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Three point nine million - so what's the significance?

Is it the miles a London tube train runs before serious refurbishment?

Or the golden parachute a chief executive of a bank when shareholders have had enough after a few years of highly paid incompetence?…

Bank of Ireland is writing to 13,500 of its buy-to-let and residential customers on tracker mortgages to warn them of plans to more than double the base rate differential it charges them.

Around 7 per cent of Bank of Ireland UK mortgage customers will be affected by the changes to the interest rate differential, over 50 per cent of which are buy-to-let holders.

For…

A year later Fabulous Women has announced over 47 groups announced across the South East with managers appointed to run 10 regions…

Video marketing with YouTube iѕ bесоming a vеrу popular wау оf promoting websites оr small businesses. It is a very useful tool for building a business brand and developing online exposure.

Some people аѕѕосiаtе YouTube with videos оf cute pets, fighting siblings, оr awkward family moments. In fact, YouTube iѕ the second mоѕt popular search engine in thе…

1. YouTube currently gets over 2.8 million video views per minute. That’s over 4 billion video views per day. So if you want to communicate with your audience effectively you can do so using the greatest marketing tool online today, video marketing.
2. There are over 800 million unique users on YouTube every month. So if you want to connect with people…

Why Not?

At the heart of the change is the power of word of mouth (WOM). Marketers are realising that social marketing is more than just the brand-focused approach of building brand pages and driving Likes and fans. Brands now need to harness the power of their customer advocates to get them to spread the word on the brand’s behalf.

Facebook’s introduction of the Timeline and the Open Graph both reflects and complements the…

A scientific study proved that writing your feelings in a diary every day will make you healthier. Two groups of people had blood samples taken. The first group then kept a diary for 2 weeks the second didn't. After that time, another blood sample was taken and that showed a significant improvement in all health indicators including immune system for the group keeping the diary.

I used to work in the corporate world in IT. I found technical support suited me best, so…

Aaargh Twitter…love to hate it! All you see is a never ending stream of someone else’s tweets and yours keep disappearing into obscurity…right?



Let me help out by offering at least one solution to de-clutter or de-noise(my own invented word) your Twitter news feed. It’s a free piece of software called twit cleaner and although the process is still quite manual the benefits and end result is 100% satisfactory.

Take a moment to watch the video below where I show you how to…

Are you the type of person that finds yourself doing things that you didn't want to do, just because you didn't want to upset someone else? We could end up 'bending over backwards' for our clients, children, partners, friends, because, let's be frank, you've allowed their agenda to take over your own!

Afterwards, of course, you feel irritated with them and annoyed with yourself when…

A while ago I conducted a Webinar with NiS Members Sian Grinter and Yvonne Roberts, two pretty switched-on Accountants (and all round good eggs!)

It was recorded and the replay is available online here:

http://bit.ly/WVCKz7

There are a couple of 'technical glitches' along…

Want more videos like this? Email me with your social media questions and if necessary I'll create a video to help with providing a…

In Brief:

Access to online information has to be incredibly user friendly for the mobile devices of today.

•  94% of Smartphone users have searched for local info
•  70% called a business after searching
•  66% visited in person…

When we talk about stress we assume that there are universal causes: Too much work, not enough money, arguements with our spouse, difficult children, you know what I mean...and therefore we are all equally troubled by these events.

But have you noticed that in practice, what seems like a major problem for one person, may be surmountable or even invigorating to the other? We all have a…

I'm always a bit puzzled when people are happy to spend a lot of money on botox, fillers, collegen injections and expensive 'skin plumping' creams, when there is something far simpler that they can do that doesn't cost a penny.

If you do this every day, within 2-4 weeks you should expect the following results:

• reduced shadows…

Here’s something new. Business owners have known for a while now that a good Blog can help you get remembered, draw web traffic and heighten your profile in the business community.

Then someone plugged a camera in. Video blogs were born, and many pioneers have tested the idea.

The best written blog article will be referenced, draw traffic and be shared over Social Media. …

This was one of my most fun days in Video Production. An Accountant, who is also a singer. If only more video projects could be this much fun!

http://www.videosurrey.com/2013/01/22/business-has-talent/

Made my day, I hope it makes yours...

 Dedicated to accountants everywhere - January is the cruellest…

Punctuation – The Business Writers Secret Weapon of Success Free Download 

(& Last Call for our 25th January Workshop!) 

It’s sad but true.  In business some people are sticklers for correctness in communication.  Even though you may have the best…

In many types of business, the traditional tender process is still the most effective way to demonstrate your capabilities to a potential customer. It has for many years enabled service providers to get a foot in the door and gain easy access to the decision making individuals in an organisation. Most would agree that the benefits are good if you pitch it right, but I wonder how much thought has been given to the potential downside if you get it wrong.

Experience

As a…

I'm grateful to Rachel Bennett, one of our newest Members, for taking me up on the offer of some free advice on networking strategy, and posing a question I'm often asked: 

"Which of the many networking groups out there should I attend?"  …

Sad to hear about HMV today. I spent the first 5 years of my working life at Tower Records, which eventually went in 2006.

In my opinion, the demise of Tower Records, long before online / mail order made the market as tough as it is now, was a fascinating paradox.

Was made them unique, was that there was no central buying. So every store, every section was bought by a kid that was “into” that music. Great for customers browsing who want to try something new and need a little…