Quick, simple, sharable, actionable and consumable – sharing top tips on your a blog allows you to convey a lot of useful information in a short and snappy way. Who doesn’t love a listicle? That’s why T is for ‘Tips’ in my A to Z of Blogging. You can’t […]
You may not have the budget or resources of a big successful business, but it’s surprising what you can learn from their marketing campaigns. Lessons you can apply to your own business, in your own unique way. This contributed content has some great take-aways to inspire, if you’re stuck […]
I love blogging. Blogging and networking are my two favourite ways to market myself and my business. Writing and chatting – Brilliant. As a writer, blogging is the most intuitive way to communicate my message, but it doesn’t always come easily, especially when you are writing about something […]
Using Social Media is a little like renting a room from a curmudgeonly landlord. You have to follow their rules. You’re not allowed to redecorate. You can have visitors, but only people on your designated friends’ list – unless you pay the landlord extra rent. If the landlord doesn’t […]
When I happened upon Hootsuite to schedule updates for the first time – covering for our Marketing Manager in a previous job – my mind was blown. Suddenly I realised the potential of being able to plan my Social Media marketing, instead of being inconsistent and ad-hoc. […]
“A child who reads will be an adult who thinks.” This is the inspiration behind the next in my series of Passion Projects. Sarah Corcoran has been a book lover all her life. She’s the brains behind the website database ‘Children’s Book Sequels’. My favourite quote from her response […]
I recently met Leanne, of Purple Frogs Virtual Assistants (great name), at a ‘Blogging for Business’ workshop I was running on behalf of Women Mean Biz. She was so open to helping the others in the group during that session, I could see she had a natural talent for […]
In many ways, my business journey has been on a parallel thread to the next business I’m proud to feature as a Passion Project I first met Hils Crisp when I was a Trainer at an Enterprise Agency and she came to our events. As a trainer, you can’t […]
While I know the basics to give your blogs their best chance to be discovered by Google, SEO (Search Engine Optimisation) is an ever evolving discipline with more and more tools and techniques for great quality content to be found and shared. Today I’m hosting a contributor to the blog, […]
After three years of redundancy warnings every few months, when the seventh one actually happened in 2015, I vowed I would never work for anyone else ever again. I’d finally escaped! The fear of ‘lack’ stopped me from taking the hint the first six times and stepping into the dark […]
