It was back in early 2011 and I’m sitting in a large, funky open plan office in La Jolla, San Diego, meeting for the first time other members of a business mastermind group I am in. One of the guys I met was Jason Wenk – and spend 5 mins with the guy and you [...]
The scene is a Japanese restaurant in La Jolla, California. The purpose of the get-together is a meetin’ with Kevin Nations about how to sell intangible items – especially those that are in the high price bracket. My interest, given my background and the clients I help, is in marketing and selling professional services and coaching. Anyway [...]
On the surface of things, I have a complicated array of businesses buzzing with activity. My role in each of these businesses, however, is predominantly to help other people get stuff done. Whether I’m acting in my role as an MD, digital marketing consultant, educator, or, literally, as a coach or guide – it’s pretty [...]
The word ‘celebrity’ means someone who has a prominent profile in the media – and with ‘new media’ there are more opportunities for more people to become prominent, and therefore, by definition, a celebrity. Of course there are all sorts of ‘grades’ of celebrity – from those prominent in the mass media to those who [...]
Getting highly qualified traffic to your website is the name of the online business and digital marketing game. I run my own online businesses and also consult other businesses and it makes sense that I should always be on the lookout for good quality training that is based on real-world business. I’ve travelled the world [...]
Word clouds, or tag clouds, are visual representations of the common things bloggers write about. If you want to analyse a blog to find out what it’s about, you can go to somewhere like Wordle and they’ll show you – just like the image below, which is a representation of this site. Having done this [...]
Every now and then we hear a word that’s familiar, but said in a new way, and that new way conveys more meaning to us than the original pronunciation or spelling of the word. Imagining is the closest word in terms of meaning to imaginating, however, the use of the suffix -ate seems to convey a more [...]
This is a complete and utter rave about a very good friend of mine and a book that you should buy. Is that straightforward enough for you? But first a short story … In about 2009, I needed to integrate wordpress (the softward that this website is built on) with a learning management system. We [...]
In my last post I briefly outlined a process that I followed to get myself organised and on track for an awesome 2011. I’ve had a lot of feedback on that post (you can read it here), with some great comments on the post and other personal communications. There is substance to that post and [...]
So far this year I have done three things that will have a massive impact on the coming year. Not just on me, but on my family, my friends and the people I do business with. I thought I’d share it with you on the chance you find it helpful. Family, Friends and Lifestyle This [...]
