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2011 | My Business Year | Roles & Goals For 2012

Nicola Cairncross — Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:59:14 +0000

It is with a sigh of relief (which I’m sure is heartily reciprocated!) that I come to the end of what turned into a bit of a marathon slog of an exercise covering my thoughts about my business year over 2011. But I’m pleased that I pushed myself to finish them, even if nobody reads [...]

2011 | My Business Year | How Have I Held Myself Back & How Can I Avoid Doing It Again?

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:41:38 +0000

I’m sharing my musings on business success and internet marketing on 2011 and over the last few weeks I’ve been sharing my thoughts about my business year over 2011 including the answers to the following questions. These questions were originally asked of me, in his ezine, by my mentor Rich Schefren, and you can subscribe [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-15

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Just stunning! TEDxSF – Louie Schwartzberg – Gratitude http://t.co/VQL46c2U via @youtube # The Nicola Cairncross Daily is out! http://t.co/vWEr0STA # Best Of 2011 | The Business Success Factory shares the Marketing Blog Posts That WILL Make You Money This Year http://t.co/RQwUr84D # On my way to lunch with @neilasher – he’s cooking and as he [...]

Business Diary | Coughs & Colds Mean Greater Clarity & Focus

Nicola Cairncross — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:59:06 +0000

I’m writing to you today from Neil Asher’s dining room table in his lovely open plan living room overlooking the sea and the cliffs of Rottingdean near Brighton – it’s an amazing view! Especially now the sun is going down and the lights of the traffic from Brighton are starting to twinkle far below… He’s [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-08

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:15:00 +0000

Best Of 2011 | Nicola’s Internet Marketing Blog Posts That WILL Make You Money #marketing # Best Of 2011 | Best Of My Business Blog Posts That WILL Help You Make Money In 2012 http://t.co/fCMNW6Zm # Best Of 2011 | Nicola’s Marketing Blog Posts That WILL Make You Money #marketing http://t.co/T522DnzT # Business Success Secrets [...]

Here’s How To Double Your Business Income In 1 Year – 100% Guaranteed!

Nicola Cairncross — Sat, 07 Jan 2012 17:00:54 +0000

Welcome! Now pay close attention, this is serious. This really could be the most important thing you see all year. Now that The Business Success Factory is trundling along nicely, attracting traffic, subscribers and mentoring clients, I’m ready to look more medium to long term. And with it being New Year and all, I hope [...]

Best Of 2011 | Nicola’s Marketing Blog Posts That WILL Make You Money

Nicola Cairncross — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 21:48:00 +0000

Several of my favourite internet marketing & business success blogs have been doing a roundup of their best blog posts of 2011 and it was such a good idea, I thought I would have a little mooch around mine and see if I could pull a little list together. Particularly the blog posts that WILL [...]

2011 | My Business Year | Top 3 Things I Learned (The Highly Distilled 40% Proof Version)

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 27 Dec 2011 16:44:34 +0000

I’m sharing my musings on business success and internet marketing on 2011 and working out how I can do better in 2012. I’m following a set of questions originally asked of me, in his ezine, by my mentor Rich Schefren, and you can subscribe to his excellent ezine here >>> What Are My Greatest Achievement [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-25

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000

This looks great for Xmas Eve – love @EddieIzzard. Lost Christmas Trailer http://t.co/MArT06VK via @youtube # Just added myself to the http://t.co/sqUtOK51 twitter directory! # Business Diary | Ignoring The Haters But What To Do About The No-Shows? #marketing http://t.co/4IF1CPEr # Business Diary | Ignoring The Haters But What To Do About The No-Shows? http://t.co/s9TeBaWa [...]

2011 | My Business Year | What Have I Learned? Part 2 – About Myself & Business

Nicola Cairncross — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 17:38:36 +0000

I’m sharing my musings on business success and internet marketing on 2011 and if you click the link to the left there, you will see the image that’s been on my computer desktop all through 2011. That icon has kept me on track during 2011 and I would like to thank Bud Cardell from WhatConsumesMe.com [...]

2011 | My Business Year | What Have I Learned? Part 1

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 14:10:23 +0000

Well, I said I’d share my musings on business success and internet marketing on 2011 but on reading them, because of course they are written in my beloved Moleskine journal first, I’m thinking that I’m not sharing some of the more personal stuff, even though that’s what I’d be wanting to read if I was [...]

