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17 Strategic Business Pivots to Make in the Time of COVID-19

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:May 26, 2020

Last week, we spoke about the word 'pivot' and how it has become significant in the language. It's not just a word,  it's an action point and here are 17…

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How sticking to your knitting will get you stuck: idiom usage

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:May 22, 2020

There was not enough wool to buy for all the crochet hours I would need to fill during the slumpy ‘non-work’ hours of lockdown. For one thing, I only bought…

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How years and ears distort the English language: origin of idioms

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:May 19, 2020

Shakespeare was the theme of our Toastmasters meeting last week. We learnt about how much The Bard contributed to the English language – from general words and phrases to idiomatic…

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Five tips to retain customers

  • Post author:Iza Grek
  • Post published:May 4, 2020

Retaining customers is always important, never more so than during lockdown when we all face a big don’t know in future months. The only thing you can do is work…

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Iza Grek

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