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Facebook groups – yay or nay?
I know you’re in at least one facebook group. But take a quick guess at how many others you’re in… loads I bet. Ones you have sought out, and ones that you’ve been invited to join. You go to them for information or interaction, browse through posts - or even start...
Consultations – Free or for a fee?
Should you offer free consultations? Consultations at early stages are fact-finding missions. With what you discover about your clients needs, you can offer better matched services and explain how they would work to your prospects' benefit. You can cover costs, time...
A4, A5… Does size matter?
Paper sizes are a pain to remember. I think we're all familiar with A4, we can picture that as we use it more regularly than the others. I often get asked about paper sizes - queries like 'I think I want a really big poster, A5 size' or 'Which one is the next size up...
Why you think like a Designer, even if you’re not one…
I have been making websites for nearly twenty years now. My, has it changed! Those early websites would look terrible now. I’m thankful that none of them are still active! But at the time it was pretty good, and a very new technology to be used for marketing. Loading...
Design with print in mind
The market is flooded with online design tools, popular with small business owners because of their ease of use. They produce artwork which is RGB in format. This format creates coloured pixels from coloured lights - designed to be used on screens. Using these kinds...
I did the unthinkable today.
The gods of the internet were having a day off today, so I have been fighting with a flicking online - offline status on my laptop. Really frustrating, and the stuff I planned to do needed more bandwidth than the piddly amount offered by my mobile hotspot. So plan b -...
24-7 business – who is running who?
Much as the main focus for discussion here is about our business and how we can improve, grow and scale up, it's not all that makes us what it is to be us. I saw a great analogy about how to run your business effectively. It made comparisons to an athlete, which...
Welcome all… but not you.
The more we identify ourselves with others, the more we are influenced by these others. The others, in this case, could relate to business. The more we identify with a business, the more we are influenced by that business. A sense of belonging, we’re saying ‘I...
When is a problem not a problem?
When it's an opportunity. Ok, not my best joke. My career on stage failed before it got off the ground. As small business owners, we know the path to success - actually, scratch that, survival - is not a straight one. It has twists and turns, hurdles to scrabble over,...
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