Frank Furness Social Media Speaker

08/09/2022

BRITISH AIRWAYS MEAL ASTOUNDS PASSENGER…

As a professional speaker, I love the fact that I am now traveling the world again and speaking to global audiences.

I have always been addicted to travel, exploring and discovering new places in the world.

I am also passionate about great service and how clients care for customers.

Having just returned from a speaking tour in the Middle East, I was fortunate enough to travel business class (the client paid, not me😆)

One of the flights was two hours and the service incredible with a meal of fillet mignon (a small Middle Eastern Airline)

My return flight from Dubai to London was with British Airways.

Since they have been taken over by the IAG Spanish Group (basically now part of Iberian Airlines and nothing British about them) I have tried to avoid them like the plague as they have become a low-cost airline charging premium prices.

Unfortunately, when the client books and pays for the flights I have no choice.

I skipped dinner knowing it was a business class flight and the food supposedly would be great.

By the time we had taken off and drinks were served, I was starving…..

I was blown away (in totally the wrong way) when business class supper arrived, a ham and cheese roll on their long-haul flight.

I asked if this was a joke and they assured me it was not.

I asked what they were eating in economy and was told a slice of pizza. This is the first time in my career that I asked for an economy meal in business class.

How can a British institution like this go to the dogs (easy, being sold off to the Spanish Iberia)

In the coming months I have many flights booked and have even chosen EasyJet over British Airways (at least I get what I pay for) and on long haul now going back to using Virgin Atlantic and Emirates.

What has astounded you in the wrong way concerning service lately?

14/08/2022

Who would like to try this…

14/08/2022

I hate it when people keep getting in the way of my photos at the pool 🤣

14/08/2022

With Andy Preston at Hard Rock Cafe in Dubai

14/08/2022

Now this is what I call a sushi platter

04/07/2022

How to Create the Perfect YouTube Marketing Video-5 Tips to get it Right

You can use YouTube to market your business, product, or services. However, you need a good video in order to draw traffic and make people want to visit your website after they have finished watching.

So, what goes into the perfect YouTube marketing video?

Creativity always counts, of course, as does professionalism.

Still, there are other things to take into consideration as well.

The following is a list of 5 tips that will get you started (Part 1& 2 today, the rest tomorrow).

1. Make your video creative.

With all of the videos out there, yours needs to stand out in the crowd.

Use fun music, great shots, and try to find an angle that hasn't already been done.

People generally turn on to YouTube to be entertained and your video needs to be able to do this.

2. Give some tips or solutions to common problems that are associated with your particular product, business, or services.

This is an informational type of video and the audience will like the fact that they are learning something.

Try to make the tips unique enough that most people can use them but haven't necessarily heard of them before.

Here is a challenge for you today – make a 30 second video giving solutions to your particular product or service and upload it to the comments of this post (this is free advertising for those who make the effort)

If you don’t have the time, just put into the comment what solution your business provides.

If you can, please join our free Video & YouTube Marketing Masterclass on the 12th July at 1pm BST - https://www.productivitycentre.com/videojuly

01/07/2022

Free Video & YouTube Masterclass.

The fastest growing area in marketing right now is Video Marketing.

It has been shown to have far better results and impact than anything else and for Search Engine Optimization is amazing.

Taking that into consideration, I have decided to run a Free Video and YouTube Masterclass as this is an area that I specialize in with over 1,000 videos on YouTube and other platforms..

Please sign up as soon as possible as there are only a limited number of places.

As a subscriber, I am giving you the first opportunity to register and in 12 hours will be opening it up to all my other social media channels.

Discover:
· Biggest mistakes in Video Marketing
· 10 Ways to use video in business
· Improve email open rates by 90% with video emails
· Software that will create stunning videos at low/no cost
· Why LinkedIn loves video content and will promote it
· Where to get the best thumbnails
· The 3 essential secrets to viral videos
· Video strategies to get you on the first page of a Google search
· Plus plenty more

It will be on the 12th July for one hour at 1pm London BST

Please sign up for the free webinar at https://lnkd.in/gFmax8y9 and do it early as our LinkedIn Masterclass was oversubscribed by 300% a month ago.

25/04/2022

𝗗𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗧𝗼 𝗨𝘀𝗲 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗸𝗲𝗱𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝗚𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗠𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘆

Use Push/Pull Strategies to Drive Targeted Traffic
Use LinkedIn Posts with a Call to Action to Create Sales Leads
Earn $20,000 or more in Sales - Strategies from two of the top LinkedIn experts

Limited Seats - Reserve Your Place Now - YOU MUST REGISTER

𝙏𝙝𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙍𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙉𝙤𝙬...
3 - Biggest mistakes most people make using LinkedIn
2 - Strategies that will supercharge your Posts
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Join two of the best LinkedIn brains in the business for this free webinar that will guarantee to bring in more business

01/04/2022

Lt. Colonel Robert Maclaren retired from the British Army in 2001 after a long, fulfilling career. On the day that he retired he received a letter from the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Defence setting out details of his pension and, in particular, the tax-free ‘lump sum’ award (based upon completed years of service) that he would receive in addition to his monthly pension.

