Editor's note: This post continues a series of blog posts spotlighting Office Live Small Business Web sites for their design quality. These posts are written by design expert Sara Richardson-McCreery, creative director and founder of Spikes Like LLC near Washington, D.C., and a frequent contributor to Office Live Small Business. Richardson-McCreery will post regularly here about Office Live sites...

If you run a small business, you know that social media marketing and online services are all the rage, but do you really know how to get started? Well, we're here to help! This month, we've launched a series of informal events in 20 cities across the United States and Canada called "Hands-On Small Business." These are gatherings of small-business owners who really want to get down...

Editor's note: Today we are launching a series of blog posts spotlighting Office Live Small Business Web sites for their design quality. These posts are written by design expert Sara Richardson-McCreery, creative director and founder of Spikes Like LLC near Washington, D.C., and a frequent contributor to Office Live Small Business. Richardson-McCreery will post regularly here about Office Live...

You may have read before on this blog about the improvements we've made based on your feedback. Just to reiterate, at Office Live Small Business, we keep a close ear to the ground to listen to what our customers have to say. We like to hear about how you're using the service, what you like about it, and how you think we could make it better. If you've ever responded to one of our surveys...

Once you've built and launched a website for your business, you might think that you're done with site design. But you don't want your site to become stale and outdated to potential customers. Do you? Small incremental investments in your site's design can pay big dividends. The best sites are iterative, improving over time and offering dynamic features to keep things fresh. Recently...

Are you looking for investors, partners, or just someone who can help you grow your business and take it to the next level? You might find them on a Virgin Atlantic flight. And you don't even have to fly Virgin to do it. Virgin Atlantic Airways is launching a new in-flight TV program dubbed PitchTV. Shown on all Virgin Atlantic flights starting in June, the show also will be available on Virgin's...

We frequently get posts in our Community pages asking about how to add music to an Office Live Small Business website. People want to know how to have a cool tune start playing when a visitor arrives on their Home page. This is pretty easy to make happen, but here's something to think about: Let's say you're out driving and you pull up to a stop light. Another car then pulls to a stop in...

Your company logo is an important part of your brand identity, and should appear everywhere that your customers interact with your business — most importantly, on your website. If you're not sure how to incorporate your logo into your Office Small Business website design, take a look at the article " Branding your site with your company logo ." This article gives you step-by-step...