9 nifty net nuggets
I’ve noticed that the amount I post on the blog has declined with time, most of the information I share to my network, is now done via twitter and delicious… as a short message or a link with a comment.
It would be easy to forget that most people, probably don’t use all of those platforms. So, especially for those of you who don’t use twitter, or haven’t had a good butchers through my delicious bookmarks… I present: “9 nifty net nuggets”.
The top 9 (slightly random) website tools or articles that I highly recommend you check out.
Happiness as Your Business Model – so true. Hat tip to Neil Moodley for pointing me to this one, I love it. (It’s not as happy clappy as it sounds either)
50 Scientifically Proven Ways to Be Persuasive – absolutely inspired marketing stuff – go read it.
Local Government Association – banned words – full list – words to avoid (mostly) when writing content. The world would be a better place if some of these words/phrases ceased to exist!
Domai.nr – domain name search engine – a simply genius way of choosing the web domain name for your next project.
10 Youtube URL Tricks You Should Know About – don’t want recommendations at the end? How about if the clip you posted started 30secs in? You need these!
115 Marketing Strategies For Small Business – simply great. What it says on the tin.
The theory of reasoned action applied to social networking – behavioural psychology behind status updates – a must read for all!
960 Grid System - one for the designers/developers – a simple system to speed up and tidy up your web design.
Most Web Companies FAIL – great success/fail picture of “2.0″ companies, really made me think.
Take 20 minutes and go visit the ones that interest you.
I promise you won’t regret it.
…and as a bonus (always promise something and then over deliver)
What’s the day? – just, because.
Read MoreAnnouncing the Shape Your Idea seminar
Hello, I’m Neil Moodley. Luke has kindly allowed me a guest spot on his excellent blog to tell you about a new project I have recently launched.
I have been working on a new seminar for people who want to take the first tentative steps to being their own boss and run their own small or micro business, but are worried about the risks and uncertainty involved.
I’ve certainly faced these worries myself and have found, through experience, discussion and education in the MBA programme, that there are concrete, actionable steps you can take to reduce those risks and clarify much of that uncertainty.
That’s why I have created a 2-hour seminar, aimed at giving people the confidence to take that first step. And where does that journey begin? With the idea, of course!
This low-cost, high-value seminar, Shape Your Idea: How to Find a Business Idea and Tell if it’s a Good One, will give attendees the tools and knowledge to be able to find ideas, assess and refine those ideas, value those ideas and start planning the execution of those ideas.
So if you find yourself in those uncertain shoes, you can find out more here, or register a place now. You never know, it might change your life!
Read Morea jump for Julia’s house
I’ve wanted to do a skydive for a while now… so when my friend Dylan (1000+ jumps) offered to throw me out of a plane… who was I to say no?
As I’m already donating some of my time working with Julia’s House, I thought it made sense to try and raise some cash for them as well.
There are hundreds of children across Dorset who are suffering from life-limiting illnesses. Julia’s House is dedicated to providing love, support and help to both them, and their families ensuring they make the most of the time they have together. Read more about Julia’s house here.
PLEASE NOTE: I’ve paid for the jump – ALL FUNDS raised go to Julia’s House
(big thanks to Dylan for giving me his time and expertise for free too)
I’d like to raise £250, so anything you can give is appreciated.
Read Moretraining, twitter and seminars
It’s been a busy few weeks here, with lots of training courses we’ve run on and off site and a visit to London for Internet World ’09.
I’ve also found that I’m using twitter more as a micro-blog and using this less, so if you wan’t to keep up to date with articles I think are worth sharing and other useful stuff, make sure you’re following me on twitter.
There are 2 things from all of this travelling and time away from the office I do want to write about:
1) I was asked during one of my sessions if twitter was “just the current thing”. Yes, Twitter may be a fad, micro-blogging / the real-time web / status updating is not. For this reason, I make sure that any training is focussed on use of the tool and less on the tool itself. Understanding why the way we use the internet is changing and how to utilise that, is far more valuable than a how-to twitter session.
2) Please remember that presentations are visual. I sat through a couple of talks at Internet World 09 and I have to say I was mostly dis-appointed (only one, on an exhibitor stand was the exception) – One session seemed to be behind the times, mentioning a technology that will “probably become available in the next year or so”… that I already use and in another the presenter just read off his slides (and people left during the talk). I won’t write an essay here on good presentation, but this is a basic point – DON’T READ OFF SLIDES! Slides should be used to re-inforce what you’re talking about, to offer visual interpretation of a concept or to entertain… not to mirror your speech, people read faster than they speak so your audience will finish before you’ve explained it.
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