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Time does not equal money. The first step to creating products.

How to create products: the first step Create your own product. What an egg-cellant idea! There is a flurry of entrepreneurial activity at my children’s school at the moment. They have all been given £10 and [...]

Some will, some wont, so what … someone else is waiting!

Your first one or two years starting up your own business can be mentally tough. You start from nothing and then find yourself with one or two clients. Your confidence grows and you nervously push yourself [...]

Do you display your prices on your website?

How easy to read are your prices? If there is one question that comes up time and time again with clients who want their website reviewed, it’s this: “Do I display my prices?” My answer time [...]

Not enough hours in the day? Pah!

Not enough time in the day to get all your stuff done? Pah! It’s not time that’s your issue – it’s a lack a direction! This may sound harsh but it’s true. None of us feel [...]

When is the right time to hire a virtual assistant?

I was interviewed the other day by Carmen MacDougall, one of the leaders in the UK Virtual Assistant industry. She was putting together a book for VAs looking to build up their client list and wanted [...]

6 things you need to know about writing website copy

Biggest website mistake? It’s when business owners spend all their time and energy on making sure the look and feel is right and then try to bash out some copy quickly so that they can make [...]

Your website home page – how important is it any more?

When businesses first started going online and creating websites to promote themselves, it seemed appropriate to replicate exactly what they did offline – create online versions of the brochures they sent out by mail or gave [...]

Social Media: Is it the Emperor’s New Clothes

Up and down the country, there appears to be a domino effect. Advertising agencies, marketing departments, web masters – they all seem to be bolting on “Like Me” Facebook buttons and “Follow Me on Twitter” links [...]

6 Ways of Using LinkedIn to Build Your Brand Online

LinkedIn has fast become one of the largest and most respected online business networks. According to Wikipedia, it had more then 75 million registered users in August of this year, spanning more than 200 countries. But [...]

“Social Networking Privacy Settings – How would your Facebook status look on the front page of The Daily Mail?”

Earlier this week I attended a presentation at school about online safety for our children. Run by the Lucy Faithfull Foundation it was enlightening and, at times, disturbing. I blogged about my thoughts on privacy settings [...]

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