It was 42 years ago today that Bob Dylan outraged his fans by playing an electric guitar at the Newport Folk Festival. On the 25th July 1965, this ‘revolutionary’ move resulted in him being boo’d offstage and prompted a massive backlash.
The unannounced switch was seen as a betrayal and calls of ‘Judas’ can be heard on audio [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 25, 2007 | No Comments | 
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Click here to download my latest slideshow on slideshare.net. It’s already been downloaded over 500 times in the first four days of it being up there which is quite exciting!
If you’ve not been on slideshare.net yet, it’s well worth a visit. Better still, why not participate and get something up there yourself?
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Posted in General by: Andy on July 23, 2007 | No Comments |
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Following Jill’s ‘coffee - less’ experience on friday, her dad had a refreshingly different experience with the Abbey Building Society. He’s going to see them today, and on friday got a call asking if anyone else would be coming with him. They also asked how he takes his tea or coffee so they could have a drink [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 23, 2007 | No Comments |
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Jill had an appointment with Barclays Bank yesterday to discuss the possibility of opening an account. She had with her a ’substantial’ cheque to deposit too!
After a hectic morning dashing around she settled in the interview room and was offered a drink by the very helpful member of staff. “I’d love a cup of coffee” explained Jill. “Sorry” came [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 21, 2007 | No Comments |
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The Entrepreneurs Forum in the North East is probably the best ‘network’ for growing business leaders that I’ve come across. The energy, passion and commitment shines through in everything they do. A recent innovation is ‘Event Extras’ which provides those busy members who couldn’t attend a particular seminar or workshops with a brief summary of [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 20, 2007 | No Comments |
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The announcement by former IPC Media editorial director Mike Soutar that he will be launching a new free quality men’s magazine is another example of the changing face of marketing. It shatters the existing business model and market place.
How would you react if it happened in your industry? Don’t think it ever would? I suspect [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 18, 2007 | No Comments |
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Thanks to all those members of the Entrepreneurs Forum who attended the ‘Make Your Business Sizzle This Summer’ event in the North East last night.
As ever, the contributions were great, and it was a fabulous evening.
Here are the slides as promised. For those who are interested in the next Business Breakthrough Programme we mentioned, click here to [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 18, 2007 | No Comments |
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Useful article by Dan Bobinski, a fellow contributor to Management Issues on the future of marketing. It’s interesting stuff and is well worth a read. He’s talked to a number of marketing experts who have given their thoughts. For example, Tac Anderson, a partner at Menloprk.com and an avid marketing blogger ( newcommbiz.com), says the future [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 17, 2007 | No Comments |
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I posted a couple of weeks ago about the 50 Best Business Blogs highlighted in The Times. A follow up article has recognised this blog ‘worthy of mention’ saying it has ‘exhortations typical of this go getting blogging genre’. It’s right there next to Tom Peters, which isn’t bad company to keep! You may also be [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 12, 2007 | No Comments |
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US telephone company Sprint has just sent a letter to 1000 customers to terminate their contracts. Turns out that these customers are not the customers who don’t pay their bills on time, but are the biggest complainers. Typically making over 25 calls a month complaining about something, some apparently called over 300 times a month! In the [...]
Posted in General by: Andy on July 9, 2007 | No Comments |
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