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Recently our daughter Katie, has been really quite poorly. She has been in a lot of pain that has made her virtually housebound  She was in hospital for two weeks where they did a number of tests and even removed her appendix which did not solve the problem. They diagnosed several possible causes even though it was clear from her symptoms that this was highly unlikely.

The hospital ruled out several possible causes based on unfounded facts. We were told that it could not be caused by one condition as she is only 14 and too young. It turns out after we did our own research that children as young as 11 can suffer from this particular problem. Unfortunately, this was not the cause of all her pain and so the Doctor was right, albeit more luck than an accurate diagnosis to rule it out.

The first thing that we realised was that they were carrying out tests in a linear fashion rather than in parallel. They would do a blood test and then wait for 2 days the results, then when that showed nothing they tested her urine and when that came back with E-coli they stopped all other tests and exploration while they treated her even though they were all in agreement that it was not and could not be the cause for the type of pain and in the area that it was.

There was no reason why she could not have carried out the scans and other tests during the 5 days she was in hospital being treated for this mild form of e-coli, which by the way had no symptoms or was causing her any problems. Apparently, we all carry the bacteria.

Whilst the surgical team were dealing with her pre and post op, the paediatric doctors did not get involved. Then when she was passed over to them they then repeated tests that they had already done which was another total waste of time.

On our last hospital visit they told us that it could be psychological and that she would just have to learn to live with the pain. As you can imagine we were fairly robust in our response.

I cannot imagine how they would even suggest that just because they had not found anything after numerous blood tests, scans and x-rays that there was nothing wrong and that it was all in her head!

My response was to ask how on earth they could consider stopping now. They had not explored every possible avenue and therefore surmising. Their opinion was ill informed and without the benefit of all the facts.

Katie has been poorly and in pain for around 9 weeks now and living on pain killers which is not good for a young girl.

We no longer put all of our trust in the doctors and consultants at the hospital. Now don’t get me wrong, the National Health in the United Kingdom is a fantastic thing and I am sure most of the staff try to do their best in what is an overcrowded, understaffed hospital which does not allow them to give the time needed to each patient. This leads to an inefficient system, they are fire fighting trying to do as many things as they can in the time they have. I would be very surprised if there were no serious incidents on occasions. We are lucky that although Katie is in a lot of pain sometimes, they are confident it is not serious or life threatening which is of course a blessing.

Obviously, we love and care for our daughter a great deal and after our experience with the medical teams, it is clear to us that there are major procedural problems at the hospital and this has lead to us carrying out as much research as we can on every possible cause based on her actual symptoms and made sure we questioned everything with the doctors in detail.

This has made a big difference and whilst we were told we would have to wait for another 4 or 5 weeks for an MRI scan we managed to get this moved forward and was done in 2 days!

We are now waiting for the results to see what if anything this has found. The next step is a CT scan which they do not like to do, especially on young children as it has high levels of radiation.

So, after this rather long winded post (rather therapeutic though ) It made me realise that if the Doctors, the ones we trust with our lives can be made to rethink with a bit of in depth questioning then surely we really should question everything when it comes to all aspects of your personal and business life too.

When, you read about these latest guru techniques and magic strategies don’t just take their word for it  question their tactics in detail, don’t just blindly follow them.

So many of these courses are rehashed crap that is either flat out dangerous to implement, will never produce the income that justifies the time required to implement or just don’t work period.

If you are interested in a product and have been seduced by the sales letter as I often am ;-(    drop them  an email and ask as many in depth and pertinent questions as you can think of that are not answered in the sales letter.

Check to see if the stats and figures add up.

If they know their onions, it is a great product and they are really interested in helping you succeed then they will have no problems replying with the details that you are looking for.

Good luck and I will try to make the next post shorter, without the whinging and not so self indulgent……    No promises though…

 

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Sorry, for some reason my posts are not showing up properly.

I just wrote a post on how to get clickable links on youtube videos but for some reason I cannot get it to show up.

