Monday, February 22, 2010

#NewcastleCoffee Tweetup Friday 7.45am - 9am


A reminder - if you've thought about looking for a Twitter meetup in the Newcastle area, then Friday's the day and 7.45am in the Newcastle CBD is the place.

Twitter can be great for business owners but anyone with an interest in Twitter is welcome to come visit and meet the great people who choose to make #newcastlecoffee a regular part of their day.

Like the ditty below, sent to me via Twitter this week attests, sometimes it's just fun to be around interesting people, and to meet people you'd never have connected with otherwise.


Hope to see you there sometime soon!

Newcastle Business Directory

Some Newcastle and Hunter businesses I'm proud to support.

Newcastle & Hunter Valley
Business Associates Directory
Lindy Asimus is proud to be associated with these local Newcastle and Hunter Valley businesses. Please consider them if you are looking for services in these areas and let them know you found them on this site:
Accountants

Bowling Associates Business Accountants
Compliance and Management accounting
for business owners.
Servicing Newcastle, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie
Hunter Valley. Distance and country clients welcome
First Floor 28 William Street
RAYMOND TERRACE , NSW 2324
Phone: 2 4983 1611
E-Mail: don@bowlinggroup.com.au

Business Coaching

Design Business Engineering.
Design Your Business - Engineer it to Work!

Business and executive coach, Lindy Asimus works with business owners in
reviewing their business, creating systems to streamline the business and
produce policies and procedures to simplify, and keep the knowledge in the
business. Write a business plan or marketing plan and review and develop
strategies that will let you promote your business.
Get your business visible online by incorporating social media
(Facebook and Twitter), blogs and Web strategies.
Create more business with your existing clients and networking partners.
Contact Lindy Asimus on Mobile 0403 365 855
Contact Lindy by email to discuss your case.
www.designbusinessengineering.com
Servicing Newcastle, Port Stephens, Lake Macquarie, Hunter Valley
Online and internet coaching available all locations

Computer & IT

Jarvie Computing
IT Consulting Sales and Service

Specialist in onsite Small business networking. (1 to 20 employee size business)
Computer sales/service, SMB Networking, website hosting, automated remote backup.
Contact Steven Jarvie
Phone: 02 49 430318
Website: www.jarviecomputing.com.au
Servicing Newcastle and Hunter valley

General Insurance


AIIB Insurance Brokers
Business/Commercial Insurances
Specialists in insurance and review of existing
insurance packages to alert the customers
to any policy issues or pricing opportunities available.
Contact Peter Stroud-Watts
Mobile 0405 042 087
Servicing Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephen, Hunter Valley

Graphic Design

Psyborg Graphic & Multimedia Design

Graphic design, web design, interactive design, animation
press design, logo design. Specialty technical design also available.
A multimedia and graphic design studio focused on the creation of
creative and useable communication. We apply a disciplined approach
to your objective by combining an engineered structure to the creative process,
in turn developing a visual solution that resonates with your audience.
psyborgis particularly interested in creating rich media utilising the latest
internet technologies and constructs.
Contact Daniel Borg
Mobile 0414 914 087
www.psyborg.com.au
Servicing Global

Leadership & Executive Training

Dare2XL

Specialty: Leadership and Team Building Training, Executive Coaching, Keynote Speaking
Andrew Hughes is a Leadership Expert and Master Coach, helping businesses and individuals
develop courageous and authentic leadership patterns that produce superior and permanent
results. Andrew is an experienced and successful leader with impressive leadership credentials
in the legal industry. He is now a Director of Dare2XL and is located in Newcastle, Australia.
Visit Andrew's blog http://dare2xl.typepad.com to get great tips and mindsets that will
help you achieve the results you want in your business and life.
Contact: Andrew Hughes
Mobile: 0407 412 119
Website URL: www.dare2xl.com.au
Servicing: Newcastle, Eastern Seaboard

Live Plants For Hire

Newcastle Indoor Plant Hire

Indoor plants hire for office and home.
Also artificial Christmas tree hire and live Christmas tree sales
Hire indoor and outdoor plants on a long term, short term or casual basis.
Contact: Gai Alder
Mobile: 0421 319370 or 1800 601 334
www.niph.com.au
www.chrissytrees.com.au
Servicing: Newcastle, Lake Macquarie, Port Stephens and Hunter Valley

ABC Radio 1233 Engaging With Newcastle Community







Great to see Newcastle's own radio station 1233 getting with the times and engaging with the community on Twitter and Facebook.

