Online business is the buzz at the moment. Everyone wants to take their business online and start making sales, yet there are a few things you need to know before you start selling online. This is a 4 part series about selling products and services online. Part 1 : what you need to know about …
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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 …
The answer to this question is: it depends. I know you probably didn’t want to hear that, but there is no black and white when it comes to this question but many shades of grey. As a website producer I’ve worked as a freelancer and in an agency environment, and I have quoted very different …
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 …
It’s time for me to come clean. Sorry people on my email marketing list, but for the past 6 months you have been my guinea pigs. Whilst my email marketing may have come across as sporadic, inconsistent and out of control. There was method to my madness. I was conducting an experiment to see when …
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Online business is the buzz at the moment. Everyone wants to take their business online and start making sales, yet there are a few things you need to know before you start selling online. This is a 3 part series about selling products and services online. Part 1 : what you need to know about …
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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 …
Online business is the buzz at the moment. Everyone wants to take their business online and start making sales, yet there are a few things you need to know before you start selling online. This is a 3 part series about selling products and services online. This post I will focus on accepting payment via …
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Here is a super simple way to get your instagram feed on the sidebar of your WordPress Blog. Say hello to SnapWidget SnapWidget is a free service that makes this super simple, and no need to add a plugin to get it working. Customise your widget The super easy interface allows you customise your instagram …
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I know the internet can be quite confusing, and there are so many things to remember, but of all the things, this is one you need to know and understand. The most important part of your website is: Your domain name. What is a domain name? A domain name is the unique address that you …
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 …
What is a Frankenstein WordPress website you may ask? You (or your web developer) has discovered that you can install from the thousands of free WordPress plugins that give you so many new features for your website. There are over 21,000 free WordPress plugins available and some people love to install a good percentage of …