When disaster hits in your personal life you often want to just want work to disappear so you can focus on what is important. This may be fine as an employee who is entitled to personal leave, but as a business owner who has client relationships to maintain and bills to pay you need to …
When your day to day activity requires you to be creative for other people, on demand, it can be extremely demanding and to put it bluntly, soul draining. The reality of the creative industry Yes, you can be creative, but not necessarily in a way you’d like. For example in my industry (web design), whilst …
I have a lot of women in business say they admire what I am doing. Friends say ‘wow I am so inspired by your business!’. Yes I am putting myself out there. Yes it’s scary as hell. Yes it is awesome too. But…I just want to point out, like most people, you are only seeing my show …
I am not going to lie. Running a business is freaking hard work. Don’t be fooled otherwise. There is the constant threat of the empty bank account, that ego that pops up and tells you you’re not good enough, the potential client who told you were too expensive leaves a feeling of doubt. There is …
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Procrastination. Motivation. Those two words I am ever so familiar with. I am always in awe of those people who have a business that just ticks along with them only working 3 hours a day and earns them a bucketload of cash. How the hell do they freakin’ do it? Are they running some shady …
There is nothing more that I adore in the web design and development process than a client who is ready to hit the ground running. To me I know they are ready for that next level and they’ve really thought about it. Of course there will be changes along the way, strategy to sort out, …
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You’ve probably heard the saying ‘fail fast’. It’s often thrown around in entrepreneurial circles, often entirely misunderstood. I don’t like the term because of it’s negative connotations, but I do believe in aspects of what it stands for. I prefer succeeding slowly, or testing the waters. Succeed slowly Succeeding slowly is basically another way of …
We’ve all been there. You’re trying so hard to get your numbers up on your email marketing list, and lo and behold, someone unsubscribes immediately after you give them a bunch of really useful information for FREE. It hits a nerve. Especially when it’s a client or a colleague who you talk to frequently, it …
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I don’t know what has happened lately…. Is there something in the water? When did people start becoming unreasonable and down right mean? I’ve noticed that there is a surge in the form of a business bullies or as I like to call them jerks. It’s like people have become self entitled, too time poor to …
One of the biggest things I have always struggled with as a small business owner is boundaries. Turning off. Sticking to my working hours. And learning how to say no. These days we are attached to our devices and are pretty much online unless we are asleep. This constant connectedness is a way to allow …
Happy New Year!! Last year I was pretty poor reading books that help my business, or reading at all for that matter. My brain was so consumed with my business that every time I sat down to read something, a word or paragraph triggered a thought that made me put the book down and get …
I know a few businesses have felt the pain of the recent Facebook changes with regular posts only being seen by a small percentage of their likers. Regular posts to Facebook will generally give you access to about 30% of your audience – if you’re lucky! The reason this is happened is because facebook WANT …
As you may know, being a creative is draining when all you do is bring other people’s dreams to life. Whilst I LOVE what I do, I also need my own creative outlet. So I’d like to introduce you to our bouncing baby project – ROOOAR Magazine, a collaboration with superstar designer Anna at Design with Style. …
When I first started Green Label back in 2009, I had just come back from a round the world adventure. 6 months, 12 countries, 23 planes, countless bus trips, a stolen laptop, sprained ankle, a bout of swine flu & a craving for vegemite on toast. After such and adventure, the idea of sitting in …