A Few Home Truths.

Simon Cowell does not produce musicians; he produces talentless karaoke singers and turns them into a commercial enterprise.

Great footballers are not people who have one good game or season; they are players who perform at the highest level, Champions League, World Cup, and European Championships.

Big companies have no customer service, just computerised people who have standard answers.

Carlos Tevez is a spoilt brat, on his money he should play and shut up, but what do you expect with his agent?

Cheryl Cole has got what she deserved in 2011.

Sir Alan Sugar is a success and has worked for what he has.

FIFA is run by a dictator who is ridiculed over the world, unless he makes promises.

Twitter and Facebook are fads; they will change, evolve or disappear.

E-bay and PayPal are dear to deal with.

Kauto Star and Phil Taylor are sporting greats, Harry Redknapp and Gareth Bale aren’t.

Alisha Dixon is one of the worst judges on the TV, she scores on who she fancies not on technical ability.

Computerised, Commercialised Music is crap and only brought by the thick public.

Britain is a rip off, you are penalised for working hard, try getting the scroungers off there lazy arses and into work.

James Murdoch is a rat, but not as bad as Piers Morgan.

Don’t forget this is a satirical look at life.

Frank Lampard kissing the Chelsea badge is embarrassing; his family are West Ham through and through.

Jeremy Clarkson didn’t really mean he would shoot people.

Public Sector workers are having a laugh by going on strike, just want the economy needs, selfish!

If you have time to complain about a TV programme, then you spend too much time watching the idiot box, try turning that time into profitability.

I’m a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here should be done under the trade descriptions act, none of them are famous.

People only go on Reality TV shows, go on because their careers have failed.

Jockeys are the best sports people in the world, they work every day and never complain about tiredness, yet only on a pittance per ride, take note over paid footballers.

England Rugby Team were a disgrace to the country, end of, a message to Johnson, professional sports people on the money they are, no longer should have a beer at a world cup, shocker.

England Test Cricket Team are the pride of the nation, there dedication to the country has been immense, the discipline and pride Flower and Strauss have installed is amazing, take note the Rugby and Football Side.

Who really cares about the England Football Side, Club football is far bigger than internationals now, and only idiots like Adrian Durham think otherwise.

Moose from Talk Sport is an embarrassment to West Ham and the radio station.

Mick Quinn, for a biased scouser is actually a funny guy and him and Saggers are a great start to the weekend.

Due to the do gooders how are new companies on a budget meant to promote themselves when idiots complain and report them for sending an e-mail, if there is an unsubscribe button, just click it, or try talking to the person, allow people to trade, you never know, it may be something you want!

When driving on a motorway, just because there is an overhead speed limit, do not slap on the anchors, it causes tail backs, thick drivers, drive to what is in front of not, not ahead.

If you drive a bus, there is a fair chance that you are an arrogant prat.

If you drive a lorry, there is a fair chance that you enjoy flashing your lights, oh and we know you have horns in your cabs.

Oh if you want to complain to me about this, you probably complained about Jeremy Clarkson too and can’t see what this post is about.

Being number one in the singles chart means nothing now a day.

If you are younger than 25, have you ever tried playing outdoors? There are games such as tag, stuck in the mud, building a den?

Have you actually seen proper Snow? Does anyone remember a real winter, like 1981?

England are not a good international football side.

The way Colonial Gadaffi died is not a tragedy; the way others died under his regime is the tragedies, so all you human rights people, get stuffed.

Darren Bent is not feared on the international stage and is not international class.

Peace on earth will never happen, forget it, it is a shame but religion is the route of all evil.

A football team conceding a goal is not a tragedy, it is not a disaster, Christchurch earthquakes were both a tragedy and a disaster.

Only one team can win the league and three teams get relegated, get over it, if it is not your side or is your side, accept it, remember the manager is on the least money, compared to the players that took you down.

Stuart Downing is not international class.

9/11 actually happened; it was a terrorist attack, all you conspiracy theorists, stop trying to make money from this dreadful event.

The British public hate pressing one, two or three for another menu, get us through to somebody who will talk to us and give us customer service.

The English Premiership has lost the standard it had; there has not been a good side for at least two years.

Darts fans are not all they are cracked up to be, the barracking of some players is disrespectful.

