Over 800,000 independent creative businesses, in 150 countries, use it as a trading platform and over half of them are earning revenues of over £40,000 a year from Etsy.
The Four Most Popular Free Start-up Tools
The great thing about a recent survey of top start-up tools is that most of them are free. There’s no excuse then, not to use world class services in your start-up! We already use many of those tools at Prowess 2.0 and here’s our assessment:
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Successful women are less liked and are held back by stereotypes, says Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg at Davos, the annual shindig of the world’s power elite.