I'm taking part in a competition to grow a sunflower and the more people who join, the more fun it will be.   It's just for fun and there are no prizes, but four categories:   • dwarf   • tallest   •

Once again, the UK government has introduced proposals to sort out a peripheral problem while it ignores the main cause. I'm talking about dangerous dogs used 'as weapons' or for fighting. Now, I'm ag

When we are working on our accounts day-in, day-out it is sometimes hard to see the wood from the trees. Taking time out to review important accounts on a periodic basis will help to protect what we h

The law or attraction, esoteric magic, quantum theory and studies of the mind accept that we create our reality based on our thoughts.So why is it that we can think the perfect reality in our minds, f

Has anyone heard of a Twitter validation service run on TrueTwit.com?   I followed someone on Twitter yesterday and got this message in response:   "uses TrueTwit validation service. Please follow thi

I cannot get over how time is flying this year, we are already headed into March and for me it is nearing the end of my stay here in South Africa.  I cannot believe how fast it has gone, just the othe

Building accounts take time and focused effort. When you have a number of accounts, it may not be possible to pay the same amount of attention to each of them. Not all accounts will be worth the effor

Hurrah! Are we nearly there yet?   Anyone who has kids, knows any kids or has ever been a kid (OK that’s everyone) will have heard the cry from the backseat of the car “are we nearly there yet?”It see

Although the man mentioned in this post will NEVER qualify to be a Mexican, unless he has a major change of attitude and disposition and learns to treat people under him with a little more dignity. I

Believe me no one likes it! This is especially true when it is directed at you personally or on something you have achieved that is close to your heart. How does one deal with this inevitable occurren

Abuse is about controlBefore you read this blog post, please note that I have referred to the man as the abuser, not because men are always the abuser and women the abused, but only because this is mo

When a business is brand new then there is an obvious need to win new clients. As the business becomes more established then the sales focus should change to be a combination of finding new clients an

Section Eight opened up a new, special kind of superstore in a Sandton shopping center. The Mexican Horse Thief’s  Eurphorium One section of this store sells husbands, yes – women can browse men from

Accepting what is and not what you would like it to be. Instead of letting things just be and living in the solutions and not in the problems. Firstly let me state I F-ing hate it!  If I hated mathem

  Top Tips For a Winning Elevator Pitch    When you meet new people at a networking event, the question, ‘What do you do?’ inevitably arises. How do you handle it? Stumble out a few well-worn phrases

Was never and will never be anything like old Gerontius and Polychronia’s kid, George. I do however meet a lot of people that believe they are in my travels; and most of the time this comes to mind: W

A little while ago I put out a note about new time limits that HMRC have introduced for how far back it and the taxpayer can go when correcting errors, and highlighted the good and the bad points. You

Last year the FSB circulated a plea for volunteers to help out with local schools and colleges on their 'industry days'. I went along and was quite surprised at the enthusiasm and interest of many of

“The pattern of scars on anyone’s spirit determines who we are. Sometimes it enriched the spirit and sometimes it broke it. The secret of life seems to be surviving the damage, and to wear the scars w

Why would any self respecting woman want to even talk to someone like the Mexican, let alone join up with him? In my unusual classrooms I learned why, the hard and painful way, as is usual. I went fro

‘Yummy without the guilt!’ Venue: Cape Town International Convention Center, South Africa Date:   19 – 21 February 2010 Friday 10am to 6pm Saturday: 10am to 6pm Sunday: 10am to 5pm!   Since May 2009  

On the news today, the Johannesburg Road Agency (JRA) in South Africa added that one of the reasons we have potholes is backwashing swimming pools.  I've heard it all, and as one person pointed ou

Are you flexible enough to discipline yourself ?Are you structured enough to allow yourself the freedom to be chaotic?The old rules don’t work anymore. The way we do business, make friends, interact s

While we're at it, are we all fans of each other's facebook pages. Mine is Zarywacz. What's yours? I want to get more fans and make more use of this. When you have 25 fans you can choose a unique name

