The Spicks & the Specs of Spec Work

The Spicks & the Specs of Spec Work

The spicks and the specOf the girls on my mindWhere is the sunThat shone on my headThe sun in my lifeIt is dead. . . Bee Gees – “The Spicks and the Specks” It is dead Spec work is the best way to destroy an industry. Many would argue that “Speculative work” is the best way to get the top tier work from creatives. I’m here to tell you that

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Some stats on e-commerce during Covid-19 infographics

Some stats on e-commerce during Covid-19 infographics

In doing research for my blog post on why it’s important to start working on your online business here. I amassed a lot of stats and figures of consumer behaviour for the last few months during the outbreak of Covid 19. There is no doubt the Corona Virus is a game changer. It’s forcing people out of their comfort zones. People who prefered to go to the grocery now have

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Education and Covid 19

Education and Covid 19

I wrote a blog post on social distancing and having to work from home during Covid 19. I ended up in a live discussion with my friend Maurice Burke and his panel. There were a lot of points made about the virtual collapse of the world’s education system because of Covid 19. In short just telling students to study home is just as problematic as telling employees who have never

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Website Real Estate. Why a Website is a home not just an address.

Website Real Estate. Why a Website is a home not just an address.

TL:DR A secure, well made website can cost between US$175 to up to $US5,000. I explain what you get for those prices by doing a breakdown from doing a simple landing page to a large e-commerce site.  Whilst chatting with a real estate client of mine, he shared with me an interesting insight. He said “One cannot sell real estate these days without having online real estate.” This got me

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