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Being visible in your Business & Life
When you work for yourself it can be easy to hide in your home office and stay in your PJs eating biscuits and watching daytime TV. I’ve been lucky enough to work from home since 2008 and it is an amazing thing to do but it can be lonely and hard working for yourself....
Writing Cracking Content for Small Business Owners
Six tips on how to write cracking content. 1. Know your audience. Who is your ideal customer? What is their demographic? Where do they hangout online? What social platform do they use? Once you have created a customer avatar, you will know who you are writing for and...
Five Time Management Tips
‘I don’t have enough time’ is a phrase many of us have used when juggling a business with family life. Here are five essential time management tips that will take less than five minutes to read (I promise!). 1. Plan Ahead If your mind is all over the place write...
Ten Easy Content Ideas
Do you need some inspiration? Here’s ten quick content ideas. Answer a Question. What is the most commonly asked question when people contact you? What do they ask you about on social media? Answer the questions in a blog or social media post. If you’re not...
Telling Your Business Tale
I’ve been writing for a client about using storytelling to help businesses understand big data and analytics. Presenting important information well is vital to all businesses, whatever their size. The neuroscience behind storytelling is compelling. Humans respond...
I don’t know what to write! 8 ideas to inspire your next blog
I often speak to business owners and entrepreneurs and they say: “I really should blog, but I don’t know what to write about.” As an editor and journalist, I have written about hundreds of small and large businesses and they all have a story to tell. Everyone one of...
What I learnt from Blogtacular 2017
It was the first time I attended the Blogtacular 2017 in St Pauls and after owning and editing my own magazine for eight years I wanted to get inspired about my new business as a content creator and writer. We stayed in the uber cool Qbic hotel in Whitechapel on...
How to get featured in the Press
During my eight years as the editor of Families magazine, I’ve been approached by hundreds of people, who want publicity for their business, new product or venture. Here are my ten top tips on getting noticed in the press 1. Content is king Think about the publication...
How decluttering can improve your work flow
We all know that living a clutter free life is better for us. But sometimes life gets in the way and the curse of ‘being busy’, a sudden bereavement or change in circumstance can stop us in our tracks. A growing family can suddenly make you feel like Steptoe and Son....
Help I’ve run out of ideas! How to get re-inspired
Sometimes you are on fire and the ideas flow and you can’t stop producing great features, blogs and memes and then sometimes, you get stuck! You are scrabbling around your mind like a squirrel, who has lost all of its nuts. Here are some ways to get the creative...