Quick question – how do you feel about growing your blog, your email list, or your social media following? What about your blogging process? If you’re anything like me, the words ‘overwhelmed’, ‘overworked’, and ‘totally baffled’ might come to mind. Earlier this year I was feeling completely swamped by everything on my to-do list. My goal…
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…
Welcome to the new monthly (or thereabouts) Successful Single Mum series! Every month I’ll be profiling a single mum who is successfully making a better life for herself and her kids through self-employment. As a single mama weighed down with responsibility it’s easy to think self-employment isn’t for you. There are very few role models!…
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…
Tomorrow it’s International Women’s Day. This post is a call-to-arms for equality in the workplace – #BeBoldForChange. When I returned to work after I had my daughter, I decided to work part-time. I was demoted. My responsibilities were slashed and a childless colleague with very little communications experience was given my job. It was humiliating. I’d worked full-time in…
Have you done a search for local flexible or part-time jobs lately? If like me you scan the local job sites every now hoping that your dream job – challenging, interesting, genuinely flexible – might have miraculously appeared, you’ll know just how far we are from that dream job ever being a reality. Truly flexible work is…
Flexible working. What does it mean to you? Having the flexibility to live life on my own terms – working where and when it suits me – is the major driving force behind why I became self-employed and why I created this site. And here’s my prediction for the future. The traditional nine-to-five working day? Its days are…