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I have a new role! — is that enough of a headline?
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I have a new role! — is that enough of a headline?

So, reader, last week moved at 100 miles an hour. European Freelancers Week hit 60 + online events including THE BIG one - Coworking and Coliving Conference (CCCSEE) which over 380 people turned up to watch. You can flick through the CCCSSE live stream here. We were also setting the up the launch campaign for my new podcast, 'How to Market Your Coworking Space the Simple Way.' Oh, and then I posted to Linkedin I'd become Cheif Operating Officer at Velvet. Wait! You are the what of what Bern
10 Ways Audio Can Change Your Life And Make You Smarter
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10 Ways Audio Can Change Your Life And Make You Smarter

I love the audio. All of my best ideas come from walking around and listening to audio. But it was not always like this. The humble combination of a cell phone, app and headphones turned my life around. It saved it and opened up a whole new universe for me. Feeling dumb, stupid and inadequate. So I was staring at my paperback copies of "A Sentimental Journey Through France And Italy" by Stern and "The Mystery of Edwin Drood" by Dickens and could feel the panic coming over me. I just could n
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Death Camps and Doughnuts

I have a few doughnuts on my plate and there was one I was looking at with enthusiasm. Then someone took the jam out of it. Well, of course, they didn’t. I did. I tried something and it did not work and I am a little pissed off. However, the reason I am pissed off is that the Bernie who is writing this would not have laid the ground work to make that thing not work in the first place. Sorry, I am being a bit cryptic here, it is not for shame or legal reasons – I am hoping by talking about t
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#TAGtribe Blog - “You don’t wanna do that!” by @AnnHawkins

Experts are told to share their expertise, give it away freely, build a reputation and become the ‘go-to’ person for advice in their chosen field. And they do.  There is a wealth of superb free advice on the Internet on practically every subject under the sun but for some reason the world of business seems to attract some particularly annoying characters who take the view that all business owners are idiots who need to be rescued from their own folly. I’m not talking about the really g
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To Fix or Not To Fix – Soon Your Mortgage Decision Will Be Made For You by Ed Sayers

It’s been widely reported that inflation has increased to 3.7% (CPI).  Along with the increasing pressure for the Bank of England to increase the base rate from 0.5% this should have the 7 million variable rate mortgage borrowers reviewing their mortgages. Swap rates, which underpin fixed rate mortgages, have started to rise and mortgage rates look as though they have bottomed out.  Lenders have been withdrawing products and are relaunching them at higher rates.  For example, Skipton Buildin
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Late Show 2011 Blog - Are you soaring or boring? by @julie_hall #llbs

Last week, Bernie shared that he was tired of bland events about bland business issues with bland people selling bland global solutions.  And I feel his pain.  As we begin 2011 and the same old emails start hitting my inbox,  I truly want to weep with boredom.  Where is the interest, where is the new, where is the exciting?  As each day passes more people and companies are chasing an ever reducing pot of money to keep themselves going.  And most of appear to be falling into the trap of being
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#TAGtribe Blog "From Media to Mediums? Human insights & lead scoring" by @RedIdea_

From Media to Mediums? Human insights and lead scoring.   Recently Marketo, the global leader in Revenue Performance Management published 'the definitive guide to lead scoring'(link) a free comprehensive 50 pages guide to lead scoring techniques. Lead scoring is a method in which you assign points to each client prospect. The higher is a client score, the more they mirror the target market segment prospect that is actively subscribing to your services and buying your products. Reason what t
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Emma Thompson will not be at the Late Late Breakfast Show. However.....

This Week we are featuring a guest post from each of our Late Late Breakfast Show  Speakers next up is Malcolm Levene! The first time I met Emma Thompson I was running my retail fashion business. Emma T. was everything you might imagine, especially if you are a fan, like me. And although she was attired in very ordinary clothes, mussed up hair, and wearing a pair of well-worn sneakers, she looked great. In fact, she came across as someone who is unquestionably authentic. I recent
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What we need, want and would like by Daniel Esparraguera

Everyone has a unique experience, their life and the story of it that is delivered in narrative. It is compelling stuff to hear and as people I believe we are attracted to narrative as a means of communication. When we hear a life delivered through narrative the information seems to almost arrive and be received in a different way, it is not just easier to understand, it is clearer as well.  As business people when we hear or see a successful individual communicating the
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"Do you know why you want to use Social Media?" #LLBS #TAGtribe

“Do you know why you want to use Social Media?” “I heard it was the next thing!” “Well we say a bit of old with new is what you should do, find the balance!” The panic of getting on social media is a waste of time; many people are running around town shouting things at you like ‘if you are not on social media you will not have a business in 2 years time!’ Before they were social media experts they were Time Share sales experts and live in the world where everything ‘is the