Ban PowerPoint for a day in your business and see what happens Before I start, I’ve nothing against the software, nor the producer of it. The issue I have is how it’s used, and how it’s taken over our lives. I’ve spent the last 10 years helping people deliver their messages to internal and external [...]
Is your marketing as bad as this?
Don’t make Ryanair’s mistake! I’m constantly on the lookout for examples of good and bad marketing campaigns alike. I get inspiration from walking down the street, on Tube trains, online – wherever I roam really. My brain has been naturally tuned over the years to notice messages, process them, dump the bad ideas and to [...]
The perfect consultant’s office setup
Everything becomes so much easier when you’re organised. I’ve always loved my office – because, well… it’s mine. I can have it set up however I want – no one can tell me what I can and cannot do and like all the best things in life, it’s evolved over time. Part of the evolution [...]
If you stand still, your small business won’t survive
“If you’re looking out the window enjoying the view, you’re doing something wrong” In 1998, i was fortunate enough to earn my Private Pilots License whilst I was living in Australia. It was a life long dream and after a couple of months of having the license, we returned to the UK and I’ve never [...]
How to sync Outlook with iCloud
Making your life easier… So much about being a lone consultant is about having your life made easier by technology. More often than not, it transpires against you to make life harder. With iOS5 launching yesterday, I’ve been keen to find out how iCloud is going to help sync our lives – how helpful would [...]
Think small if you want big results
Having time off to think over the summer meant I came back to my desk on 6th September with more ideas than I could possible handle in two years and the Mark of old would have attempted to tackle them all at the same time. It is a terrible trait of mine – have idea, [...]
A review of Putler – the best Paypal app ever
If you use Paypal for your online transactions, and chances are you do, then you’re going to thank yourself for reading this review. For years people selling services online have used Paypal, but have struggled with their website. It’s slow, it’s clunky and it’s NOT intuitive at all. Processing refunds and analysing data are a [...]
Personalized URL marketing really works
Want to get your business noticed? Read on… For the last 8 years I’ve been using a technique inside my businesses to get noticed and win new business from both completely cold approaches as well as with referrals. In the last week my success rate has been amazing and I thought it was worth sharing. [...]
Did you know the Outlook 2010 screenshot tool existed?!
A handy hint for you today – and something I’ve only just discovered which I wanted to share. If you use Outlook 2010, it’s easy to assume everything is just the same as Outlook 2007 and before. It’s human nature not to dig too deep and find out what’s new. Well this feature is new [...]
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