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Bridge & Business pt 3 – Competition vs Cooperation in Bridge

One of the things I find frustrating about Bridge businesses is that they tend to operate like little fortified islands.

Bridge businesses are like little islands

Last year I was at a marketing conference in the Arizona. There were lots of experts giving talks on internet marketing. One of the most respected marketers there stated on stage Read on. . .

Bridge & Business Pt 2 – The 6 essential steps to thwarting the silent Bridge Club Killer

In the comments section of last week’s blog Bridge & Business Part 1 – Ignore Social Media at your Peril Peter posted the following question:

How do I use our bridge club to get new people interested?

The thing is there are several hurdles standing in the way of new members joining a Bridge club. Now, before we Read on. . .

Bridge & Business Part 1 – Ignore social media at your peril

The blog post I had intended writing for this week is in the trash can. Why?

Well, a couple of days ago I received an email from Nira who is one of the team at BridgeBig.com. This mail that I’d received had left me stunned… my mouth wide open agape:

You may recall that a couple of weeks Read on. . .

Big BridgeBig diamonds could soon be your morning coffee fix

There are few subjects that raise the temperature as much as talk of Bridge online gambling. Perhaps that is why some Bridge gambling sites don’t draw attention to themselves. You either love the idea of playing for money or you hate it.

But either way Bridge and money are inextricably linked. Placing money on winning a game Read on. . .

PlayBridgeDealer4 – The latest card dealer for Duplicate Poker & Bridge

This week I met the man in charge at PlayBridgeDealer4, Terry Collier.

The elusive Terry Collier PlayBridgeDealer4.com boss

Most people know of PlayBridgeDealer4 from the dealing machine they make for Bridge tournaments, clubs and the ACBL et al.

Watch my new ‘Jazzed up’ video demonstration.
I’ve taken the standard video from the the playbridgedealer4 website and made some changes Read on. . .

Contract Bridge is going to the dogs! – An app review

It is a fairly expensive business getting a developer to create a Bridge application for use on iphones and ipads.

So I was curious to have a look at what is available out there.

Contract Bridge apps for iphone and ipad

App #1.
Let’s start with “Funbridge” for ipad (and ipod touch). The impression I got from playing it, Read on. . .

How to empower ‘The Reluctant Bridge Club Director’

How do you officiate at a Bridge Club when you are being challenged forcefully?

One of the issues that clubs have is that of the “Reluctant Director”.

Last week, Dave left this comment after my post ‘A Baptism of fire at the Bridge Club‘:
At my club one night, when the auction had been completed, the other three Read on. . .

A Baptism of Fire at the Bridge Club

How do you survive a baptism of fire at the Bridge club?

This is my story:

I had been learning Contract Bridge for 6 months when I first went along to play at a ‘Duplicate‘ session in a Bridge Club. For those of you who know, 6 months is not a long time to have been playing Read on. . .

6 Contract Bridge Myths you will never eradicate

Myths are perpetuated for a reason.
I’ll leave you to decide what those reasons are after you have read this post:

Contract Bridge myths are difficult to dispel – It’s better to confuse them

Myth #1:
Contract Bridge is a card game for spindly old ladies.
Here we have a derogatory statement with a bit of weightism, ageism and sexism Read on. . .

How can a great Bridge blog benefit you?

For 8 months I have been providing the kind of Bridge blog posts that I GUESSED would entertain and give readers something that they might be hankering for in Bridge.
And I have really enjoyed doing this.

But I want to do much better than ‘guess’ what you want me to write about. I want to celebrate iBridge Read on. . .

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