Further to the post on my new Ltd company incorporation and the posts boasting my company’s new found fortunes I am developing a brand spanking new website.
I’ve been quite quiet about my new business operations up until now but I’m now willing to reveal that my business is earning money online through a website which my company was loosely based upon.
Since the company was formed I have developed a business strategy that does away with the current website, no doubt this will result in a dramatic loss of earnings for the company short term.
The long term plan is to make the company much more diverse thus broadening it’s appeal, I’m talking about the creation of a new social network
So how is this different from anything else that’s out there?
Trust me when I say, it just is different, the brand will be your friend and therefor will share updates of its own and other members with regard to any brand related activity, create challenges and deliver rewards!
Personally I don’t like Facebook, I’d be surprised if anyone really liked Facebook itself if they removed all emotional attachments to the people on it, the interface is horrible, the features are not reliable, it’s a jack of all trades but master of none.
To put it into perspective Google + is a much nicer design/interface but doesn’t have the strength of numbers because everyone is still on Facebook and so why would you move to somewhere there is nobody you know with no real benefits other than the interface is nicer, you wouldn’t and people aren’t.
So in light of this fact why would I consider creating a social network?
Good question, bit nosey but ok, I’m catering for a niche, it will liberate the people who become involved and allow them to create their own online shops and create a secondary or perhaps even a primary income!
This will be known as Stage 2 or ‘Bullister’ as is the project name.
Stage 3 will see the user functions evolve, introduce additional revenue streams to the user for anyone wishing to participate in that side of it.
Im not creating a company that is out to help itself, I intend to create opportunities for people to help themselves online and to promote a lifestyle for people to aspire to and a means to reach their goals in life.
Our department at work made a video company video, mostly featuring people from the building level I work on, it was made to give other people an insight into some of the work we do and the kind of fun and energetic atmosphere we work in.
Here’s the video anyway, see if you can spot me
It’s a good reminder of how fast time moves on, it waits for no man as they say.
I think a snapshot of the past can also allow you to reflect and acknowledge how things might have changed, for the better, for the worst, or maybe some things just never change… is that a bad thing?
For me, someone who has experienced a loss very close to me recently, I have reflected on the past a lot, what did I do wrong, what could I have done differently, what do I do now, it’s termoil…
BUT it’s the past that makes the loss all the more poignant, when you enjoyed something so much that nothing ever meant so much to you before or since it happened, how can you ever imagine that it may never happen again?
I say that you do not sit back and accept the loss, if that’s possible.
If you love something or someone so much, when someone else actually makes you feel complete and with them you shared the most precious times of your life, you should let your feelings be known, if the feelings are no reciprocated then that’s when you have to learn to let go, but at least then, beyond doubt the person knows how you feel and you did what you could.
The hardest part is the idea that you may be letting go for good and the that all those big plans you had together may now never take place now.
My world has been rocked and today my emotions took me over… bad times. Feeling so lost right now…
I’ve noticed recently how detached I am from my family. I don’t mean in a devistating ‘oh I’m so alone’ kind of way, I mean it in a ‘life moves so fast that I feel I’m missing a lot that happens’ kind of way… it’s a shame but it’s not a terrible thing, for instance my nieces grow so fast, my brother lives in Kingston on Thames so I don’t see that side of the family that much.
It’s great that they grow so fast because each time I see them they’ve learned something new, like the youngest has just started talking and counting and the oldest is just learning new things all the time and is just so intelligent it gobsmacks me, she could count from 1-10 in portugese at the age of two! It makes me so proud to see.
Then there’s my sister, for as long as I can remember she’s loved her sports, more taking part in them than watching them really and I’ve only ever heard of how good she is at netball, she has played for the school team and for the region aswell.
Then on my birthday I went to give her a lift from netball practice with my step mom and saw her play for the first time, I couldn’t get over how amazing my little sister was at netball, like seriously, there’s ‘good’ and there’s scoring every other …goal(?) net(?) aka my sister, it made me extremely proud of her, though where my sister’s concerned I have so many reasons to be proud of her as her brother.
