You know how it is in these days of multi-tasking; phones that pretend to be computers and wireless browsing. These things are brilliant because we can do whatever it is we do wherever we want to be doing it. But I’m starting to suspect that
Category Archives: Motivate
How To Write A Title That Really Clicks
I’ve been thinking about this a lot recently. Quite often when I have an idea for something to write about, I’ll get the words down as quickly and coherently as I can before going back, tidying up the spelling and grammar and finally, adding a title. Sometimes the title writes
How A Pot Of Dead Basil Made Me Smile Today
Once upon a time, a young family went on their first proper family holiday. They travelled across the sea and they travelled by car and eventually ended up in France … OK, enough of that. It’s still quite early and I was feeling a little poetic. However, I don’t really do stories 
Alexa, From 8 Million to 500K in 14 Days
I’ll make no secret of the fact that (in my head at least) this site has been going for just 14 days. Yes, Give A Brick was registered as a charity in November 2007. Yes, thanks to offline marketing and support of family and friends, Give A Brick has raised enough money to complete phase 1 of our first project. However, the idea
How I Turned My Kitchen Into A Cash Machine
Have you been following Karen Ruby’s ‘Just For Today’ challenges? If not, I recommend you check them out. Yesterday was Day 17 and probably one of the most challenging to date. (Having written that, I just checked out today’s and it’s updating your CV. Sorry Karen, that could be one challenge
You Shop, They Give
After talking a little at Christmas time about the wonders of online shopping for charities such as ourselves, I’ve been thinking about setting a mini-challenge. Fifteen registered shoppers have raised over
2009 in 400 words
After being officially registered as a charity in late 2007 it seems we’ve been on something of a slow burn. (Just writing 2007 whilst I’m sat here in a brand new decade feels like being hit round the face with