Ever wondered what kind of website traffic your competitors are getting?  Wonder what good benchmarks are?  Want to amp up your online marketing / SEO efforts by not only analyzing your own stats but those of comparable companies? Well, recently I stumbled upon Compete.com.
Compete.com is a web analytics company with both free and paid service offerings.  However, for us [...]

I have to admit I was alarmed this morning reading Michael Arrington’s post, What The Hell Happened To The Free Version of Google Apps? Business Ready is a major supporter of Google Apps for small businesses (the standard edition) as it is a fantastic tool which allows you to easily communicate and work together online.  [...]

Last Tuesday I wrote about building trust and I’m glad it resonated.  So much so that you followed up with:
what’s the best way to do anonymous surveys?
Back in the day we used to pick one person that almost everyone in the company trusted and have responses go back to that person, they would collate and [...]

If you’re already familiar with Business Ready you know that one of our mandates is to keep you focused on CASH. In this economic climate it’s impossible to ignore the simple truth that cash is king. Whether big or small, flush or strapped, the most important aspect of a company is cash and how to [...]