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News Articles from May 2007

• Writing with rapport: being real 31 May 2007
  One of the the things I'm keen to do through this blog is explore how to write with rapport. Rapport is a key element of coaching and NLP and I'm looking forward to transferring some of the ideas, principles, practices and techniques from these spheres to the business of writing. (You can read more on rapport and other terms in the glossary on my Coaching Wizardry site.)
• Douglas, Victoria street, Macbeths second floor. Tuesday June 26 Time: 7.30 PM 29 May 2007
  ...to a networking event created specifically for entrepreneurs on the last Tuesday of every month. Topic: Open forum for the discussion of internet Marketing and Business Location: Douglas, Victoria street, Macbeths second floor. Tuesday June 26 Time: 7.30 PM Networking events are free to members and GBP 2.00 for Guests. If you would like to participate or have any questions please contact Connexions on Tel: 00 44 (0) 121 288 9051
• Top 20 Motivation Hacks - An Overview 28 May 2007
  For the last two weeks I’ve been posting the Top 20 Motivation Hacks, one by one. These are the tips and tricks that, if used in combination, are a nearly sure way to achieve your goals. Achieving goals is not a matter of having “discipline”. It’s a matter of motivating yourself, and keeping your focus on your goal. Follow these hacks, or any combination of them that works for you, and you should have the motivation and focus you need. Here they are, in reverse order (links take you to more on each):
• The Best Company website and internet presence for £294 27 May 2007
  Work connexions is exicited to announce its newest product. We are offering a complete web package includes website design, email, a year’s internet hosting, and business cards for £294. This provides a very competitive solution for small businesses keen to get on the web with the minimum of maintenance or administration. Find out
• Advertising Campaign Try Out Offer 26 May 2007
  Special offer - We are offering a free advertisement with a one pound GBP sign up too our premium advertisement account. Yes this means that for one pound GBP you can post permission marketed advertisement for your company. If it is personal, contract, temp, or anything business related then this is the place to post. Our helpdesk are on standby to help you with any problems just call +44 (0)121 288 9051.
• Top 10 Business Resolutions 25 May 2007
  When your company is developing and growing it is too easy to overlook some of the less exciting elements of being in business. However, my experience has shown that paying attention to these elements will help your business be more stable, more profitable and easier to run. At the beginning of this year (2007) I sat down to write up the official KDR-EBusiness Top 10 Business Resolutions, and the reasons why you should consider them. If you would like our assistance with putting some of the ideas below into action, then please get in touch.
• Top ten best business blogs by Robert Berkman 24 May 2007
  A Blogging carnival is a world web phenomena where bloggers that are doing interesting or exceptional blogging can get free publicity within their own work sphere. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the form of a blog article that contains permalinks links to other blog articles on a particular topic. If you would like to participate in the next Work Connexions blog carnival or synchroblog then click to read more ...
• The four-step PR process 23 May 2007
  Strive Notes ran series of PR 101-type postings late last year. Every Sunday over several months we got ‘back to basics’ with several ‘how to’ entries that proved to be very popular. To continue where we left off, today we are looking at strategic thinking, the very heart of public relations planning. A PR strategy is, in effect, a plan which predetermines activity to achieve a desired result. It links research data to activity in order to attain goals and objectives. In short, it’s the roadmap to get you where you want to be.
• VC Investment Continues to Increase 22 May 2007
  The VentureOne Q1 numbers are out and show that the VC investment is on a path of surpassing last year's investment. In 2006, $26b was allocated and Q1 of this year is up 8% over last year's first quarter, totaling $6.9b in comparison to the $6.4b 2006 level. However, this is due to increase in money raised rather than the number of deals actually funded, as 30 less deals were funded in Q1 of 07.
• Manager Tips 22 May 2007
  Tips To Train Toastmasters And The Reason Why How do you train someone to be a leader, or better yet, why should you? Here's four tips to help you train them, and the imperative reason to do it. What is a toastmaster you ask? Well it's exactly what it sounds like, the person making the toasts at a banquet and introduces the speakers. The first person everyone looks to when the room falls silent: the alpha dog, the leader.
• Mentors...You Can't Succeed Without Them! 20 May 2007
  Having a mentor is essential to your success. A mentor who has done what you want to do, has the lifestyle that you want to have and has been where you are before. Mentors have learned what works, what doesn't work, and know the fastest and most efficient path to where they are today...They have made the mistakes...and learned what not to do...Since you want to be where they are, learning from them is like reading 1000 books on the same topic.
