tastelondon iphone app

(This was posted 5 months, 2 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 29 minutes's ago.)

I’ve spoken about tastelondon before but not shown you the cool tastelondon iPhone app.

I guess things like this come up all the time but I can speak from experience and say that this is on the level. You can save 50% on the food bill at restaurants all over London and the UK with Taste London.

And to make my life even easier they have a tastelondon iPhone app that will show me restaurants locally to me at the time I am looking or I can put in a town or postcode of where I am going (so I can have meetings and save money).

Here is a screenshot of the tastelondon iPhone app – its an absolute must if you have a Taste London account and an iPhone!

Scott Muller - A really nice chap; that does what he says he will!

(This was posted 5 months, 3 weeks, 2 days, 4 hours, 12 minutes's ago.)

I have been going to the Essex Business Network meeting in Brentwood for the past few weeks. Late December I met a chap called Scott Muller. Scott runs his own business called ‘Citylights Professional Payroll Solutions’.

I was looking for a payroll service so I spoke to him; liked his prices and no fuss approach so instructed him to do the payroll for Thinking Virtually.

Anyway, the other day Scott sent me a letter asking if I knew anybody that may be interested in his services. I did think about it but in truth couldn’t really think of anybody that I could pass him onto – so rather than ignoring his request I thought I would pass it on via my blog!

The payroll service from Scott is great, it doesn’t matter if you are in Southend, Harlow or Nottingham; his service is easily conducted via email so if you want a reliable payroll service and a reasonable price call Scott today!

An updated website for Jo Curtis

(This was posted 6 months, 13 hours, 55 minutes's ago.)

The new Jo Curtis Photographer website is now live!

Jo Curtis is a photographer based in Southend that produces great wedding photography, portrait photography as well as baby photography and corporate photography.

Last year we built her a lovely new website and have done bit and pieces of updates and changes for her but this change is probably the best.

We have tried to refine the design a little; when you see it you will understand that there is very little to refine... We have made the administration easier, given her the ability to update her blog and have that flow through to her Facebook and twitter accounts and have added a captcha feature to her contact form.

All in all the website has always looked great (I think) but Jo understands that nothing stands still and small changes keep things fresh and avoid the need for major redevelopment.

Jo is a lovely person and a great photographer, good luck Jo.

PS. Here is a link to her website: http://www.jocurtisphotographer.co.uk

Analytics App for iPhone and iPod Touch

(This was posted 6 months, 3 days, 17 hours, 40 minutes's ago.)

I found a new application on ITunes that I really like and think every small business owner (with an iPhone) should definitely look at.

It’s simple really, it’s your Google Analytics reports live on your iPhone.

The Analytics App gives you access to your Google Analytics data whenever you have a spare minute. Google Analytics will email reports to you and it is extreamly easy to use anyway; but this puts it in your hand – at your finger tips whenever you want it.

You can get it from ITunes or read more about it by visiting the Analytics for iPhone website: www.analyticsapp.com.

Web Users and the Future

(This was posted 6 months, 6 days, 17 hours, 52 minutes's ago.)

It’s an interesting to think ‘what is coming next’, for me I can’t see a time where Google didn’t dominate the internet but now I’m starting to think again...

In the Past

Typically we have Google or MSN or Yahoo (or the like) as our home page. The internet was filled with HTML sites that offered us the ability to book holidays, buy clothes, find out about the world we live in and get expert opinions.

This is still the case but there may be a change on the horizon...

In the Future

How do past browsing trends comparing to current browsing trends? How could social networking have affected the way people use the internet?

For me it is interesting to think that more and more we are using Facebook, Twitter or Youtube. So more and more we are possibly not using Google, Yahoo and MSN...

Could this change the way companies get their message to us? Who gets to benefit from the social networking revolution?

I’m a big fan of Facebook (and many are). I use it to keep in contact with large groups of friends that are not always connected by a common theme. I got to the gym so there are people I like to keep up to date with from there, I also do Karate, talk with old school friends that are no longer in my area and much, much more.

Twitter allows me to follow the thoughts of people and organisations I like – I don’t need to search for news anymore; it is delivered to me in 140 character snippets.

When I want to find out how to do something I am more inclined to use YouTube to see if somebody has uploaded a video demo rather than search through reams of text based articles on how to do it!

So how is this or could this effect you? Those with big budgets are always going to be able to take advantage of new marketing opportunities, but I think the biggest opportunity is actually for local organisations.

Is the Big Bang Contracting?

The internet boom made the world our market place for everything we need, I can see a trend that suggests people will start to look in their local area for what they need – and to me there is the opportunity.

I have a rule of trying not to go over a single A4 page for my posts (knowing that I can procrastinate) so I’m going to leave it there. The next couple of entries I make will explore my thoughts on the internet and what to think about next!