Snap out of it!

Snap out of it!

Okay, most of us have been in lock down for a long time and it’s obvious that life won’t go back to the way it’s always been. There’ll be many changes and you’ll need to change with them too. Better still, why not be the person making the changes that will keep you...
Real Meaningful Specifics!

Real Meaningful Specifics!

In a recent newsletter (Business Notions 4), I emphasised how important it is to give validity to the claims you make about your products and services. You need to give real, meaningful, solid specifics rather than vague meaningless generalities.That’s why I was...
Use a checklist, part 2

Use a checklist, part 2

Where can you use a checklist? Well, you can use them in a letterbox dropper, you can use them in a media advertisement, you can use them at your website, and you can use them as a handout. Yes, that’s right, a handout. If you meet somebody and get them interested in...
The Parable of the Chook!

The Parable of the Chook!

You know it’s amazing what you discover when you practice the ancient and noble art of omphaloskepsis. It means contemplating whilst gazing at one’s navel and was first practised by the ancient Greeks as an aid to meditation, I understand. Anyway, I love it and...
Another Commercial

Another Commercial

It’s pretty difficult to come up with new ideas for lottery commercials other than showing ecstatic people throwing money in the air and then spending it on all the things people dream about. So this commercial for Instant Kiwi scratchies goes for humour to lock the...