Celtic v Rangers is of a poor standard and lives off the past.

Soaps are not real life, if that much bad luck happened in my street I would move.

Chris Moyles is funny if you get him, if not don’t listen.

Banks, councils and politicians are arrogant; they can pay their bills by taking money from us, the public.

Fear for your kids growing up, they are going to have it a lot tougher than us.

Dog’s poo, as long as the owner cleans it up, there is no need to say that is disgusting.

People need to concentrate on their lives and their homes, if a mate is struggling in their family or marriage relationship, just support them, don’t tell them what to do.

Mother-In-Laws will always back their son/daughter, which is their job; the Father-In-Law will back off as much as possible.

There is always somebody worse off than you, that is life.

Somebody will always be jealous of you and what you have; if this upsets you don’t flaunt what you have.

Some of this will touch you, some will make you laugh; take it as it is meant.

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Exciting changes to our Compensation Plan

Now is your time to get involved!

We have taken a different course for tonight’s blog, and we feel it is important we do, because, the company has taken steps to improve the chances of success, all in the short term, medium and long term, in the days of pensions being taken away from us, this is a chance to create a life time residual income, that will grow and grow. Please see the words below that briefly outline how we are achieving our success, but our success is built on your success.

As many of you are aware, Telecom Plus, who owns the Utility Warehouse brand, is currently seeing record levels of customer growth and the business is going from strength to strength.

www.theabcsolution.co.uk is part of one of the most amazing business success stories this country has ever seen, and takes huge pride in the part you have played in creating it.

Are we pleased with the progress we are making? Of course! But we want to make you a success of the story, to see how please see this DVD, http://www.telecomplus.co.uk/biz/videodir/home.taf?exref=G62804.
But can we afford to rest on our laurels as the wider economy heads back into recession next year? Absolutely not!

That’s why the company has announced the biggest changes to the Compensation Plan that they have ever made.

These changes will help drive our growth even faster and:

• make it easier for new IDs to get started and qualify their positions;
• increase the amount you can earn from Team Building;
• create a real financial incentive for Distributors to gain promotion and maintain their Status; and
• deliver an immediate increase in residual income to most distributors.

Telecom Plus statement, So what’s new?

With effect from 15 January 2012:

1 All Distributors will become Qualifying Distributors once they have just 3 personal customers (instead of 6 under the current plan). Overnight, this means around 4,500 Distributors will be promoted or see an increase in their current Status!

2 We are making it easier for new Distributors to earn their 90-day Starter Bonus by reducing the target to just three Qualifying Customers.

3 We are making it simpler for new Distributors to understand the business and get started successfully by separating Customer Gathering from Team Building. Importantly, this means that they will only be able to recruit new distributors once they have become a QD and attended the new COE Team Building Training Course.

4 We are introducing a new enhanced Team Building Bonus (TBB) to encourage sponsors to help their new Distributors to get started quickly and effectively.

This new TBB means that in addition to the £50 you currently receive when a new ID you have sponsored receives their 90-Day Starter Bonus, you will now also earn matching CGB on the first 3 customers gathered by each of your new Distributors within their first 90 days. This provides a massive incentive for you to accompany them to their first few appointments and help them get qualified, and means you could receive over £100 extra TBB from each new Distributor you recruit!

In addition, we are making a number of changes to the way CVC is calculated, with significant improvements to Personal CVC, higher ‘Plus Club’ bonuses, as well as some major changes to downline CVC which will provide more predictable earnings and a greater incentive for all Leaders (GL and above) to continue climbing the Stairway to Success.

The combined effect of these changes will help us to achieve our long term goal of becoming one of the UK’s leading utility suppliers, providing ever greater value and savings to our customers, in what are becoming increasingly competitive markets.

By doing so, we will also drive faster customer growth and reduce churn, thus protecting and enhancing the income of all our partners for many decades to come.

Let’s build this business.

So you now know how I started and who the company is behind the opportunity, I am sure this has gained you confidence, but now the scariest time of any new business is how to get started, what are the hints and tips to gain the customers and distributors you need for success.

Luckily the Utility Warehouse has a fantastic FREE training program, in a joyful atmosphere, people who have not only built there business, but have also built other people’s business, pass on their knowledge, not only the knowledge they have learnt but also the approved training programme that has been built on many of the successful experiences from the top distributors, they do not keep secrets.

