In his book “Six Pixels of Separation” Mitch Joel says
“..the best …way to grow your business is to start a conversation”
Now Mitch Joel is a guru in the social media world and the comment is made in context of using social media for business but I would argue that it has always been so. Only [...]
One of the joys of this time of year for me is that I reconnect with so many people in the annual exchange of Christmas cards. In some cards I get short update messages of what has happened in the past year but in most there is just a cheery “Happy Christmas” and signed names.
But for [...]
Last night I was at a network event where the speaker was talking about brands – in this case aspirational or “must have” brands. As she was explaining how to buy jewellery at auction ( yes – even in these cash strapped times. Did you know that it can cost one third of retail prices [...]
I found myself at an event last week ( that makes it sound like I just pitched up..) where a few of those arriving, including me, were not on the guest list. It was being jointly held by 2 organisations and there were guests from each. I seemed to be the only one who was [...]
“What’s for you won’t go by you” is a fine old Scottish saying – if you are meant to have it then you will – roughly translated.
A while back I was working with a lovely lady who was pulling herself out from her own personal hell to get back into the world of work. She had applied [...]