Archive for May 2005

Buying A Business On eBay

May 28th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

One of the other things we learned at the World Internet Summit was how to buy an already existing business on eBay.
You look for a business that is already established, preferably a website business, that is located in a "hot niche" and then you buy it, tweak it, write decent sales copy for it, set [...]



Oooops! Nearly bought something on eBay!

May 28th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

One of the things we learnt at the World Internet Summit was how to buy property on eBay. Armand Morin gave us (as he put it) just enough information on that gripping topic, to make us dangerous!
Yesterday evening, sitting in the garden with a glass of chilled wine, while Steve was firing up the BBQ [...]



OK, so what’s essential?

May 24th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Well, I’m starting to come out of the conference fog that Gill Fielding has always told me she experiences (and that Judith Morgan describes so eloquently in her blog at http://judithmorgan.typepad.com ). 
After such a big, 4 day, full on, fantastic event (thanks, Ted, Brett, Tom and Alan for inviting me) you must expect a [...]



Well, what a weekend that was….

May 23rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

I have just come back from the World Internet Summit UK 2005 and I had a blast!
We arrived on Wednesday last week for the Speakers Dinner and that set the tone for the whole weekend.  I have to say a big, big "thank you" to Ted Ciuba, Brett McFall and Tom Hua, they really looked [...]



The Book goes live on Amazon!

May 20th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Just an hour before I went on stage at The World Internet Summit UK 2005 I received an email from Debbie & Joe at Bookshaker.com to say that my book,  The Money Gym has gone live on Amazon.  Click the link to have a look!



Creme Crisp

May 13th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Hargan Daaz - Creme Crisp.  I so need one of those right now
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Clarity Comes!

May 7th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

I’ve just had my business coaching session with Judith Morgan.  We are co-coaching and so far, it seems to be working. 
Judith is a serial entrepreneur - a successful one!  She’s an accountant and financial director for companies, and is rapidly becoming the coach of choice for all the entrepreneurs that I know.  Her client [...]



SuperMatch Software Launches!

May 5th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

The new SuperMatch Software is very nearly ready to launch with estimated time to market for new clients within two months.
This grew out of my www.artistmanager.com site, when I realised that it would work, not just for matching up unsigned artists with managers and music industry resources like solicitors, producers, recording studios etc., but for [...]



Some more staggering statistics…..

May 3rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Further to my last post, I’ve been doing some more digging……..and the Sunday Times further lists the following amazing statistics…
26.8 million UK adults use the internet, 55% of the population.
The number of broadband users in the world was 150.5 million at Christmas 2004, with 26.5 million of those being added in the second half of [...]



And talking of the fast stuff….

May 3rd, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Are you a business person?  Do you have a real world business?  Are you a self employed professional currently offering services to clients?

Then you simply must read this email if you want to explode your existing offline business within a few short weeks. There are a few amazing statistics – bear with me - [...]