Learn to let go. This is the key to happiness – Buddha I would also add it is the way to lowering your stress levels and increasing your productivity. So, for example I normally procrastinate horribly because I’m afraid of making mistakes – of not being perfect. Today I am letting go of having to … Read more
As we come to the end of another year I, like many people, have started reflecting on the past Year. As a prolific reader, I thought I’d share with you the books that I’ve been impressed with and influenced by this year. Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck by … Read more
Firstly, a confession. These are not entirely my ideas. But, they do represent my views on a book called Know me Like me Follow me by Penny Power who is the founder of the Ecademy an online networking organisation that was set up way before Facebook or LinkedIn or any other social media. The first … Read more
There is a lot of unnecessary mystique surrounding (SEO) search engine optimisation. At a recent Mums’ Club event in the Midlands I gave a presentation entitled “Stunningly Simple Yet Sexy SEO” where I set out to dispel some of the myths about SEO and to give the lovely ladies present a clear action plan to … Read more
According to recent surveys, a frankly shocking 50% of all small businesses do not have any kind of online presence. For those small business owners who do know how powerful the internet can be this is good news. They can quickly be ahead of the competition with the right kind of design. But why should … Read more
Well maybe not quite yet but that’s the aim of the wonderful Judith Morgan who has launched her new social enterprise call The Million Entrepreneurs. You can see the site at http://www.themillionentrepreneurs.com. I created a promotional video to help…well promote it! Judith’s aim is to have a community of 1 Million Entrepreneurs around the globe … Read more
Talking to some of my prospective clients yesterday I realised something. Most people think about their website in terms of what it will cost them to set up initially. Very few people budget for an effective marketing campaign using their website as the cornerstone of their online activity. Quite frankly this is madness! Websites by … Read more
Over the past few months I’ve been having fun creating new sites using various automated products. Here’s my post about my first attempts at affiliate marketing where I made 16p with two hours work! I created the site www.pushhands.co.uk and left it running. It currently gets more hits per month than this site does, probably … Read more
Ed Rivis (www.edrivis.com) author of EMail Marketing Dynamite recently talked to me about the one thing that every business should do with their web sites to generate more leads.
First day of the World Internet Summit and I’m already feeling inspired. There were lots of inspiring words from Andy Harrington that made us sit up and take notice and then the highlight of the day so far – Sean Roach and the Internet Challenge. Sean is a very engaging speaker. He could easily be … Read more