Then today I had another realisation, I mean for a good few years now I’ve known my cousin (and god son) Josh was into his music and that he had been doing some gigs around Birmingham but only in some quiet venues by all accounts, yet I’ve never actually heard him sing. Today however, he posted a Youtube video and a Soundcloud link on his Facebook page, not only is he a better singer than I knew he was but he wrote the song too, have a listen:
I thing it’s amazing that I have such a talented family and I’ll enjoy seeing the successes they make of themselves, I think this is just the beginning for them all so I am very excited to see how their futures pan out and will support them in any way I can.
If you like Josh’s song please drop him a comment of support or give him a thumbs up on Youtube, I think it’s a really brave thing to write your own song and to perform on such a public forum, I mean yeah a lot of people do it every week on Britains Got Talent or The Voice for instance but I admire people who can do that too, could you do it? I know I couldn’t.
How could I forget my brother…Matt Hodkinson. He’s older than me and father to my two nieces, first off he has made big strides in the social media scene, has a company that is a great success in this sector and has appeared a good number of times on BBC breakfast and numerous radio shows around the country, travelled to other countries with his work and issuch an inspiration, he gifted me my 42″ Plasma TV when I moved into my apartment, a two seater TV, two desks, two office chairs, perhaps his most breathtaking achievement was cramming all of these things into a Ford Kuga and driving it all the way from Kingston Upon Thames to Worcester one morning
But among all of these reasons to be proud of my brother, its my brother and my sister in law that I have the most pride in for a completely different reason, I can only wish to be as amazing a parent as either of them one day and of course I should thank them for making me an uncle in the first place.
I received a lot of help from my family when moving into my apartment, my Grandad (Gramps), my Nan (Noid), my Dad, my Stepmom, my Aunt, my Uncle, my other Uncle and his partner who may aswell be my Aunt and to all of those people I’m thankful.
I’m particularly proud of my mom who is no longer with us, I grew up always being told how like my mom I was and I think now my mom has passed away I encapsulate all of her best qualities and in that sense I’m never truely without her.
The people in this post are the people who inspire me, the heroes in my life and though I’ve not named them all, I hope you have hero’s of your own, or if you think you don’t maybe you should open your eyes to the people around you, as the people who are there the most are often the people who are overlooked.
Catch you again soon peeps!
P.S – I made the decision not to include names of some family members in todays post, I disagree with the use of peoples names or pictures on the internet if they are 16 years of age or under the age of 16 as this could have implications for their future or their security and it’s my choice to do this.
Oh hi! I thought I’d begin my blog with a little about my own background.
Hi my name is Mike and I’m from Solihull in the UK.
Work
I have a background in mainly technical positions working for companies such as the Mirror Group of newspapers, Severn Trent Water tech support, IBM, the Ministry of Defence and Namesco Ltd to name a few. Currently I work as a Contact Centre Optimiser which involves the monitoring and asessment of all enquiries inbound across all channels, ensuring we have the resources in place to meet the demands of customers within SLA, dashboard reporting, scheduling, staffing and holiday allocation amongst other things.
Personal Life
In my spare time I enjoy web development, I am developing social communities at present and hope to bring these to fruition in the coming months. I enjoy dabbling in graphic design too but will admit I prefer to assign the more professional looking assignments to my friend Dave who is a graphic designer by profession.
I basically love cars. The better cars I’ve been fortunate enough to have driven are a Lamborghini Gallardo 5.0l v10 and an Audi R8 4.2l v8. I was gifted that driving experience by my brother for my birthday, my preferred choice of car would be an Audi R8 5.0l v10 as its a balance of the two cars. I plan to own a Nissan GTR or Audi R8 one day and take part in the Gumball Rally.
Gumball Nissan GTR
At the moment I own a 2002 Clio Renaultsport 172 Phase 2, I love it with a passion but 134,000 miles later, it desperately needed the driveshafts replacing, took it to a garage who drained the gearbox oil and didn’t replace it when carrying out the work. The first I knew of this was on the way to work the following week, it’s all a very long story but the conclusion is that it’s off the road, with a new gearbox and a new engine needed, yes the timing belt went too :S More on this to come!
That’s enough from me for now, thanks for reading!
