Are You Brave Enough To Say No To A Job?

Why I turned down a job

I turned down a job. I won’t bore you with the details of how I ended up in a car park in Easton in Bristol being asked to confirm a start date for a job I had neither applied for Continue reading Are You Brave Enough To Say No To A Job?

5 Actionable Tips On Attracting New Clients To Your Freelancing Business – A Guest Post

How to attract new clients to your freelancing business

  Welcoming freelancing Writer Heather Redding back to the blog this week, sharing timely tips on attracting next clients. Predictably, my favourites are points 3 and 5: Networking and starting a blog. Over to Heather…   5 Actionable Tips On Continue reading 5 Actionable Tips On Attracting New Clients To Your Freelancing Business – A Guest Post

Big Dreams, Shallow Pockets: Help To Start A Business (UK)

Big dreams shallow pockets. Get help for your start up business

Is It All Change For You? As lockdown eases and we slowly get comfortable with our new reality, many of us are questioning the work we do and the choices we’ve made. Here in the UK millions of employees were Continue reading Big Dreams, Shallow Pockets: Help To Start A Business (UK)

5 Creative Ways to Boost Brand Awareness and Reputation – A Guest Post

Meet in the middle and raise awareness

Thanks to another contributor for these handy tips…   5 Creative Ways to Boost Brand Awareness and Reputation Pexels   There’s a line of thinking in the bowels of marketing chambers that any publicity is good publicity. It’s based upon Continue reading 5 Creative Ways to Boost Brand Awareness and Reputation – A Guest Post

Eat Local: Pros and Cons of Fruit and Veg Boxes

One thing we can all do to support our communities is to shop local. It sounds obvious, but the fact that people will queue around the block for a supermarket, while I can walk straight into my local greengrocers, speaks Continue reading Eat Local: Pros and Cons of Fruit and Veg Boxes

The All Homemade Cream Tea

Homemade cream tea, with scones jam and cream recipes

  As an solopreneur, I’m always on a journey towards the next thing. More and more I find myself wanting to embrace a simpler, sustainable life with a sustainable business true to those values. Many of us have been doing Continue reading The All Homemade Cream Tea

5 Content Marketing Trends For 2020

Content Marketing is always evolving. A contributor suggests 5 trends for 2020. pexels 2020 Trends Doug Kessler once said, ‘traditional marketing talks at people. Content marketing talks with them.’ As the marketing world shifts to focus more on the consumer, Continue reading 5 Content Marketing Trends For 2020

How To Make Sourdough Bread

How to make sourdough bread

    We’ve been conditioned to know the cost of everything and the value of nothing. Since the Industrial Revolution, time and money have been inextricably linked. One thing many of us have learned during the Coronavirus Crisis is the Continue reading How To Make Sourdough Bread

Why Hackers Are Targeting Start-Ups and How to Protect Your Young Venture – A Guest Post

Break the chain cyber security

Featuring a guest post this week on cyber security and the measure you can take as a small business to protect yourself…   Why Hackers Are Targeting Start-Ups and How to Protect Your Young Venture   image from unsplash.com   Continue reading Why Hackers Are Targeting Start-Ups and How to Protect Your Young Venture – A Guest Post

Self-Sabotage – How Do You Stop It?

I put my coffee cup down on this coaster on my desk this morning and realised that I do this… a lot… at the moment. Self-Sabotage – The Promise of Tomorrow Lockdown may be easing, but the weather is wet Continue reading Self-Sabotage – How Do You Stop It?