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?

How Helpful Is Too Helpful On Your Blog? (A-Z of Blogging)

How helpful is too helpful? Cultivate relationships, grow your business

Can You Ever be Too Helpful? I wrestle with this idea a lot in my business. Which is why H is for Helpful in my A to Z of Blogging. On the one hand, my 3 golden rules of blogging Continue reading How Helpful Is Too Helpful On Your Blog? (A-Z of Blogging)

Bring Creativity To Your Blog (A-Z of Blogging)

Can you learn creativity

Tapping into your own innate creativity adds sparkle to your blogs. I firmly believe that everyone is creative, at least to some degree. Being creative is a natural human instinct. The misunderstanding, the disbelief, occurs because when we talk about Continue reading Bring Creativity To Your Blog (A-Z of Blogging)

Using Research To Inspire And Inform Your Blogs

magnifying glass for blog research

(A less than 10-minute read or a 20-minute video) You don’t have to come up with a completely new idea for every blog you write! A little research can go a long way to inspiring and informing your writing. My Continue reading Using Research To Inspire And Inform Your Blogs

Sunday Reboot: Plan Your Proactive Week

We all know that having a plan is a sensible idea when you work for yourself. It’s the proactive thing to do. Whether it’s a plan for the overall strategy of the business, a plan for your marketing or a Continue reading Sunday Reboot: Plan Your Proactive Week

Massive List of Reasons to Blog For Your Business

Massive List of Reasons to Blog for your business

I responded to a Facebook comment recently; an entrepreneur I know asked what the benefits of blogging were. After a small, exasperated, internal scream – I started this post… Writing about something is my go-to response! There are so many Continue reading Massive List of Reasons to Blog For Your Business

How Niche Is Too Niche? Part Two: How and When to Define Your Niche

How niche is too niche for your business

Do you have a niche in your business? Should you have? This is part two of a two-part blog. In part one I shared 3 big compelling reasons to care about having a niche. Before you write anything, you need Continue reading How Niche Is Too Niche? Part Two: How and When to Define Your Niche

How Niche Is Too Niche? Part One: Why Should You Care?

All the advice tells us we should niche our business. But what does that actually mean? I have a lot to say on this topic, and so I don’t overwhlem you, I’m splitting it into two blogs. This is part Continue reading How Niche Is Too Niche? Part One: Why Should You Care?

The AIDA Blog Structure

AIDA Blog Structure

Like it or not, we are creatures of habit and routine. To varying degrees, we want structure and order in our lives to thrive. When you run your own business, orderly systems and processes will keep you on track, allow Continue reading The AIDA Blog Structure

Embrace The Story Instinct

Embrace your story instincts and write better blogs

Story Time… Walking along my local high street, I was held up behind a woman, holding the hand of a little girl. A girl of perhaps 3 or 4 (it was a school day, so I’m assuming she was pre-school Continue reading Embrace The Story Instinct