Find 1233Newcastle crew details here

So... what can you learn from listening to our local ABC station?

Just some of the things that you'll find:

Quiz Challenges
Local weather
Traffic updates
Petrol price updates
Local heroes
Events
Sports coverage
Treasure Hunter!- A mad real-life treasure hunt that listeners help to solve each Saturday morning.
Talk back, and more are just a part of the way that Novacastrians get to discuss local affairs and share stories.


And now you can follow the fun on Twitter

Here's a sample - "You Knew You Grew Up In Newcastle, When..." Listener's reminisce!




Business Building 2010 Workshop

I was fortunate to be invited to assist with a business workshop held at Charlestown last week by Richie Williams of Pride Coaching. What a great opportunity for the businesses attending to review their goals for their business and plan their approach to improving their business outcomes in the year ahead.

There will be more workshops planned for the months to come, so if you have not had a chance to attend yet, keep it in mind for the workshops in the coming months.

Here is a video of some testimonials from the December 09 workshop!

















New dates for upcoming workshops will be posted but if you'd like more information, contact Pride Coaching on 02 4948 0093 rwilliams@pridecoaching.com.au
(Mention this blog!)

Sunday, February 14, 2010

Newcastle + Coffee + Twitter

#Newcastlecoffee Tweetup is a regular feature for the people on Twitter to get together early on Friday mornings in the CBD.

Here's a video of our own Gordon Whitehead aka @The_Git on a visit to a Sydney sister-group.


You can find out details on future meetings, by searching Twitter for #newcastlecoffee for updates and to meet the regulars.

Saturday, February 13, 2010

Here's A Nod To The Winter Olympics

Google's Snow Mobile.

Sometimes Life Is Short.


Sometimes Life Is Short.


Building a business is one thing. Protecting what you build is
a part of good business - and good thinking.

From time to time people will say, "I don't need life
insurance". And sometimes its true. But not often.
The fact is, that only you can determine if you, your
family, or your business, needs you to have life cover.
Professional advisors can and will assess the risk to
which you and your loved ones are exposed.
Then ultimately it is something that you decide for your
reasons. Some of those will be practical;  things like
economical protection and to make sure that even if
something unexpected happens…it won't be the worst
possible thing that might have happened. And some of
the reasons you might decide to take out life cover will
be just silly reasons, things you might not even be able
to put your finger on … but it will feel like the right thing to do.
For you see, things like peace of mind, and
being able to sleep at night because you know
that no matter what - everything will be taken
care of, makes a whole lot of sense to some people.

The whole point of risk management, is about
determining your current position and addressing
the "What If" issues that can happen to us all.
Each individual will have a totally different situation
from every other person, depending on their relative
financial positions and family make up. As well as
their different priorities of what is important in life.

This is true for individuals and families, but equally as
important when considering your business.
The needs of the family and the needs of the business
will be quite separate and distinct in many cases.


If you can answer Yes to these questions, you may not
need insurance right now…
Consider:
  This is real.
                  This is now.
                                This is you.


~  "I Died Today."  ~

 Would These Answers Be Yours?
My family has a nice home that will always be theirs. They own it free and clear of debt. They are secure knowing they will never have to worry about keeping a roof over their head.
There is plenty of money in the bank right now to give my family income to live on from the interest, without needing to touch the capital

There is other money set aside to take care of schooling and wedding expenses for my children.

There are no debts owing either personally or in the business which my family has to worry about.
There is money available for my family and for my business to keep going while they are waiting for my insurance to pay out.
There is plenty of money available to cover my funeral expenses without financial stress.

Naturally you will have other questions that you think of in addition to these.
So...How did you go?
Does your family and your business have the resources they need now, to bring to life the goals you planned?
Look closely at your own personal risk exposure and discuss it with an advisor who will help you assess your situation more carefully, or if you would like to review your present cover. And make sure your family's wills, powers of attorney are up to date to ensure that your wishes are carried out.





Lindy Asimus
Business Coach
Mobile: 0403 365855
lindyasimus@gmail.com
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