I wanted to share this blog posting from Ivan Misner – it’s certainly thought-provoking. I think I want to be a coffee bean but maybe a mixture of all three is best! http://networking.entrepreneur.com/2010/05/17/carrots-eggs-and-coffee-beans/comment-page-1/#comment-4771
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Where do you get your ideas?
I subscribe to updates from Seth Godin’s blog and found this recent post interesting – http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2010/05/where-do-you-find-good-ideas.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Fsethsmainblog+%28Seth%27s+Blog%29 While I’m on the subject of creativity, I want to mention a great book – “Thinkertoys” by Michael Michalko. I originally borrowed this from the library, but had to buy it as the ideas are so interesting – really [...]
Buy Kerry campaign
The Kerry’s Eye campaign to encourage everyone in Kerry to support local businesses is already a great success and is still growing. We can all help to keep local jobs and to keep small businesses going through remembering to spend in Kerry and buy Kerry products whenever we can. Click on the link below to [...]
How to get rid of mind-numbingly boring to-do lists
Faye Hollands (Outshine Consulting, Australia) has some great tips on her blog about how to sort those long to-do lists most of us have. http://outshineconsulting.com.au/blog/how-to-get-rid-of-mind-numbingly-boring-to-do-lists/ “Aside from feeling frustrated at their existence, they can also impact the other things on your t0-do list that DO actually interest you.” Now I just need to follow that [...]
Kiely & Associates – what do we offer?
What is PR? “The dissemination of purposefully planned and executed messages to selected media and publics to enable an organisation (or person) establish and build relationships founded on trust, and to enhance and safeguard its reputation.” (Public Relations Institute of Ireland) In other words, your relationship with your clients or customers – past, current or [...]
Unique Voice Language Institute
With over 600 expert translators across 30 different languages, Unique Voice Language Institute, based in Tralee, County Kerry has an impressive record of working with individuals, groups and businesses. In fact, in October last year, the Managing Director Alison Boardman was included in the Top 100 Businesswomen of the Year by the Daily Mail. Alison [...]
Online marketing case study
I was eating in a local Indian restaurant last week and noticed a sticker for “Just-Eat” on the window. I spotted a similar sticker on a take-away restaurant window in England at the weekend. Enterprise Ireland uses Just-Eat.ie as its case study for online marketing in the latest issue of eBusiness Live, available on free subscription [...]
Are you in the wedding business in Kerry?
The Kingdom Chapter of BNI (Business Network International) is inviting wedding businesses in Kerry (other than florist or hotel) to join us as visitors on Wednesday 12th May. Contact Anne Kiely on kielyassocs@gmail.com to find out more. BNI (www.bni.ie) provides a structured, supportive, business environment in which local business people can get together to network, learn [...]
Siamsa Tire in Tralee
The new programme for Siamsa Tire (www.siamsatire.com) - National Folk Theatre, Performance Programme and Visual Arts – is out now. The new Feile Siamsa Tire is on from 21st to 23rd May at the theatre and also the Grand Hotel. It includes set dancing and music competitions as well as workshops and master classes, a Ceili [...]
Evernote
Mashable – the Social Media Guide – is a great source of information. I keep up with them on Facebook and often click through to their site. Today I have found out about Evernote which now has more than 3 million users and is registering 8,000 new users a day!! http://mashable.com/2010/05/04/evernote-3-million/