The fantastic think about this business is it is all on a plate, your website name issued however is a bit long and a mouthful, e.g.: https://www.utilitywarehouse.co.uk/?exref=G62804 but for about £5 you can buy an appropriate domain name, I purchased www.theabcsolution.co.uk, it rolls off the tongue, it gets your creative juices flowing though.

Once you have finished your training, you could well have your first appointments set up, on training they assist you on this to build up your confidence, and you should have a large list to begin concentrating on, the thing to remember when you are calling people is you are asking them if you would like a coffee together so you can quickly run something passed them that is fantastic, it is not a sales appointment!

The law of averages state that 7 in 10 will say no, so the best attitude to people who say no is thank you, that means that the next nine people I speak to 3 will say yes, and at least as a friend I have spoken to you. Make them think they are missing out on something that is futuristic, because they are, and don’t write them off, they may come back to you at a later date.

One of the key to success is to plug into the system, embrace it and enjoy it, this business is not for everyone, again, it is not a problem, but if it is not for you, you may want to recommend a friend, it is all about giving everybody the choice. Telecom Plus do not invest in advertising, they rely on word of mouth, this enables the company to pass the savings onto customers, this is why they offer the price promise, they offer,

• The UK’s cheapest Home Phone
• The UK’s cheapest Home Phone and Broadband bundle
• The UK’s cheapest Mobile
• The UK’s cheapest standard Gas and Electricity

And with 96% of customers satisfied enough to recommend the services, they must be doing something right!

Save Money, Make Money

The ABC Solution, growing you, Part II

So we now have the website set up, the business is live, but where do we start, luckily with Utility Warehouse, it is all explained to you in several free training sessions, I believe the fee is worth the money alone just for the training and personal development, with a complete online training schedule and superb interactive training class rooms, it really can be a dummies guide to your new business.

But who do you have behind you and who says they are any good? The Company is Telecom Plus, based in North London, and operates only from this main office, it was founded in 1996 as a telecommunications business. Its first product, launched in 1997, which was a least cost call routing ‘Smart Box’, a gadget that plugs into a phone socket and then routes the calls to alternative networks at a cheaper rate than British Telecom Since then, the company has added to its portfolio: a full landline telephony service, mobile telephony (piggybacked on the T-Mobile network), broadband, gas and electricity (the company is licensed by OFGEM), and a Cash Back card (a pre-paid Mastercard).

To date, the business has grown to over 375,000 domestic and small-business customers, around 30,000 of whom are also Distributors, signing up new customers under a Multi-level marketing scheme in return for a residual income.

In March 2009 the Company was awarded the prestigious title of “Company of the Year” at the Quoted Company Awards annual dinner.

In February 2011, Which? magazine named the Utility Warehouse as the UK’s ‘Best Energy Supplier’ for the third year in a row. It also names the company Recommended Provider for Home Phone. Which? named the Utility Warehouse ‘Recommended Provider’ for Broadband in September 2010, and awarded it a ‘Best Buy’ for Home Phone and Broadband in Dec 2008, Feb 2010 (renewed in August 2010).

Trading as The Utility Warehouse, Telecom Plus has no shops and does not advertise on television or in the national press. The entire operation (including call centres) is based in North London, with around 450-500 staff.

So as you can see, this is something special, and at the presentation evenings you learn more about the people behind the business, but if you can’t wait just google Charles Wigoder.

Thank you for reading part II, I will update again later this week, to get involved as a customer please visit www.theabcsolution.co.uk and as an interested distributor please visit http://www.telecomplus.co.uk/biz/videodir/home.taf?exref=G62804, also don’t forget businesses you aren’t left out, your page is http://www.telecomplus.co.uk/business/?exref=G62804.

The Utility Warehouse Pig

The ABC Solution – Utility Warehouse Telford

I am a businessman from Telford, and I have seen Utility Warehouse presented many times at networking events, but I was always sceptical, I said the usual things, it is a pyramid, I can’t make money off this, it isn’t for me.

The turning point for me was a network meeting, there were two distributors there, and the first presentation put the 2^nd guy on the back foot and for me, meant I had to work with him; he made it feel we were all missing out.

