Sometimes you have to do things that you don’t want to do. That includes managing staff. As you know, I’m now a director and shareholder in a construction company. Recently it became obvious that not everybody understood what I expected of them. The guys who’ve been working and managing people in this …
The Curse Of The Phone
Man, sometimes you’ve just got to hate communication. Once upon a time, not that long ago, if you wanted to communicate with someone you had two options: 1) Send them a letter 2) Phone them on a landline and, if they weren’t available, leave a message Then you just had to wait. …
They’re grrreeeeaaat
That’s the slogan, in the UK, for Frosties. It’s what Tony The Tiger says in every single advert. And it’s an example of branding perfection. After all, he’s been saying that phrase now for decades. Since 1952 to be precise. What you may not know, is that Tony The Tiger came about …
I’ve been touched
Not physically or mentally (though some may question that). But by something that happened yesterday. There’s very few email newsletters that I still receive. Some folk who work online subscribe to every email newsletter out there so they can see what the competition is doing. Me… I like to keep my head …
Facebook is listening
There are lots and lots of rumours that Facebook listens to you. Louise, sitting on the desk next to me, came in this morning saying that Facebook was listening to her because whenever she spoke about something Facebook started to show ads for it. So I decided to do a little bit …
Not even penny sweets are a penny anymore ?
Yesterday I was sent access to MyNAMS, a new product that has just been launched. It’s a business accelerator package that each month reduces what you need to know to accelerate your business into simple and easy-to-follow steps. They contain: ? A short Textbook or Special Report overview of the topic ? …