Julie’s Blog

Inspiration for you and your business

Inspiration for you and your business

We had a great week this week starting with making vision boards at the fantastic  Third Door in Wandsworth . If you haven’t seen the vision boards that have been made this month, check them out [...]

Are you missing out by not using fiverr?

Are you missing out by not using fiverr?

And no, it’s not a spelling mistake . I wanted to share with you a site that I’ve been aware of, but only recently started using… www.fiverr.com. And I LOVE it! I think some of the [...]

Is free killing your business?

Is free killing your business?

Do any of these resonate with you… Melinda is a coach and is passionate about empowering women and helping them gain confidence.   She’s struggling to make herself stand out in the crowded coach market, so [...]

4 small businesses that are making a splash on Facebook

4 small businesses that are making a splash on Facebook

Earlier this week I did a presentation on Facebook for Small Business (I’m going to run a webinar on this in August, so keep an eye out) at the Fresh Business Thinking conference.  As part of the [...]

How to break free from your excuses

How to break free from your excuses

Every once in a while I am shocked out of being complacent and forced to really think about life in a different way. This week was one of those times. I was trawling the net for [...]

Are you wasting your marketing time?

Are you wasting your marketing time?

Last night, I was running my email marketing workshop for Merton Chamber of Commerce and one of the delegates asked me “If I only have an hour a day, what should I spending my time on”. [...]

10 things we can learn from Oprah about business

10 things we can learn from Oprah about business

Last week saw the end of an era. Oprah Winfrey stepped down from her throne as Queen of Daytime TV in the US after 25 years of dominating the airwaves. Spending my formative years in Canada, [...]

Doing the thing you think you cannot do

Doing the thing you think you cannot do

“Thank you very much Richmond, you’ve been a great audience” Claire came off the staging area…my heart was beating so hard in my chest I couldn’t hear what Gabby Logan was saying as she talked to [...]

Are you driving your business or is your business driving you?

Are you driving your business or is your business driving you?

When you’re a female small business owner life can be hectic and crazy and busy and stressful. Working mother’s guilt can leave you feeling inadequate in your role as family caregiver.  Business stresses can keep you [...]

Are women poor networkers?

Are women poor networkers?

At the We Mean Business event at Westminister Hall in February, Maria Eagle MP confidently stood in front of 250 women and stated that women weren’t good networkers.  Yesterday in the Times Antonia Senior wrote an [...]