http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog Information about business, personal thoughts and a proactive networking scene Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:57:01 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Next week I fly to the States to help with an online Auto Salvage project.  A colleague of mine has put together a UK site that has done pretty well as it allows the public to see what repairable salvage  auctions are going on throughout the industry all on one ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=16 It is quite easy to cost for the purchase and running of a vehicle that is important to the profitability of your business, say as a local plumber, taxi driver or even fleets of cars driven by salesmen.  You know the initial cost, you can calculate a rough idea of ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=15 If you are in the business of selling mortgages, then in a little while I may have a solution for you to help you gain more mortgage leads, through this very difficult financial time we are all experiencing at the moment. The project is called Mortgagebam and has been developed as ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=14 Well the networking platform has been some hard work ovr the last 12 months or so. What was to be a positive step in increasing communication throughout the businesses in the North East has been more like a spammers paradise. The built in anti spam defence system just did not work ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=13 Believe it or not, up until last month I was not on the One North east register for service providers, it has never been necessary. But wanted to be included within the Catalyst2 register, which requires to be to be on the One North east register. I was surprised of ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=12 Last month I out together SEO workshop for dewentside council that went really well. In fact many have asked for a return visit, to go over what they have learned and achieved. I have presented workshops before, but not full days, so it was good to discover my allocated times for ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=11 As I sit here and reflect on March an how little time I have been able to dedicate to the forum, I now realise how slow things have been. Very few new real members, but I have to say I am getting at least 2 to 3 spam members a day, ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=10 Well as you can see the membership is growing steadily and now has reached our 50th member, which is half way through the soft launch. When we get to 100 members, then NENO will contact larger organisations and the local press, to really get the free online networking platform moving. We ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=9 I remember as a young man and being promoted to supervisor, that allowed me to wear a white shirt and a tie rather than the red ones the general staff wore, it made me feel pretty good and important. Eventually if I got promoted to assistant manager, I would be ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=8 Well myself and a collegue Julian have decided to get involved in the "Meet The Buyers Seminar" next Thursday at Gisbrough Hall. It has meant turning up at a pre meeting to discuss our stand and what to do on the day. Malcolm Gallagher was there as usual giving out tips ... http://nenetworking.co.uk/netblog/?p=7