Are you a consumer or a creator?
Guys, I am drowning in business advice posts. Drowning. It seems like everywhere I turn there’s a “How to brand your business authentically“, “10 reasons you should be using periscope RIGHT NOW (or your business will fail – seriously)”, “I did THIS and I lost 5 clients, don’t make my mistake” clickbait style posts. I follow quite […]
Your About Page Sucks – Let’s Fix It!
Be honest now, how long did you spend writing the About Page for your website? An hour? Two? Not even that? The About page is one of the first pages a new user will visit when they get to your site. It’s where they learn who they’re listening to, find out what’s in it for […]
The Truth about Competition
If you’re running any kind of business chances are you have competition (unless your business is so incomparably niche that you’re totally on your own… there’re very few companies making literary inspired dog hats!). I have “competition” in both parts of my business, from people creating awesome websites for creative entrepreneurs & small business owners, […]
11 Ways to Skyrocket Pinterest for your Creative Business
This week I attended a talk about Pinterest in Manchester, hosted by the lovely & super knowledgable Lizzie Sibley from Pinterest UK. I’ve used Pinterest for a while, but I’ve always been a little lazy with it, only recently have I really started putting any proper effort and strategy in my pinning. I learned so much stuff I […]
Should You Niche Down or Branch Out?
When I started my freelance web design business I was all about making bank. I didn’t want to live on noodles and I had a mortgage to pay. I took on any scrappy bit of work that came my way, tried my hand at anything, and learnt a bunch of skills along the way. Over […]