The making of a TV commercial
It was truly the start of a very surreal adventure, the day I received a call from Richard at Saatchi and Saatchi, asking if I would be the talent for the new commercial that they had been commissioned to make for Telecom. As if the request itself wasn’t enough to blow me out of the water, the balance of the conversation went like this: “So if I do decide to accept, when does it happen?”
“Friday,” was Richards reply. “You fly to London to join the crew and the shoot begins … will you do it?”...
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Organic & Original
Viola Organics was never intended to become a business. Director Janine Matchitt explains how her mother’s second cancer scare in 1986 inspired her to begin chemical-free living.
“She had cleaned out the house, thrown everything containing synthetic chemicals away, but then thought, ‘what now’?”Janine explains. “She had no products to use so she started mucking around and making her own.” ...
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Partnerships
The challenge of keeping two peas in the pod
Often, a business is created over a coffee with a friend or a dinner discussion with a spouse or partner. From these brief encounters, many people fall into business and are trading or operating before they consider formalising business arrangements. Increasingly, many small and on-line businesses are operating under the default position – a partnership ...
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Working Together
Viewing your clients as business partners
Clients and business go together like hamburger and bun. To be sure, some businesses are quite removed from the people they serve – but serve them we do. As a chartered accountant, I like to say that the only things I count more than figures in my business life, are my clients ...
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Mending Relationships
When Sam and Debbie got married, their friends and family thought it was a perfect match...
It was hard for either partner to say when their relationship started to crumble. It started out with little things that seemed insignificant at the time. Debbie would feel frustrated, Sam would withdraw ...
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Allyson Gofton
Baking for a Cause
There are two things that Allyson Gofton is not.
Contrary to this writer’s belief, Allyson is not a businesswoman and she is not a chef.
“I’ve always thought of a businesswoman as somebody who manages a large amount of staff in a very corporate world,” Allyson explains.
“Even though I employ a couple of staff, I don’t see myself as a businesswoman ...
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24 Reasons Why You Should Start Drinking Green Tea Now
Green tea has become an increasingly popular drink worldwide because of its immensely powerful health benefits. It is extraordinarily amazing what green tea can do for your health and if you're not drinking three to four cups of green tea today, you're definitely not doing your health a big favour ...
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Perfect Makeup Partners
Some makeup products are like people; some work better on their own and others work better in a team or with the perfect partner.
Some products go hand in hand and some can’t live without each other. Let’s review which products need each other to survive ... Click here to login and keep reading.
Wellbeing Tips
with Jacquie DaleEat Bananas
Choosing a banana for a mid-afternoon pick-me-up could save you money and help you lose weight ... Click here to login and keep reading.
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Judith Kunzlé
Judith Kunzlé is Swiss and came to Rarotonga in 1986 on a United Nations project to illustrate school books. She worked for several government departments: education, public health and agriculture and she illustrated the local plants and animals for the Cook Islands Natural Heritage Project. Judith has been a fulltime artist since 1996, focusing on dance and movement ...
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Pigs in Crates
Forty-five percent of our pigs are still living this way.
At any one time, we have 360,000 pigs living in abhorrent conditions so we can eat roast pork.
The recent exposé of pig cruelty, on a recent documentary shown by TV One, has launched a media frenzy calling pig farmers around the country to change their tactics ...
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