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BizWriting Tipz from Suze #1: how to get good testimonials

Testimonials have a bit of a dubious history. It’s only in comparatively recent times, when advertising in most industrialized countries has been regulated, that readers know testimonials have to be genuine – or else. There may still be the odd person or two who sneers at testimonials and endorsements, but in the main people now [...]

Ending poverty in Africa is not about being fair! #fairtrade

Week beginning 15 February 2010 was always going to be a very exciting week at Ethnic Supplies Ltd for several reasons We had submitted samples of beads from Uganda and Rwanda to a UK based wholesaler of beads and she loved the lot so much so that she decided to include them in Major Art [...]

You think working with Gordon Brown is bad…

You think working with Gordon Brown is bad…

…I wouldn’t want to work with Jack Bauer. With Gordon Brown allegedly being a workplace bully, I stopped to think – are there other people I wouldn’t want to work with? What makes a work place bully? Is it their passion not being contained? Is it their enthusiasm knowing no boundaries? Is it the unrelenting [...]

Homeopathy – Anything But Harmless

Homeopathy – Anything But Harmless

There’s nothing in it, so the recent homeopathic “suicide” campaign quipped. So at least it’s completely harmless, right? And perhaps it even serves a useful purpose, maybe at least it’s a useful way of harnessing the placebo effect? That’s what I used to think. I’ve used homeopathy myself – for a long time it was [...]

What does your music say about you?

what does the music you are currently listening to say about you?

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

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