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Ever tried to start something new but keep getting ‘stuck’ before you even begin? Maybe it’s a new exercise or fitness habit. Or something as simple as tidying up your home. Give me just 5 minutes, and I’ll show how that’s all you need to start making real change in your life. Deal? The 5-Minute Tidy You have probably come across various forms of this method. First, a little background on how I came about…

You are frustrated. I get it. I was once, too. Every year for the past few years I make a pledge. And every year around this time, I feel like a failure… I know you do too. So you’re in good company here. Losing weight has always been one of my New Year’s Resolution for as long as I care to remember. Too long if I’m being honest. So why did I find it hard…

A broken heart sings. The words to a song that will never be heard. In the silence of night. It starts off as a whisper. As the broken heart breaks into song. A song of the love that is lost. The dreams that are never to come true. Missed opportunities. The good times. The bad times. It grows loud gradually, the voice. Until it is a shrill cry in the silence of the night. The…

In another life. Another time. I will know how to treat you better. We will never go to bed angry. And I will kiss you goodnight. Every night. I will open up my heart to you. I will share every part of me. The joy and the pain. If we are blessed with another day together. I will love you today. More than yesterday. In another life.

Kids can be noisy sometimes. Especially when all you want is 5-minutes of peace and quiet. We have all been there. Just coming in from a hard day at work, with all the stresses the kids can’t even begin to imagine. Home is a safe space for you and all you want to do is to flop down onto the couch and take five. A kid’s world, however, doesn’t follow the same rules. They want…

Portfolio item: 557 Words The way businesses collect transaction payments is changing. Depending on the type of business you run, it may be necessary to complete transactions quickly. This is certainly the case with quick serve restaurants such as coffee shops and fast food outlets. The traditional point of sale (pos) system consists of a terminal and cash register, with a server tucked away in the office handling all the data storage functions. Data security…

I have been a student of the online, internet, web (choose your favourite word) marketing world for the past 2 years. I started off as an affiliate marketer and very much a consumer of the MMO (make money online) products which are released nearly much every day. My failure to make a decent income strictly as an affiliate marketer, coupled with the fact that I could not stick with a single system (known as the…

In my last article, I wrote about internet marketing and the benefits it can bring to small businesses. This week I would like to take that theme forward and present the tool required to participate in the online space, a business website. If you are a small business owner and you do not have a website yet, I hope reading this article will spur you into action. I will highlight just 5 reasons why you…

This is an update of an article I wrote nearly a year ago. Nothing much has changed when it comes to the challenges rural businesses face. Finding common ground with complementary businesses and adopting a collaborative instead of a competitive posture is a solution to some of the small business challenges. If you run a small business and looking for ideas to find collaborative partners in your local community, I’d love to speak and share…

I don’t even remember when I first signed up to receive Neil Patel’s blog updates but I am glad I did. If you are looking for actionable steps to attract more visitors to your blog or website, you can count on Neil to deliver. Many people on his mailing list will agree that neilpatel.com is filled with in-depth blog posts which go a long way in explaining how certain SEO concepts work, and indeed, why…

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