Resources, information and sometimes just my own thoughts
How to get started with Hootsuite
Making sure you keep up with your social media posting is a headache for many small businesses, so social media scheduling is a godsend. There are many social media scheduling platforms you can use but one of the most popular ones is Hootsuite. You can do a lot with a...
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How to use Trello to organise your business
Trello is an online project management platform that allows you to manage everything you need to do in both your life and your work. Trello is ideal for small business owners as it enables them to collaborate on projects both with colleagues within their...
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How to outsource in your business
You probably started your business for a purpose – to be a tree surgeon, to repair cars, to deliver training courses, to manage property – but there's far more to a business that just doing whatever it is you do. There's also the administration, marketing, business...
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Do you need a virtual assistant in your business?
What is a virtual assistant? A virtual assistant (VA) is a self-employed person who provides support services to other businesses from a remote location, usually their home but it could be anywhere in the world. When many people hear the term virtual assistant, they...
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How to download a video from Facebook Messenger
It's now easy to download a video from Facebook Messenger on both a mobile phone and PC. Using a mobile phone As you start to play the video on Facebook Messenger, tap and hold the video. As well as emojis appearing over the video, you will see several...
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How do I cook breast of lamb?
What on earth do I do with breast of lamb? It's a question I get asked over and over again. If you purchase a whole or half lamb from your butcher for the freezer, you will get breast of lamb as part of your freezer pack. You can potentially opt to have...
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Why I think work life balance is impossible to achieve
Work life balance. It's what we're all striving for – or at least it's what we're told we should all be striving for. That point of perfection when everything at work is perfect and everything outside work is perfect; a place where there's no stress, no...
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Me, my business and lessons learned from trees
Trees have always been important to me. They have provided me with entertainment, interest, security, solace, comfort and more recently part of my income. Growing up in a rambling old stone house surrounded by large beech and horse chestnut trees, my childhood was...
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The Power of Me – But I’ve been in the wrong place
The Power of You - that was the theme of this year's WiRE Conference. I've never thought of myself as being particularly powerful. In fact, I'm a quiet soul at heart, but what I do know is that my business is all about me - I am the face, I am the brand, I am the...
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Effectively marketing your business online – Start with why
I recently gave a talk to Uttoxeter WiRE Network - that's Women in Rural Enterprise - about marketing small businesses online. I hope no one was disappointed that I didn't tell them what platforms to use or which buttons to press, but that's not where you need to...
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