by Mark Northall | Feb 17, 2013 | Business, Personal
I was frustrated to receive a text message from my mobile telephone provider last week telling me I was well over my data usage just 36 hours into my Spanish break. The hotel had a bit of an archaic policy of free internet but only for one hour a day and then in the...
by Mark Northall | Feb 13, 2013 | Business, Networking, Personal
It was October 2010 when a bolt from the blue hit my desk in the form of the old brown envelope – I don’t remember the exact wording but it went along the lines of ‘due to the current economic climate we will have to make staff cuts’ I was in a redundancy pool of ONE...
by Mark Northall | Feb 8, 2013 | Business, Networking
As a newcomer to a breakfast networking group last week and despite the fact that I’m quite well known in 4Networking circles, I was reminded how important it is to be able answer the question “so what do you do…?” concisely and in a way that both grabs attention and...
by Mark Northall | Feb 6, 2013 | Business, Social Media
My chosen holiday reading this week is Comedian Lee Mack’s autobiography ‘Mack the Life’ in it he reflects on how he was thrilled when he first saw himself on TV (even if it was Pontin’s in-house channel when he interviewed Olympic Gold medalist swimmer Duncan...
by Mark Northall | Feb 1, 2013 | Business, Social Media
Where Google is involved, things get done. A lot of folks wondered how Google+ would grow after its launch. It was never really a question of “if” Google+ would flourish but when. Global Web Index released a report showing a change in the usage from “localized” social...
by Mark Northall | Jan 26, 2013 | Business, Personal
With the closure of high street brands once again in the headlines and add to that the rationalisation of certain other companies we can brace ourselves for an influx of freshly redundant ex-employees heading for the life of self employment. Putting to good use the...
