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Hotdesking Experiment starts with Birmingham

Posted by Chris on April 2nd, 2015

I have recently had some pretty bad experiences with so called Hotdesking facilities in Birmingham, UK and this got me thinking about the subject.

I think part of the problem is that they are more experimental models than professional businesses and the people that are running them are just not up to the task. Simple questions,enquiries,suggestions and even help given get very weird responses and you just wonder where these people have been, are coming from and why they are suddenly hosting Hotdesking facilities. Desperation springs to mind ??

In all the years that I have been meeting people in Birmingham in hotels I have never experienced any negative issues. In fact the reverse. As I cast my mind back over hundreds of meeting I can only remember positive experiences.

Over the last year I have used The Malmaison and Marco Pierre Whites in particular. Both are great but of course MPW has the advantage of the amazing views. I have always had good service at the Ibis Chinatown and there is another hotel where I had amazing support from staff with my laptop connectivity – will update soon.

It really begs a few questions:

– Why would you use a Hotdesking facility rather than e.g. a Hotel or Coffee Bar ??

– What are the most important criteria for a venue to meet with somebody ??

– What is the best place to open up your smartphone, notepad or laptop and get a bit of work done ???

There are probably a few other questions that could be asked aswell.

I am going to leave this article for further updates soon.

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New York Area Social Media and Recruitment Support

Posted by Chris on August 4th, 2012

If you are looking for looking for Sales, Marketing, Administrative, Recruitment or Technology support anywhere in the world but based from the East Coast of America near New York then a social media phenomenon, Vincent Wright, is looking for a selected number of partners to work with – but if you want Vincent to help you then you are going to have to move FAST !!

I have known Vincent for years – since my first days on my first social network – Ecademy. We have kept in touch over the years and I am amazed that he has found time to make this offer to work with people.

He is the founder and developer of so many social media initiatives like Brandergy.com, MyLinkedinPowerForum, and BrandingVentures.com. He has huge networks on Linkedin.

I have copied Vincents messages to his community on this subject here:

INTRODUCTION:

“If you’re amenable to discussing a “Structured Partner Program” for Brandergy.com, I’m seeking 5 partners in the following 5 “S.M.A.R.T. ” categories:

Sales (Includes prospecting, sales research, sales engineers, etc.)
Marketing (includes branding, social media strategy)
Administrative (includes all functions to keep run an enterprise such as legal, fundraising, accounting, management, coaching, training)
Recruitment (includes sourcing)
Technology (includes the full spectrum of software, including database, development, maintenance, graphic design, etc.)

For details, please contact me, as soon as possible. My contact information is below:”

“Below is an overview of my intended role + a basic outline of the 5 fee levels for the Brandergy Structured Partner Program:

MY ROLE BETWEEN YOUR COMPANY and BRANDERGY:

We intend to work with only 5 partners to help our partners do business in one of the 5 “S.M.A.R.T.” categories.

Because, ultimately, doing business is a matter of building strong professional relationships, my role will be to serve as a hybrid between a business development consultant and a meeting facilitator between your company and my contacts while I continue to provide the Brandergy community with content and concepts to help them with their own social media objectives. It is from the Brandergy community that the overwhelming bulk of our joint business meetings for “S.M.A.R.T.” will originate…You may think of my role as a Professional Relationships Officer (P.R.O.)

FEES:

A.) $ 500.00 annual retainer + B.) $100.00 per month fee + C.) 10% success fee
A.) $1,000.00 annual retainer + B.) $ 75.00 per month fee + C.) 5% success fee
A.) $1,500.00 annual retainer + B.) $ 50.00 per month fee + C.) 3% success fee
A.) $2,500.00 annual retainer + B.) $ 25.00 per month fee + C.) 2% success fee
A.) $5,000.00 annual retainer + B.) $ .00 per month fee + C.) 1% success fee

GETTING STARTED:

To get started and to retain the “Technology” section of the “S.M.A.R.T.” partner program, please make the appropriate deposit for the level of your choosing via PayPal.

In that there are only 5 slots for partners at the moment, the partnerships are on a first come, first serve basis…

Should you have questions and would like to discuss them immediately, please feel free to contact me at your convenience at either: +1-860-967-0931 or via Skype at MyLinkedinPowerForum (I’ll be available for at least 5 hours more via both means…)

I look forward to working with you.”

Keep STRONG!!

http://www.vincentwright.com/

http://about.me/vincentwright

http://xeeme.com/vincentwright

http://brandergy.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentwright

http://www.slideshare.net/VincentWright

https://twitter.com/VincentWright

https://twitter.com/brandergy

http://pinterest.com/joannamagrath/brandergy/

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New York Area Based Sales, Marketing, Administrative, Recruitment,Technology Support

Posted by Chris on August 4th, 2012

If you are looking for looking for Sales, Marketing, Administrative, Recruitment or Technology support anywhere in the world but based from the East Coast of America near New York then a social media phenomenon, Vincent Wright, is looking for a selected number of partners to work with – but if you want Vincent to help you then you are going to have to move FAST !!

I have know Vincent for years – since my first days on my first social network – Ecademy. We have kept in touch over the years and I am amazed that he has found time to make this offer to work with people.

He is the founder and developer of so many social media initiatives like Brandergy.com, MyLinkedinPowerForum, and BrandingVentures.com. He has huge networks on Linkedin.

