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Big tech is in a race to make an AI gadget that can take down the iPhone. But Tim Cook doesn’t seem worried. If you look at where Apple is heading, the next stage of AI will still help the iPhone and Apple thrive (even if Siri needs more time): www.cnet.com/tech/apples-...
08.08.2025 14:04 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0Naturally :)
07.08.2025 06:42 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0This habit is another great reason to take notes.
It's not easy to continuously come up with things worth sharing. So, whenever you find something useful or think of something useful, jot it down.
A bonus of this is that you’ll find yourself unconsciously noticing lots of useful things to share!
It doesn’t need to be polished. It doesn't need to be clever. Just helpful and regular.
That kind of consistency builds trust. And trust builds business.
Bonus...
Here's a great habit for small business owners to develop.
Take 10-minutes every day to share something useful with your audience.
A quick tip, a behind-the-scenes insight, or a simple answer to a question they often ask.
#SmallBiz #SmallBusiness
I can confirm, one leotard is fine. Used to take two, but ever used the second one.
YMMV
There's a generation of note-takers, whose notes almost like art. It’s about the aesthetic, rather than the ideas.
Honesty matters, too. What good are dishonest observations and ideas?
#SmallBusiness #SmallBiz #Marketing
... how he’s getting on with his notebook. He pulled it out of his pocket and he’s already about 60 pages in.
He said an inscription I scribbled onto the back page helped him keep on track.
"If you want to take useful notes, let them be messy, and honest".
Messy is important.
Messy & Honest: Small Business Ideas
Back in January, I gave a friend of mine a notebook. He's a small business owner and always looking for ideas. Several times in the past he’d said that he finds the way I jot my ideas down interesting.
Recently we had a coffee together. I asked him...
Twitter was running for over 5 years, before it started running ads. Though there was some initial push-back from some users, it became quite widely accepted.
Handled well, it can work.
It just amazes me how so-called 'creative' industries, like social media, can't find a better funding model.
Social media tends to start that way. Then, when they have the kind of active user numbers that advertisers require, they start advertising.
Ads on Bluesky today would create a ton of user push-back, for very little ad revenue.
It would be great if Bluesky found a viable ad free model.
No sir. You set yourself an extremely high bar.
That's wonderful. It really is.
So, before you switch off for the day, get that momentum started, or build on your existing momentum!
Trust me, you'll be very glad you did.
You don’t need to start a big campaign today.
All you need right now is to take one step.
Send that email or share that offer.
OR POST THAT MESSAGE ON Bluesky!
Here's what we know: tiny moves, made consistently, build momentum.
🔔 A Friday message for small business owners 🔔
So, it's Friday. And your week has been full. Clients to serve. Problems to fix. Fires to put out.
But here’s a quiet truth: the small businesses that grow are the ones that keep marketing, even when it’s busy. Even when it's Friday!
Two weeks today! As part of Worcester's Medieval Fest, I'll be talking about the amazing Ladies of Magna Carta: those who influenced it, those who fought for it and those women who used it to assert their rights!
#medievalfest
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Harsh. But yeah.
31.07.2025 06:33 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Oh my. 🥚
31.07.2025 05:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Here are some ideas to quickly get you started.
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Small Business Owners:
One of the quickest ways to improve your results, is to spot and fix the tiny things, which can make a big difference to your business.
#SmallBiz #SmallBusiness
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You don’t need to do everything.
Just do the right thing next.
That’s how momentum builds.
Yes, even on a Monday.
Let's do this!!!
#SmallBiz #SmallBusiness #SmallBusinessSupport
Running a small business can be tough.
You wear too many hats, chase too many things, and still worry it’s not enough.
But here’s the truth: showing up today, with focus and care, will put you ahead of the pack.
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Want to do your best work?
Take 1-day each week to fully stop.
No half-checking emails.
No work guilt.
You’ll think better, create better, and live better the rest of the week.
#SmallBiz
A weekly day of rest isn’t laziness.
It’s strategic.
It’s the reboot that lifts our mind fog and lets us return to our business sharper, with more mental energy and focus.
Working 7-days a week doesn’t help us or our business in the medium to long-term.
It just messes with the clarity, creativity, and judgement we need for the other 6-days.
Small Business Owners:
Grinding out 7-days a week isn't optimal. I learned the hard way.
You don't have to.
If we never switch off, we never fully switch on.
The smartest businesspeople deliberately rest 1-day a week. Because peak performance needs recovery.
Fellow Small Business Owners 📢
While others are scrolling through their phones in pajamas, you're out there making things happen.
Yes, on a Saturday.
Because your business doesn't care what day it is, and neither do you.
Short novels are having a quiet renaissance. In a time-starved world, books under 200 pages are punching above their weight, emotionally, thematically, even politically. #booksky
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