Have you ever noticed the way you never see or hear about something until you decide you want it?

Well, I’ve just decided I need to outsource some of my work otherwise I’ll never move forward.

I’m stuck working ”in” my business instead of “on” it, as they say.

It’s a big step though.

Surely no-one can do anything as good as me, can they?

Yeah- Right!

Anyway,  next weekend I’ve booked myself into a workshop at Newcastle.  It’s being run by Lee McIntyre- a brilliant ex teacher turned marketer.

One of the nice things about being part of the GVO community, is the great training you get as part of the affordable monthly fee. They’ve got some really good trainers over there.

Jerry Schroeder is one such person.

He’s just brought out a brand new, FREE, generic funded proposal system, which is the ultimate take-you-by-the-hand, complete marketing training for newbies and seasoned professionals alike.

It goes under the acronym SIC, which stands for Second Income Coach.

Isn’t that clever?

SIC is designed to take the fear out of marketing, and is all about building friendships, relationships and helping others using  leverage.   Read more... (145 words, 0 images, estimated 35 secs reading time)

Last week I stood behind a lady in the checkout queue at the local supermarket, whose shopping trolley was filled to the top.

As I waited for her to unload and pay for her massive shop, I overheard her chatting, and discovered she’d just returned from holiday.   I didn’t catch where she’d been, but it was obviously somewhere warm, because she had a great tan.

The checkout lady asked if she’d had a nice time, to which the shopper replied, “Yeah, it was alright, but we couldn’t get any “proper food”.  No-one spoke English and we didn’t understand the language”.  Read more... (263 words, 1 image, estimated 1:03 mins reading time)