PostsFree Advertising... By Video! 28th November 2014 10:49 AM Bit disappointed Luke, not a Yakedar to be heard! Am absolutely hopeless with video, but your vid, especially the second one has inspired us! Clive is buzzing with ideas and is downloading Windows Movie Maker as we speak Becoming a Non Smoker 28th November 2014 10:25 AM
“Needless to say, its been about two or three weeks since I had a heart attack (a teeny tiny one everyones blowing the world out of proportion about) and it seems its time for me to try again. And NO cold turkey this time. Will have to wean myself off them I think. ”
Right young lady, that's a clear shot across the bows if you ever needed one! No more talking, time to start doing and quit! We want regular progress reports. Look at our man Ray who started this thread years ago. Smokings ancient history to him now and he turns up to work in a Bentley Black Friday and Cyber Monday - sales boost or sales hype? 28th November 2014 10:20 AM Some odd reports on the Beeb about UK people getting arrested in Black Friday shopping mania, and Police getting called to supermarkets across the UK Really??? Must be the odd city folk. All quiet on the Western Front in our local Morrisons this morning when I grabbed a sarnie and some milk Mind you, trying to access our online banking this morning via Natwest was painful, so obviously some serious transactions going through. Anyone inundated with sales? If so what are you doing on the forum, get some work done! The Holidays are Coming... Norfolk Style 28th November 2014 10:15 AM
Image from Facebook, so credit unknown, but made me smile New technology snubbed for retro - vinyl is back! 27th November 2014 5:34 PM
“ and someone else only wants to make a clock out of em. ”
A clock out of a record? You South Africans have some weird habits Small Business Saturday - 6 Dec 2014 27th November 2014 4:27 PM
Support Local Business by celebrating Small Business Saturday on the 6th Dec and shop local. What is Small Business Saturday? Small Business Saturday UK is a grassroots, non-political, non-commercial campaign, which highlights small business success and encourages consumers to ‘shop local’ and support small businesses in their communities. The day itself takes place on the first shopping Saturday in December each year, but the campaign aims to have a lasting impact on small businesses. Even our local Council is getting involved, well done to Warwickshire Council Join in by promoting on your own social media feeds, either share this thread or tweet using the #SmallBusinessSaturday hashtag You can also publicise by using official logos and digital marketing by following the smallbusinesssaturdayuk.com link. Promote yourself, promote small business, get consumers to shop local. For once a win win marketing opportunity The Dirty side of business... 27th November 2014 11:31 AM Just recently started a new Ltd company. The minute it was registered with Companies House, the sales enquires started. No directory listings or other advertising (business is still in set up stage) so all enquires have to come from Companies House. Had everything from accountancy touting, directories (shock horror), business finance etc etc. Then the unsavoury side starts. Fake or misleading documents to give the impression of an outstanding invoice, have done various posts over the years on these. Although names may change, the principle and method is normally the same.
As a new business owner, you need to get streetwise very quickly. Never, ever,ever agree to anything from a cold call, including phone, email or a johnny walking in off the street. Spend 2 minutes and do some research. If on the phone, put it down and ask for a number to call them back on. Google them, check out claims, looks for reviews, feedback or type the company name and the word scam in Google As Centric says there is unfortunately a dirty side to business. Anyone else got any advice for new business owners? Ramsey signature forged for 27th November 2014 10:26 AM Didn't see this in the news last week. So poor old Gordon Ramsays still suffering the ramifications from being defrauded by his father in law a few years ago. It seems his father in law used a "ghost writer machine" to forge his signature, something that was normally done for publicity and marketing materials. He's in court trying to get the 25 year lease on the York & Albany pub near Regent's Park cancelled as his argument is he didn't actually sign it. More fascinated about the ghost writing machine, never heard of that before! Just shows how naive I am, thinking all those signed books and merchandise was actually signed by a celebrity! I guess when you have a need for one of these machines, you've really made it
Image courtesy of www.signaturemachine.com What Are You Listening To Now? 27th November 2014 10:10 AM Dohhh, that bandaid song again New technology snubbed for retro - vinyl is back! 27th November 2014 10:02 AM It seems people are going retro and vinyl records are back in vogue as vinyl records sales hit an 18 year high, breaking the 1 million sales mark. The Official Chart Company told the BBC it will soon launch a weekly vinyl chart. "In an era when we're all talking about digital music, the fact that these beautiful physical artefacts are still as popular as they are is fantastic," said Martin Talbot, managing director of the Official Charts Company. Have a large collection of vinyl somewhere in the loft collecting dust, next to the big box of CD's which are now all converted to MP3. Many happy memories saving up pocket money and buying the latest single. But for a practicable purposes, you can't beat having 8000 song's on your iphone and plugged into the car stereo. Guessing the new vinyl craze is been fuelled by a niche audience? Could be good news for Kempres and his retro shop |
It's not Dec yet and I'm already bored of hearing it