Several months ago I decided to write a book. Actually, several years ago I decided to write a book – but life was busy and the time was never quite right. But last October everything seemed to slip into place and I disappeared to Brighton for three days to start writing what would eventually become …
I recently finished writing my first book (The Boy from Hell: Life with an ADHD Child, if you’re interested!) and though I am paying another proofreader to check it over for me, I went through various editing and proofing stages first. Perhaps the most interesting though has been proofreading on a Kindle. Once I had …
Over the last month or so I’ve been honoured to attend three very different book launches for clients of mine. Each was very lovely in its own way – and now I am planning my own one too! The first was a very glitzy affair for Ellen Watts and her first book Cosmic Ordering Made …
While many people “get” what social media is all about, it’s still seen by others as a waste of time at best and a harmful tool at worst. And yes, there have been instances where social media has caused problems – for example, the London riots of 2011 were fuelled in part by encouragement on …
Here’s a great guest blog post from Julian Wellings on how to improve your SEO using YouTube to promote your business or organisations. Creating a YouTube channel for your business is a great way of expanding your “e-footprint” and boosting your SEO (search engine optimisation). Here are some tips on how to improve your SEO …
Earlier this month was a sad day for me – the last of the regular Mastermind meetings that I attend. A couple of years ago five networking acquaintances decided to get together once a monthly for a “”Mastermind” type meeting. I was one of the five; the others were an administrator, an accountant, a marketing …
One of the biggest hurdles many business owners face when they start a blog is knowing what to write about. Everyone has their own unique knowledge and experience but it can be tricky working out where your expertise lies and how you can translate it into something that other people will want to read. I’ve …
Here’s a short but very helpful guest blog post from John Batch, The Flying Doctor. I’ve been using a computer for many a year now and hadn’t come across all of these time-saving keyboard shortcuts before. They have speeded up my internet browsing and I hope they will be as useful for you! It’s amazing …
One of the questions I’m often asked is: How often should I update my blog? And my answer is normally “once a week” – which is often enough to capture all the benefits of blogging yet still manageable within anyone’s busy working week. Other bloggers will have different opinions – some think once a month is …
Happy New Year! I trust you had a wonderful Christmas and saw 2013 in with style – we certainly did. New Year is of course known as a time for reflection and forward planning and in a recent newsletter I mentioned the three goals I have set myself in business this year, and I asked if anyone …