2011 | My Business Year | Greatest Disappointments

Nicola Cairncross — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 19:21:43 +0000

I said I’d share my musings on business success and internet marketing on 2011 but on reading them, because of course they are written in my beloved Moleskine journal first, I’m thinking that I’m not sharing some of the more personal stuff, even though that’s what I’d be wanting to read if I was you! [...]

2011 | My Business Year | What Are My Greatest Achievements?

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 17:13:54 +0000

Business Diary | Ignoring The Haters But What To Do About The No-Shows?

Nicola Cairncross — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 13:55:12 +0000

At the end of this blog post I’ll share my one best single tool for happiness and productivity in 2012. But in the meantime, I’ve got my tree up had a lovely Christmassy and social couple of weeks, culminating in a rocking good night out at Suters Yard wine bar in Shoreham, with my sister [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000

Experimental Q&A Internet Marketing Q&A Session (Broadcasting live at http://t.co/eU4EEHie) # Playing around on Ustream, live now, come over and say hello…. (Broadcasting live at http://t.co/eU4EEHie) # Playing around on Ustream, live now, come over and say hello…. (Broadcasting live at http://t.co/eU4EEHie) # The Business Success Factory now live on Ustream – come say hello! [...]

Piers Morgan Interviews Gary Vaynerchuk – A Must Watch For Any Business Owner!

Nicola Cairncross — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 16:18:59 +0000

Here’s a never-before-seen interview with Piers Morgan and Gary Vaynerchuk, aka Gary Vee, of WineLibrary.tv and Vaynermedia.com. It’s a must watch for any business owner wondering about how to use social media to explode their business success. I first heard about Gary Vaynerchuk listening to an interview he did with Rich Schefren, one of my [...]

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-11

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:15:00 +0000

Wondering about changing over? New Google Analytics | Improve Visitor Flow Up 7% Overnight http://t.co/U6UbppSJ # New Google Analytics | Improve Visitor Flow Up 7% Overnight #marketing http://t.co/xUUrkXab # Careful with the attractive line @NeilAsher! http://t.co/udOyDddH via @neilasher # My "3 Secrets Of Business Success" videos now cool for iphone/ipad. Register for free here http://t.co/JtQxxJzr [...]

Business Diary | How Jazz & Internet Marketing Is Helping Kari Neth Of Star Wars

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 17:41:13 +0000

What a week that was! Last Tuesday, as part of their promotion of the BBC Money “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” and “Couples” programmes, my book The Money Gym was featured on the BBC News website as NUMBER ONE on a list of wealth creation books – not just on the list as I [...]

BBC Money | Couples | Making Money & Staying In Love

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 13:56:33 +0000

Tonight BBC Money continues it’s series on Money & Wealth Creation with a programme about couples and their money. This should be fascinating! Here’s an extract: “The second episode in Vanessa Engle’s three-part documentary series exploring our personal attitudes to money. This film about couples looks at how money affects our personal relationships. The top [...]

New Google Analytics | Improve Visitor Flow Up 7% Overnight

Nicola Cairncross — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 12:34:36 +0000

If you have logged into your Google Analytics account recently, you may have noticed the new Google Analytics dashboard options. As with all changes and like many people, I’ve resisted using the new Google Analytics interface option, preferring to stick with the old version as long as possible. However there is an option to change [...]

Business Diary | BBC News Features My Book As One Of Top 10!

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:24:39 +0000

Highlights of this week include my book “The Money Gym” being listed for a few days on the BBC News website as one of their Top 10 Wealth Creation books, which resulted in a surge of traffic to all of my websites. This was part of their promotion for the BBC Money programme “Who Wants [...]

WordPress Plugin Review | SEOPressor

Nicola Cairncross — Wed, 30 Nov 2011 17:58:22 +0000

I have just this week tested Daniel Tan’s SEOPressor WordPress Plugin and I can only say, it is totally brilliant and a really useful tool for bloggers! One to add to any “must install” list. I’m also testing EasyWPseo and I like it a lot but it’s a bit more complicated to use, but if [...]

BBC Money Programme | Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 18:26:58 +0000

Business Diary | What A Dimwit I Am Sometimes!

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 16:53:44 +0000

Loads has happened this week and I have learned so much; about myself, about others, about business. So much so, that I’m going to have to talk about some of it next week, as I have to go out in about 45 minutes. Have I mentioned that I have started journalling? Recommended by many people [...]

How To Blog (When You Don’t Feel Like Blogging At All)

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:53:17 +0000

I don’t want to blog today, I’m feeling grumpy and uninspired, but I haven’t blogged all week as yet, so I must. Some people just wouldn’t – they would go and do something else – anything else but blogging – like go and have lunch or watch Loose Women (which is what I really want [...]

