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TOPICS: Knowing who your ideal clients are, April Ennis, Michael Port, Steve Farber We welcome April Ennis to the podcast. She graciously stepped in when Roger was unavailable recently. Jane and April talk about finding the right clients for you. Rather than chase everyone, they discuss the idea of seeking out a well-defined client who suits your needs and who will enable you to do the very best work you can. The video Here is the video of the Google+ hangout recorded during the recording of the podcast episode: Links to people and things we mention April Ennis Michael Port Steve Farber New rallying point You are a big part of the story of this podcast. We'd like you to be an even bigger part of it. To help with that, and to help us have discussions about being genuinely attractive in business, we've established a LinkedIn group . Please knock on the door and we'll let you in. Country tally We're hoping to get a listener in every country in the world. The amazing, sup...

After successful listing of SPH Reit, good news for SPH shareholders is the proposed SGD0.18 special dividend will be paid out on 16th August. The payout is attractive as it amounts to 75% of SPH’s FY12 payout and will potentially boost SPH’s FY13 dividend yield to beyond 9%. Cheers to all SPH shareholders.

Does man (and woman) have a foot fetish ? I think so. What is it about feet that makes people get completely bowled over by the marketers and pamper and cosset it. No I'm not talking about the ridiculous pedicure . I'm talking about footwear and the amounts we splash on it.Each one of us is an Imelda Marcos - before you snigger, go and count the footwear in the shoe rack. Hyperbole dominates the footwear marketing industry. To think that by wearing "LeBron Zoom Soldier", I'll be able to dunk a basketball is pure fantasy, but it appears I am willing to buy the dream for $299 or thereabouts.  The sight of a Rajalakshmi tottering on high heels on the mistaken assumption that it makes her a 6 footer is equally humorous - I don't have the heart to tell her that her width is somewhat more than her height ! But surely the game has been taken to an altogether new level by Under Armour . Under Armour is a sports outfit company. They mostly make sports clothing, shamele...

After missing out on the Mapletree family and Cache IPOs, finally I got lucky this time and received 1 lot allocation of SPH Reit. Actually  I have just applied for 1 lot at the ATM as I did not want to waste time transferring money over to my POSB a/c as I expected SPH Reit to be many times over-subscribed. SPH Reit was offered at 90 cents apiece at the top end of its price range and indeed it turned out that the stock was 37 times subscribed. I have 1 lot now and I intend to hold it long term and accumulate more in the future. The shares jumped 9.4% to 98.5 cents at the close of trading today. SPH REIT debuts at 9% above IPO price Wednesday, 24 July 2013 © 2013 - The Edge Singapore

TOPICS THIS WEEK: What is being genuinely attractive in business? Listener Marti Konstant put us on the spot. She asked what it means to be genuinely attractive in business today. What is the podcast about? Good question and it lead to a lively conversation in this episode of the podcast. The video Here is the video of the Google+ hangout recorded during the recording of this week's podcast episode: Links to people and things we mention Marti Konstant Mamukko New rallying point You are a big part of the story of this podcast. We'd like you to be an even bigger part of it. To help with that, and to help us have discussions about being genuinely attractive in business, we've established a LinkedIn group . Please knock on the door and we'll let you in. Country tally We're hoping to get a listener in every country in the world. The amazing, super, fantastic, wonderful Phil Sorrell has produced an interactive map for us. If you have a Twitter account, you'll be abl...

Just read from Channel NewsAsia that Detroit on Thursday has became the largest city in US history to file for bankruptcy protection after decades of decline and mismanagement rendered the home of the USA's auto industry insolvent. I think this is not a piece of good news for investors on Alternative Investment - Detroit Exit Strategy. For details, refer to article on Channel NewsAsia: Link to Detroit is bankrupted Another report from CBC News, with some photos of the houses in Detroit, looking so desolated and dismal. Link to Detroit is bankrupted

Ambient news is proving a significant challenge to news organizations trying to serve readers on multiple digital platforms and maintain their print and broadcast news operations. Contemporary technologies all around us are now delivering breaking news, sports scores, and market updates on electronic screens and displays in elevators, taxis and buses, bars and restaurants, on the sides of buildings, through smartphones, and via social media. In years past, we all had to deliberately turn to newspapers or radio and television newscasts, or at least glance at headlines at news stands, to get a quick overview of major events. That era is past. Today news is free and ubiquitous and, unfortunately, provides all the news that most people want. This is bad news for those trying to provide news commercially. In the past, newspapers and newscasts filled their space and time with non-news features and information designed to attract audiences that wanted only a little news. M...