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Resurrection

By at 8 August, 2021, 9:12 am

Right then, this is a commitment to myself to resurrect this blog. As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, time has flown. Looooads has happened over the past few years and as a result, I didn’t continue with this. I’m going to use it as my ‘Content Creation’ hub and include videos also, talking about […]

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Time Flies!

By at 3 August, 2020, 3:17 pm

I haven’t a clue where the last 4 or 5 months have gone. Just before all ‘this’ kicked off in March, we had started helping our customers with their PPE. This quickly expanded into working with Local Authorities and many, many companies outside our current customer base. We quickly built up strong supply chains in […]

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8 years Ago!

By at 27 March, 2019, 10:26 am

2 MARCH, 2011, 9:57 PM On opening this blog, I saw that this was the last post. OVER EIGHT YEARS AGO!! An unbelievable amount of ‘Business Water’ has passed under the bridge since then (as well as some huge Personal Stuff). I have been through a lot since then and it occurred to me that this […]

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How Would You Respond to an Email Like This?

By at 2 March, 2011, 9:57 pm

I recently received this email below and really didn’t know how to respond. My gut reaction/reply is ‘Why should we meet up?’ As you can see in the email, there’s no reason for the meeting, although by the service they provide, I have an idea what they are wanting. The ‘YM’ reference is The Yorkshire […]

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Wake up and smell the coffee

By at 17 January, 2011, 9:33 am

I was pleased to see that one of the biggest stories to hit the headlines in the last couple of weeks was about branding. More specifically, about the imminent re-brand of Starbucks best known to most as an expensive coffee shop. What I found so interesting was that many people took one look at the […]

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How can you successfully recruit without this information?

By at 6 January, 2011, 4:18 pm

As the recruitment sales sector becomes even more competitive, those who will be successful are the ones that ‘take time’ to really understand their clients and candidates. Speaking to you as a recruiter with over 10 years experience of selling consultancy services, it took me a while to figure it out, but when I did, […]

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Cold Calling Vs Social Media

By at 21 December, 2010, 10:56 pm

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the last couple of years, you can’t fail to have noticed that the way the world does business has changed. Traditional methods of reaching new prospects are fading by the hour. Buyers are becoming desensitised to the overwhelming amount of marketing messages that they receive day after […]

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The Mother of Invention – Chapter 11

By at 8 September, 2010, 11:07 pm

Here’s an extract from The Mother of Invention, my explosive new book. CHAPTER 11 Cutting Ties Trapped in a hellish prison of insomnia I battled through another night just tossing and turning. When I finally drifted into an exhausted coma resembling sleep, the same nightmare propelled me back into consciousness. I looked at the clock. […]

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