One of the most important aspects of any blog is its appearance. Most new bloggers will want to pick a theme to suit their blog, style, input and outcome. To ensure your site attracts both advertising-space and traffic, the first page should have clearly distinctive sections and space for the following components: Advertising/Sponsors/Affiliates These should... Continue Reading →
Let’s Get the Business Started!
Some days I forget the to keep on the path of my journey. But which one, you may ask, for I have so many business and potential projects in stages of startup ... and very few of them have gone beyond paper. I don't deny that I am an ideas man, a. conceptualiser and somewhat... Continue Reading →
Cold Calling for Opportunity
This morning I did something unusual yet opportunistic : I asked a stunningly beautiful woman to let me photograph her. Well, that is not the correct story, so let me explain further... After departing the train this morning, I visited my usual coffee-shop (just up the ramp between the North Terrace Train Station and up... Continue Reading →
My #SocADL Report
As you would have read previously, I went to the #SocAdl meeting-of minds on Tuesday, 3rd Nov 2009. With neither expectations nor presumptions, I went along to the Tivoli hotel in Pirie Street simply hoping to meet some new people. The only agenda I had was to attempt to attend both the #SocAdl and #TheStartUpClub... Continue Reading →
Five Ways to Make Money from Photography
1. iStock After reading Mike Cherim's article going through the last 12 months upon iStock, I was reminded that I also have an iStock account. So I must thank Mike for invigorating my activity on iStock. But twenty minutes upon the site reminded me why I never did go back after I first registered. The... Continue Reading →
My Submissions to the DEH Art-of-Nature Competition
If you are a registered member of DEH Art-of-Nature and you like my submissions, feel free to cast your vote on my photographs: (The images can be seen through the #-links.) #1 , #2 & #3 I have submitted a few more, but they are yet to be moderated by the DEH tech-people. I'll show... Continue Reading →
One Full Monday
After a loooong day at work, I settled into the evening not knowing what would come of it. I had a few things planned, but most were undoable (terrible word, yet apt) due to this cold that has grabbed me quite by surprise. So I sat the computer avoiding all that aggravated my headache and... Continue Reading →
Advantages of Working Solo
Whilst I know there are tonnes of great advantages to working solo (rather than in a team or corporate environment) I decided to ask people I chat with on Plurk what they believed are the best reason to 'go solo'. So far I have had these interesting and varied responses: Less Meetings (Kay Walker) I... Continue Reading →
How to Invite Lurkers to Comment
My blog statistics may slowly increase month to month, but it's more interesting to read and respond to your comments. Yet these happen less often than expected. So I offer those people who lurk upon my site a great opportunity: Leave a comment today! Tell everyone about yourself. You've surely read about me by now,... Continue Reading →
Indian Restaurant Review
We dined as a family this evening at this restaurant in the Adelaide hills: The Siemers Indian Restaurant (& Take Away). Why was I dining at this restaurant that I had never visited before? It was for a belated Father's-Day gift, rewarding our father with a family-dinner where his three sons and their partners broke... Continue Reading →
Happy Fathers’ Day!
Every year since I have known my Dad, he has done something super impressive. There is almost no end to the amazing stuff he has done. Let me list just a few... 1. Back in the early 1970's he was the lead singer for the Murray Sludge Bush Band. He played every stringed instrument, but... Continue Reading →
Nine characteristics of an Entrepreneur
Someone has written on wikipedia.com that the standard entrepreneur has these nine characteristics. I've added appropriate links to key words, in the hope that it takes your entrepreneurial skills further along your journey. 1. Vision and Drive The entrepreneur has an enthusiastic vision, the driving force of an enterprise. 2. Eclectic Thinker The entrepreneur's vision... Continue Reading →
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