The first FA cup final I ever watched was in 1970 - Chelsea against Leeds. From that day on, the first Saturday in May was spent in front of the TV from early in the morning right through until tea time (then of course, I’d go and re-enact the whole match in the back garden for [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 31, 2007 | No Comments | 
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Just registered the blog on fuelmyblog.com
Feel free to vote for it so that more people will get to see it!
There are some other great blogs there too - it’s well worth a look.
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Posted in General by: Andy on May 30, 2007 | No Comments |
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If you fancy buying a new car from General Motors in the US you will also be able to test drive competitor’s cars at the same time.
According to a report by CNN, GM has instructed its dealerships to have alternatives available for customers to try out. It’s a brave move, but I guess they know [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 30, 2007 | No Comments |
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Here are the slides from my session on leadership at the Common Purpose Graduation session in Sheffield yesterday. It was fantastic to meet so many enthusiastic leaders with passion and energy. You may also be interested in this paper ‘Vision, Values and Victors’ which touches on many of the issues we discussed. Looking forward to [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 24, 2007 | No Comments |
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Great video about the growing gap between advertisers and customers, and why customers are ignoring ‘traditional’ advertising media. It sums it up so nicely - we all need to give our customers a’damn good listening to’!
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Posted in General by: Andy on May 22, 2007 | No Comments |
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Great article about the changing face of marketing. What was the last ‘conversation’ you had with your customers?
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Posted in General by: Andy on May 17, 2007 | No Comments |
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Got my petrol this miserable morning, and received a cheerful greeting and a welcoming smile from the guy behind the counter.
His name was Michael, and he made my morning!
Nothing huge here, but it shows that the little things still do count.
It reminded me of a great quote from Tom Peters: “Chinese proverb - a man without [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 17, 2007 | No Comments |
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Ever wanted an online filing system for all the pages you want to save or refer to again?
Well FURL allows you to do that.
The FURL icon sits in your browser and if you see a page you want to save, simply click on the FURL icon and file it online.
It’s great for research, and stops [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 16, 2007 | No Comments |
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Thanks to all those who contributed to the Entrepreneurs Forum Breakthrough Boot Camp at Longhirst Hall at the weekend.
It really was a tremendous couple of days, and I’m sure that we all got loads out of it.
Here are the downloads of the workbooks and slides, and here’s a link to a site I’m sure many [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 15, 2007 | No Comments |
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I happened to be in a Next shop yesterday, and noticed that they still charge £2 for their catalogue.
In this day and age it seems a bit weird that companies still ask their potential customers to pay them to be allowed to buy things from them. You probably get the two quid back if you [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on May 15, 2007 | No Comments |
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