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What 5 Things Do I Do Nearly Every Day To Be Successful

My good friend Judith Morgan has been blog tagged again. This time by her top Tech Coach Sandra de Freitas. Judith didn't actually tag me this time - i suspect this is because I didn't join in last time. Hey, I was moving house! Anyway, I've tagged myself this time and am ready to play...

My 5 things I do nearly every day to be successful are:

1. I eat with nutrition in mind. Eg. Breakfast is a low carb, high protein, high omega affair. Typically, fresh berries, mango or apple with a combination of nuts, seeds (particularly ground linseeds), spices and organic, natural bio yoghurt.  This sets me up beautifully for the day - keeps my blood sugar and energy levels steady and reminds me daily of the importance of loving myself and caring for my body accordingly.

Web 2.0/Social Media - is it relevant to all businesses?

I've just created a new Blog Carnival today with a very tight deadline for the first edition. The 2.0 (as in Web) for Business carnival focusses on all things social media - blogging, wikis, podcasting, vodcasting, myspace, linkedin, ecademy, youtube - and why it's important for businesses to get involved with it? The first edition addresses a specific issue which comes following a conversation with a friend (we'll call him Tom) who works in a web dev co. This is his conundrum:

"We are a technical web consultancy. We deliver business-driven web solutions to SMEs across the UK. Increasingly our clients are asking us about Web 2.0. They're worried. Some of them want to 'upgrade'. They are affected by the considerable hype and don't want to get left behind. We tell them that Web 2.0 represents an evolution not a revolution and that many of the incumbent technologies and societal paradigms have been around a long time, but are only recently finding widespread traction.

Scurvy Elephants in the Garden?

Headed over to the Mouse and Trowel Awards voting area today to vote for my new friend Heather Gorringe's company Wiggly Wigglers. (That's Heather left, winning another award.)

Her team are up for Best Gardening Podcast - and so, so deserve it. Check it out here.  As I commented on Heather's blog today,

"I live in a city in a gardenless flat. I used to watch the beeb's Countryfile for my weekly fix of country culture fantasy. No more. The Wiggly Wigglers podcast has taken over - its utterly superb."

I run another blogsite for the Scurvy Elephants Society and it dawned on me that Heather is a perfect example... (What's a Scurvy Elephant?)  She is building such a strong brand - a genuine 'global micro-brand'  - and it seems to me to be a brand based on passion, values and authenticity. 

Blogging and podcasting is just so good for that - for being yourself, sharing your passion and your values, and in my opinion, this gives small business a huge advantage over big business in the social media marketing 'space'.  I'll be interviewing Heather v soon for the podcast so that particular issue is bound to come up. It'll be interesting to hear her take on it.

Are you a Scurvy Elephant? Join us here and let us share your Scurvy Story with the world.

Snap Preview widget - what do YOU think?

I've been meaning to ask you about this for a while now... a few weeks back, I installed the Snap preview widget. Thats the thing that pops up the little preview pane of where you will end up if you click on a link on my site. I saw it over on Marion Ryan's blog and thought I'd try it out (she appears to have ditched it now). Apparently, people are more inclined to click through a link if they know where they are headed. Personally, it's beginning to bug me a bit and I can't recognise any real benefits, but what do you think?

Now be honest with me here - because it's your opinion that counts. Is it helpful or annoying or are you indifferent towards it? Click on the 'comments' link below to leave yours and let me know. Thank you.