business

Best practices are crazy. They point to one example, they don’t have any idea why the thing was actually successful but they go, “Well, they do it this way so we’re going to do it this way.” There’s this herd mentality and people are…

...our public, civic and business leaders need to become digital leaders — not just so that they can manage specifically digital programmes and projects, but so that they can make sure their entire organisations are relevant and effective…

When your ideas are spreading, when your work is remarkable, when your organization has built a social ratchet that works, one of the side effects will be a significant social media presence. People will talk about you in ways that they…

Sally's Florist in Ballymena has been a familiar name in Ballymena for years. I got my Wedding flowers and arrangements (they were beautiful) from Sally's Florist 10 years ago and they have been the go to florist around these parts from…

LL Crafts from Ballymena created this beautiful personalised Baby Present. LL Crafts offer lots of bespoke, unique gift ideas. Louise from LL Crafts is happy to paint anything on to anything. Personalised Baby Present from LL Crafts…

The root cause of almost any problem you will find in a company – and in life – is ineffective communication. – Claire Lew in the latest edition of Offscreen magazine. Communication should be easy. It’s not like we don’t have an array…

Sometimes a nimble business person might notice something trendy and earn some money off it in the short-term, but trendy products and services are typically not bankable in the long-term because they don't create a significant shift in the…

Church Street in Ballymena is featuring again in our Throwback Thursday blog post. As one of our main streets in Ballymena it isn't surprising that we have written over 20 blog posts which feature news, organisations or businesses who are…

“When it comes to your business, your writing, your body, or your body of work, there are always going to be people sprinting ahead of you and lagging behind you. Doesn’t matter. Obsessing over them — and making up stories about them — is…

At Ballymena Today we love seeing Northern Ireland businesses using social media and the internet to get attention. Here are local Northern Ireland businesses which we have enjoyed following recently on Instagram. twofivefive We first…