I remember walking into the design studio of a client and seeing artwork for a brochure on a big 24-inch screen. The first thing I noticed was an obvious misspelling in a massive headline, but the des

If you use twitter, you'll notice that underneath each tweet you post it tells you the time and how you posted it, eg from twitter, another web site or twitter client. Now there is a way of inserting

It's good to keep in touch with customers, but not always. Several years ago I bought a special electrical adaptor from an electrial distributor. The product was just what I wanted and works fine, but

So here is a real can of worms. If one is accused of voyeurism, it is not a complement! Lets try be polite and use the second definition of the word listed in Wikipedia Voyeurism (from the French voye

We all know that connecting and helping each other online is what makes the world go round.   I was just thinking about our blog sites and then it dawned on me that most of us are probably have not ev

For as long as people have been giving me advice, they've been saying I should get a newsletter going and for as long as they've been telling me that I've been resisting...  Well finally I've decided

It would seem I am cursed, and destined to lead an interesting life. Last night, early evening, my friend Gordon picked me up in order for us to attend an art show opening on which he was exhibiting.

Anyone who's been here for more than a few days will have noticed that the site has changed. And as we look around, we can see just how much has changed - sure, the most immediately visible change is

I am very angry. In November 2009 a lorry took down a power cable outside my house causing a power surge that damaged the power supply of my laptop. I could only use it until the power ran out and als

Accuracy? Does it matter. I'm working on a travel brochure at the moment - takes me back to my BA days - and the challenges of presenting tours, dates, routes, pick-up points, fares and other detailed

This is not actually One Man's Opinion. More like Other People's Opinion on - One Man's Opinion. I know on a huge site like Ecademy the amount of profile and blog views in this post below are minuscul

After reading about, SEO, blogging, google search, facebook searches, tags,spiders, robots, bots, optimasation, and many, many, many other things. Then trying to remember where I had posted what, and

After reading about, SEO, blogging, google search, facebook searches, tags,spiders, robots, bots, optimasation, and many, many, many other things. Then trying to remember where I had posted what, and

For small businesses the Flat Rate Scheme (FRS) can be very useful as it simplifies the preparation of a business's VAT return. Before you rush off to sign up for the FRS you should take a few moments

After reading about, SEO, blogging, google search, facebook searches, tags,spiders, robots, bots, optimasation, and many, many, many other things. Then trying to remember where I had posted what, and

Blogs, Wikis, Web 2.0, Social Networking and the changing of search algorithms has changed the search engine optimization industry. What worked well a few years ago, does not work that good now. With

Ethics is a moral code.  The problem with ethics is that everyone's morals or ethics are different. So what is OK for you, is NOT OK for others. So rather than selling ethically - just followin

  I am putting together my list for an article, and I cannot remember good easy to use free teleseminar facilities. Can anyone recommend any?   Romany ThresherDirect Assist Online &nb

  There is a saying  'Words are cheap'. When it comes to building trusted relationships with clients words can turn out to be very expensive. What you say to clients is important but not

I've got lots of business cards: my own business cards. I was offered an incredible deal a few years ago and had a million or so printed (all right, not so many). So here they sit in nice plastic boxe

This is a copy from the South African site, but again the principle will work oceans apart. You may, or may not have read my observation a little while back on Social Media. That was written a short

  Wondering what my fellow South Africans had to say about how they felt about the Soccor World Cup I decided to post a blog called. Well that's disappointing and it opened up an interesting se

To my new found British friends,This was for one site that I use in South Africa, but I feel the principal remains the same. Oceans apart or not. That is why I like principals and not RULES. By now I

Proving One Man's Opinion!   There are some that are not convinced that Social Media Marketing will or does work. A lot are the outdoor wildmen. Here I plan to show him that he is wrong! Please

  Ok, I think we are going to have some ups and downs over the next week or two. We are going through a site migration and also a total overahaul. Phase one was to install the new upgrade onto

Ancient In pre history stories were told around a campfire, the only way tradition and knowledge were passed on. This was a social and a learning process. I bet the tribe's storyteller from around th