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Aqua-Seal STC Solutions – Interview

Hi,

As some of you will know, my good friend A’nge Kokkaliaris of Australia and I have teamed up to develop the Aqua Seal STC brand of premium care and maintenance products. Recently A’nge took some time out to be interviewed by Tile Today Magazine, Australia.

By kind permission I have the article here:

A'nge Kokkaliaris, CEO Aqua-Seal STC

INTERVIEW – A’NGE KOKKALIARIS, AQUA-SEAL STC SOLUTIONS

 

TT:          In the last edition of Tile Today we briefly touched on your move from being a distributor of Aqua Mix products to a manufacturer and exporter of the Aqua-Seal STC (Stone, Tile & Concrete) Solutions brand. What challenges have you had to overcome and how was the transition?

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Happy New Year!

Hi All, here’s to a happy and prosperous 2011 for us all. This time last year I made myself a promise that I would try to post more often in 2010 – I think I did do that, just. Certainly during the year the blog received more and more traffic and with this came two things, a large number of emails and personal messages, plus an increase in the number of comments (including, unfortunately, a large increase in spam).

Answering all the questions and comments has been both enjoyable but also time consuming – and this has inevitably slowed down the posts – but if I am helping people then I am not too worried how I do it. The increase in spam (which I take as a compliment, as they just want their URL to appear on the site) means I am spending more time screening the comments and this can also mean I am a bit slower in my response to them – so bear with me if I don’t get to answer you straight away.

Anyway, I am looking forward to 2011, there are some exciting things on the horizon and I hope to keep you all posted. In the mean time, and a bit off-topic, I want to mention a friend of mine, Helen Jennings and the service that she offers through Purple Prose . Although I am confident in my specialist knowledge, I always struggle when it comes to writing, stressing out over my grammar and spelling, worrying about whether I am trying to be too clever or too simplistic etc.  Whilst my style on this blog has always been conversational, (and that means I can get away with quite a bit) I have also written articles for magazines and other publications and that can require a greater degree of professionalism. If you are involved any professional writing, then a good copy editor can be essential. Helen, a writer herself, is one of those people to whom (did I get that right?) the English language comes easy, so if you are looking to ‘get it right’  – whatever it is you are writing – check out Helen’s site, and check out her blog for some insights too.

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Tile and Stone Blog now on Twitter

OK, so the keen-eyed amongst you will have noticed the big blue Twitter button (bit too big maybe?) on the right hand side of the blog. I thought it was about time I tried to keep-up, so now you can follow the Tile and Stone Blog on Twitter.

http://twitter.com/TileStoneBlog

While we are on the subject I would be interested to hear from anyone using Twitter, particularly if you are in the tile and stone, installation/care and maintenance business. I am interested to hear if it is successful for you and how so.

Shortest post I have written in a while!

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Happy New Year to one and All from the Tile and Stone Blog!

Well 2009 was a busy but odd year to say the least, a lot of things happened in the world of tile and stone with many suppliers and retailers really feeling the pinch.

As we go into 2010 let’s hope it will be a better year for everyone. I am sure there will still be some belt tightening for some time to come so more of us may be thinking of how best to restore , clean-up or care for existing tile and stone installations rather than buying new.

For my part I am looking forward to spending more time on this blog than I managed last year, hopefully providing some little help and useful information.

I hope to make a start really soon, but for now, all the best for 2010

Ian

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