Archive for 'Business'

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Crystal Display at AREC 2009

How many times have you remembered you picked up a good tip from an event you went too, but couldn’t remember what the tip was? Frustrating isn’t it! This blog talks about avoiding that problem with Post Activity Reports.

Point of influence

How to Win Friends and Influence People

As an underling in the dogmatic hierarchy of the military, I learned (the hard way I’m afraid) that it is very difficult to change your boss’ mind.  In many cases however, it was pretty important to change their mind so I had to learn how to influence people.
Today I find the need to influence people [...]

A good night time story

To have a successful marketing strategy, I believe you need a good story. With a start up, the story is how and why the business was started.

The definition of “Risk”

Risk - Demotivational poster

All business decisions involve risk, so it is vital you can identify and articulate them. The problem is “Risk” is a title which has a thousand definitions and meanings. In this blog I want to share with you my definition 00and how it came about.

The one that got away

I think they way you handle losing a customer is every bit as important as winning a customer. It might be tempting to throw a tantrum on the phone, but there is much to learn by being polite.

Referrals

I’ve just got off the phone to a friend of mine who was partially inspired by my start up in seven days series to give his idea a shot.  I’ll save the details of his idea once it’s up and running, but regardless, he is in “day two” of the business – the legalities and [...]

User design interface

User design interface

For every new project I start I walk through a user experience design process where I use mind maps to flesh out how the user will interact with the site.

Mood Board

AutoCarLog mood board

When starting a project which involves design, I look for inspiration.  Inspiration is a good thing, it allows you to get a quick feel for what you want to do and helps drive you down a path that you’re happy with.
Every time I see something that looks good on the web, something that has a [...]

“Winners never quit, quitters never win”

Seb Maslin at dirtworks 2009

Adopting a personal motto is a powerful way to motivate one’s self in all aspects of life, including business.

Project Lambo

Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4

Goal setting works and we all should have an ultimate goal. One of mine is the Lamborghini Gallardo LP560-4.