Of Vision and Vanity

Every business needs a vision, but not every entrepreneur has to be a visionary. If you close your eyes and imagine where you would like your life to be in, say, 5 years, what might it look like? Try it. Continue reading Of Vision and Vanity

How To Ensure Your Blog Feels Professional

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There is still an important role for blogs in your marketing mix. Thought leadership content and Googleable insights remain a staple of online content. But to be taken seriously as a business and lend authority to your written content, it Continue reading How To Ensure Your Blog Feels Professional

5 Blogging Myths & How to Beat Them

Five Blogging Myths Busted

What’s stopping you from blogging in your business, right now? Is it one of these commonly held 5 myths? Or is there an FAQ that’s holding you back? As a blogging mentor, working with businesses, I hear these misconceptions all Continue reading 5 Blogging Myths & How to Beat Them

Why All Fiction Writers Should Have A Blog

Blogging for writers

When I wrote the Sheridan and Blake books, my blog was the linchpin in my content marketing. The great thing about blogging for writers is you do the thing you are going to do anyway… write… and at the same Continue reading Why All Fiction Writers Should Have A Blog

A Vision For Freedom

a vision for freedom

  Travel. Freedom. Exploring. Adventure. Escaping. What’s not to love? When I worked as a startup trainer for an enterprise agency a few years back – while I was being trained in their teaching materials – I have a vivid Continue reading A Vision For Freedom

Essentialism: Inspiration and A Book Review

Book review and tips on essentialism

  Remember Marie Condo? Her decluttering methodology was so 2019.Her approach to clearing out your wardrobe was to only keep the clothes that ‘spark joy’, then thank the rest of your clothes before putting them in the charity bag. I Continue reading Essentialism: Inspiration and A Book Review

Playful Blogging – Authentic Creativity On Your Blog

Roll the dice, get playful with your blogs

“There’s no evidence to suggest that life is serious.” I don’t know who, if anyone, famously inspirational ever said that but I say that! Life is for being playful. Life is for living, loving and having fun. That’s not to Continue reading Playful Blogging – Authentic Creativity On Your Blog

10 Social Media Tools to Help You Write Better Posts

Tip top top tips

  Featuring another contributor, sharing a few useful tools to help write better posts.   10 Social Media Tools to Help You Write Better Posts Staying on top of everything in today’s digital-first world as a marketer can be a Continue reading 10 Social Media Tools to Help You Write Better Posts

Birds Must Sing… Why Everything You Write Matters!

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We live in the middle of a row of 1930’s terraces in Bristol, UK. The houses are old railway, docker’s and miner’s houses from the mid-century industrialism of Bristol. They were lucky enough to escape being flattened in the Blitz. Continue reading Birds Must Sing… Why Everything You Write Matters!

The Biggest Blog Challenges for Business

Blogging challenges survey results

There are many challenges businesses face when it comes to blogging. Over the past few years, I’ve developed something of a reputation locally as ‘the blog lady’. I’m a trainer, mentor, blogger and author but people know me because I’m Continue reading The Biggest Blog Challenges for Business