Archive for July 2005

Wealth Creation Conference Nov 2005

Jul 31st, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Andy Shaw and Shaa Wassamund have been to see two potential venues for the Wealth Creation Conference - Lords Cricket Ground and Heythrop Park - and we will be making a decision this week.
Then we can let the speakers know the exact dates, tell them about the new format and start promoting it. There are [...]



Spider Phobia Day

Jul 31st, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

One of my lovely www.AutomatedMarketingMachine.com clients, Lee McCormack, send me this kind email this weekend………
"Hi Nicola, I hope you are well. two weeks today and the exam will be over - Oh I can’t wait!!!  Anyway am i correct in thinking you have a thing about spiders??  If so , I saw this and thought [...]



Found a great blog…..

Jul 29th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

I accidentally found a great blog today on Business Start Ups and I recommend you check it out.  The author is clued up about all kinds of business and the blog is well written, interesting and balanced.  I will be syndicating it to my RSS Reader (get yours free at www.rssreader.com now).
I also recommend Bobbi [...]



Rich Dad’s Game

Jul 29th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

I’m so excited……….I’ve just ordered Rich Dad’s Cashflow for Kids boardgame and Cashflow 202 - the extension for the brilliant board game CashFlow 101.  My kids have seen Steve and I playing Cashflow 101 and are pestering to play, so I thought I would get the kids version, and while there I thought I would [...]



Where dreams come from….

Jul 29th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Do you know what happens, nicola, when a dream comes true and you feel your joy bubbling over into wide grins, happy dances, and shrieks of "Holy @#$%!!" and the like?
Your energy actually spills over into the oceans of time and reaches into the past where it laps upon the shores of a former here [...]



Ballard Shaw / Passive Investments Set Closing Date

Jul 29th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

As I said in my previous postings, this has been an amazing week and one of the highlights was that Steve and I have managed to secure one of the Ballard Shaw / Passive Investments "Property Investor" places - just in the nick of time too!
Ballard Shaw / Passive Investments are reaching the end of [...]



Worldpay v PayPal

Jul 27th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

I’ve used Worldpay for years - first for www.artistmanager.com then for my coaching business The Money Gym (www.nicolacairncross.com ) and beyond the nightmare that it is to set it up, I’ve generally been quite pleased with them. 
Apart from the time they suddenly decided that, because I had put my prices up, they would keep [...]



Mystery Shopping - could it be my new hobby?

Jul 27th, 2005 | By Nicola Cairncross | Category: Money Gym | Diaries

Now anyone who knows me knows I’m a terror about customer service - and when Steve and I are out together…………well, watch out if your food, wine, service or decor are not up to our standards (which slip a bit as the evening goes on funnily enough!).  I remember a brilliant evening talking to Philly [...]



Nicola’s Google Adwords Secrets

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

Though I hate to admit it, I’m a bit of a geek when it comes to Google Adwords.
My www.ArtistManager.com business is just about to gain it’s 100,000 click-through over the last two years, for a total advertising spend of $5000 and an increase in business from £25 to £500 a week…………….and I increased my guesthouse [...]



Secrets Of A Millionaire Mind

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

Andy Shaw from Ballard Shaw Passive Invesments has started blogging and he’s just great at it.  If you want to peek inside Andy’s mind then you should read his blog and you really must syndicate his blog to your RSS Reader.  Get your free Reader here at www.rssreader.com and then put Andy’s feed URL into [...]