Have you ever wondered how people get those fancy professional looking email signatures with their Facebook and Twitter stuff all packed in there as well?

Perhaps there are other ways of sorting it out, but we use the free service from  Wisestamp.  This is a browser (Firefox, Chrome and that sort of thing) addon (or plugin)that you can download by going to Wisestamp.

Make Your Email Signature Even Fancier

We use it in conjunction with mylivesignature which lets you generate a fancy html signature for free – you can then cut and paste it into the Wisestamp signature framework.

If this sounds complicated, don’t worry as I’ve found a couple of videos for you to have a look at and once you actually get going, it’s much easier than it seems.

If you sign up for your free report, them you’ll get an email from me which shows you what the signature looks like when it arrives in your inbox.

If you are still wondering whether you should be blogging – or simply using blogging tools for your online activities then watch this.

If you don't know who Seth Godin and Tom Peters are then Google their names to find out.  Then firstly pay attention to what they say and then book your place for our next open Meetup on 29 October.

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More on Your Web Presence Part 3

More on Your Web Presence Part 2

At our next meeting we will have a day dedicated to “Your” web presence. The website or sites that you use to get your message across.

(Don’t forget to register your place at Meetup)

More on Your Web Presence Part 1

Enduring temperatures of up to -52°C, the two teams will spend
seventy days covering 900 miles of snow and ice, while carrying all
their food and fuel in sledges weighing 140kg each.

Team leader Lt Col Henry Worsley MBE came up with the ambitious
plan in homage of the original race, which remains the defining
event in the heroic age of polar exploration.

“The tragic loss of Capt Scott’s party on the return journey is
seared in the nation’s memory as an enduring narrative of duty and
sacrifice,” Lt Col Worsley said.

“We are not only attempting this slow and brutal challenge in
the honour of Capt Scott and Amundsen, but also as a tribute to the
men and women of the Armed Forces who have served and continue to
serve Britain in duty and often, sacrifice.”

HRH Prince William of Wales, Patron of the expedition, said: “I
am proud to be the Patron of the Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race,”
Prince William said in a message of support to the expedition.

“Six serving members of the British Army are taking on this
expedition, and I am delighted that they have chosen to support The
Royal British Legion in its 90th Anniversary year.

“This fitting tribute exemplifies the courage, determination and
pioneering spirit shown by early 20th Century explorers, and which
lives on today in the British Armed Forces.

“The Scott-Amundsen Centenary Race is a remarkable adventure,
which will be a test of character, strength and resilience. I urge
you to join me in supporting both teams to achieve their
goals.”

The Royal British Legion Director of Fundraising, Russell
Thompson, said funds raised from the expedition will help the
Legion support seriously injured Service personnel.

“We are putting activity-based rehabilitation at the heart of
our welfare support, through our commitment to build, equip and
operate The Royal British Legion’s Battle Back Centre in
partnership with the Ministry of Defence,” Mr Thompson said.

Within RAF Brize Norton, a repatriation centre for bereaved
families has been constructed on the southern side of the runway
and corteges will consequently leave the base by the gate
(Britannia gate) nearest to that. The area around Britannia gate is
being landscaped.

Oxfordshire County Council has commissioned a Memorial Garden at
Norton Way on the repatriation route, near RAF Brize Norton, Brize
Norton village and Carterton, and the Legion has been helping to
design this. The Union Flag will be flown at the garden on the days
repatriations take place. Trees and poppies will be planted around
it. The Legion believes that the garden will become a focal point
and a fitting place for all members of the public and Legion
members wishing to gather silently as the corteges pass, to pay
their respects to the fallen. There is an intent to commission a
Memorial Bell for the Memorial Garden and fundraising is taking
place to enable this.

The whole nation and beyond has been moved by the quiet tributes
paid to the fallen when corteges passed through Wootton Bassett and
it is hoped that the ceremony and commemoration on the new route
will remain spontaneous and dignified.

The Legion encourages its members to pay honour and respect to
those who have fallen in Service to the nation. Our presence is
most visibly demonstrated by the parading of the Branch Standards,
but as the Legion is part of the local community many Legion
members will stand silently among those who gather to pay their
respects.

The Legion is not responsible for repatriation flights and
ceremonies themselves, these are military operations. The detail of
the route remains a responsibility of the Ministry of Defence and
the Civic Authorities. Oxfordshire County Council
have the details of the repatriation route and other
arrangements via the following link  href=”http://www.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/portal/publicsite/!ut/p/c5/04_SB8K8xLLM9MSSzPy8xBz9CP0os3gzC-MgU09LYwMLA3dzA08DM2eXUD8vAwNTc6B8JJK8gZGZpYFRmJ9fkLm5q2GwhykB3eEg-_DrB8kb4ACOBvp-Hvm5qfoFuREGWSaOigBaLhbd/dl3/d3/L0lDU0lKSWdrbUEhIS9JRFJBQUlpQ2dBek15cXchLzRCRWo4bzBGbEdpdC1iWHBBRUEhLzdfNjgzUjVJOTMwR1VTNDBJNFBGVDIwTzAwUTAvWGZ2UUMxMjk5MDAzMA!!/?WCM_PORTLET=PC_7_683R5I930GUS40I4PFT20O00Q0012425_WCM&WCM_GLOBAL_CONTEXT=http://apps.oxfordshire.gov.uk/wps/wcm/connect/occ/internet/council+services/community+and+living/our+work+with+communities/armed+forces+in+oxfordshire/cd+-+owwc+-+repatriations”
title=”OCC Repatriation Information”>Oxfordshire
County Council Repatriation Information.

Is Blogging For Business A Piece Of Cake?

I'm writing about blogging for business now because it's a topic that's come up several times with my clients over the last few days.  Many local business owners are now getting tuned into the blogging and social media world as a way of growing their local business and want to get themselves plugged in. And it all sounds quite simple until they come down to the nitty gritty of how to actually do it.

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