I've just watched the latest Socialnomics video on YouTube. You can check it out here. If you haven't seen it, and especially if you haven't seen the ones that the legendary Erik Qualman (and that's @equalman for all you tweeters out there) released previously, it's pretty jaw-dropping stuff.

Facts like, if Facebook were a country it would be the third largest in the world or that the same Social Media site - which it seems to me the generation Y'ers are totally addicted to - is also being blamed for 1 in 5 divorces in the US.

Incredible when you think that it wasn't even conceived until February 2004! But it's not just Facebook. We've been on Twitter (and unlike many we do actually "tweet") for around 8 months now and are starting to really understand the benefits; and though we've also got a presence on Facebook it seems that for business LinkedIn is the way forward. With stats which confirm that a new member joins every second, and never ones to be left behind, we've jumped right in and you can check us out and "connect" with us here now too. We're hoping we've got all bases covered; with so many ways to get in touch we're wondering if the phone will ever ring again!

After the purchase of our Indigo 7500, we signed up to one of the many Hewlett Packard training sessions they offer. This one, called 'Building your digital business', was extremely well put together and I must say, from the very start it was very impressive and well structured.

Basically it was psychology for sales; we were taken through the many steps of the sales process known as the 'Buying cycle' (illustration below). The whole day was well managed, interesting and hosted by Improved Consultancy Ltd who i'd highly recommend.

So, if you have a sales problem, if no one else can help, and if you can find them, maybe you can hire the ICL team.

Somebody asked me yesterday had I thought what I was giving up for Lent! Though perhaps I should, I don't even know when Lent is, let alone what I might be depriving myself of when it arrives.

To be honest, I'm running out of things to give up. Smoking went years ago (the weight of society's opinion and a disapproving spouse shamed me into it); I don't eat red meat (because I'm at a "difficult age" cholesterol-wise) and New Year with its inevitable resolution-making has deprived me of my red wine "vice". Frankly, there's very little left. Someone much wiser than me famously said, "you can live to be a hundred if you give up all things that make you want to live to be a hundred".

So, I'm giving up giving up. I'm resolving not to stop doing anything, but instead to "go for it" and wholeheartedly embrace things both personally and professionally. At work, there'll be no more procrastination and putting off those difficult tasks I'd rather not face. My call list will be called, my to-do list will be done and my brain will be thoroughly stormed with all the new business ideas and service offerings I've just contemplated during 2010.

And, if the worst comes to the worst, at least I'll have something new to give up when Lent does arrive.