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A Strategy for Blogging - Give others something they want to share [Thomas Power]The real secret is to post things that others want to share either here, on Twitter, on Facebook, on Slideshare, on Linkedin, on Xing, on Viadeo, on their blog, on their profile wherever their... ....let's Learn from the Dog : [Doctor-Das, Suman]What a wonderful story…..had to share. I smiled after looking at the first photo...you will also smile. Just scroll down and you will get to know the story of Will Power. Here it... The Tax and Spend Model of UK Government is Dead [George Montgomery]The decline in the UK economy over many years is closely linked to the Tax and Spend model of governing. Put simply the Tax and Spend Model says that Government (including local authorities and... Obama names new USAID chief [Jeff "Peace is our Business" Mowatt]The position with a $2.6 billion budget has been vacant for the last 10 months and has been filled by a doctor from the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. Given that he's likely to be a... Financiële onafhankelijkheid voor advocaten [Robert Oosthout]De Nederlandse Orde van Advocaten kent in haar gedragsregels richtlijnen over de relatie advocaat en cliënt. De advocaat is de juridische professional, die wat het inzetten van zijn kennis en... Love relationship between two distinctive giants [Mehmet Yildiz]Isn't this a good combination? Regards, Mehmet £1 million community centre live in Aylesbury, Bucks [Kevin Hardern]Well, we finally did it. Our £1 million community centre is up and running in the centre of Aylesbury. The hall and rooms at the Methodist Church here have been fully refurbished, re requipped... Andreas X - About crashing china bone and other cold call related november rain topics . . . [Andreas Wiedow]. . . When you wonder if you better stayed offline or not for a while . . . Are you a fan of nonviolent communication ? Marshall Rosenberg springs to mind. With a certain likeliness some... Anyone interested in Social Media? [Chris Mitchell]For any of you interested in Social Media and CRM I thought that this Virtual Summit and Online Conference looked interesting - Social CRM Virtual Summit It is online this afternoon and free to... Is this the end for both bookshops & coffeshops? [James McBrearty, the twittering tax man]At the recent BNI International conference one of the presenters was talking about the forthcoming Barnes & Noble Nook. This is an ebook reader, similar to an Amazon Kindle, but what makes it... Seven out of ten entrepreneurs motivated by personal adversity [Anthony Mullinder]Entrepreneurial motivation is often driven by personal adversity, research by business education charity The Aldridge Foundation has found. The Foundation's survey of 370 successful entrepreneurs... Morning Call posted by Greg Secker [Greg (Professional Trader and Coach) Secker]UK Market FTSE 100 fell 0.1% or 4.6 points to 5,230.6. FTSE Eurofirst 300 index eased 0.2% to close at 1,010.2. UK markets closed lower yesterday, with the FTSE 100 ending its four-day... Graduate recruits pay for themselves within 20 months, claims study [Anthony Mullinder]The costs involved in recruiting and training a graduate are typically recovered within less than two years, research from Lancaster University Management School has found. The study revealed that... Don't be a Cog in the Wheel [Ian J Rogers]Far too often, we think of ourselves as just another cog in the wheel, a small part of a big plan. We stop dreaming because we think we're too small to matter. We stop trying to make a difference... "Moaning" entrepreneurs hit back at Lord Sugar [Anthony Mullinder]From the Law Donut. Business groups have criticised Lord Sugar for dismissing struggling small-business owners as "moaners", and saying that they have no reason for complaining during the... Cutting Meat Out of Diet Improves Mood.... [Doctor-Das, Suman]Cutting Meat Out of Diet Improves Mood Omnivores who cut all meat out of their diets experience mood improvements, according to a poster session presented this week at the annual American Public... "Critical" applications [Jeff "Peace is our Business" Mowatt]It's funny how someone else's blog can set one's mind racing. Today it was Kevin and a report about a community centre with rooms for hire. 20 years ago,as a software developer, we took our first... Workplace deaths fall to 35-year low [Anthony Mullinder]From the Law Donut. The number of people killed at work fell to a record low last year, the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has revealed. In the year ending March 2009, 180 people died... Does anyone have experience of Buy.at? [Richard Singleton]Does anyone have any experience of Buy.at? One of the charitable organizations I am working for is considering using it as a fundraising system. Any info would be welcome. Thanks Richard... Be Fabulous Hors d'œuvre [Carolyn Williams]Morning, How do I get more Business people to follow me? We are fast approaching Beaujolais Day, when Business suits socialise over a glass or two? This morning, listening to Thomas... How To Use Twitter For Your Business [Lilach Bullock]With the popularity