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Author Archives: Jon Stow
Is your organisation anonymous?
If anyone wants to stay in business and be successful, they must get out there, have a decent website, and learn to use social media so that.customers can find them. Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, marketing, Social media
Tagged marketing, networking, planning, reputation, small business, Social media
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A scam or a rip-off attempt
Last week someone or some company tried to relieve me of a fair amount of money. They said that we needed to issue a new certificate for the installed loft insulation in our house. Therefore I assumed they represented the original people who did the work. Continue reading
Nadhim Zahawi’s tax affairs
As many of you will have realised, I keep politics out of my on-line writing and social media. I am not going to start now. There has been much speculation about the supposed investigation into Mr Zahawi’s tax affairs and a “tax expert” has made assumptions about the amount of money, or should we say value, of assets apparently now deemed liable to tax, Continue reading
More dishonesty
If he was taking cash in hand to allow me to avoid paying his VAT, he was certainly dodging tax on any cash he took. Continue reading
Kindness and indifference in the supermarket
Last week in our local Co-op I dropped my walking stick when paying at the check-out. The cheerful young lady rushed round to pick it up for me. I was a little embarrassed but thanked her. She was very considerate … Continue reading
Posted in Business planning, Customer relations, Customer service
Tagged Customer service, reputation, sales
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Dilemmas and degrees of honesty
he was certainly dodging tax on any cash he took, and of course deceiving his accountant as well as defrauding HMRC. Continue reading
Death and life getting in the way
It is over four years since I posted on On Our Bikes. Why the hiatus, or maybe that word is not enough to convey the long interval? Never mind. After the last post in July 2017 things just happened. My … Continue reading
Business and social media folly
My wife Gloria and I met an apparently very pleasant fellow at a weekend barbecue recently. We had a long chat covering a wide range of non-contentious subjects, and it emerged we had a hobby in common – amateur radio, … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, Social media
Tagged Facebook, Politics, profanities, Social media
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Should I be retired?
Being of “a certain age”, which means no longer young, a lot of people I meet socially and even some who have known me a while think I must be retired. Well, I suppose I could have retired, but since … Continue reading
What counts is what we can do
We had a very interesting speaker at a meeting I went to the other week. He was very knowledgeable in his subject and sounded as though he could really help his clients through tough times and to achieve their best. … Continue reading
Posted in Customer relations, marketing
Tagged case studies, example, marketing, reputation
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