I have copied Vincents messages to his community on this subject here:

INTRODUCTION:

“If you’re amenable to discussing a “Structured Partner Program” for Brandergy.com, I’m seeking 5 partners in the following 5 “S.M.A.R.T. ” categories:

Sales (Includes prospecting, sales research, sales engineers, etc.)
Marketing (includes branding, social media strategy)
Administrative (includes all functions to keep run an enterprise such as legal, fundraising, accounting, management, coaching, training)
Recruitment (includes sourcing)
Technology (includes the full spectrum of software, including database, development, maintenance, graphic design, etc.)

For details, please contact me, as soon as possible. My contact information is below:”

“Below is an overview of my intended role + a basic outline of the 5 fee levels for the Brandergy Structured Partner Program:

MY ROLE BETWEEN YOUR COMPANY and BRANDERGY:

We intend to work with only 5 partners to help our partners do business in one of the 5 “S.M.A.R.T.” categories.

Because, ultimately, doing business is a matter of building strong professional relationships, my role will be to serve as a hybrid between a business development consultant and a meeting facilitator between your company and my contacts while I continue to provide the Brandergy community with content and concepts to help them with their own social media objectives. It is from the Brandergy community that the overwhelming bulk of our joint business meetings for “S.M.A.R.T.” will originate…You may think of my role as a Professional Relationships Officer (P.R.O.)

FEES:

A.) $ 500.00 annual retainer + B.) $100.00 per month fee + C.) 10% success fee
A.) $1,000.00 annual retainer + B.) $ 75.00 per month fee + C.) 5% success fee
A.) $1,500.00 annual retainer + B.) $ 50.00 per month fee + C.) 3% success fee
A.) $2,500.00 annual retainer + B.) $ 25.00 per month fee + C.) 2% success fee
A.) $5,000.00 annual retainer + B.) $ .00 per month fee + C.) 1% success fee

GETTING STARTED:

To get started and to retain the “Technology” section of the “S.M.A.R.T.” partner program, please make the appropriate deposit for the level of your choosing via PayPal.

In that there are only 5 slots for partners at the moment, the partnerships are on a first come, first serve basis…

Should you have questions and would like to discuss them immediately, please feel free to contact me at your convenience at either: +1-860-967-0931 or via Skype at MyLinkedinPowerForum (I’ll be available for at least 5 hours more via both means…)

I look forward to working with you.”

Keep STRONG!!

http://www.vincentwright.com/

http://about.me/vincentwright

http://xeeme.com/vincentwright

http://brandergy.com/

http://www.linkedin.com/in/vincentwright

http://www.slideshare.net/VincentWright

https://twitter.com/VincentWright

https://twitter.com/brandergy

http://pinterest.com/joannamagrath/brandergy/

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Could Lichfield become the U.S. high tech startup destination ?

Posted by Chris on February 6th, 2012

High Tech. Start-up’s are booming in the U.S. with Boston, New York and Silicon Valley all very active and there are many U.S. start-up’s looking at establishing a European office. Could Lichfield a.k.a. Silicon Crossroads in Staffordshire dare to dream that it might host some of these start-up’s ?

Friends of mine established Leap the Pond some years ago in order to assist start-up’s gain a successful foothold from the U.S. to the U.K. and vice versa and also from Asia to the U.K. and America and vice versa.

A while back I wrote this blog

http://mandarainmaker.co.uk/wordpress/2011/09/27/celtic-tiger-awakes-and-starts-tweeting-about-hi-tech/

as I was asked to suggest a suitable European location for a U.S. software company that I knew.

Right at the end you will see mention of an accounting practice called the ” Double Irish and a Dutch Sandwich ” fully described here

http://www.joe.ie/news-politics/current-affairs/irish-move-to-save-twitter-53-per-cent-in-tax-0016130-1

which describes the tax savings achieved by Google and to be achieved by Twitter by having offices in Southern Ireland and Luxembourg.

Like it or not the ” financial parameters ” are going to have a significant influence on where a foreign company bases itself in Europe.

Helmet cheek piece

Lichfield can do no better than London in influencing the tax position of the U.K. mainland. The so called ” Silicon Roundabout ” in London will have to put up with U.k. Tax laws although it is interesting to note that Google also has offices in London and is taking more space in Silicon Roundabout:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-15088359

Recognised ” High Tech. ” areas in the U.K. include: London, M4 corridor, Cambridge, Oxford and Silicon Glen, Scotland. There has been an effort to make the M42/M5 corridor High Tech. and also Telford hosts a number of High Tech. companies.

When you look at Europe from the U.S. you probably have a different perspective and London, Luxembourg, Belgium, Holland and Barcelona in Spain all seem to figure high in Americans minds.

I.D.A. Ireland ( now known as the ” Silicon Republic ” !! ) is very active in the U.S. with ” salespeople ” based in Boston, New York and the West Coast yet it does not necessarily get considered despite having many high tech companies based there.

http://www.idaireland.com/

This video by the C.E.O. of IDA Ireland spells out a lot of the criteria

http://www.idaireland.com/news-media/videos/index.xml?bclid=66038357001&bctid=1148962666001

The Tax Environment

The Business offer ( Incentives to base your H.Q. there )

The Talent Pool

The Track Record

Proximity to other ” synergistic ” businesses.

Transport links

Despite very tough economics in Ireland, or perhaps because of it, I.D.A. Ireland has got all it’s ducks in a row and does a massively professional job of getting inward investment.

Pectoral cross