Your Own Best Wishes For 2010

January 1, 2010

Last night I got the obligatory texts and Facebook messages from friends wishing me the usual best wishes for 2010.
Reading some of the things people were saying on Facebook and [the more public] Twitter I do wonder who people are looking towards for best wishes and what they seem to hope for by saying goodbye [...]

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Being Prepared

December 22, 2009

Yesterday afternoon, Basingstoke ground to a halt because of a deluge of snow. With the usual gripes of “this country is useless” ringing out, I have to wonder if people ever actually learn and remember or just look to pass on responsibility.

For starters, the snow was forecast with the phrase “heavy snow” in the afternoon.
This [...]

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Learning to do the right deal

December 6, 2009

While running a business, there will always be an aspect that is new to you, leaving you in a situation whereby you have no frame of reference.  For me, and the challenges I am taking on in 2010, I am hitting a few in one go.
In the past week I have been involved in lease [...]

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Social media lambs and old fashioned salesmanship

December 2, 2009

I am a big supporter of social media – don’t believe if I say I’m not. But right now, I can’t help thinking that brands, businesses and people like me have made it a cesspool of inane drivelling shit.
Some Blogs are still relevant (as are some Tweeters), but it’s becoming a revolving roundabout of he-says, [...]

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Helping Dave to raise cash for charity

December 1, 2009

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Managing an online reputation bashing

November 25, 2009

Two organisations I have spoken to this week have a current issue with reputation in that when you do a brand search on them, negative stories appear on the first page of the search results.
Unfortunately, you can’t do exactly what both people wanted, which was to get the bad listings removed; but you can do [...]

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2010 and new horizons

November 19, 2009

We posted the news on The Escape Press site today that I am going part-time in my day job. Extra pressure for me and a whole new challenge that has been in the making since 2007.
For Escape clients, sorry, but you may have to still see me occasionally as I continue to add anything necessary [...]

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Web marketing needs a quality build

November 9, 2009

Some of the people I speak to in new business meetings want SEO and web marketing on their existing website – they don’t want to go to the extent of building a new website.
Sometimes, this is very doable and we work together to do what we can. But, sometimes, I get really pissed off when [...]

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The Beginning Of The End For Twitter?

November 1, 2009

A lot of negative stuff has been attributed to Twitter this week. Stephen Fry threatened to quit the platform after being called boring, Danyl on X Factor got likened to Hitler and, on a personal note, someone sent me a direct message asking me to Retweet something and saw their arse when I didn’t. And [...]

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Treating your website like an asset

October 22, 2009

I’ve often sat and watched one of the Sarah Beeny style shows on TV where she tries to guide a person through a property development project. Ultimately, it’s about turning a profit, but, more often than not, one of the participants will get emotionally involved in a detail such as fixtures and fittings. They forget [...]

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