It may well be the images that is causing the problem but whatever it is I am working on getting it fixed and my tech guy is on it.

 

I will have this sorted asap and you will be able to see for yourself how easy it is to get clickable links on youtube videos for your website and blogs.

The Proof Of The Pudding

The proof of the pudding is in the eating as they say.

This means that you cannot find out how good or bad something is until you try it out for yourself.

Funny though how many people have opinions on things that they no little or nothing about.

I see people promoting products, services and courses that they have no knowledge or experience of.

All in their desire to make money for themselves. They forget that the more you give out the more you will receive. If you try and help others in your day to day life and offer help and assistance without asking anything in return, you will be paid back in dividends.

Over time you earn respect and become an acknowledged expert in your field. Once this begins to happen then you are able to profit from the demand for your expertise in whatever field you are in.

The Proof of the pudding is in the Eating

This does not just relate to Internet marketing or online business but to any form of business.

If you provide something of value for nothing and people enjoy or benefit from it then you will see those people coming back for more and the next time they will be prepared to pay.

With this in mind remember the proof pf the pudding is in the eating and do not spend time and effort trying to promote or join a discussion where you know nothing about it.

If you are going to promote a product or service make sure you try it out for yourself first. Learn about it and understand what it can do or not as the case may be.

You can sell anything if you believe in it and this can only happen if you have first hand experience

So remember, next time you are thinking of promoting something that the proof of the pudding…. Well you get the picture

Another tip for success in your business and life is to accept responsibility for everything that happens good or bad and even for things that you have no control over.

Let me explain myself.

When I ran a large sales organisation it was common for the sales people to blame the client for not buying. They would be full of excuses with all the reasons why it was the not their fault.

The sales person would go home safe in the knowledge that it was not their fault. They would come in the following day and strangely enough have another bad day due to the crap leads they have been given!

As soon as you pass the blame you lose.

The best sales people always believed that they had done something wrong and this attitude meant that they did something about it, they looked for ways to improve next time, not wanting to make the same mistake again.Even if it was not their fault they still took responsibility.

These were the ones that were in the top 10 and made the most money consistently.

Einstein once said that the definition of insanity is to keep doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.

As soon as you

No one likes to be criticized and it can be hard to be self critical but believe me if you take the blame for everything that happens then you will see improvements in every area of your life.

so take a tip from me when things are not going right, look in the mirror and ask “what could I have done different” and “what am I going to do next time?”

Take responsibility for everything your successes and your failures

Building Your Own Website

WHY SHOULD I HAVE A WEBSITE

Building your own website is not that difficult these days. There are a number of site building software programs available online and offline. If you can use a wordprocessor then you can build you own website

• The world and his dog is online these days. People buy their road tax online, do their weekly shopping online, Bank online, tax returns, you can even pay your speeding fines online as I recently found out!!!
• Essentially it’s the way the world advertises these days more money is spent on internet advertising than TV now..
• Most households have internet connection either in their home or via their mobile phones.
• With the explosion of the smart phones, blackberry’s and of course the iphone, now in it’s 4^th generation people are now looking up all sorts of information. This new technology allows advertisers to be very specific with the demographics of the prospects or customers they are aiming at. Right down to having adverts appear in specific areas, towns or even streets. Adverts will only show when the smart or iphone user is in a particular location.
• Smart apps will even show you a list of all the bars and restaurants locally to where you are anywhere in the world.

How to have your business appear on a smart phone or iphone?

• You have to register your business on Google places, which is FREE  and add your location Google maps. You DO NOT EVEN NEED A WEBSITE. Add photos of your business.

WHY IS AN ONLINE PRESENCE IMPORTANT

• As I said people will research the place they are coming to before they arrive and if they find details of your place and they like the look of it then they will hunt you out.. Also subconsciously if they have seen a photo of your place and they walk by there is a higher chance of them coming in because it is familiar to them.

WHERE OR HOW DO I START

• There are three options when it comes to building your own website for your online presence.