Out of the blue, I called my sponsor to be, he was surprised to hear from me as we never discussed Utility Warehouse, I didn’t want him to come and sell it to me, I was sold, I wanted him to come and tell me how the money worked, I was hooked, as soon as you see the presentation you feel like you have to buy into it.
www.theabcsolution.co.uk was ready to begin; this was my future, my pension, my house to be, my way to a sensible living lifestyle. Of course there is a fee, as there are in many business opportunities, but this is £100 as an half price offer, all this really does is make sure you are committed, that this is for you, and you don’t have to be anyone special, you don’t have to be a sales person, and you don’t need an enormous amount of hours, all you need is consistency.

We make you or save you money

The initial payment however is not a fresh air fee, for this morning you get, a professional website, please view mine to see how fantastic they are, www.theabcsolution.co.uk, you get a full back end extranet system, that runs your business for you, all activity is recorded for ease of use, you also get a full marketing starter pack that includes flyers, newspapers of successes, sign up forms, thank you cards, etc. etc. a true flying start.
You also gain access to the complete free training on the successful system that many people have plugged into and are now paid six figure salaries, indeed we are paid 11 ways, how fantastic is that? Every fortnight there are also evenings where some truly fantastic professionals in the business will present the opportunity for you to visitors, it really is all there for you.

That is enough of a taster for now, I will blog again soon on my progress, but the fantastic thing about this business is my success is based on your success, what other business is trying to make everybody successful and assisting in increasing everybody’s pay packet?

Next blog will be about who is behind this opportunity, but to join on this success story of a FTSE 250 company please call me on 07738 715038 or e-mail ben@bktrading.co.uk.

Political Correctness in Football doesn't work

So we have had yet another weekend of managers crying wolf over chants on the football terraces, we have pundits talking about what is correct and what is not, what is wrong with this country, is this the level we have dropped too because people don’t fight as often as they used too, hello but this isn’t new?

Being a Man United supporter and somebody who has been to hundreds of games in the past, I am used to being abused, being called a “Munich”, having aeroplane gestures directed towards me, but because people were fighting, or the gutter media had other things to report, and also because it was towards United, then it never got mentioned.

All of a sudden because some of the people who arse lick the media have mentioned it, or because it is not against United, or because talk sport has suddenly become a full on sports talk channel and need to fill the airways, and then it is a major issue. It isn’t when you go to football, you accept it, you pay your money to support your team, you sing songs to each other, you try to create an atmosphere, you cheer on your team and down the opposition, and you also let your main rivals know you are thinking of them.

This is what I have grown up and put up with for years, I packed in going in 2003 week in, week out; I now go to very few games, but the banter is still there, grown blokes who have had a few beers before the game, chanting to each other, when you go you know what to expect.

I am sick of pundits saying that so many people won’t go because of this, well I am afraid that the fans who put money into clubs, are the ones that go home and away, are there every game, home, away or abroad, if these fans are forgotten it will be at the clubs detriment. The football world is already one that TV has ruined, I mean just look at Monday night football this year, United v Spurs, QPR v Newcastle, Norwich v Sunderland, really fair to supporters who travel, yet the proper fans still do it, because they love their club, so if people now want to alienate them further, then so be it, but it will kill football.

I am not privy to the exact chants that people are on about, but surely we can’t start setting rules, I know a lad from United who loved making up songs, his name was Pete Boyle, an absolute legend and a very funny guy with some great lyrics, do people like this now have to sit with a book of accepted words, do they send off songs for approval? With the way player’s move these days, by the time the song about them gets approved, they won’t be at that club anymore.

Let’s get a grip on life here, instead of people who are paid by our national game, is there any chance of thoughts for the people who pump the most money into our game?

UK Road problems

As a Sameday courier driver at www.bksameday.co.uk, I get sick of jams and problems on the roads, the reason I get frustrated is not because of the road works, but because of us the public and the kids who operate the overhead signs like they are on a PlayStation.

Firstly onto us, the public, we are thick, we drive at such speeds and so close to each other, that instead of keeping a flow through of traffic, we drive so close that we continuously slap the anchors on, have you also noticed how the fast lane is always the busiest lane, always the first to stop, I tend to drive across all three lanes, when I would suggest 80% of the time, I could simply use two, but you get the middle lane hoggers, those who look at you strangely when you bip at them and ask them to move across, our motorways are three lanes for a reason you plonker!

