None stranger than folk...

I always remember as a child my Nan putting her finger over my mouth when I went to talk over her, and saying the words that I hear myself quoting to so many people today. ‘You were graced by god, he gave you two ears and one mouth, try to use them in the right proportions’. The thing is, when I think back to what she said, as a nine year old boy it meant nothing other than shut up. Now several years on, I understand what she meant, and the clear fact is if you listen, you hear more.

This week I have been out and about, holding meetings and just taking the time to listen to what other people have to say, I have picked up so many referrals for people. One of those was from a delightful young lady called Michele from White Tara, a beauty salon in Newmarket. I came away with a print and design job for Andrew Akehurst from http://www.amacman.com/ ,a new member to join the Tuddenham Mill Team. It’s always nice when you can pick up referrals for members, as a lot of the referrals I get at this point have to go to people I know rather than members, but that will obviously change as the membership grows.

One of the members who had joined the week before last was Jacqui Carrel, a good friend of mine for a lot of years, her company is called http://www.cinnamonedge.com/ Jacqui always quotes, ‘words written well’. She offers services ranging from copywriting to ghost writing books. I often get her to check over my text as I suffer badly with dyslexia. Fortunately, Jacqui use to be a teacher so she is use to dealing with creative but challenging brains such as mine. I have set myself a task this week, which is to get some work for Jacqui and her partner Roy. Here is a challenge to you the reader, have a look at their website and see what work they can do for someone you know.

This week has been another mad one, going from meeting to meeting. Meetings are things that amaze me, as you go in thinking you will get one thing, and always come out with something different. I had arranged this week to call on a contact of mine Jane Fiddian who makes curtains, for a cup of tea and came away with a huge box of business cards. I can only think they will come in handy over the next weeks, as everything gears up for the company’s main launch on June 2nd. We still have so much to get sorted by that point, to make sure things kick of really well.

I have driven Kevin to despair this week, making changes to the websites that he thought we had finalised a year ago. Well things change, oh, I mean develop into something bigger and better, and that is at the end of the day what we want to be. Let’s face it if you don’t have the desire to take over the world, then why are you doing it.

Oh my Good look at the time I missed Doctor Who…

Talk to you soon

Mark

http://www.abcadvantage.biz/