1. i.     Buy a domain name and setup your own website
2. ii.     Use one of the free website builders (ie yourbusiness.webs.com)
3. iii.     Use the free social network sites.

When building your own website you first buy and register your domain name.

• Namecheap.com
• Godaddy.com

Use the above to find and buy your domain name. Try to use the business name.

Designing – have someone design you your website.

• COST – The cost is between £250 and £1,000 for a basic site depending on what you want it to look like and do.
• You can also use one of the many FREE online web building sites. These are REALLY easy to use just fill in the blanks add some images and you are done. They make their money by placing adverts on your site. You can of course have these removed by paying them for using their site, which costs about £50 – £75 per year.

Alternatively, you can use one of the many free online website builders that enable you to follow a step by step process to create a great looking website by filling in the blanks and adding photos and images.

• Webs.com
• Weebly.com
• webstarts.com
• doodlekit.com

These are a few of the top website creators that you can use to create your very own website easily.

The other option is social networking these are sites like

• Facebook
• Twitter
• Myspace
• Youtube.

You can register your business and invite people to join or follow you.

If you want more information on building your own website then you can contact me on the contact us form.

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In sales we always train people never to prejudge a client or a prospect. You should always treat people the same and don’t be fooled by first impressions.

The mantra don’t pre judge is not just in sales but is with most things. I have been reminded of this recently in my trip here to Perth.

I have been kind of busy with a number of projects and although we had planned to have a holiday and had even booked the flights some time ago I was not looking forward to it.

I love Bali and was wrapped up in what I was doing. then I started hearing the rumours! It is so hot in Perth you cannot breath, there are loads of fires, there is a big drought in Western Australia and watch out for the spiders and snakes..

I was thinking why would anyone want to got to a place that has the only salt water crocodiles in the World, the only poisonous mammal, the most poisonous spiders and snakes and jelly fish with 3 metre tentacles that paralyse you??

So, now my desire to travel there was less than positive. in fact I had already decided that I did not like it and was happy to change the flights and go off to Hong Kong instead.

It was only that although we could change the flight dates or times, we could not change the destination and being a tight old git, I did not want to waste them so with a sulky face and the odd whinge I boarded the plane to Perth.

Well, what a place it is fantastic, hot days and cool evenings perfect. The beaches are safe and clean, there are so many Parks and BBQ areas and walk ways and National Parks it is amazing. The people are fantastic too, so friendly and it is a very multi cultured society too. The lifestyle is amazing, everyone is out and about doing something.

It has definitely given me a slap in the chops when it comes to pre judging. My family and I would mover here in a heart beat, but I don’t think they will have me. especially if they had heard my earlier comments.

That will teach me to talk about and comment on something I have absolutely no knoweldge or expereince of… Or will it?

Daniel, my youngest son, who is 11 has got his first site up and running.

It is www.bakugan-game.net I really do not understand the rules or the game much to Daniels frustration and amusement.

The Game of Bakugan You have a team of brawlers and each have their own bakugan’s then they have bakugan ability cards and bakugan gate cards there are also traps. so complicated and not only that I cannot read the text on the cards.. Old age again!!

I am sure games were not as complicated as this when I was younger. Monopoly, Cluedo and ludo was my staple gaming diet before the onsite of basic video games like bat and ball, pacman and space invaders. Those were the days.

Anyways, the website is a wordpress blog, like most of my sites and Dan has designed the website himself in Artisteer and created the structure and content all himself.

We have added adsens to the site and next we will be adding amazon so he can start making some money.

Most of the pages are already indexed and now I have to teach him how to build backlinks to the site.

I am really proud of what he has done and hope he makes some money from it.

If he keeps on like this and he builds a few more cash generating websites, he could well be earning more money per week than some adults earn.

The beauty of these sites is once they are done there is little else needs doing to them they just grow and keep generating money.

Even if they only make $10 per day, if he can build 10 of those sites over the next 12 months he will be on $100 per day passive income.

Not bad for an 11 year old (he will be 12 then

Any one for a game of Bakugan I know someone who knows all the rules

Bakugan rules