Also when the signs say stay in lane, why do you always see in front people who believe this means change lanes because one may be quicker, the quickest thing to do is stay in lane so the flow in constant, for god sake you thick drivers!

Then there are the overhead signs, this must be the easiest job in the world, programme them once a week to read things at certain times, no matter about road conditions, I travel up and down motorways a lot of the time, and sometimes it takes me longer because I am looking for the congestion that is highlighted, or the reason why on a 70MPH zone, I am doing 40, or why when in a congestion, they tell me there is a queue ahead, guess what, I am in the queue that you profess to be ahead.

Do you really pay people to run these signs? Are you really wasting my tax money on monkeys switching these signs off and on? I know as a driver, we are the pits of the country, but without us paying so much tax that the rip off government take from us, the country would be bust, oh no, hold on, it almost is!

I have a suggestion to the stubborn transport department and the industry who run the motorways, GO ABROAD AND LEARN HOW TO RUN THE ROADS PROPERLY, also when you do road repairs try doing the repairs properly, rather than the poor standards you do now and then have to go back a while later.

Our roads are a disgrace, but who is regulating these Muppets, nobody that is why they get away with making us drivers the laughing stock of Britain.

Carlos Tevez Affair, the part of Gordon Taylor

There is no doubt that Carlos Tevez has disrespected English football as a whole, even as a Manchester United fan, I am pleased at City’s stance of suspended the spoilt brat, I just hope that he picked his dummy up in Munich, especially with today’s health and safety standards, although whilst he is acting like he is, I wouldn’t have blamed City for taking his airline ticket off him and telling him to find is own way home.

However the person that has taken the mick out of the public more than Tevez is Gordon Taylor, he clearly has a lack of understanding of us fans who pay for the game, and he seems to think the people in his union are something special, how dare he already be discussing compensation for Tevez, the little Argentinean brat deserves not one penny.

Does Gordon Taylor really think Tevez has a case, let’s put it like this, if I had told my boss I wanted to go elsewhere because of my family, and I had failed to get that move, but my boss welcomed me back, I would bend over backwards to earn my wages, I mean what more can they have done to help my life.

So for Greedy Tevez to then tell that boss that he doesn’t want to work for his money, is disgusting, and in employment law, amounts to gross misconduct and whatever court Gordon “Out of Touch with the public” Taylor wants to take the case, there is no defence, Tevez should be sacked, I would be.

Surely Gordon Taylor has bought the game into disrepute, isn’t it strange how the prat always comes out when there is problems with big stars or big clubs, yet at Plymouth, where I feel for every member of staff, he has been very quiet, as a courier driver, I spend a lot of time listening to talk sport, and the campaign they have had for Plymouth has been terrific, because they understand who pays their costs.

So Gordon Taylor, do not treat me, or any other football fan, as a mug, your involvement in our game is nothing short of lining your own pocket, you are a disgrace to your profession, and I hope that you get a FA charge, because believe it or not, you or Tevez are not above the law, as for the idiot from Buenos Aires, I hope City send you down the dole queue, or make you rot in the reserves, you dirty rat.

And as for Fergie, never doubt him, he knew Tevez was a “Bad Apple”

Help put Shropshire on the Map

Ruth Badger Event Sponsorship packages

Event: An Evening with Ruth Badger, ex Apprentice, Badger or Bust and the Big Idea from Sky One talks to the local Shropshire business community, compared by BBC Radio DJ Paul Shuttleworth.

When: October 13^th 2011, 7pm – 10pm

Where: Lecture Theatre, University of Wolverhampton, Telford, TF2 9FT

Tickets: http://ruthbadger.eventbrite.com/

Take advantage of our early bird half price offer now. 

