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What’s going on with Booby and Richard and “Bec from downstairs”?
First there was this.. Then there was this It turns out there is a link on linked in to a survey of your activity during the year. I took it. This is what it told me.. Well I assume that … Continue reading
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Tagged #Yearinreview, Bec, Bobby Riddaway, Booby, Epic, linkedin, Pensions, Richard Smith
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The chances are you’re reading this – on linkedIn – gender biased (stats would say!)
Yesterday, I wrote a post saying how much more adept I thought younger women were much more adept at using LinkedIn than older men (like me) I said they were better at doing it in “London” as I thought “LinkedIn” … Continue reading
The promotion of financial scams on social media
According to the Transparency Task Force, the only sector of the economy less trusted than the financial services community is “social media”. And yet many people engage with untrustworthy financial services products (typically offers of crypto-currency or other feasible investments) … Continue reading
Managing and enjoying our linked in groups
Linked in groups have for over a decade provided ordinary people to do extraordinary things. For me, Pension Play Pen has allowed me to speak to a small circle of friends that has grown to nearly 10,000 people by word … Continue reading
The making and keeping of friends.
We had a good conversation in the Olde Bell after racing yesterday about the value of friendship. One of our party was quite methodical in how she cultivated friendship. Acquaintances were granted access to her via linked in from … Continue reading
Linked in – the predator’s playground
I suspect that your view of the $26bn (£18bn) cash valuation of Linkedin by Microsoft, will depend on whether your a linked in predator or linked in prey. Linkedin is the Serengeti of the social media world, a (cyber) space … Continue reading
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Tagged Business, Employment, Groups, linkedin, Microsoft, predator, prey, serengeti, wildnerness
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Let’s play fantasy CIO at NEST!
NEST has invited all of us to play “fantasy CIO” and create a default investment strategy for its members to and through retirement. If you’re prepared to get to page 118 of the consultation paper, you are asked as question 18 … Continue reading
Disclosing costs – we are almost there!
The Financial Services Consumer Panel have issued a damning condemnation on the £5tr British Funds Industry for failing to tell people what they are paying for and how much they are paying when they invest their money in British Funds. … Continue reading
53 not out – but the Grim Reaper is bowling first change
When you are young you regard birthdays as a staging post to growing up. When you are over50 they become markers to the cemetery These cheery thoughts – “intimations on mortality” as Wordsworth described them, are with me as I listen to Leonard … Continue reading
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Tagged Birthday, first actuarial, Frim Readper, henry tapper, Leonard Cohen, linkedin, pension, Pension new, pension playpen, pensions, Popular Problems, Retirement, social media
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Advertising UCIS on Linked In?
I have received an unsolicited email on Linked in I hope you are well. We have a limited opportunity for your client’s to invest in a UK Eco Park Corporate Bond for a 15 month period with a guaranteed interest payment … Continue reading
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Tagged Blog, blogger, Business, Financial services, Financial Services Authority, Government, linkedin, pensions, Retirement, SASS, Scam, SIPP
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