I finally completed the text for my e-book on public speaking. This was my first real attempt at writing and I am rather pleased with it. As I read through it last night I spotted at least a dozen errors so it will be a few days before it is ready for release.
Writing this book was a brilliant exercise. I set myself a limit of 1,000 words on each section. I discovered that in some sections I had to cut myself short and be really succinct and to the point. In other sections I was struggling to reach a thousand words.
I now have to analyse this and decide whether it is a lack of knowledge on my part that made me struggle to reach 1,000 words, or is it that those sections simply didn't merit any more.
The same applies to the sections that I had to rein in. Is it poor writing on my part, or is it that these sections require a lot more information to be imparted.
By the time I investigate these issues, I hope to have enough material and sense of direction to write a "proper" book on public speaking.
The e-book will be available sometime next week, from http://www.bespeak.co.uk/
Saturday 10 April 2010
Monday 5 April 2010
Still Working
Easter is over, and if it wasn't for all the Facebook updates and twitter tweets, I probably wouldn't have noticed it. Work-wise it's been frustrating but productive.
I took advantage of the Getting British Business Online (GBBO) campaign http://www.gbbo.co.uk/ I got the free website www.powerofchoice.co.uk. It is really easy to set this up. If anyone wants a simple 4 or 5 page website, with no bells and whistles, then this is cool.
I put a form on one of the pages so that people could get my FREE Wheel of Life tool for Excel (if you want a copy go to www.powerofchoice.co.uk. and click the "Free Stuff" link). As I tried to save the page, I was informed that my code was illegal and it was swiftly removed by Google. After much investigation, I figured out how to get the form on the page by using a "Gadget". I am still trying to work out how to get a Facebook "Fan Box" on the site.
Monetising the site with ad-sense also proved a little difficult and I suspect I will have on going issues with adds from power companies, rather than those for "Personal Power" resources.
Installing Google analytics didn't work in the usual fashion either. After much searching I finally got that working as well. The web site is now satisfactory (but only just) and I am a little wiser.
The most amusing thing is that BT(one of the GBBO partners) called me and said that they had noticed how basic my web site is, and they would build me something better for just £150.00. The other option they offered was training me tyo use the Google sites interface for £150.00.
What no-one has offered is the ability for me to use e-mail on the free domain, not even onemailbox@powerofchoice.co.uk or the ability to set it up elsewhere. This is not critical at the moment but may cause me problems in future.
I haven't read the full T's and C's, but I am betting the domain renewal won't be free in two years time. I am sure that I will be getting many more sales calls from BT as well. I will let you all know when they try and sell me the mailbox.
However, on balance I reckon it's a good deal for me and a great deal for anyone wanting a fairly basic website.
James McGinty
www.bespeak.co.uk
I took advantage of the Getting British Business Online (GBBO) campaign http://www.gbbo.co.uk/ I got the free website www.powerofchoice.co.uk. It is really easy to set this up. If anyone wants a simple 4 or 5 page website, with no bells and whistles, then this is cool.
I put a form on one of the pages so that people could get my FREE Wheel of Life tool for Excel (if you want a copy go to www.powerofchoice.co.uk. and click the "Free Stuff" link). As I tried to save the page, I was informed that my code was illegal and it was swiftly removed by Google. After much investigation, I figured out how to get the form on the page by using a "Gadget". I am still trying to work out how to get a Facebook "Fan Box" on the site.
Monetising the site with ad-sense also proved a little difficult and I suspect I will have on going issues with adds from power companies, rather than those for "Personal Power" resources.
Installing Google analytics didn't work in the usual fashion either. After much searching I finally got that working as well. The web site is now satisfactory (but only just) and I am a little wiser.
The most amusing thing is that BT(one of the GBBO partners) called me and said that they had noticed how basic my web site is, and they would build me something better for just £150.00. The other option they offered was training me tyo use the Google sites interface for £150.00.
What no-one has offered is the ability for me to use e-mail on the free domain, not even onemailbox@powerofchoice.co.uk or the ability to set it up elsewhere. This is not critical at the moment but may cause me problems in future.
I haven't read the full T's and C's, but I am betting the domain renewal won't be free in two years time. I am sure that I will be getting many more sales calls from BT as well. I will let you all know when they try and sell me the mailbox.
However, on balance I reckon it's a good deal for me and a great deal for anyone wanting a fairly basic website.
James McGinty
www.bespeak.co.uk
Saturday 3 April 2010
To work or not to work
It's Good Friday (given the event it commemorates, surely a huge misnomer) and I have achieved quite a lot towards building my business.
Running a business from home makes one day seem very much like any other. Given that less people will have "jobs" in the future, will public holidays disappear?
As we build towards a truly global workspace, will we see a "One World" culture and will it be a 24/7/365 culture, where each of us works the hours we choose (or are forced upon us by the contracts we work on) and takes time off when we choose.
Our future is almost certainly going to entail more choices and we will need to be equipped to make them.
Remember this.
"A wise man makes his choices quickly and changes his mind slowly, a fool makes his choices slowly and changes his mind quickly" - James McGinty 2010
Running a business from home makes one day seem very much like any other. Given that less people will have "jobs" in the future, will public holidays disappear?
As we build towards a truly global workspace, will we see a "One World" culture and will it be a 24/7/365 culture, where each of us works the hours we choose (or are forced upon us by the contracts we work on) and takes time off when we choose.
Our future is almost certainly going to entail more choices and we will need to be equipped to make them.
Remember this.
"A wise man makes his choices quickly and changes his mind slowly, a fool makes his choices slowly and changes his mind quickly" - James McGinty 2010
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