Join Me On Thursday For Some Live Internet Marketing Mentoring / Coaching?

Nicola Cairncross — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:53:05 +0000

Hi there, Nicola here! Just a quick note to let you know that I’m opening up one of my regular client business / internet marketing support / Q&A webinars to the general public this week. 6pm UK (GMT) / 1pm EST Thursday 24th November Why not join us and get your biggest questions answered about marketing your business [...]

Business Diary | Kindles, Less ShillyShallying, Age & Eyesight Challenges

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 14:03:41 +0000

As you might have read elsewhere, I won a Kindle (for helping someone market their internet business to my customers). It was delivered this week, and then I spend a frustrating couple of hours setting it up! Not least because it’s not backlit so you have to do it in good light. The main challenge [...]

Something To Watch When It All Gets Too Much!

Nicola Cairncross — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 12:57:30 +0000

This puts everything back in perspective for me. Utterly beautiful. Earth | Time Lapse View from Space, Fly Over | NASA, ISS from Michael König on Vimeo. You May Also Enjoy These ArticlesNo Related Post

How To Start A Business | Lies, Damned Lies (& The Real Truth)

Nicola Cairncross — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 10:54:51 +0000

I won a Kindle recently and after setting it up, I went to browse the business best-sellers to see if I fancied buying anything. “Start A Business“ was one of the top categories of business books so I went to see which books are selling best in that category. In the Top 10 books under [...]

You Might Also Enjoy Some Of My Most Shared Posts!

Nicola Cairncross — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 10:31:23 +0000

I just went hunting for a “Most Shared Posts” plugin and found one that not only collects the data, but it allows you to display it on your side bar but also in a post or page! It’s by Tom Anthony and here’s the link to his website >>> Here’s the link to download the [...]

Business Blogging | How To Use Empathy Rather Than Autobiography

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 17:17:24 +0000

I’ve been business blogging since 1998, of course it wasn’t called blogging then. I was writing a text only ezine for NicolaCairncross.com (wealth coach), which then became The Money Gym, which in the early days went out to about 25 people – friends and family who had email addresses. They passed it on and it [...]

Business Diary | A Kid Free Weekend & What Are Your Obstacles To Success?

Nicola Cairncross — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 19:01:12 +0000

Right, I’ve got to make this quick as I’m determined to make it out to play poker at the pub with my buddies this week. This is one of my little social treats – one of the things that boost my F for fun and F for friendship score on the Penny Power #5F’s score, [...]

Google + And Google Pages | Why You Need To Get Your Head Around Them Right NOW For YOUR Business!

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 19:14:04 +0000

Just this week Google Plus (also known as Google +) released Google Pages for business and as I’ve been fairly underwhelmed with Google + so far (being a very visual person I love all the pics on Facebook) I fleetingly considered ignoring them and just NOT setting any Google Pages up for Cairncross Media, Nicola Cairncross [...]

Being An Entrepreneur | The Importance Of Faith

Nicola Cairncross — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 20:50:40 +0000

I was reflecting over the weekend on how important it is, as an entrepreneur, to have faith. No! not that kind of faith, I’m definitely not religious, but I’m talking about the faith an entrepreneur must have, in the beginning of your business journey, the faith that it’s going to work. That any of it [...]

Business Diary | #5F’s – Upping My Score On All Counts This Week

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 17:01:31 +0000

After my little wobble last week, when I realised that my Penny Power #5F score was all totally skewed, that I was a workaholic who neglects all the other areas of her life, I’ve been focusing on putting that right! Success Secret #43 – identify a challenge and take action! I’ve been trying to have [...]

Online Brand Management | Marketing A Jazz Album – Update

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 15:38:03 +0000

Heather’s video album sampler for hew new album “At Last” has gained over 3400 views on YouTube now and is gathering momentum all the time. Also, just last week David Newton was awarded “Jazz Pianist Of The Year” for the TENTH time at the British Jazz Awards! We had a meeting with Tom, her investor [...]

Subscriber To Client Conversion | Putting The “Sexy” Back In Cement (Who Knew?)

Nicola Cairncross — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:59:11 +0000

If you have ever wondered how long it takes a mailing list subscriber to become a client….or how the subscriber to client conversion works… the answer might surprise you. As might the idea that cement can be sexy – very sexy! Who knew? In the Money Gym the average amount of time someone was on [...]

