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Are you a numbers person or a words person?

An article kindly contributed by Gina Lofaro aka ‘the wordmistress’

Are you a numbers person or a words person? … and does it affect the way you do business?

Left brain, right brain, we all operate more on one side of our cranium than the other. Some of us are more adept at handling complex mathematical equations whilst others of us are more proficient at articulating things verbally.

For me – a writer, copywriter, some-time stand-up comedienne – words are my easiest tools to work with. But put me in front of a pad of numbers, and I’m prone to panicking. Once upon a time, I was accused of not doing my best where my accounting paperwork was concerned. This was entirely unfair since I was doing my best, but my best was far, far inferior to his best paperwork efforts.

So I posed an interesting challenge. “How about you write for me, a 1,000-word article on any topic of your choosing? It has to be 100% grammatically correct with no spelling errors or typos and it has to be interesting!”

Well, he just laughed. At first. […]

Twittersphere – The Journey

We are on a social networking frenzy in 2010, learning about LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and any other platform that comes within our midst.

As a lot of business owners have not as yet jumped on the Twitter bandwagon or know if its relevant to them or their business – I’d like to share what I’ve learned about Twitter so far.

Twitter may not be for you or your business. Considering how many people and businesses are starting to use Twitter as part of their daily marketing schedules – can you afford not to try it?

They’re in! Now what?

… So you got your customer and you can see dollar signs written all over them – now what? What will make you stand out from the crowd or from their previous provider? If you have competition – chances are there are a lot of people that do what you do or sell what you sell. So how do you stand out? Try asking some of these questions. […]

Bookkeepers … Love them not hate them!

Do you hate keeping your books upto date? You know you need to, but you don’t want to? Enter (drum roll): a bookkeeper. A professional bookkeeper can work wonders for your efficiency and productivity levels.

Have a read of what they can do for YOU (and how you can help them!) […]