soaring with Twitter everyone has come onto the band wagon and created 100's of different applications to help you get the most out of Twitter. Below are my favourite ones which... Remember the 11th November [Wayne "Mr Europe" Conyers]I like to at this time of year remind myself of some of the poetry that was written during the great war. As today is remembrance day, here is a poem I regard highly. It is still relevant it... Why Ideas Get Copied [Tom Evans]Have you ever had the most amazing idea or light bulb moment and then not carried it through? Then a year or two later, you see someone else has done it and 'stolen' your invention or idea for a... Camley Street, King's Cross - A Sustainable Vision by Alex Smith [Chantal Cooke]Below is Passion for the Planet's new guest blog from Alex Smith, founder and MD of Alara Wholefoods - one of the UK's biggest organic muesli manufacturers who are based in the heart of the capital... Join Me Now [Edward Nash]At 11 hours on the eleventh day of the eleventh month when the guns fell silent. This year for the first time there will be no survivors from WW1. I remember my Uncle Fred, gassed and blinded... Time to make preparations [Glen Tucker]Last night I attended a meeting of the movement "Lawful Rebellion" You can view their web site by clicking the above. What does John Harris, the founder, say? Very simple: We are controlled, we... Andrew Field PPE or FFF? [John Cassidy]Andrew Field is the subject of todays ecademy photo profile critique So the usual question, from visual first impressions is Andrew's profile image PPE (professional, personable and engaging) or... People who like Bach (remember the Hamlet ads) [Stuarte Harris]I'm talking music here, not flower remedies. And I'm talking mainly about Johann Sebastian Bach, although there were about 50 musicians in the Bach clan. And I'm talking keyboard music, although... Climbing The Net of Success....No Ladders Needed [Charlie "The Coach" Robertson]Sometimes we can have the impression on forums that networking and building relationships is all about people running businesses; however, many people I have met on ecademy are here for other... A Crucial Curriculum [Chris Mitchell]I watched a really interesting live webcast the other night which was a panel discussion on 'Embracing e-learning and online training in the face of the flu, the recession and the demand for better... Scoring success [Lou Hamilton]It is a cold drizzly afternoon at Falmouth Football Club and a tired looking stadium with a sprinkling of supporters stands on one side of the pitch, a corrugated hut on the other in which a bleak... Information Technology should not replace the heart [Nic Oliver]People hide behind e-mails by writing things that they would never say to the person's face; they leave voicemail messages at hours when they know that they are extremely unlikely to have to deal... Are you a Networker or a Socializer? [Chinello Ifebigh]The Networker vs. The Contact person In this day and age where the importance of networking for doing business has become breaking news, we see that networking has been elevated to a trend... I wandered nosey as a cow [Doug Jenner]Apologies to Mr W. Wordsworth, esteemed romantic poet. But there's a story (probably apocryphal, but I like it) that when the great man came in from his 'daffodils' ramble, he showed his notebook to... The Winter Season is slowly creeping upon us- Flu and Colds! [suzannah blackwell]Experience the freedom of 'Choice' to facilitate your own body to increase it's vitality and further enhance it's ability to prevent repeated infection! With the sudden drop in temperature and... Do you really know who is in your offline network today? [Dave Clarke]Have you spent any time considering who is in your offline network today and the strength of the relationships with those people? In this edition of the business networking podcast (>3 mins) I talk...
Goldgräberstimmung... was tun Sie?! [Mike Borchert]Nach Gold graben und ein winziges Stück Gold finden? Oder machen Sie es wie ich? ......... Schauffeln verkaufen und Zubehöhr! Was das mit Netzwerken und Verkaufstraining zu tun... Trouper Windsor [Tony "Nifty Programmer" Hine]In the Trouper pub Windsor, had pork belly on black pudding, best food i`ve had for ages. Cheers Tony... From Googledroid Mobile Magic MS Access Hints, Tips & Videos "The more connections I... driver kills 3 using mobile (cell) phone [Paul Clegg]Do you see the motorcycle? Now do you see it? The Honda crotch rocket rider was traveling at approximately 85 mph. The VW driver was talking on a cell phone when she pulled out from... Googles love affair with Ecademy over... [Tim "Marketing n SEO Consultant" Hawkins]Ecademy used to be a great way of leveraging rankings for Google either directly through the site or indirectly by creating backlinks to other sites. Having checked this today I found out that... Hypnotherapy helps homecoming heroes [Penny Ling]With Remembrance Day fast approaching and the United Kingdom's ongoing involvement in war zones like Iraq and Afghanistan always in headlines, the troubles homecoming heroes have in adapting to their... Is open, random and supportive micro-blogging the