The look on your face when blogging gets easier… I’m going to hazard a wild guess that since you’ve clicked on a link about stress free blogging, you find blogging stressful. Is that a fair assumption? The source of your stress could be the idea of getting your blog started in the first place. It […]
How you can get started blogging
If you run a small business it’s likely you’ll have been bombarded with marketing advice from various sources (including me). It would be completely incredible if blogging hadn’t featured somewhere. Blogging isn’t the only way to market your business but it’s a good one. There aren’t many businesses that a marketing blog wouldn’t suit. (There […]
You need time off from your business at Christmas
Do you just need a lie in? I know, when you run a business you’re never truly ‘off’. Business related thoughts and ideas appear at the most random moments and if you don’t write them down they’ll be gone forever. (Or is that just me?!) The point is, that’s the reason you need time off. […]
Is your marketing plan ready to go for the New Year?
When you’re a small business owner the fact that you make your own marketing plan can be both a blessing and a curse. It’s always a good idea to give a new marketing plan a few months to bed in before you look back and assess whether it’s working. When you’re the one looking at […]
5 business Christmas gifts that will feed your entrepreneurial spirit
Have you made a Christmas list? When you run a business,Christmas gifts can start to shift towards practicality, or even become completelyintangible. For most of the small business owners I know, the list goessomething like this: More sleep. Even more sleep. Snacks. Financial security. Wine. Does that look familiar? Now obviously that list is onlyuseful […]
What are you doing for Christmas?
At the risk of sounding like Joey from Friends, how are you doing? Stressed out, frazzled, wondering how you’re going to fit it all in? Gliding into the festive season like a graceful swan (but paddling like mad underneath)? Or are you actually serene about the whole thing? However you feel about Christmas, remember this. […]
Christmas blog: Can you write one when your business has nothing to do with Christmas?
Firstly, an apology. I know that now we’re past Halloween the floodgates have opened and your social media feeds are full of Christmas. I can’t be helping with my Christmas blog posts and festive marketing tips either. To be perfectly honest, I should be talking to you about Easter marketing by now. I’ve spoken to […]
5 Christmas blog post ideas for businesses that create the perfect day
There are lots of fantastic businesses selling perfect Christmas gifts, but what about the rest of you? What if your business helps your customers to create the perfect Christmas? There are a whole range of businesses that offer everything from Christmas essentials to the finishing touches. Food, drink and Christmas decorations are obvious examples but […]
5 blog post ideas to help you sell more Christmas gifts
If you run a business that sells perfect Christmas gifts, this is probably peak season for you. I’ve already started my Christmas shopping and I’ve got a list of local businesses that I’ll be buying from in the coming month. I know that you’re already doing loads of marketing to show people what you have […]
Hallowe’en: what’s your story?
I know that there are lot of different views out there about Hallowe’en. Lots of you love it, others think it’s over commercialised rubbish. Take to Twitter and you’ll find a growing movement of evangelists who see it as Satan worshipping. They clearly haven’t done their research. Hallowe’en grew out of Samhain, the old Celtic […]