The Ponder Room receives Versatile Blogger Award
This post has been updated to include 15 links to other great blogs.So thrilled to let you know that The Ponder Room has received a Versatile Blogger Award woohoo! The Award looks at the uniqueness…
Browsing: Ponder
Ever felt invisible in your own life? (The Double)
There are moments in everyone’s life when they’ve felt invisible. Whether as an adult or a child, life seems to be passing you by, everyone racing ahead of you and…
Ten Brave Women at Australian Tattoo and Body Art Expo 2014, Perth
Another one of my passions is delving into a subculture that I know nothing about, so as a complete cleanskin I loved venturing into the Perth Convention Centre for this…
Creating Community Spirit on WA Day 2014
Regular readers know my passion for examples of community development initiatives that help create positive community spirit. Naturally then, WA Day was a ‘go to’ event. Following is a sample…
Pre-show twenty minute quality meal challenge (Mr Munchies Sushi)
Have you ever found yourself starving and looking for a quality evening meal with only twenty minutes to go before the show starts? Impossible you say, especially in Perth which has been…
Motivation comes in many shapes and sizes
A writers life is made up of endless hours of isolated hard graft often with very little feedback. Sometimes this makes it extremely difficult to assess whether you should keep chasing…
Perth, it isn’t Barbados, evidently – A brief lesson on Grace
The other day I met a personal branding client at the beach and after our one hour session I lingered for a little ‘Me Time’, after all I should practice…
Chef movie dishes up food, marketing and life lessons
Hot on the heels of Perth’s Food Truck Rumble, Chef the movie performs the neat trick of being on trend, educational, and thoroughly entertaining while a providing commentary about social…
PR lesson learnt at Taste of Perth 2014
Over the weekend Perth held its first Taste Festival which saw 10 pop-up restaurants descend on Langley Park. The first of any event is tough to judge. Sure, if no…
10 strategies to help you survive Taste of Perth 2014
Consumers are notoriously bad when it comes to having too much choice, they tend to oscillate between grabbing one of everything, or standing motionless like a deer in headlights. So…
Beachgoers unite to eradicate scourge (Sculpture by the Sea 2014)
There’s nothing better than a trip to the beach on a sizzling hot day. A quick sprint down the white sand dunes, a toss of the towel, and it’s into the…
Raw food gains traction with the help of the Swan Valley Cafe
Consumer theory suggests it takes around four to six weeks to develop a new habit, and even longer to introduce radically new ideas. Last year saw the raw food trend begin to extend beyond the…
Anzac Day 2014 new community involvement strategy
‘Let silent contemplation be your offering’. These are the words around the external flame in Kings Park, the site of the first dawn service ever held in Australia. Kings Park…
How can a wrestler and a bucket help market cupcakes? (Perth Food Truck Rumble 2014: Eating Competition)
During Perth’s inaugural Food Truck Rumble, Kustom Cupcakes applied an old world marketing strategy to draw attention to their delicate morsels. This involved thirty six cupcakes, six willing victims, I mean…
How many chickens does it take to make a Food Truck Rumble? (10 marketing strategies that draw customers to your truck)
When I heard Perth was holding its first Food Truck Rumble as part of the Eat Drink Perth festival, I pondered why ‘Rumble’? Having been to the event I now know…
Sensory overload bucks the trend at Full Moon Thai Restaurant
The minute you step foot into the Full Moon Thai Restaurant all your senses kick in and they don’t stop until it’s time to leave. Normally such a heightened level of clutter would leave consumers feeling…
Street Art helps Perth stand taller and encourages community engagement (Public Perth 2014)
It’s not often you get to be on the ground when a city ramps up another notch. I was incredibly lucky to be in Perth when 45 urban, visual, and…
Women invade The Hardware Store
Women are no longer uncommon sights in hardware stores, that’s true, but would you expect to see a hardware store overrun by women? Last week I entered The Hardware Store…
