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Fabulous Friday Feeling on radio with Fashion and Film!

June 19th, 2009 · No Comments · Inspiration, Uncategorized

Knowing that you look good, and doing something worthwhile were the topics of conversation on the radio show this week.
Guest Romi Carr   of CzechMarque who is an image and colour stylist spoke about the importance of wearing colours and styles that you love and that suit you. Having a wardrobe of clothes that go [...]

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7 Reasons why Susan Boyle’s got talent

May 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Marketing

Susan Boyle has qualified for the finals of “Britain’s Got Talent.”
What is special about her?  After all there are plenty of dowdy middle-aged women with good voices who do well in the first rounds of a competition but never qualify for the final.
Why has Susan Boyle’s video been downloaded 58 million times? Why has she [...]

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Happy 1 month blog birthday

May 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Social media, Uncategorized, Words

My Wordpress blog is four weeks old. Having had a few miscarriages of communication with previous blogs my idea this time was simply to behave as a real parent. My entirely new domain felt like a new domain in every sense.
My blogging aims for the first month were:
To provide the best [...]

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Friday – the day for marketing spark!

May 8th, 2009 · No Comments · Bit of a Rant, Inspiration

Twitter has “#Follow Friday” which is the day when people post about who else to follow.
This spreads the social media love, helps people acknowledge each other, and – at heart – reminds everyone what twitter is about.
Fridays are special days for finding your spark!
Fridays have always had a special place in the working week. [...]

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Face to face networking – small business marketing spark

May 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Face to Face Networking, Inspiration, Internet Marketing

A small business needs marketing spark. The cost-effective way to breathe in new ideas and get inspiration is by getting away from the computer and out there meeting people. The best way of doing this is by doing face to face networking rather than closing sales deals.
What’s so good about networking for a [...]

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Social media marketing plan – path made by robots!

April 17th, 2009 · No Comments · Bit of a Rant, Inspiration, Internet Marketing, Marketing, Social media

Great day yesterday! I am starting to link my sites so that there are paths from one to another and getting a bit of robot power to make the way easier.
This blog is now my twitter website link, and I have put a link back from my site Creative Spark Communications to this blog. [...]

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Inspiration on the checkout

April 10th, 2009 · No Comments · Face to Face Networking, Inspiration

Yesterday I went to the supermarket to stock up for Easter.  And I bought a bunch of flowers.
As she was checking the goods through the scanner the assistant picked up the flowers and said ” Thank you I would have served you anyway.”
It took me a few seconds to realise that she was making a [...]

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Oxford or Cambridge – which are you?

March 30th, 2009 · No Comments · Branding

Oxford were the favourites at this year’s Boat Race.  They were the heavyweights (pun intended), serious, focussed, and they visualised their feet smashing down on the faces of their opponents.  (Yes, really.)
Cambridge were presented as more humourous and relaxed.  The crew were physically lighter and shorter and the cox was a woman.
At [...]

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