[Mike]

Hello Again Steven

I wondered if you had seen my earlier request for help with public speaking. Can you help, please?

Regards

Mike Loomdy

[Mike]

That’s great Angela. Others have come back and told us the same thing. They say also that for safety reasons gloss paint should be avoided. They have also advised us to spray it for a better finish, rather than use a roller.

Many thanks for your advice.

I am really happy that I joined TImebank Ireland even though we are based here in London.

Regards

Mike Loomey
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[Mike]

Hello Steven,

I have a friend called Dougal Steward who is an enthusiastic Freemason. He is occasionally called upon to make a short speech or a presentation. He absolutely dreads it and could really do with some advice. Would you be able to help, please?

He is not a member of Timebank himself. (I guess he could join). However, in the short term, I have plenty of Timebank credits myself. I would be more than happy to cover the cost of a Zoom call to you from my office. We are both based in London UK.

Just in case you are wondering what on earth we are doing on Timebank Ireland, my wife is from Skibbereen and my family originally come from Macroom in County Cork. We found the Irish Timebank office while on holiday in Skib last year and joined up. We are also members of a similar timebank in London.

Dougal owns his own business. Currently, he is painting and decorating my house/office and I am paying him with credits I have earned through the London TImebank. It works very well and he is doing a great job.

I hope you can help him.

Warm Regards

Mike Loomey

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[Mike]

Hi Andy

I am a freelance SEO guy. Clients come to me with websites floundering on page 37 of Google. They badly need an SEO guy but say that they can only find agencies who want to charge them loads of money each month and tie them in for a year. Additionally, those agencies lie through their teeth and put the fear of God into them, saying that SEO won’t work at all unless they engage in this sort of legally binding contract.

Like you, I don’t tie my clients into any sort of contract. They only “pay” for my time by the hour. I do an initial SEO report and then we have a Zoom call where I explain what needs to be done and how they can do it themselves using free SEO tools. They can “pay” with Timebank credits.

If they get stuck, we can have another chat on Zoom. I can sort out any issues and recommend the next steps to them.

If SEO isn’t a service you offer yourself, I would be happy to help some of your clients. I can do this initially through Timebank or work out some alternative if they run out of Timebank credits.

By the way, I offer this exact same service on another great timeback in the UK called Economy of Hours | It’s time and get lots of paid work and UK Timebacnk credits through it.

Hope that helps.

Regards

Mike

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[Mike]

Someone asked what make the tiles were.

Sorry for the delay in getting the info for you.
They are German…
Knaufceiling Solutions AMF Thermatex Feinstratos Board

600mm x 600mm x 15mm

Hoper that helps

Thanks

Mike

[Mike]

Hello

If you have a website, I am happy to quickly run it through some professional SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) Tools to see if there’s anything which could be improved and give you a higher ranking in Google.

[Mike]

Hello Steven – Sorry for the late reply regarding LinkedIn.

I guess it depends on why you want to use LinkedIn. If you are in business and trying to attract new clients, it’s pretty much essential.

The first thing I would recommend is that you try and fill in every possible section of your LinkedIn account. Don’t leave anything blank.

Next, I would have a look at LinkedIn groups and apply to join ONLY those which are very specifically related to your business sector. Choose those with a high number of existing members. I believe you can apply to join up to 15 groups at one time. Some groups will immediately accept you. Others will immediately reject you. The most common response though is to leave you hanging on “pending”.

Leave the pending ones for a month and see how you get on. If you don’t get a positive reply within this time, go back and withdraw your application to join. Then apply to another group or groups.

Your LinkedIn success will depend a lot on the number of “connections” you have. So check out some profiles and ask to connect with some people who seem to be talking “sense” and posting interesting articles.

Check out your competitors websites and see if they have a Linkedin Button.

When you apply to connect, add a few words of wisdom in the message box. e.g. I was reading your article about ABC and found it very interesting, I wonder could we connect? Don’t just leave the message box blank, it greatly decreases the number who will say “yes”.

The best thing about LinkedIn, as far as I am concerned, is that it is a very quick way to generate new contacts and business enquiries as opposed to techniques like SEO which is my field of “expertise” and takes forever. This suggestion applies especially if you are a pre-start, start-up or a comparatively new business.

Read the discussions in the groups you join and add pertinent comments. If you have a blog or a web page that relates to the topic being discussed, please include a link to that specific page/post. (not just a link to your home page.)

The other thing I would highly recommend is to use #Hashtags in your LinkedIn posts.

Incorporating the techniques I have mentioned will give you the best chance of the most people being able to read what you have written and further engage with you.

Your post/comments could get seen by (1) all your LinkedIn connections (2) Members of the LinkedIn Groups to which you belong (3) Anyone searching LinkedIn for the same #Hashtags that you have allocated to your post/comment.

Finally, I am an active member of an excellent, free UK time bank/skillshare group called Economy of Hours. One of their members is an ex-employee of LinkedIn. He is extraordinarily clued up and extremely helpful. I highly recommend you contact him https://app.economyofhours.com/profile/249 – His name is Miguel Garcia – Perhaps mention my name.

I wish you luck. If you (or anyone else) need help with stuff like Google Search Console / Keyword Research / SEO / Ubersuggest etc pls get in touch. My wife and I are both of Irish descent (Skibbereen) but we live in London. I am happy to do a Zoom call.