• Find Assistants for free to complete your chores 18 May 2007
  Work Connexions is an online community where busy people can quickly find Assistants to complete their chores. You can find someone to do anything on www. workconnexions.com Picking up dry cleaning, mowing your lawn, and cooking your dinner are examples of chores you can post. Work Connexions Assistants are individuals and businesses located near you who compete to run your errands. We will help you find the right person for your task. After it is done you can then leave feedback about the company or the individual. Try to it today for FREE!
• Challenge Your Brain for Productivity - 5 MITA Steps 18 May 2007
  Chris Brown asked, "How do you get more productive with your creativity or stay productive and creative?" My immediate answer's quite simple... Challenge your brain because the brain leaps to the adventure of unraveling puzzles and problems. When folks mine rich resources of their brain to solve problems they'll be more productive! How so? They use more gifts and talents at work. Why then, doesn't that happen more?
• Blogs That Sell - 5 Great Business Blogs 16 May 2007
  In this business and indirect monetization blogging series I have been talking about how you can use blogs to gain attention and generate sales leads. Now we should really take a look at some examples. Here are five great blogs that sell.
• The Top Ten Lies of Entrepreneurs 15 May 2007
  Guy Kawasaki writes: "Since I've antagonized the venture capital community with last week's blog, I thought I would complete the picture and “out” entrepreneurs to begin this week. The hard part about writing this blog was narrowing down these lies to ten." "I get pitched dozens of times every year, and every pitch contains at least three or four of these lies. I provide them not because I believe I can increase the level of honesty of entrepreneurs as much as to help entrepreneurs come up with new lies. At least new lies indicate a modicum of creativity!"
• White-collar Workers See Fewer Opportunities 15 May 2007
  Online recruitment activity and related employment opportunities across the United Kingdom declined by nine points in April, reflecting a similar slowdown in hiring from the first quarter of 2006. Despite the drop, the Index still stands at a higher level than the first two months of this year, reaching 141 points in April. Year-on-year growth stands at 26 points or 23 percent. The Index is based on a real-time review of millions of employer job opportunities culled from Web sites across Europe, including Monster®. Most UK industry sectors saw a decline in hiring throughout April, while several occupations did experience increases in demand, including healthcare, social work and personal care and environment, architecture and urbanism.
• Get your Organisation online - Fast - Free 10 May 2007
  Work Connexions can get your organisation on the internet quickly, just by Registering your Organisation. Once you Register, your Organisation will get it's own profile page, your very own corner of the world-wide-web. Link to this page from your emails, your own web site, display the URL on your company stationary, such as your business cards and letter-heads. Your Organisation Profile will also be Search Engine accessible by virtue of our Search Engine friendly site. Your Organisation Profile not only gives you a great opportunity to publish details of your organisation it also allows other users to leave feedback for your Organisation and give your potential customers further proof that you offer a quality service. That's not all, if you have any promotional material you have already prepared, just upload it it your file area in your profile and get it on line too.
• New Blogging integration with major sites 09 May 2007
  We have got whole list of new features coming your way, they should be going live Tuesday evening GMT. Some of the new features include: - Improved Blogging Centre - See how successful your Blog is with our new Reporting Tool - Google/Yahoo/Technorati, del.icio.us and digg integration Don't forget we have just launched our Blog Advantage scheme, where we reward bloggers who write great content about work/life.
• We have had 140,000 hits in April 07 May 2007
  Our web presence continues to grow and with our advertising campaign starting on Monday the 7th May we expect this to significantly increase. There are so many advantages to registering on Work Connexions that it is impossible to list them here. Key amongst them are increased exposure, consistent marketing with Google, newsletters, online marketing campaign and the radio. If you register you can link your site or project with us. Search engines regularly visit our servers imporving your visibility and ultimately, your business. Registration is Free.
• Liftmann gains ISO 9001 Quality Mark 03 May 2007
  Liftmann, a Manx lift engineering company, has just gained it's ISO 9001 Quality Standard. In a process that took 6 months they have been able to achieve full certification. Liftmann Director Rachel Corlett said: “This award recognises the professionalism and quality of Liftmann. ISO 9001 has extremely high standards and confirms Liftmann's focus on quality and customer service. It assures the industry and the public that our team at Liftmann are trained and motivated to provide a first-class service at all times. We supply and maintain a vast range of lift equipment, including passenger lifts, goods lifts and vehicle ramps and we provide mobility products for the disabled."