Listen – Communicate – Motivate – Flex – Relax

Google Employees Playing Beach Volley on Google Campus

Everyone’s falling about with worry.  The recession has us all cautious about spending more money than we absolutely have to, taking on new staff, renting more premises or bringing in too much product in advance.
How can we hang in there?  How can we thrive?  How can we ensure [...]

Confessions of a Twitter Virgin

So Dawn, my wife and business partner, made me get into this thing called Twitter.  I wasn’t happy about it.  I use the Internet (mostly Wikipedia and YouTube), send emails, all the usual suspects.  I even write blogs and employ on-line, interactive websites in my workshops.  What more do you want from me, electronic fiend?

Questions I Get Asked About Getting Business Through Twitter

People are asking me the following questions – an awful lot – so I thought I’d write a blog post to redirect everyone to, when these issues come up again.  This blog post is directed at new Twitter users who are tweeting about their occupation or business.
How do I get more followers on Twitter?

You must [...]

Ping.fm

Despite being fairly active on many social networking sites – for networking and research purposes – I’d never come across Ping.fm until it was recommended to me on Twitter by @mrcush.  Thanks Mr Cush from Wolfmarks!
What does it do?
It saves you time posting status updates to various social networking, IM and bookmarking sites and profiles.  [...]