Hello and Welcome to the July 2005 Quick™ eNews!

One of the biggest challenges new businesses face when trying to attract new clients is trying to demonstrate to their potential new clients that they can provide the same level of care, quality and service that a more established business can provide.

The concern their new business may have is, will this new business really provide me with quality level of service I expect? It's a catch22 situation because you cannot demonstrate that you can if you don't get the order, but the client may be reluctant to place the order with seeing some evidence that the level of service can be achieved.

A way around this can be by accreditation. By showing your potential clients that you have passed certain criteria or won certain awards you can give your potential new client the confidence that they need in your new business.

If you have a website and carry out any business online then this month Quick Formations has negotiated a 25% discount off the first years membership to SafeBuy, a truly powerful accreditation backed by TrustUK and the Web Trust Alliance. For those of you who remember the Which? Web Trader accreditation scheme, this carries on where that left off.

More information on this scheme can be found under the Legal & Financial section of this newsletter, including a link to download the application form to receive the 25% discount.

What's hot the UK Business Forums this month?

Join in at the forums and introduce yourself at
http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/viewforum.php?f=1

As I wind up this episode I consider the most commonly asked questions on the forums all base around search engine optimisation, "How can I get my website to the top of the search engines?".

Apart from the usual question of making sure your website is on topic with its content, and your text and title contains the most common keywords for your business, the single most important aspect is getting as many websites to link to you as possible.

This newsletter is going to over 10,000 people. If we all exchanged links with each other our websites will have thousands more inbound links. I have started a thread on the UK Business Forums aimed to building links for all of us and boosting our own search engine positions.

If you wish to take part in this then add your site to this thread and join in. http://www.ukbusinessforums.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=3865

I look forward to seeing you on the forums and taking part in the Great UKBF Link Exchange!

Richard Osborne
richard.osborne@Quickformations.com