The letter read,

“Dear Lt. Colonel Maclaren,

We write to confirm that you retired from the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards on 1st March 2001 at the rank of Lt Colonel, having been commissioned into the British Army

at Edinburgh Castle as a 2nd Lieutenant on 1st February 1366. Accordingly, your lump sum payment, based on years served, has been calculated as £68,500.

You will receive a cheque for this amount in due course.

Yours sincerely, Army Paymaster”

Col Maclaren replied,

“Dear Paymaster,

Thank you for your recent letter confirming that I served as an officer in the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards between 1st February 1366 and 1st March 2001 – a total period

of 635 years and 1 month. I note however that you have calculated my lump sum to be £68, 500, which seems to be considerably less than it should be bearing in mind

my length of service since I received my commission from King Edward III. By my calculation, allowing for interest payments and currency fluctuations, my lump sum should actually be £6,427,586,619. 47p.

I look forward to receiving a cheque for this amount in due course.

Yours sincerely, Robert Maclaren (Lt Col Retd)”

A month passed by, and then in early April, a stout manilla envelope from the Ministry of Defence in Edinburgh dropped through Col Maclaren’s letter box. it read:

“Dear Lt Colonel Maclaren,

We have reviewed the circumstances of your case as outlined in your recent letter to us dated 8th March inst. We do indeed confirm that you were commissioned into the

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards by King Edward III at Edinburgh Castle on 1st February 1366 and that you served continuously for the following 635 years and 1 month.

We have re-calculated your pension and have pleasure in confirming that the lump sum payment due to you is indeed £6,427,586,619. 47p.

However, we also note that according to our records, you are the only surviving officer who had command responsibility during the following campaigns and battles:

The Wars of the Roses 1455 -1485 (including the battles of Bosworth Field, Barnet, and Towton), The Civil War 1642 -1651 (including the battles Edge Hill, Naseby,and the conquest of Ireland), The Napoleonic War 1803 – 1815 (including the battle of Waterloo and the Peninsular War), The Crimean War (1853 – 1856) (including the battle of Sevastopol and the Charge of the Light Brigade), The Boer War (1899 -1902).

We would, therefore, wish to know what happened to the following, which do not appear to have been returned to Stores by you on completion of operations:

9765 Cannon

26,785 Swords

12,889 Pikes

27,345 Rifles (with bayonets)

28,987 horses (fully kitted)

Plus three complete marching bands with instruments and banners.

We have calculated the total cost of these items and they amount to £6,427,518119.47p.

We have therefore subtracted this sum from your lump sum, leaving a residual amount of £68,500, for which you will receive a cheque in due course.

Yours sincerely . . . .”

30/03/2022

The best sushi ever, you have to visit this restaurant

30/03/2022

Still the best steaks ever in South Africa

30/03/2022

With great friends Mike Handcock and Landi Jac in Cape Town

30/03/2022

Amazing Beaches of the world. This is The Strand in Cape Town

30/03/2022

Can you make out the face. An amazing breakfast at Spier Wine Estate in Cape Town

30/03/2022

The amazing team at the Holiday Inn in Cape Town

30/03/2022

Interesting characters in Cape Town

30/03/2022

Amazing Cape Town

23/03/2022

HOW TO ADD YOUR PROFILE VIDEO TO LINKEDIN?

So many people ask me how to add their profile video to LinkedIn, so I just made a quick video to explain it.

If you or your organization needs help with marketing, please DM me as our team have experts to help.

What do you think is the most important part of a profile video?

22/03/2022

Would you like to Speak for High Fees in Many Lands?

I have presented in 69 Countries and since lockdown opened up have spoken in 6 countries and 15 cities.

If you would like to discover some of my strategies, please download the Ebook at https://www.productivitycentre.com/speakers

Who will benefit from this eBook:
✔Professional Established Speakers
✔New Speakers
✔Toastmasters
✔Coaches
✔Consultants
✔Trainers
✔Facilitators
✔Anyone presenting internally or externally at Companies
✔Sales Professionals
✔Lawyers
✔Accountants
✔Entrepreneurs

It does not matter what business you're in, we all must speak in some form to clients whether it be:
✔At a conference
✔Providing training
✔Selling to clients
✔Motivating a team
✔Coaching or Consulting with Clients
✔On the phone
✔On Zoom and other remote presentations

What ideas and strategies can you add?

01/03/2022

The beautiful Dubai at Sunset

23/02/2022

Only in Dubai