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Lockdown and time
Lockdown has taught me that without being able to pay for things and to exchange money for something, then deep down many in society don’t know how to spend their most valuable asset, time. Those who were lucky enough to retain their jobs or have furlough money coming in were…
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Why I’m changing to Stripe
One of my business mantras is to delegate as many normal business operations as possible. One of my other mantras is to make collecting payments from clients as easy as possible. So, in 2016 when I designed my company’s website, it was designed to showcase my services (creating cycling adventures…
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How I use Mailchimp in my business (and it’s not for email marketing)
How I use Mailchimp in my business (and it’s not for email marketing). If you work with groups and exchange information with them prior to your events, it can be an extremely useful, here’s why… I’ve used Mailchimp for years no, it is one of the major players in the…
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Facebook Marketing – Maximise your tagging
Keeping up with Facebook updates can be a full time job. The more recent algorithm changes to push back on branded content, reduce organic reach, and centre content around individuals’ friends and family members has made life just that little bit harder for businesses to create buzz around their products…
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Paid to travel the world
I am paid to travel around the world. It’s not that I have a huge social media following and contact hotels asking for free accommodation in exchange for a selfie, or use black hat techniques that allow me to fly business class for $10 (although these methods certainly have their…
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Hot Yoga
I have been told now for a long while that I should practice yoga. The cynic in me has put this off for 37 years, with images of people in Thai-pants snorting incense and mumbling mantras. Months of travelling through India, Nepal and throughout Southeast Asia has somewhat skewed my…
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The real cost of your jeans
This image is a Google Earth screenshot of where the Pearl River meets the sea just south of Guangzhou, South China. If you look closely, a patch of purple appears in the centre of the delta. This ghostly purple hue is pollution caused by what’s going on upstream, and we…
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One change with a huge difference
In late 2015 I made the decision to avoid ‘unnecessary media’. In practice this means I no longer read newspapers, listen to the radio or watch news on the television and this has undoubtedly had a profound impact on my life. This was recommended to me by a number of…
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Loved Ones at the Magnet
As part of Liverpool Music Week, Loved Ones (@wearelovedones) supported the London-based band Gengahr at the Magnet on Hardman Street on Saturday evening. Loved Ones formed on the Wirral a few years ago and have since performed in various locations throughout the UK and Europe. Their lineup consists of Nik…
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What Costa Rica taught me
On the 1st December 1948, President Jose Figueres Ferrer abolished the military in #CostaRica. It’s now been 25078 days without a Costa Rican army and they’re doing just fine. This country has taught me many things and reinvigorated other core values that are easy to forget in a busy world. Kindness…