I’ve got a confession to make. I’m addicted to online courses. I love learning and when people I respect and admire release new courses I find it hard to resist. Courses aren’t just a good idea to tackle the steep self-employed learning curve. They’re also a great way of becoming part of a community and…
Do you wake up to hundreds of new emails in your inbox every day? Are most of them from companies you once bought something from, or newsletters you forgot you signed up for? You’re probably suffering from inbox overload. I don’t know about you, but an out of control email inbox makes me feel out…
When it comes to planning and promoting my blog I’m convinced I’ve got a screw loose. That I’m certifiable. Why? Because I’ve been blogging on and off for 10 years and I only invested in Coschedule last month. It’s nuts because I’m all about saving time and trying to be productive, yet when it came…
What are your life goals? If you’re considering becoming self-employed, what life goals do you think self-employment will help you achieve? Or if you’re already your own boss, what made you take the leap? I’m willing to bet it just about making money. If you’re anything like me, you’re considering taking the path less travelled because your…
Are you poised to launch yourself as a freelancer or start your own business but you aren’t sure why to start? Let’s get something important straight. Opening your doors for business doesn’t need to be complicated, it also doesn’t need to cost the earth. Far from it. Being able to market yourself online is a…
If you read my last post then you know that without a knock-out strategy you are wasting your time on social media. What is a social media strategy? It’s a roadmap that sets out: As promised, today I’m going to walk you through the six steps you need to develop your own successful social media strategy…
Stop. Right this minute! I can see you, fingers hovering over your keyboard about to try and light up Facebook with a post about you new super-duper offer. But don’t. Not yet. Not until you’ve read this post. Because I want to stop you wasting five to 10 hours of your time every week. Yes,…
I’m a writing quote junkie. Great quotes about anything make my spine tingle with a deep sense of recognition. Writing quotes have a particular power. Perhaps it’s because so often they also apply to life in a broader sense. How we write, is how we live. Words are only way we have to connect with others, and with ourselves. Even if…
Is social media working for you? Or are you spending hours of your precious time tweeting, posting and pinning but seeing little or no return for your effort? Perhaps you hear other people raving about the power of social media and how it’s transformed their business, boosted their income and helped establish them expert in their industry? Are you left wondering…
80 per cent of readers never make it past the headlines of your posts. In the words of the godfather of advertising, David Ogilvy: “On the average, five times as many people read the headline as read the body copy. When you have written your headline, you have spent eighty cents out of your dollar.”…