6 Quick Tips for Business Show Delegates

Handshake Making connections at a business show

(A super short post with an infographic that will take less than 5 minutes to read) It’s an unexpected thing to say, but I enjoy a Business Show! Yes, I know. Bit weird! I enjoy business shows for a number Continue reading 6 Quick Tips for Business Show Delegates

The Joy Of Freedom – On Your Bike

The freedom of cycling and self emplyment

    Meet Barry…     Barry The Bike   He’s been sat in my shed for seven years until this summer. I re-homed the various spiders who’d moved into Barry’s nooks and crannies and took him to Crucial BMX Continue reading The Joy Of Freedom – On Your Bike

Passion Projects #8: Pearls of Wisdom with Jan Para

pearls of wisdom passion project

    Retiring quietly and retreating into the shadows was never going to be an option for the next passion-driven entrepreneur I’m featuring in the Passion Project series. When Jan Para started The Rocks Collection, it was a way to see Continue reading Passion Projects #8: Pearls of Wisdom with Jan Para

Is Video The Future of The Web? (A to Z of Blogging)

VLOG Video vs Written blogs

About 5 minutes before I started writing this, I followed a link to a news article that caught my attention – happily chillin’ to some Rag N Bone Man, suddenly my music is interrupted as I’m bombarded with a video Continue reading Is Video The Future of The Web? (A to Z of Blogging)

You Are Unique (A to Z of Blogging)

What makes your business unique

  I’ve always had a problem with that business cliche, USP (Unique Selling Point). It creates this illusion that every business needs to have ‘a thing’, some sort of ‘novelty’ or ‘quirk’ that makes them ‘different’. It’s one of the Continue reading You Are Unique (A to Z of Blogging)

Lessons You Can Learn From Successful Marketing Campaigns

Big Red Truck - Marketing Campaigns

  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 Continue reading Lessons You Can Learn From Successful Marketing Campaigns

What’s Your Passion Project?

Feature your business in the passion projects movement

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 Continue reading What’s Your Passion Project?

The Consulting Industry In The UK

Consulting industry trends in the UK

Knoweldge = Value Information services is a key area of consultancy in the UK reporting the highest growth in recent years. When you create your own online content – such as a  blog – not only are you building your Continue reading The Consulting Industry In The UK

Are You A Business, An Entrepreneur or A Freelancer?

How do you describe what you? A business or an entrepreneur?do

  I was always entrepreneurial and creative. My first experience of being ‘an entrepreneur’ was in the mid 1980’s – I think I was about 8 years old!   A Child Entrepreneur (?) My sister and I were really into Continue reading Are You A Business, An Entrepreneur or A Freelancer?

Is Your Business Due for a Facelift?

A business facelift

When should you consider a facelift for your business? Our businesses naturally evolve, and we grow as individuals in skill, knowledge and experience. But are we demonstrating that to everyone else? At some point, you must concede that the messages Continue reading Is Your Business Due for a Facelift?