Just back from hosting a company day in the North East which culminated in an ‘Oscars’ ceremony that recognised some great individual performances from the past year. All voted by their peers, the winners included ‘Best Manager’, ‘Most Innovative’ and ‘The Biggest Unsung Hero’. It was a great way to round off a Performance Review [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on March 30, 2007 | No Comments | 
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Seth Godin is an author I really admire.
His books are well worth reading and his blog is essential for anyone serious about sales and marketing.
Here’s a short video of him in action.
Enjoy!
Bookmarks:
Posted in General by: Andy on March 29, 2007 | No Comments |
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More money was spent advertising online in the the UK than in newspapers for the first time in 2006 as companies continued to chase a growing web audience.According to data from the Internet Advertising Bureau out today, online spending smashed through the £2bn barrier in 2006 while television revenues fell and press barely budged.
Just another sign of [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on March 29, 2007 | No Comments |
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I’ll be writing a regular column for the Sheffield Star’s new monthly Business Magazine from next week. Called ‘Compete Or Get Beat’, my column will be a regular look at current business isssues and as ever will contain the usual thoughts, ideas and humour(!!).
It’s going to be distributed with The Star throughout South Yorkshire, and [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on March 28, 2007 | No Comments |
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A great turnout at the very impressive Keepmoat Stadium last night for the Business Link South Yorkshire event.
Here are the slides from my session.
Feel free to download and use them. Remember, it’s all about ACTION!
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Posted in General by: Andy on March 28, 2007 | No Comments |
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Royal Bank of Scotland employees have received a warning from a main board director that they face disciplinary action unless they open a bank account with the Edinburgh-based group.
As an employee of RBS apparently you MUST now have an account there! No if’s,no but’s - That’s the rule!
How would you feel?
Imagine if every business forced [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on March 23, 2007 | No Comments |
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Back from presenting to a great bunch of business leaders at Lancaster University School Of Management.
We had a great morning with some excellent contributions from the participants.
Here are the slides.
Have a look at the downloads section of the website - there’s some good stuff there reinforcing many of the isssues we discussed. Remember…it’s about ACTION!
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Posted in General by: Andy on March 22, 2007 | No Comments |
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Came across this site, slideshare.net a couple of days ago - it’s like a You Tube for powerpoint presentations.
There’s lots of stuff up there - the good the bad and the ugly!
I thought I’d enter the competition, and what do you know, I’m currently lying fifth best in the world!
So, if you feel like voting for me, [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on March 22, 2007 | No Comments |
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Andy will be presenting at the Institute Of Sales And Marketing Management event at Ascot on May 2nd.
For more details visit the ISMM website.
It’s open to all -
You’ll definitely pick up somesales and marketing tips to help your business become a real winner!
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Posted in General by: Andy on March 19, 2007 | No Comments |
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Here’s a great article from Business 2.0 highlighting their tips for success in 2007 - Businesses that they think will make it big this year.
They tipped Google, You Tube and My Space in the past when they were just insignificant start ups. Whether they’re right or wrong is not the point. Just see what these companies [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on March 19, 2007 | No Comments |
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