Being An Entrepreneur | Definition Of Success & Work Life Balance

Nicola Cairncross — Sat, 29 Oct 2011 18:19:09 +0000

On Twitter and at Ecademy, Penny Power is asking “Is It Possible To Achieve The #5F’s As An Entrepreneur?” which is an interesting entrepreneurial definition of work/life balance or a more business focused take on that old coaching cliché “The Wheel Of Life”. As is my wont on a Saturday morning, I was enjoying sitting [...]

Business Diary | YouTube Success & Just Rinse And Repeat

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 28 Oct 2011 13:52:47 +0000

Well, it’s been a funny old week, with quiet patches and busy patches. A weird lack of client mentoring calls booked this week (but a full day of webinars on Wednesday as usual and a full day of mentoring calls next Tuesday!) and I had a radio show cancelled due to techie issues – rescheduled [...]

Internet Marketing Mentoring Calls – Potential Rejuvenating Qualities?

Nicola Cairncross — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 09:45:17 +0000

Philip Ashcroft says: As usual I really enjoyed the 4Live Quickstart (internet marketing) mentoring call today, I always come away feeling rejuvenated and ready to take on the next challenge. Having just finished the 4Live Quickstart 4 x week programme, I would just like to say how much I have enjoyed and learned on these [...]

Despairing Of Ever Being Able To Make Money Online From Home?

Nicola Cairncross — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 12:03:17 +0000

Everyone, when trying to make money online from home, has times when they just despair of it ever happening! I’ve build several businesses that make money online, and I’ve always done it from my computer at home, on my own, without outsourcing or anything like that. I’m not particularly techie, I’ve got ADD and number [...]

What Is A Pension Anyway?

Nicola Cairncross — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 16:00:03 +0000

Lots of people search on Google “what is a pension” and it’s an interesting question when you stop and think about it. My ex-business partner Judith Morgan has just written a BRILLIANT post about Pensions & Sipps – I urge you to go and read it now –and it got me thinking “What Is A [...]

Where Are All The REAL Entrepreneurs Nowadays?

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 12:58:14 +0000

Warning: Rant Alert! I’m feeling frustrated and pissed off at the shortage of real, driven, committed entrepreneurs I come across….so I thought I would ask you guys where I could find some? Entrepreneurs Rant # 1 Today my daughter came to see me. In between the totally daft class scheduling at her 6th Form College, [...]

QR Codes Update

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 10:27:19 +0000

As I’ve been asked to write a short article for my local paper on QR Codes and how you can easily use them – for free – in your business marketing I thought I’d give you an update on my previous article on QR Codes. Just this week I’ve spotted a QR Code on an [...]

Marketing An Album (Jazz) | Getting The Word Out

Nicola Cairncross — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 16:15:00 +0000

Heather has been mad busy with touring with the Monteverdi Choir and singing all over the place with Synergy Vocals for Steve Reich’s 75th Birthday Celebrations, so she’s not been able to blog hardly at all in spite of many hours on places, trains and automobiles, because she’s been so exhausted from the 4am and [...]

Business Diary | Frustrations, New Products & Lost Sons

Nicola Cairncross — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 15:01:51 +0000

I’ve had a week that has felt, as they can do sometimes, pretty frustrating but the good thing about writing a weekly diary like this, is that when I actually come to summarise it for you, my lovely reader, I see that I’ve personally achieved quite a lot. The frustration has largely come from a [...]

Business Success | Where Do You Live Again Mum?

Nicola Cairncross — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 17:17:27 +0000

One of the things about being an entrepreneur and starting a new business that most people find really hard to “get” is the element of uncertainty that comes with being in business. They are scared to let go and just see if they can fly… They just don ‘t understand that there is no magic [...]

Because Some Of You Can’t Make 7pm Wednesday Evenings!

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:43:32 +0000

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-05

Nicola Cairncross — Sun, 09 Oct 2011 16:15:00 +0000

New Blog Post: Double Dip Recession | How To Survive & Thrive In Tough Times http://t.co/nXNu9IjM # Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-10-02 #marketing http://t.co/SHimCs1q # Delighted to speak at Digital Business Brighton – helping business owners put it all together into a coherent plan http://t.co/L1PYjC2 # Business Commandment #3 = "never publicize anything less than [...]

Want To Make More Sales? Discover Your Own Sales Superstar Today!

Nicola Cairncross — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 14:33:29 +0000

I have known for a while that in order to make more sales, I needed a telephone sales superstar to work with, not least because one of my potential future customers told me so, just the other day! My online automated sales system is working brilliantly, with well over 500 tightly targeted unique visitors coming [...]