Podcasts are great for increasing your visibility and building your brand awareness. Your content will be available on a wider range of platforms for your ideal listeners and potential clients to find you.

I know in reality a lot of self-employed people struggle to switch off from work and relax over the holidays.

I want to remind you it is perfectly possible to enjoy the festivities without damaging your business.

This months blog is brought to you by an IG strategist who knows far more about Reels than I do! Jacy will guide you through what are reels, reel strategy, top tips for reel creation, AND 9! faceless reel ideas if you don’t want to be the star of your content!

Think of your blog like a Russian doll. Once written your blog, is one, if not the biggest piece of content you write but just like that biggest doll, your blog has lots of different sized pieces to share inside it. Utilise those little gems and let them shine.

Here are 10 tips to help you cope, with juggling family life and running a business

If unexpected events disrupt your usual routine you can minimize the impact it has on your business and your stress levels.

be yourself and be relatable, build a genuine connection. It’s easier to maintain a consistent voice in your content if it’s naturally you.

If you rely on one form of contact point to stay connected with your audience what happens if it disappears tomorrow?

How often do you consider the many jobs that your messages do within in your business?

There is no avoiding the fact that content creation is a job that can be time-consuming hanging over you like a black cloud. BUT it doesn’t need to be that way planning your content rather than posting on the fly has many benefits.

As a VA I want to help you and see you succeed.

Running a small business is no mean feat. It can become all-consuming and often working alone on and in your business it can be all to easy to get stuck in your own thought. Self-doubt monkeys can overwhelm you and prevent you taking action.

Whatever your motives for being a business owner, it’s rarely to get bogged down in admin. Unless you’re a VA, of course, but then it’s other people’s admin and it feels good to make a difference for someone else.

Experience and knowledge come from learning and learning leads to growth

The consistency templates bring also help you greatly in building the brand familiarity that is needed to help your customers trust you.

In my opinion there is no such thing as a bad idea, because they are just the seeds at the start of something and can easily evolve into something exciting when given the time and energy. However it can be a distraction if your mind is in overdrive and it takes your focus away from today’s here and now tasks.

when is the right moment is to begin outsourcing? Everyone’s situation is slightly different so there is no rule book on it but here are a few suggestions on points in business when it might be a good time to find a VA so that you can go from overwhelmed to enjoying your business.

Nurturing plants is hard work and business is a bit like farming a crop, you’re rarely looking after just one seedling but have various products or services at different growth stages to care for.

As is often the case with farming and business it can be necessary for many jobs to happen at the same time to allow optimum results.

How could this help your business grow? Let’s look at some of the jobs needed