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HOW OFTEN SHOULD YOU UPDATE YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA PAGES?

2014-07-04

Posting interesting and useful updates can be a great treat for your clients and help out with your Google search rankings. So how often should you update? Different ruleas apply to different companies, industries and social media. But the majority of experts agrees on the following breakdown: Facebook – 3-4 times a day. Twitter – …

WHAT BUSINESSES CAN LEARN FROM DOGS

2014-07-03

Anyone who has ever had a dog, would probably (definitely) agree with the popular saying: “A dog is a man’s best friend”. But some of us would go as far as to say that we can not only be friends with dogs, but we can also learn from them. A recent article on Entrepreneur.com on …

BARBIE ON LINKEDIN!

2014-07-02

Yes, you have not misread the title. One of the most popular dolls of all time is now a business woman and, judging by the number of followers, a serious networker. Linkedin Barbie has over 980 followers, which places her in the top half of Linkedin users. Barbie is not the first fictional character to …

GETTING HIRED BY A FRIEND – HOW TO MAKE IT WORK

2014-07-02

It’s great to have friends. And in today’s busy working environment, it’s great to have your friends right there where you work. However, we’ve all heard horror stories about hiring friends and the general idea is that it simply doesn’t work out. One reason for that is perhaps the on a friend’s part that are …

RUN FOR YOUR LIVES HONG KONG

2014-06-30

We are not sure about the details, but we are sure it will be fun. Run For Your Lives is the world’s premier Zombie-infested 5K obstacle course. Participants assume the role of either a Survivor or a Zombie in this one kind adventure. Anyone can run, but everything changes when you are running for your lives. …

LOOK AT YOUR NEWSLETTERS THROUGH YOUR CUSTOMERS’ EYES

2014-06-30

We finished off last week with talking about handling email unsubscriptions. And as we did mention, you should not allow that or any other obstacle to stop you in your tracks. But perhaps, you can review your newsletter and see it form the client’s point of view. Watch out for these: Be more personal –       …

I ALMOST STARTED CRYING…HOW TO HANDLE EMAIL UNSUBSCRIBTIONS.

2014-06-27

I received an email today from one of my favourite women in business magazine. And was instantly captured by one of the topics – handling email unsubscriptions. I think most of us a familiar with the feeling… You spend days thinking about the right way to phrase it, weeks choosing the most clever, yet funny …

We Are Happy We Are From Hong Kong!

2014-06-27

Macau: the Vegas of Vegas?

2014-06-26

Macau isn’t only known for its gambling antics, but was the first European settlement in the Far East. Today, strong roots of the colonial past still remain. The Macanese culture is strongly defined by the amalgamation of its Chinese and Portuguese heritages, resulting in some magnificent European architecture, enchanting fusion of foods and a generally …

WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO END A PRESENTATION?

2014-06-26

An interesting article on Forbes a few months back offered an insightful tip on how to close your presentation with a punch! As the article mentioned: “ A wise speaker gives the audience an opportunity to express that collective energy in the form of action”. Apparently, getting your audience to do something at the end …