Four ways a Christmas break can benefit your business
Running your own business is full on, it can be very consuming. Taking some time away from work is important for your health. Self-care means you can stay on top of your game and helps you show up wholeheartedly.
Simple Ways To Use Social Media Stories For Your Business
Everyone has a story to tell, and let's face it we are all a little bit nosy about what goes on for other people, especially in the small business world, We like to know more about who we are buying from or working with.
Four Reason Why You REALLY Need Pinterest In Your Business Marketing
Pinterest can help you make use of so much of the content you already have as well as earn you those sought after SEO points
Four Alternatives to product images for your Social Media content
A picture speaks a thousand words. The images you post need to speak to your audience loud, clear, and quickly whilst also saying enough to be intriguing to make them stop.
How to choose good questions to ask your audience
Questions should play an important part of your content strategy. They are a useful tool in business marketing especially on social media platforms. Any chance to engage with your audience is always a benefit, however, it is not always the easiest to achieve.
5 Tips to keep business progressing when life throws a curve ball
When you set that blue sky goal you knew it was a long term aim and the journey ahead couldn’t be entirely mapped out straight away.Think of a route changing even when a destination doesn’t.
If that final goal is still your blue-sky dream for this year, then don’t let unexpected diversions stand in your way.
Social media, how to keep it in a healthy balance
In business it is for most; a necessary evil, to have an online presence. So how do I manage to keep things in balance when a lot of my business hinges on using social media and maintain a presence online.
Three tips to make the most of Canva
Canva is a great design software; it is such a useful tool to a small business with its versatile nature to create almost anything you may need to make as a business resource. For a small business the free account can enable you to create so much for your business without any costly overheads. All my tips are based on the free account, in the 2 years I have been using it I have not yet needed to upgrade.
Mumprenuer, a label to be proud of!
I think its fair to say there has always been a lot of theories on what a mum “should” do. In this modern society and with the #bekind campaign in mind I can see a shift occurring in the social acceptance that everyone has the right to make personal choices.
Tips for Time keeping
. I often dream that the time turner that Hermione uses in Harry Potter and the prisoner of Azkaban were a real thing. I even bought a key ring version when I visited the studio, but even with careful turning I still didn’t time travel.
6 Lessons brain fog taught me
I really wasn’t sure about sharing this blog, even for me this seemed like a bit of personal overshare even for me, but as I learnt useful business lessons from it then I hope it may prove useful to someone else as well.
Self employed its a family affair
It might sound counter intuitive to say this as a sole trader who works alone, but to be able to do that there are often many people behind the scenes who make it possible.
Turning a Negative into a Positive
I had a “down day” the other day; I wasn’t feeling motivated. I had too many thoughts buzzing through my head and I just couldn’t see which thought to go with first.
Happy Business Birthday to me!
As I sit here to write this blog, it’s my businesses first birthday. I can’t quite believe where the time has gone; it hasn’t quite sunk in that I have made it to this milestone! I know a lot of statistics say it’s the first three years that count to the survival of any new business but making it through the first year is no mean feat!
How is your money mindset
I know there is so many different angles and areas that could be discussed when it comes to money, so I will try and stick to one aspect today and then we can delve in on another topic in future blogs.
Are you business lingual?
Starting your own business can often feel like stepping into another world, can’t it? Whatever your business skill is there will always be areas of “running” the business that will be less familiar. That and the fact that things change so fast it you don’t keep your finger on the pulse it can be hard to keep up with modern trends especially on all the social media platforms.
Making your Business Stronger with Outsourcing!
When we go into business, we have a skill or product we are good at that we can see as being beneficial to others. Who will become our clients?