Posted on 30 December 2008
I know I said my next free offering for the readers of this blog would be a time management report. However, when I started writing it another theme came to mind and forced it’s way to the fore. So… the report I have written is about planning and it is available to download [...]
Tags: business development, goal setting, Planning, ray stewart
Posted on 26 December 2008
Yes. I was out with the family watching “Inkheart” at the cinema christmas eve and when we returned I checked the stats on the recession busting tips report and the 1,000th download had been made.
So I had to take it down right away.
I can’t believe it was exactly a month to the day since [...]
Tags: business survival tips, recession, recession busting tips
Posted on 20 December 2008
Since this new theme has been active (last 3 weeks or so) the number of optin’s for the subscriber list has fallen but the statistics show more visitors than ever.
I have put this down to the loss of the subscriber box on the sidebar. Although the new theme has various options to opt in, [...]
Tags: Business, Marketing, on-line business, popups
Posted on 18 December 2008
We have just had a new patio laid here at Stewart Towers and I wrote the cheque out for it on Monday evening. Yesterday however, we noticed that all the cement between the slabs was breaking up and leaving little bits of cement all over the place.
I was a bit mad so I rang [...]
Tags: Business, customer service, Marketing, ray stewart
Posted on 15 December 2008
I did promise to get this video posted today and I have just about achieved that. You can find the video here but before you watch it, please visit this link (all is explained why in the video) and print off this document as it will really help you work with and understand the [...]
Tags: Advertising, headlines, ray stewart
Posted on 12 December 2008
From the recent recession busting tips report feedback, your biggest concern seems to be how to write at least 100 headlines for each campaign so that the “right” one is sure to jump out. Marie E says “I have trouble coming up with one headline - let alone 100!”.
Well Marie, you are not alone [...]
Tags: Advertising, headlines, Marketing, Online Business
Posted on 11 December 2008
We have seen the paper form filing deadline come and go - this is now ancient history. In just a few short weeks the on-line filing option will expire on the 31st January 2009.
You will not be one of those who miss the deadline will you?
What are the options for filing between now and the [...]
Tags: accountant, accountants, coalville, ray stewart, self assessment
Posted on 08 December 2008
This is the 2nd time I have written this post - ###### computer! Mind you, I wrote it whilst I was angry about my trip to London on Saturday so maybe it wasn’t completely PC which is why my PC fought back and lost it!
Why was I angry?
I went to the seminar [...]
Tags: Business, General, Marketing, sales
Posted on 04 December 2008
I was reading our free newspaper this evening. It is the first one we have received in weeks so it made a nice change.
It made dismal reading though. Not because of the lack of substantial local news - we expect that. It was because of the adverts within it. There must [...]
Tags: Advertising, Business, Marketing
Posted on 02 December 2008
You may have noticed over the past few days the blog has had a different look probably each time you have looked at it.
I have been trying to find a better theme and really thought I had found it with this one from woothemes. However, it isn’t the easiest theme to adapt to and [...]
Tags: online blogging, themes, wordpress themes