Business men and women like to read stories by CEOs who are currently flying high but have felt both the pain of failure and the bright lights of success during their business life. Constant success is a crash waiting to … Continue reading Berkshire CEOs Blog Stories
I’ve always preferred joining in and finding out rather than reading, reading, reading… YOU? Thunderclap allows you to ask your contacts to share their Twitter, Facebook or Tumblr accounts with you for ONE TWEET ONLY, one Facebook post or one … Continue reading What can Thunderclap do for your crowd funding campaign?
There is a new video streaming app in town called Meerkat and I’m going to give it a spin tomorrow morning. It steams via Twitter… I’m presenting to students at Newland’s Girl School tomorrow morning and I’d like you to … Continue reading At 9:05am Monday 16th March your world might change forever!
In the old days, way back before 2015, if you had a great idea then you might be reluctant to share it because others might steal it… In 2015, as the government searches for ways to make us more afraid, … Continue reading Crowdfunding, well that was a Cinch!
I was asked by the award winning inventor Steve Bridger to assist him with his latest business book, what an honour… thank you for asking Steve… In the beginning It was the start of a new year… “How am I … Continue reading Creation & Value of Email Newsletters
There once was an ugly duckling… that should have been culled at birth! Had this chap following me on LinkedIn and he kept posting negative comments against my posts… I assume to amuse himself & to irritate me. Last time … Continue reading Negative vibes
Have you been wondering how you might get around the problem of people having a favourite social media channel? Requiring you to have the same conversation on each channel separately? Worry no more… we have a solution and you can … Continue reading CrowdChat.Net Professional social media engagement
This year I plan on pushing out the popular discussions from the Business in Berkshire LinkedIn Group at 1PM each day… Each blog is pushed out to nearly 1,000 people directly & then thousands more via Twitter, LinkedIn & Facebook… … Continue reading Looking to share your ideas?
If you’ve been wondering how to get started with crowd funding then you’d best join us for our Crowd Chats, starting next Tuesday 13th Jan 4:45pm #buildingyourcrowd Crowd funding requires two things 1. A Crowd 2. Generosity of Spirit… Mean, … Continue reading Crowd Funding Steps to Success
Happy New Year… 2015 is set to be an exciting year as we pick our most effective social media channels and get those conversations rolling… I’ll be looking to drive conversations about crowd funding over at Crowd Patch, please accept … Continue reading Developing your social media networks 2015
Yesterday we achieved our crowd funding target for Forest School’s 3D Printer… let me tell you a story… The invitation was despatched, “You are cordially invited to a presentation at the House of Commons on the afternoon of Thursday 4th December hosted by Barry Sheerman … Continue reading 3D Printers for YOUR School
Pictures paint 1000 words… so they make a great substitute where you can’t use video… videos paint 1,000,000 words! I’m putting together a document called “The 39 Steps of Crowd Funding Success” and I’d like 39 pictures plus one for … Continue reading Crowd Sourcing Some Pictures, Can You Help?
We’ve launched 2 Christmas charity crowd funding campaigns, a National 3D Printer project (starting in Wokingham) and put the call our for a corporate family fun day so we need to showcase an individual or two! First up, Charlotte Wilkinson … Continue reading Crowd Funding your dreams
Enjoy this Christmas tale… 😉 1. First we had family, friends & the local community who, in days of old, would help folk out in their time of need, offering a helping hand. Put your pig in the bottom field … Continue reading 12 Good Reasons to Look at Crowd Funding
So where will your pooch be stopping when you go on your Christmas holiday to Goa? Will you leave it to fend for itself or will you book it in to your local kennel? We tend to use a local … Continue reading Dreaming of Goa? Woof, Woof…
Sunday evening I put my diary together to see me through to Christmas… then it’ll be time to lay down my vision for the start of 2015… The purpose of the plan is not to lay down some targets that … Continue reading Preparing to lay down that business plan 2015
This is Russell’s best video to date… he’s now relaxing into the role of people’s champion and kicking some media butt… you’ve got to love his work… Or not as the case may be 😉 Why is it that when … Continue reading Great use of celebrity power for the people
Last week I asked a printer to organise me a banner for tomorrow & I don’t have a new banner for tomorrow… So I figured the best thing I could do is create myself an A4 flyer and get my … Continue reading Need an Expo flyer for tomorrow?
Dave Hampton got some great news this week, he was judged THE Sustainability Leader at the Sustainability Leaders Awards 2014. So pleased for him… EDIE are the leading publisher in the environmental space… 10 years ago I “sponsored” them to … Continue reading THE Sustainability Leader Award Winner 2014
Last week I tried another experiment with Twitter to see if we could turn engagement into reality. Funny thing Twitter, very much a real time engagement tool… talking about a topic with many using #hash tags or with a few … Continue reading Tweet, tweet, tweet… get your advent calendar ‘ere!
Posted this on my Business in Berkshire LinkedIn Group last week but I felt the need to also share it right here, right now! What go from 2672 members to over 5000 in a day… you must be off your … Continue reading Looking to double the membership TODAY!
Being asked to talk about something you feel passionate about makes you feel good inside Last Thursday of November I’ll be at The Business Show Olympia talking about Crowd Funding… there will be few others talking about other stuff that … Continue reading The Business Show, Olympia Thursday 27th November, Hall 9, 2:00-2:30pm
The times they keep on changing… or do they simply loop round on themselves in the circle of life? It’s not too many moons ago that if you shared too many social media contact points when you made a comment … Continue reading Changes in LinkedIn Etiquette
Crowdfunding The Highs And Lows, Swap A Skill, Beer & Pizza, Grow @ Green Park a ConnectTVT Innovation Hub Wednesday, 5th November 2014 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM £10.00 per person 250 South Oak Way, Green Park, Reading. RG2 6UG … Continue reading Crowdfunding MeetUp Wednesday Reading
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