February is a quiet time of year for accountants?
Usually for accountants January is the busiest month of the year, followed by February and March being very quiet. Except we have just had our companies busiest week ever for new clients, in February! The new clients we have taken
A week with the Amazon kindle e-reader
I have had a kindle for over a week now, thanks to the accountingweb.com competition and Sage software, and with the holiday season have had a good chance to explore the features. What I like The electronic ink screen –
Are e-readers the future for 2010?
In predictions for 2010 many people talk about e-readers and it is something that I have blogged about as well. I had been waiting for the Apple tablet to be released before adopting the technology (possibly a January release according
Combining Social Networking & BNI
Below is a copy of my letter that has just been published in SuccessNet, the BNI members magazine: Dear SuccessNet Soon after joining BNI I attended the South East Members’ Day at Brands Hatch and heard Penny Power talking about
Is this the end for both bookshops & coffeshops?
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 different is the service delivery. He also
Is the traditional slideshow dead?
At the BNI International conference one of the presenters talked about animoto. In only a few minutes I’ve created this, and also uploaded it to YouTube, proving how easy it is to create projects:
How easy is it to be ‘known’ internationally?
I discovered last week that it is surprisingly easy. As I am a director for BNI in Surrey, when I was in Spain last week for a few days I was offered the opportunity to present a training seminar to
So, what worries you most about tax?
Following on from my recent poll, these are the three that worry people the most: 1) Not dealing with past years 2) Hidden costs 3) Dealing with HMRC These are all areas that a professional can help you with: Not
Would you like to know a secret about videos?
Following on from an earlier blog I recently discovered that YouTube was actually ranked the second highest search engine and thought that this could have possibilities for helping people to ‘know me’ and maybe start to ‘like me’. So, what’s the secret?
Would you like a business advantage? 24/7 & real-time changes.
I would like to share an example of a client we have just taken on and how the process differed from the traditional way of doing things, which shows how video and short real-time interactions can make a difference. I
Do YOU really have more influence than the largest corporations?
Following on from my previous blog: YOU have the same influence as any large corporation I would say, definitely, yes. An example of this was a lady recently who sent a message out on twitter asking for urgent help with
YOU have the same influence as any large corporation
I was at the Guildford/4Walls event last weekend, where Vanessa Warwick was talking about how things have now shifted from the vertical to the horizontal, which I found to be very inspirational: The ladder has fallen In the past the closed,
