Facebook is currently the third largest nation on earth (ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_population) and is still growing. And whilst Facebook administrators maintain a murky and illusive presence, it also remains largely unregulated, lawless, an online wild west. Anything … [Read more...]
Are Websites Dead?
July 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
We can’t know what the future holds - but we can watch market trends and online developments unfold, and ensure we’re making smart business decisions around how we use these to empower our marketing efforts. I’m delivering a presentation to SHE Business Australia this week on how to create … [Read more...]
Freedom (through Systems..)
June 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
It’s a curious thing that we tend to associate systems and structure with limiting freedom. In business the opposite is actually true: we set ourselves free through systemisation. It took me years of working unnecessarily hard in and on my business - and some timely and wise words from a mentor … [Read more...]
Measuring The Immeasurable
June 8, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My bathroom scales broke this week. And I’m not buying another set. I’ve been a slave to those things since I was 15 years old and first sent to boarding school, where eating disorders were so rife that we were weighed at the start and end of each term. Suddenly, for the first time, I had … [Read more...]
Be Classy
May 25, 2011 By 1 Comment
I was in a bar recently watching what passes for romance and seduction at midnight on licensed premises play out before me, and I got to thinking about the similarities between the world of dating and the world of marketing. This bar was full of girls wearing more make up than clothes, falling … [Read more...]
Are You Likeable?
May 18, 2011 By Leave a Comment
I’ve been thinking a lot about a recent blog by Siimon Reynolds. Siimon says - “Business is so competitive now that very little separates most companies in a sector. So when faced with choosing between two equal companies for a new contract, people will often go with the company whose team … [Read more...]
Root Of All Evil – Or Tool For The Greater Good?
May 10, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Many people labour under the mistaken belief that making a lot of money and being a good person are mutually exclusive. I encounter this belief frequently when working in the personal development and health practitioner fields. People believe that the pursuit of wealth and the desire to help … [Read more...]
Making It Happen
May 3, 2011 By Leave a Comment
A long time ago in a far away land, I was a Project Manager for IT and telecommunications giants Microsoft and Vodafone. I subsequently shed the suit and ran away to travel the world, eventually washing up on Australia’s shores and embarking on a personal and professional development … [Read more...]
Fear
April 25, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Human beings have an in-built system designed to keep us safe. It used to help us not get eaten by sabre toothed tigers. These days, when we experience fear it's often misplaced and doesn't serve us. Instead, by keeping us 'safe', this fear keeps us small. In business, many of us are prevented … [Read more...]
Take Good Care Of Yourself
April 23, 2011 By Leave a Comment
My business started the evolution into its current format after I broke my back in a bad horse-riding fall last March. I was chairbound for a while, and forced to find other ways to generate income when I couldn’t physically train clients, or travel to coaching appointments. So I basically … [Read more...]
