How I (mostly!) get things done as a mum of two young children
I love feeling productive. I love making progress on ideas and crossing things off a list. So becoming a mum of two young children has definitely been a shock to my working life. School runs, nursery bugs, broken nights, life admin and wanting to be present with my children all mean I have far less…
How do you decide what deserves your time? Why everyday strategic thinking matters
A potential client enquiry lands in your inbox. Someone invites you to speak at an event. A collaboration opportunity comes up. A new idea pops into your head. How do you decide which one deserves your time? I LOVE a planning day where you take time out of the business to step back and prioritise…
Atomicon Top Tips
I’m heading to Atomicon*, a huge sales and marketing conference in Newcastle, for the fourth time this June and every time I’ve come away with pages of notes, new ideas, great conversations and at least one thing that’s genuinely changed how I run my business. A few years back I wrote a blog on tips…
Low Fidelity Testing – Why experimenting is so important for small businesses
Low fidelity testing is the key to making sure your new offers land well with you audience. Read on to find out more.
How and Why I Chose to Rebrand my Small Business
Two years ago I sat back and reflected that I really loved what I was doing, but every time someone asked me for my logo I’d cringe as I knew that it just didn’t represent who I was as a business. What started out as a Power Hour with Brand Strategist Fliss Lee two years…
Keeping Balanced on Maternity Leave as a self employed person
Since being back at work I’ve been reflecting on maternity leave as a self employed person. The first time I went on maternity leave (four years ago) was very different as I was on maternity leave from a full time job, and this time I’ve been navigating keeping a business running, whilst keeping to the…
Book Review: Feel Good Productivity
There’s an overwhelming amount of chatter online about productivity – books, Instagram hacks, and endless YouTube videos. So when I first came across Ali Abdaal’s book, I wasn’t convinced it would offer anything new. But after reading it, I found that Abdaal curated a huge range of ideas on the topic and adds some great ideas…
Reflecting Three Months Into Maternity Leave: Mental Health, Work, and Finding My Pace
Back in September 2024, I wrote a blog post as I was heading off on maternity leave, sharing some of the questions and lessons I was holding at the time. Now, three months in, I wanted to pause and reflect. A lot of the earlier post focused on the practical aspects, such as what work needs…
Book Review: Start with Why
Ten years ago, I watched Simon Sinek’s TED Talk, Start with Why, and it felt like a revelation. At the time, I was working in the third sector for a social enterprise, where the logic that why you do something is the most important thing made perfect sense. But I wanted to revisit it to…
Top Tips to make networking less nerve wracking!
Does walking into a room of people at a networking event fill you with nerves? If you’re nodding right now, I was absolutely with you until a few years ago. I’ll never forget my first networking event – it was a black tie dinner at Headingley Cricket Ground in around 2011. I’d gone along under…