Sponsorship Packages available:

Whole event  - Open to offers

Packages include:

Advertisement in Theatre, Dining hall and reception

Display of products in Greet area on a stand

Mentions in all Press Releases

PR Work with Ruth Badger

Front page logo in event programme

Back page advert in event programme

Mentions by Paul Shuttleworth prior to show

Logo on crew team clothing for evening

Re-Brand of evening to the …….. Evening with Ruth Badger

Up to 25 Tickets for event

Sponsorship of Ruth Badger: £2000

Advertisement in Theatre, Dining hall and reception

Display of products in Greet area on a stand

Mentions in Press Releases

PR Work with Ruth Badger

Front page logo in event programme

Full Page advert in event programme

Mentions by Paul Shuttleworth prior to show

Logo on crew team clothing for evening

Up to 10 Tickets for event

Sponsorship of Paul Shuttleworth: £250

Mentions in Press Releases

PR Work with Paul Shuttleworth

Front page logo in event programme

Full Page advert in event programme

Up to 2 Tickets for event

Programme advert: £150 – Only 12 left

Full page advert in the evening’s souvenir programme, 250 to be printed

Screen advertising: £75

Advert on the main theatre screen as people file in on the massive screen

Exhibition Stand: £100

We have minimum space for exhibition stands, 1^st come 1^st served; size is 2m x 2m

Bar: £100

Why not have your logo above where the majority of people will no doubt be before and after the event

Marketing: Supply of Marketing as per below

2000 flyers, can be paper, card, post card etc

300 tickets

In return you will have your logo on all marketing

Mentions in press releases

Full page advert in event programme

4 Event tickets

Drinks and Drinks area: £200

As people enter the dining area they will receive a free drink, why not let people know this was from you; you can display your banner above the relaxation area and in the dining hall

Theatre advertising: £250

You can supply a pop up banner to go in the theatre where the entertainment will be or a wall banner, to go alongside the main huge screen.

Dining Room advertising: £200

You can supply a pop up banner to go in the dining room area where people will be enjoying their pre entertainment buffet, or a wall banner.

Reception Advertising: £100

Why not supply a pop up banner for display in the reception area where all guests will filter through to go into the dining room and also from dining room to Theatre, and out at the end.

Please note all pricing is subject to VAT, all banners and adverts are to be supplied by yourself, pre booking of space for banners is essential due to limited areas and interest in the event.

Sponsors are able to buy tickets at £20 per ticket in addition to what is offered in packages, normal ticket price is £50

Sshh I was meant to be on the BBC

Well it seems like a radio interview with the BBC was a big secret, yes the fact that author, Brian Rowlands, advertised the fact that he was being interviewed on BBC Radio Cornwall to promote his book, the Life of a Single Parent, Brian, meant that Auntie Beeb cut the proposed interview.

In what is a shocking turn of events, the day before the interview, Brian sent out a message stating that he would be on radio the following day promoting his book, a book that is an honest piece of writing about a single parent who raised his kids single handily, a book that is from the heart and to promote the fact that there are many great single fathers out there.

Brian said “I was so proud of the fact the my local radio station had chosen me to be interviewed on BBC Radio Cornwall, that I felt I had to tell people, if you read the book you can tell that everything in life has been a struggle, and to gain this little bit of success was a huge honour for me, I felt that telling people would help station figures too, but then bang, the BBC shot me from the schedule, why? What had I done that had been so wrong?”

“I am an author that only has had very limited success, my book is more about people learning from my experience, enjoying the fact that I bought up kids on my own, the fact that I had been to the bottom and came back, this is a natural story of a parents ability, I pay my licence fee, as does everybody, so why do they feel the need to be like this, I am disgusted at the attitude of them”

“What grinds at me is the hypocrisy of the corporation that is the BBC, the fact that they advertise their schedules and who is on it well before shows are on, yet some small time author in Cornwall tells a few people that he is being interviewed on his local radio station and they axe me as if I didn’t exist”

The irony is that Brian cut short a family holiday to return to Cornwall a couple of days early so he could be interviewed, I am sure that this type of treatment by the BBC will reflect well to his children, the future licence payers of this country, the licence payers who pay the wages at the Corporation, yet are treated with contempt.

Brian was aiming to promote his book, http://www.thelifeofasingleparentbrian.co.uk/, Brian is available for further comments through his PR company, BK Business Solutions Ltd, Ben Coates, 07738 715038, ben@bkbusinesssolutions.co.uk

Please note this is a press release that was approved by Brian Rowlands and is not the views of Ben Coates or of BK Business Solutions Ltd.