It’s the same in most businesses; you get presented with a piece inviting a quote/audition/tender/bid, and when you see how much they want for the price they’re willing to pay, it does beggar belief. Recently, on a voiceover directory/audition site, I was presented with a job offer that ‘matched my profile’ as they tend to…
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Who Do You Trust? Plus The Apps That Make Business Networking Easier
Episode 7 of our Small Biz Live podcast series has gone live on this site and on iTunes. This week we’re asking “Who Do You Trust?” when seeking advice, help, support and when buying from potential suppliers. We’re also looking at the latest offerings for mobile apps – bridging the gap between offline and online business…
The Power Of Choice – Why Less is More, & The State Of UK Customer Service
The Small Biz Live episode 6 has gone live, talking about the power of choice, why less choice generates more sales. We also have a special guest in the form of Danny Slevin from Objective Eye, a competitor-research company, (for the uninitiated, it’s also known as ‘mystery shopping’), who we will be talking to about…
Our Business Radio Show Hits New And Noteworthy On iTunes
Last week our business radio show series Small Biz Live was picked by iTunes to appear in ‘New & Noteworthy’ in the business category. We were naturally chuffed by this as it gives us even more exposure! We’re also getting a rather healthy number of subscribers and listeners which is very encouraging, so thank you…
Small Biz Live – New Business Radio Show
Small Biz Live is a new business radio show that I host with two of my colleagues, Neil Humphrey, a design and branding consultant, and Luke Carthy, a marketing consultant. The aim with this series is to discuss topics that relate to each of our respective fields, but also to contain lots of good general…
Someone Thought I Was Knowledgeable
A couple of weeks ago I was interviewed by a writer for IT Donut, following my response to a question they posed via Twitter on the plus-es and pitfalls of cloud computing. I essentially just relayed my experiences using dropbox daily for document storage and sharing, freeing up files to use on other computers when…
Seth Godin – This Is Broken
If you’ve ever wondered to yourself how daft some signs, inventions, tools, procedures were, how over-engineered a solution has become, then this video will certainly strike a chord with you. We live in a world of daftness most of the time, where simpler solutions exist but are never implemented for various reasons. In this video,…
Sir Ken Robinson On Creativity At TED
This is a TED talk you’ve probably seen before, as it’s quite a popular one. Sir Ken Robinson on why he thinks schools are killing creativity. It’s certainly one to get you thinking! Ken has been talking about this subject, and the importance of creativity for many years. He also has a book about it…
The Voices Behind The Simpsons
The Actors Behind The Characters Continuing my current theme of bringing you random YouTube videos all themed around voice over artists and voice actors of well-known productions, I thought you’d rather like this one – the voices behind all the Simpson’s characters. There are many videos on YouTube with these guys doing interviews interspersed with…
The Voices Of Star Wars
I thought you’d find this video I found interesting; it’s of some voiceover artists in America earning their crust doing voices (often several of them) in this case for Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated series.