secret key of success? [Lucas Wyrsch]Dear Ecademists, In a Strategy for Blogging - Give others something they want to share, Thomas Power develops his thoughts what makes a successful blogger. Dr. Mehmet Yildiz goes far beyond the... social media: Its a marathon - not a sprint [Ole Bach Andersen]'Tis the season - a little early I guess. I certainly haven't done any Christmas shopping yet. For the next month and a half the blogs will flood with predictions for 2010 and the advices that go... Former MEP Jailed for Expenses Fraud [George Montgomery]This time the expenses trail turns up in the European Parliament , where an ex-MEP fraudulently claimed £39,000 on expenses and spent it on a new car and fine wines. The person in question... Selling Stuff! [Martin Halfacre]Some people say selling is a numbers game. Some people say selling is all about getting rejected. Some people say selling is all about features and benefits Some people say selling is all about... How web design and SEO work together? [Ashkan Parsa]Design makes your web pages look great SEO helps you get discovered How can they work together in harmony? Having worked with web designers and developers over the last ten years, we have... Graduate 2009 Jobs [Victoria Eastman]Graduate 2009 Jobs Graduate 2009 jobs in the renewable energy market are scarce and we have heard some interesting feedback from the BWEA event held in October for 'graduate 2009 jobs'. The... Name my shed .com [Jon Davey]Liverpool wants £250 million for new stadium naming rights Liverpool Football Club co-owner Tom Hicks expect the club to gain GBP 250 million, a sum that would break the world's record,... Graduate programme 2009 [Victoria Eastman]Graduate Programme 2009 Graduate Programme 2009- Focusing On Changes And Implications Of flexibility Graduate programme 2009 has observed differences in the trends. It is often stated that... Listening to the inner voice of universal love [lucy fleury levi]Hello friends! I hope you are well! I am preparing a spiritual conference in France and I thought it might be nice to share with you the title of one of my meditations, « Listening to the inner... Gold to the Rescue! Why is Gold such a good Investment? [Marco Pietropoli IFA]Gold to the Rescue! Why is Gold such a good Investment? By Marco Pietropoli, Principal, RM Wealth Management, Oct 09 For the full Economic Market Report with all Links, please click here. For... Mostly Wiedow - You are acting like a blog nanny today . . . [Andreas Wiedow]. . . Which brought up the question . . . How does a blog nanny act ? What is a blog nanny ? Are you feeling nanny ? You like nanny ? Become Superfan of nanny. Click and join me on... Name my shed .com [Jon Davey]Liverpool wants £250 million for new stadium naming rights Liverpool Football Club co-owner Tom Hicks expect the club to gain GBP 250 million, a sum that would break the world's record,... Shall we talk about Gaming [Stuarte Harris]As in Gaming the System? Or Wiedowing the Ecademy, as it might be called. Facebook hijackers [Jeff "Peace is our Business" Mowatt]Shock horror probe, as "activists" expose a flaw in social networking where a group is left without an administrator. ... Why is [EDIT] AW acting like a **** ? [Stuarte Harris]I guess this is a rhetorical question because if experience is any guide, there'll be a smart-arse answer that I shall struggle and fail to understand, if I don't lose the will to live before I reach... Temporary German - Why some newbies from Germany raised soooo much attention . . . [Andreas Wiedow]. . . Once it's become clear that we are close buddies, once it's become clear that we are in a network, once it's become clear that we are supporting each other no matter what our buddies have... Who is bored to tears by blogs on SM, blogging strategy, secrets of success and how to be fabulous? [Simon • Cartoon-O! • Ellinas]Probably more than just me. And then you click on them and they are several tortuous unreadable paragraphs of, mostly, useless information. Respondents who received the mass-email asking them to... Global Entrepreneurship Week, 16th - 22nd November 2009 [Hedd "Events" Adams-Lewis]Global Entrepreneurship Week takes place from 16 - 22 November 2009. It's a worldwide movement of entrepreneurial people, with millions unleashing their enterprising talents and turning their ideas... The Modern Customer [Bob Evans]I AM YOUR CUSTOMER Satisfy my wants with personal attention and a friendly manner and I will become your walking advertisement of your products and services. Ignore my wants, show inattention, poor... Do you Storystream? [Alan Stevens]A trend which is taking off rapidly in the news and media community is "storystreaming". I was first alerted to it by Robert Quigley, the social media editor for the Austin American-Statesman. In... Der Weiße Hai und die Geselligkeit [Bernard Bonvivant]Der Weiße Hai und die Geselligkeit Ein Weißer Hai, Ex-Killer und Ex-Einzelgänger, packt aus. Hallo ihr lieben Seeratten und natürlich grüße ich auch die Landratten. Nun ich weiß unter... Cor Blimey, it's like trying to get a deckchair around the hotel swimming pool in here [Simon • Cartoon-O! • Ellinas]They're all at it