What you can learn about your career from the sacking of Brendan Rogers I don’t know if you follow football, or have the slightest interest in Liverpool, but football is a bit of a religion there. One famous Liverpool manager, …
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Most meetings are rubbish – here’s scientific proof.
(From a cleverer man than me. And very funny) You may have to think about this but it will save you endless hours of misery, rage and frustration Here’s an equation… N x (N – 1) ÷ 2 This shows …
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Read More“How to Lose Customers” an idiot’s guide, courtesy of The Halifax Bank
“The older I get the more I admire and crave competence, just simple competence, in any field from adultery to zoology” – H.L. Mencken Forgive me for trotting out one of my favourite quotations again, but it pops into my head …
Read MoreThe hell with being “creative”. Try a questionnaire
Some techniques are so deceptively simple and obvious that people ignore them. They’re not “creative” enough. Well, screw “creative”. I like things that work. And questionnaires work like a charm A while back Gail Brennan in Australia sent me a …
Read MoreWhich of these 7 silly website sins are killing your business?
Would you like 21% … 92%… even 200% more sales from your website? Then read this. Because I wager you’re missing some of these tricks. Most sites – not just a few – are guilty However much time and money …
Read MoreThe triumph of bollocks – or how to “redefine” anything
Which worries you more? Your health? Or your health provider? I once lived in Harley Street under a false name for seven years. This was because I owed so much to the Inland Revenue I didn’t dare show my face. …
Read MoreIs your marketing a sound investment – or a wasteful cost
If you are a marketer this makes unhappy reading. If you are a manager it may not surprise you. But don’t be smug The news is shocking. The overwhelming majority of CEOs do not believe marketers deliver the results they should. The …
Read MoreWhy do so many alleged marketing experts ignore the absolute basics of writing?
Here’s the silly reason why so many e-mails fail Because you’re reading this I suspect one thing about you. You’re interested in marketing, because other than the stupid things I see around me that’s what I know best and write about most. …
Read MoreWhy people don’t vote – and Russell Brand the intellectual
If you think it makes no difference why vote? The General Election and a little tale from Bristol Not long ago comedian Russell Brand was voted fourth on a list of the world’s great thinkers – or something similar. Possibly, God …
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