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I blame Alice Cooper

Have you ever noticed how work expands to fill a vacuum? Or how ludicrously productive you can be when you have a holiday looming at the end of the week? It seems as soon as “school’s out for summer” there is an incredible shot of productivity that shoots through the

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General business

This tool writes content for you – errrr

Harsh but fair? There is a lot to be said about things getting lost in translation but this is my favourite at the moment. It seems the algorithms at Facebook have clocked that I’m a writer. What they haven’t clocked is that I’m a professional writer and have a very

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Winsday – Even Robin Hood has a business card

Picture the scene… Sweltering hot day, the fizz flowing at a party to launch the new Nottingham Venues brand with 150 other guests in their stunning garden. Crazy golf, limbo dancing, stilt walkers, archery, wonderful food. The full works. Enter stage left, holding a business card…Robin Hood. Not just any

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Winsday: May contain the C Word
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Winsday – contains traces of the C-word

Readers of a nervous disposition, look away now. No really, I wouldn’t use THAT word, I mean the other one. The one that has dominated our headlines for a couple of years now. The thing is, I have it.  Yep, I am writing this at about a quarter of my

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Winsday Wisdom

Knighted for services to PR?

Imagine my excitement last month when as a scholar of Arthurian romance (yep, that was part of my degree along with Philosophy) I was invited to join a Round Table. I could picture the scene, stone-flagged corridors leading to a sacred meeting space. Sconces on the wall (cream before jam?),

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Winsday Wisdom

No-shows at business awards – just NOT cricket

I was at a business breakfast yesterday in Nottingham, with the great and good of this fair city before they all headed off to Trent Bridge and THAT game! Not me sadly, I was on 5 deadlines!   It was an event to herald the “Top 200” businesses in the

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Press for Attention - Sending a press release before you go on holiday? Hold FIRE!
Winsday Wisdom

Sending a press release before you go on holiday? Hold FIRE!

Due to a combination of forward-planning, outsourcing and frankly, software sorcery, I am sending you this whilst I’m away for a week. Yep, on one of those holiday things people talk about but business owners often miss. You see, I wanted to flag something important, just in case you were

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