now. ____________________________________________________________________________________ ↑ Grab this Headline Animator Ha! Humorous Arts, online HUMOUR magazine Hundreds of babies at risk in Ukraine [Jeff "Peace is our Business" Mowatt]Such is the state of public healthcare in Ukraine, that an entire children's hospital is dependent on one sensor device. I post this with the aim of raising awareness, not only on Ecademy. .... What's the Latest with the Real time Search Engines [Francois(DomainName) Hotte]We take a look at the latest developments in real time search. Everyone from Google, Twitter, Scoopler, Collecta, Topsy, OneRiot, CrowdEye... What's the Latest with the Real time Search Engines [Francois(DomainName) Hotte]We take a look at the latest developments in real time search. Everyone from Google, Twitter, Scoopler, Collecta, Topsy, OneRiot, CrowdEye... India planning to be first to withdraw financial stimulus [Ann Andrews]India is seeing clear signs of an upturn in it's economy and is planning to wind back fiscal stimulus - other members of the G20, particularly USA, Japan and Australia believe it is too early.... Attracting customers with your Christmas Presence [Jon Davey]Mark Harris will walk you through some Marketing top-tips for a Cracking Christmas. We're all so busy getting ready for the Christmas rush that we often can't find the time to promote ourselves... Does attitude affect recessionary thinking and results? [Ann Andrews]check the answer here - ann Sign up for our POWERTOOLS newsletter - tips and tools for growing your business, and receive a FREE e-book - 25 Ways To Beat a Recession Ann Andrews CSP The... Glauben Sie an die Heilkraft der schamanistischen Rituale? [Fatimea Tedora]Schamanistische Heilrituale Es werden unterschiedliche Heilrituale von Schamanen weltweit gehalten, auch bei uns in Paraguay. Viele davon sind Geheimwissen und werden überwiegend nur im Lande für... Mobile handsets! Who do you think is making the most money? You may be surprised! [Graeme J Gibson]Nokia may still be the global leader when measured by handset market share but can they profit from this leadership position? According to research firm Strategy Analytics, Apple surpassed... Residents versus grass and cost cutting [Jeff "Peace is our Business" Mowatt]There's a bit of a storm brewing in the Forest of Dean, where local authority housing stock has been handed over to a housing charity, called Two Rivers. Shocked residents including those who'd... Marketing strategy for the faint hearted [René Power B2B Marketing]Strategy can be a dirty, intimidating and expensive word. It often scares entrepreneurs and managers in businesses because by having a strategy, you're nailing your colours to the mast and are... Perverts LOVE Open, Random and Supportive ... [Amanda Hamilton]Single mothers don't ..... It's a vulnerable place at times being a single woman involved in social enterprises online you know. Sometimes it seems so absolutely gung-ho, and other times it... How many should be finding me ? [Jon Davey]OK... here is one for all those SEO chaps out there... If I was top for the phrase "business leads" then how many visitors should I be getting every month? A chance to shine chaps ... tell me... Two years in jail for making a satirical video [Nicholas (Nick) Braak]The other face of social media and the price to be paid for speaking out against a government. Bloggers Receive Prison Sentences Nicholas (Nick) Braak Founder and Chief... Given up on TWITTER? [Barrie Cripps AIBC]I have given up trying to sort out my Twitter account access. Yes I have followed Twitter's helpful instructions. If I decide to Tweet on Twitter again I will have to start another... Nailed: "The X Files" Requiem (2000) [r i c h a r d p e r r y]Another Nailing, confirmed by peer review at the Internet Movie Database.. Revealing mistakes: (At 34:34) Camera focus is lost for almost 6 seconds in this Scully closeup and remains lost until... A collage of recently inspiring pictures occupied my brain cells [Mehmet Yildiz]Most recently, I am inspired by these randomly selected diverse people who left important impression on me. Do you recognise these people from their pictures? If so feel free to provide links... My father once told me ... [Iain McGuigan]"A lie only delays the truth and delayed truth means more trouble, more hurt and greater comeuppance." I don't know why this came to me today, but it did. What did your father tell... Do You Apply Google's 20% Rule to your business? I did and do. [Sam Borrett]Every self starters knows that any business, career, vocation, profession, creative endeavour has its upside and downside, right? We all have heard the saying, "I'm only working in the business,... The World's Simplest Marketing Plan [Warren Cottis]After my comments last week... What Marketing Plan? Budget, what budget?...it was déjà vu for me when I read a blog post from Rich Schefren titled "The Single Biggest Marketing Mistake Small... The British Woman Who Has Two Vaginas [SANOJ RAJ]A 29-year-old British woman who has two vaginas will soon open up about her life in "The Tyra Banks Show." Lauren Williams also has two periods, two cervixes and two uteruses. The unusual... |
