Jo Dodds of Counterpoint Matters

Jamie Oliver – TED Talk on obesity

jododds — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 23:47:18 +0000

Inspirational TED Talk from Jamie Oliver from both an obesity/food angle and his energy and passion for the subject.

Gary Vaynerchuk, the first on Seth Godin’s new Linchpin Series

jododds — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:41 +0000

I read Seth Godin’s blog. Today there was a great short video of Gary Vaynerchuk from Wine Library TV and author of the recent book ‘Crush It’ about what makes someone indispensable.

Simple, yet profound.

Love it.

You know he means it.

Thought I’d share.

GaryVee on Seth Godin’s Linchpin Video Series

What do you think?

We saw Pluck this evening – they are amazing

jododds — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 22:25:24 +0000

I can’t believe it’s so long since I posted on here…

We went to see an amazing show tonight at the Quarterhouse in Folkestone. It was Pluck and you can find out a bit about them in this video.

I would thoroughly recommend them; Doddsy isn’t really into classical concerts but he loved it. They’re great musicians and have made a really entertaining show with humour and funny silliness! You can find out more about them on their website Pluck – The World’s Funniest String Trio

A new type of search engine?

jododds — Mon, 25 May 2009 10:07:28 +0000

I read an article in the paper this week (sorry I can’t remember which one; I tore the page out but the name isn’t on the bottom!) about a new type of search engine that is being developed in Illinois, US, by a British computer scientist, Stephen Wolfram. It is called WolframAlpha and it is the web’s first ‘computational knowledge engine’.

It holds only factual data, more than 10 trillion pieces nand it is checked by experts.

Have a look; I typed in my birthdate and found out that I am 2,085 weeks or 14,597 days old! There are sample searches suggested on the home page so you can have a real play around.

It’s still being created so quite a few searches don’t return anything, but definitely one to bookmark and keep an eye on!

Let me know what you think?

Wolfram Alpha Computational Knowledge Engine (coolhunting.com)
The Geek’s Search Engine? (blogs.wsj.com)

Susan Boyle wowing them on Britain’s Got Talent – Inspirational

jododds — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 11:45:01 +0000

This made me cry; it was so uplifting! I don’t watch Britain’s Got Talent, so I didn’t see it, but I picked it up online. I can’t embed it but I would encourage you to click through.

Susan Boyle on Britain’s Got Talent

Poem ‘The Dash’

jododds — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 09:56:58 +0000

Sadly, I attended a thanksgiving service a couple of weeks ago in our local church for Maurice Maisey, a lovely man who was part of the fabric of Hythe; he was Deputy Mayor at one stage and was a founder of the biennial Hythe Festival.

It was a lovely, very moving service and one of the moments where I struggled to hold back the tears (me and most everyone else!) was when his daughter read a lovely poem, which I have found online as a video. I thought I would share The Dash as it is really poignant.

Stephen Fry’s Opinion on Twitter

jododds — Fri, 06 Mar 2009 11:27:51 +0000

Link to a BBC interview with Stephen Fry about his interest in, and use of, Twitter. If you are on Twitter, you can follow me at jododds

See you there!

The Money Gym

jododds — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 17:19:03 +0000

I have been meaning to add a post about The Money Gym for ages, and I’ve finally got round to it! Nicola Cairncross, Wealth Creation Expert and founder of The Money Gym is responsible for some of our internet marketing journey as it was through her that I first heard about Andrew Reynolds and Brett McFall and Tom Hua from the World Internet Summit. The Money Gym was created to “enable bright, energetic people to become independently wealthy” and they offer events and coaching amongst other things.

Their next event is their Property Extravaganza at the end of this month and you can find out more details on their website.

If nothing else you really should get Nicola’s book, which is a great read and can help to change your thinking for the better on money and wealth creation.

Office Organisation Tips!

jododds — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 09:31:37 +0000

Ellie, my two year old, thought she was being helpful; all my files will look a bit crumply now!!!

Do you want more customers for your business?

jododds — Sun, 25 Jan 2009 12:54:00 +0000

Do you want more customers

If you are in business do you know how to get more customers?

If not, or if you would like a bit of help, you may be interested in having a look at my business website www.counterpointmatters.com.

It is a membership site that gives you weekly Attraction Actions to do to better market your business and get more customers. The idea is that I have done all the hard work for you; through my experience and learning you can take advantage of weekly action plans to guide and motivate you to work on your marketing for some time each week, to maintain the momentum.

You know how you only market when you don’t have any work; well this membership opportunity helps you to make sure that you market all the time so that you don’t have any periods without work!

You can get the first Attraction Action for nothing if you sign up for the 7 day trial. It is about business networking, and you can download the audio and transcriptions etc, so you can still use it even if you don’t want to continue to full membership.

Let me know what you think.

Photo Credit: Crystl on Flickr