Talking all things motivational, entrepreneurial, blogging & travel. Pretty much anything other than "How to Make Money Online"! (Because when I blogged MMO I felt like a clone of the other 12 million people doing it)

Young People in Business - Jack & His Bike Storage

14 March, 2009 - General Business - 17 Comments

I’m a huge advocate of young people in business. Not least because my business career started at 14 years old.

I dropped out of college a year early to focus on my self employment lifestyle. I spoke live on BBC radio about life as a young entrepreneur at the tender age of 17. I spoke in public at marketing and sales courses at 17 years old, and had grown adults who at the start of the event had assumed I was the weak link, queuing up for my business card at the end. I don’t say this to take myself on an ego trip. I say this because of the diverse and exciting experiences that being a self employed youngster has given me.

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Posted on 14 March, 2009 by Jamie Harrop
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My New Blog - Announcing ‘Blogging Zest’

12 March, 2009 - Blogging, Misc - 6 Comments

Hey friends! Many of you will have noticed a distinct lack of posts here at Jamie Harrop Dot Com in recent days and weeks. Fortunately, I have an excuse, and one I hope will make the wait for content well worth it!

Introducing ‘Blogging Zest’

A big battle I’ve had ranging inside for a long time is the lack of clear focus at Jamie Harrop Dot Com. Some days I would write a motivational, spiritual post, other days I’d write about customer service, and thrown between those two things were posts about blogging, social media and online communities. While this variation in topic has been helpful in maintaining my motivation and inspiration to write, it’s certainly not good for building a blog, nor is it good for you, my readers.

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Posted on 12 March, 2009 by Jamie Harrop
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Customer Service As Taught by My 9 Year Old Best Friend

18 February, 2009 - General Business - 9 Comments

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I remember my childhood well. Long, Summer days. Girls and cooties. Best friends and big gardens.

My old man tells me the 60’s was a good time to grow up, but I swear the 90’s was good too!

I was always a popular guy in junior school, the captain of the class football team, the captain of my out of school club football team, best friend with (at the time) the youngest ever black belt Karate champion, teachers pet, the one who negotiated peace and broke apart fights rather than starting them, and son to one parent who used to look after all the other kids before and after school, and another who made the most wonderful sausage rolls on ‘Bring & Share Your Own Food’ day. For the most part, life was good back then.

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Posted on 18 February, 2009 by Jamie Harrop
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Guest Posts, Search Engine Rankings & Subscriber Goal Breaking

18 February, 2009 - Misc - 6 Comments

Morning/Afternoon/Evening friends! I want to give you a very quick update on a few things that have been happening here at Me-Dot-Com recently.

Guest Post Alley

This morning, John Chow published a guest post from me, discussing free ways to convert blog posts and documents to PDF. Please head over to John’s site and share your love.

I also have a guest post lined up for Darren Rowse’s (ProBlogger) Twitip. Discussing the law of attraction that exists in Twitter and five ways to give value to your followers, it’s a post I’m quite proud of. Darren will be publishing the post some time in the next week, so keep your eyes open.

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Posted on 18 February, 2009 by Jamie Harrop
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5 Ways to Increase Your Search Engine Rankings

16 February, 2009 - Web Design - 7 Comments

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G’day all! It’s a new day, a new week, and Spring is on the horizon. After a week packed full with job interviews, Twitter festivals, and Web development work, I’m now back to rock your world with lots of useful and motivational content (probably), some excellent writing (probably not) and entertainment (possibly).

I want to start the week with a bang by sharing something I’ve never shared before.

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Posted on 16 February, 2009 by Jamie Harrop
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