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Three Ages of Slavery

Posted by martin
on 5 February 2006

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Dave Fitch spotted this great postcard which is as close to my so-called career as anything I've seen before.

I'd love to draw parallels with the old Guild levels of Apprentice, Journeyman and Master, but I feel I'm still Journeying.

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What is Profit?

Posted by martin
on 11 October 2005

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What do you mean by Profit? How much do your projects make? How do you price jobs so that you make enough?

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TomTom Are Go!

Posted by martin
on 5 August 2005

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I got fed up of getting lost, driving between client sites in Blackpool and Preston, so I bought me a TomTom. And thanks to the magic that is eBay, I found a Palm T3 + TomTom for £150, gave the Palm to Lucy (who'd been looking for one) and ended up with Satnav for under £50 net. Result!

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Never Say No - Managing Change in a Project

Posted by martin
on 3 March 2005

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In most projects, clients ask for changes to the requirements. Saying No is hard, and not always useful. Read on to discover how to avoid problems.

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Winning and Keeping Corporate Clients

Posted by martin
on 16 February 2003

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This is an article about selling to medium and large organisations, based on both selling to, and buying for Corporate clients, and making sure that all concerned are happy about the result.

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Your Clients Need a Content Management System

Posted by martin
on 15 February 2003

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According to the ad, the day you realised that there was no Santa Claus was an epiphany. They also tell you that realising that you need their hardware is also an epiphany. Here's another one: the night that your site advertises PCs at £10.00 (rather than £1,000) and you can't pull it until the Web Guys come in tomorrow morning.

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About This Site

Martin Burns

This is my site - here to tell friends, colleagues, clients and suppliers a bit about me and what I do.

The short version is that I work for IBM Global Business Services, project managing CRM initiatives for large clients.

I've worked for clients in the CPG and Government sectors, but I focus on the financial services sector.

In my Copious Spare Time™, I take photos, look after my youngsters, Morgan, Ruaridh and Orla and help Lucy run her Cloth Nappy Business.

For the longer version, well you'll have to email me, but while you're here, take a look at my Blog, read some of my articles, or take a look at my photos.

Martin Burns
martin@easyweb.co.uk