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Procrastination Strikes Again

As I start this blog post I am utterly at a loss as to what to write about. I was going to start writing about two hours ago when the procrastination bug (see last week’s post) bit me.  Remembering that my favourite Aussie Rules Football team was playing, I retired to the lounge to have a spot of lunch and settle down in front of the telly to watch a bit of the game. My intention was to just watch until half time and then return to the computer. Well, you guessed it, I ended up watching the entire match. They won, by the way.

Impromptu Travel

These past few days have been trying and uneventful as far as progressing with my business is concerned. On the Tuesday my wife and I heard from the rehab hospital in Melbourne that they could accommodate her on the following Tuesday. You may remember that her mother (my mother-in-law) is in a nursing home also in Melbourne. So, to kill two birds with one stone, we wanted to fly down on the Friday so we could visit her mum a few times before she was admitted into rehab on the Tuesday. As we live in Far North Queensland, that meant I had three days to organise: –

• Accommodation for our dog
• Reservation at the airport car park
• One way flights to Melbourne for my wife and I
• Accommodation for four nights
• A one way flight to Cairns for me
• Packing
• Etc

Must Get to The Flight

Unfortunately, my wife had a fall at home in the early hours of Friday and as a result could barely walk. She had landed awkwardly on her right leg and had badly strained the ligaments around the knee. Somehow, we managed to finish the packing and get to the airport. Once there, I was fortunate to find a wheelchair to enable her to get to the check-in counter. There followed an anxious few minutes while the airline staff decided whether or not they could let her on board with such an injury. They agreed, thank goodness, and off we went. They were good enough to organise a wheelchair to meet us at the other end and we were able to use it right up to the Uber that took us to the motel.

Camping In A Motel

And there we stayed for the next four days and nights. As each day dawned, my wife found her mobility was virtually non-existent and didn’t want to unduly worry her mum by turning up in a wheelchair. She had probably forgotten that we were coming to see her as the Alzheimer’s plays nasty tricks on her short-term memory. So, she decided it would be better to postpone the visit for a few weeks to give her leg a chance to heal.

Back Home Alone

I’m back home again and missing my wife terribly. We are in contact via Messenger every night and she’s cold (it’s the middle of winter and Melbourne is freezing right now) but doing well.

Watch Out – More FB Scams About

Oh yes, I’ve just remembered something I wanted to share regarding a Facebook promotion ad that I posted recently. The campaign only went for three days. I was just testing the water again, so to speak, with a paid video that I had posted a while ago, that at the time, seemed to attract mostly people from South Africa even though SA was last on the list of countries. I mentioned this in a previous blog. This time, I chose Australia, USA, Canada and UK in that order.

I Object, This Is No Scam

Apart from the three comments I had accusing my video of being a scam (one even left a Facebook review to that effect), I also received several disturbing comments. These were apparently from FB admin, saying that my video had breached their guidelines and my account would be terminated in three days unless I appealed. At first, I was horrified but then noticed a spelling mistake in the url that I was supposed to go to in order to lodge my appeal. Also, the FB account of the publisher of said comment was a gentleman from Nigeria, according to his profile.

But This Is!

A hasty Google search for the wording in the comment revealed that it was yet another scam hoax. In fact, over the course of the campaign, I received several more of these from different people all with similar wording. I am very pleased to say that after three days nothing happened and I resisted the temptation to follow any of the presented links to appeal.

Back To Business

On the business side, I’ve only just caught up with last week’s blog-hopping and once I’ve finished this post, I’ll be back into the training and making some more videos for TikTok. I also want to start learning more about Facebook lead ads and preparing for my first one.

One of my mentors has given some valuable advice to one of my fellow marketers on how to improve their website. I would like to try and improve my website to the same effect. It may not happen this week, but I’ll see how it goes.

Have A Great Week

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Take care.