Who is this site for?
You’ve already started or are thinking of starting a small, possibly home-based, business. You may have a small retail business but are being threatened with closure because of rising rents and rates.
You want to attract more customers and clients and believe a website will help you grow your business.
You are overwhelmed by the amount of information and advice you have come across, you don’t know who to trust and you want to know the basics of what needs to be done next.
You want to keep it simple and you want to be sure you end up with a web presence that is going to work for your business.
You want help but can’t afford to pay traditional consultancy rates.
You want to learn but you also know that you cannot do everything yourself.
Why is everything free? What’s the catch?
Here we provide articles, information and downloads which we believe will help you to start and run your business online. No charge. No tricks. You don’t even have to give us your email address (unless you want to!).
If what we say makes sense and helps you, we hope you’ll come back for more. Perhaps, one day, you’ll even come to one of our other sites and make use of our professional services – but that’s up to you. We want you to use this site as a way of getting to know, like and trust us.
What’s the sign up form for?
To the right of this page, you’ll see a space to offer us your email address so we can send your our monthly newsletter.
We don’t spam you to within an inch of your life.
We don’t share your email address with anyone else.
We simply let you have a copy of our newsletter as and when it is published. If you don’t want to receive things by email you can explore the newsletter archive instead. Your choice.
What do we believe in?
We believe in doing what you love. We believe in making money too but our followers are all passionate about their businesses because they love what they do – it’s not just about the money.
In our professional lives we have seen lots of client businesses succeed and fail – for all sorts of reasons. We want to share our knowledge and experience with you in the hope that you can learn from the successes and mistakes of others.
We believe in sharing information and keeping things simple. We believe in providing real value through the mechanism of our businesses. If you want to get rich quick or scam people you won’t find anything here to help you.
What else do we do?
We build web sites and we can work on those web sites over time to ensure they always feature prominently in the search engines. We provide comprehensive training and support to allow you to build, host and maintain your own business website.
We write the words you need to go on your web site or in your brochure.
We can simply be a sounding board or a resource.
We know that the path of a solo entrepreneur can be a lonely one – use us as your water cooler buddies if nothing else.
If you’d like to know more make use of the contact form – that’s why it’s there!
Who or what is PhiloBiz?
We are a group of professionals – writers, entrepreneurs, web designers and online marketing experts. The team is headed by Dee Harrison.
We believe it is possible for anyone to run their own business on the World Wide Web - if that’s what they want to do.
