A recent conversation on one of the comments sections of the Friends of the Tumble Down Dick website got me thinking: “Are there any alternatives to Amazon?” For many years now I’ve been an Amazon affiliate and earned a few pennies here and there from my web and blog posts. In all honesty, I don’t • Read More »
Archives: philosophy
Computer Games and Small Business Strategy
November 16, 2012 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: business, games, philosophy.Are SMEs Being Encouraged to Level Up too Quickly? I’ll admit it; I’m not particularly good at computer games. When I played Halo on the original Xbox against one of my younger brothers I got shot. Lots. On the Nintendo Wii versus my junior-school daughter, her wrist-flicks fired off aces without a single “proper” serve. • Read More »
The Business Benefits of Marginal Gains
September 20, 2012 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: business, creativity, philosophy.“The Business Benefits of Marginal Gains”, written by Paul Mackenzie Ross, first appeared in the small business blog section of www.is4profit.com My Managing Director and I were discussing the subject of business performance and commercial efficiency the other day when he mentioned the recent story of the British Olympic Cycling team boss, Dave Brailsford.
How Do Small Businesses Capitalise on the Olympic Spirit?
September 5, 2012 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: business, philosophy.This article was first published on the is4profit small business blog in September 2012 Cast your mind back to just a few weeks ago and recall the London Olympics 2012. Look at the current buzz surrounding the Paralympics 2012. From the spectacle of the opening ceremony to the Olympic venues, the crowds, the medal table • Read More »
Cash Mobbing Lifts Local Business
August 10, 2012 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: Books, business, philosophy, random.Cash Mobbing Lifts Local Business” was first written by Paul Mackenzie Ross for the is4profit small business blog The flash mob is a public gathering where people use social media or other communications to organise and congregate on a public place and perform some usually pointless act and then disperse again. Now, after the flash • Read More »
Leadership Styles
July 3, 2012 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: business, philosophy.“Leadership Styles” was written by Paul Mackenzie Ross and first appeared in the business advice section of is4profit.com Kicking off with an Example of Leadership Styles: The Football Manager Leaders may have any one of a number of so-called “leadership styles”. You can see them quite publicly, on the TV, in football managers, for example:
Google’s New Over Optimisation Game Changer
April 5, 2012 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: Internet, marketing, philosophy, SEO.So, it’s been a few weeks since Matt Cutts let it slip that Google will be penalising sites for “over optimisation” when he spoke at a Q&A session at SXSW 2012. In a panel, hosted by Danny Sullivan of SearchEngineLand, and including Duane Forrester, Senior Product Manager at Bing’s webmaster program, Cutts said big G • Read More »
Let’s Get Physical
September 28, 2011 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: philosophy, Zen.I was thinking of accompanying this post with a picture of Olivia Newton John but thought better of it. It’s nothing personal against the singer of the ’80s pop song from which I borrowed the name for this post, it’s just that I didn’t want to give people the wrong impression – I’m not trying • Read More »
Summer Solstice 2011
June 21, 2011 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | No Comments | Filed in: history, philosophy, photography, travel, Zen.It’s been a few years since I last travelled down to Stonehenge. It was a Saturday night, I’d seen my mate’s band “Messiah of None” play at The Star Inn, Guildford, and the trip down the M3/A303 was a last minute post-pub decision. Unfortunately the rest of the gang were in no fit state to • Read More »
Stating the Obvious
August 28, 2010 | By Paul Mackenzie Ross | 5 Comments | Filed in: business, creativity, marketing, philosophy, tech.I don’t know when I came up with the tag line “Stating the bleedin’ obvious since 1970” for this blog but I seem to recall it was a reaction to the level of hero worship that is afforded to those who merely… state the bleeding obvious. I’m talking about leading figures in the industry, in • Read More »