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		<title>Waiting and writing</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well here I am waiting for a train at London st.pancras because I was trying to be the model employee and not pay too much for my train ticket home, instead opting for a super off peak ticket that means I can only hit the tracks after 7pm! Annoying as this is, it has meant [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well here I am waiting for a train at London st.pancras because I was trying to be the model employee and not pay too much for my train ticket home, instead opting for a super off peak ticket that means I can only hit the tracks after 7pm! Annoying as this is, it has meant I now have the time to test out this wordpress app on my iPhone for the first time.</p>
<p>It&#8217;s also timely, as I feel, for about the fifth time since I started ever blogging, that I should increase the frequency of my online efforts. This time it is the course I am attending that has poked at my blogging brain to once again spark it into life.</p>
<p>I&#8217;ve just completed the second week of a direct and interactive marketing course which is hosted by the idm in teddington. I started with an open mind, not quite sure how I would adapt to being in the classroom again after a good ten year stint out of any form of education.  But it has proved quite enjoyable and I&#8217;ve certainly learned a lot (I&#8217;ve not just put that in to please who I work for either!). </p>
<p>One of the best aspects of the course is the fact they have guest speakers who vary in quality admittadly, but in the main are excellent. </p>
<p>This week we were given the pleasure of listening to one Drayton BIrd who quite literally lit the place up with examples of his quality copy-writing and his extremely colourful language. He was most certainly an inspiring character who had been there, done that and bought the flat cap. </p>
<p>He is most certainly the reason why I&#8217;ve decided to have another flirt with blogging although Im sure if he read this there would be a comment on the bottom saying don&#8217;t fu*cking bother!</p>
<p>I would certaiy recommend the course to anyone interested in improving their marketing skills. It covers all areas and does it bloody well. But beware, it is an intensive course&#8230; Very tiring, so be prepared for some stressful times and sleepless nights.</p>
<p>Anyway, i&#8217;ve been at this station now for 2 hours and the train (that I can legally catch) has come into sight&#8230; So I&#8217;m off.</p>
<p>Oh, and blogging on this wordpress app. Yeah, pretty good!</p>
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