I haven’t updated the blog for a couple of months due to some very sad family news. Whilst it’s not quite over, I am back and work and celebrating a couple of new clients. I’m also very grateful for the support of my existing clients and the enormous love and support shown to me by [...]
It’s been a strange year for me, lots of life changing activities and decisions. I started out the year employed as PA to the MD at a Plant Hire company; bored and disillusioned, but thankful for the job and the money. I also worked part-time 5pm – 9pm as a Virtual Assistant on the kitchen [...]
During the latter part of the year it is customary for many businesses to start planning their marketing activities for the following year. This often consists of drawing up a list of activities, mostly paid, that the company will be involved in. Does this approach actually work though? Whilst it is often a good idea [...]
People are on the wind down to Christmas and many aren’t planning as far forward as the return to work in the New Year. Now is the ideal time to be looking ahead and getting a jump on their competitors. Here are my top tips for planning ahead and entering 2010 ahead of the game: [...]
I’ve set up a number of these for people now and I’m often asked, “why should I bother?”. As with anything there are pros and cons to setting up a Fanpage, particularly if you are setting one up just for the sake of it. Here’s my top three reasons why and when I think that [...]
I’m not generally one to evangelise about particular software or products, however I was recently introduced to an online system that has really streamlined my business. Smartsheets are a fabulous way to track projects, share and collaborate, draw up task lists etc. I’ve started using mine with a couple of clients relating to the task [...]
