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What is a brand? It isn’t just your logo!
A brand isn't just a logo? So what is a brand? Have you ever played one of those board games, "Logo What am I?" or "The Logo Board Game"? Players have to guess the company or product from their pictures, packaging, flavours, advertising, characters or catchphrases. So...
How to create branded images using stock photos
If everyone is using stock images, how can you really stand out? Let’s look at how to create branded images using stock photos.
Are You Being Kind to Yourself in Business?
Answer honestly, are you being kind to yourself in business?
Yep, if I had a boss who treated myself as I do, I would have quit. Would you?
Show don’t tell – create the fantasy
It’s more important than ever to make your visuals SHOUT for you
How to Create Balance in Your Branding Images
This a great example of how you can balance an image to pick out elements without it looking fussy.
Turn up the Volume in Your Business
Turning up the volume in your business …doesn’t mean shouting, using CAPS, or surrounding everything with neon flashing lights. It’s creating harmony and focusing your efforts that gets you heard.
Are you procrastibranding?
Procrastibranding! I love this word, it so totally sums up the predicament many business owners get themselves tangled up in. I can't take credit for the word, I first heard the word procrastibranding when listening to Denise Duffield Thomas...
10 reasons you need your own website
Social media is great, but having your own website can be a home that you can really call your own. Here are 10 reasons why a little website in the country would be a big step up for your biz... You are much more credible as a business. I must admit I lose a bit of...
Be yourself when selling – reveal the true you in your branding
Do you find it really hard to be yourself when selling?I do. Find out how I created a more me way to sell my online course.Launching a course is always a BIG job, even if you’ve done it before and have loads of fantastic reviews (thank you online gorgeous ladies). My...
The creativity trap – how not to launch your business
A good story has a beginning, a middle and an endingThis is harder than you may think.My eight year old daughter loves to write. She uses her best pens and makes sure her writing is as small and neat as possible. All illustrated with her wonderful drawings of...
4 easy steps to planning a new website (that really works for your business)
Planning a new website can be fraught with decisions that leave most business owners running for the duvetAs business owners we have to be jacks of all trades but for those that know me well by now, I am useless at accounts. I'm ok once I'm gently shown what bit to...
Rebranding your business? When, why and how
What do you do if your brand just feels 'wrong'? Is now a good time to think about rebranding your business?When you first set up in business the pressure is on to just get it out there, get it done and start earning money. And not many of us get to start will a big...
Make Your 2016 Dreams Come True with Fabulous New Year Branding
Business owners spend on average three whole months preparing for the Christmas rush. It doesn’t matter if you sell products or services, Christmas mania is something you just can’t avoid. Christmas campaigns can be fantastic for boosting sales and not just for...
Website down? Ask for help!
I get a lot of people contacting me with ‘HELP! My website has disappeared!’, 'my website is down', ‘I can’t get this plugin to work’, ‘I’m getting a big error and I don’t know why’ or even ‘I’ve lost my website’. The dreaded 500 page error has often just flashed up...
Don’t be bland – rock your brand
Don’t look like every other business out there – do yours with style It’s not easy to be individual. I’m not a very interesting dresser. My wardrobe is full of bland clothes, jeans, comfy trousers, plain tops and a couple of hoodies (so I won’t be allowed in Lakeside...
Does your business stand out, or is it a bit ‘vanilla’
How to not be vanilla I was talking to my good friend the other day and she suddenly declared that her business was just too Vanilla. She felt as if she wasn’t being seen as anything new or different and was just another business coach. Immediately I protested that...
5 magical ways to resuscitate your old website
Is your website looking tatty and unloved? Find out how to resuscitate your old website and get it working for your business again. Even if your website was lovingly designed in the beginning and you spent lots of time and money getting it going it is really easy for...
How to make more money for crafters
How to get more money for crafters I work with so many ladies who LOVE what they do. They’ve spent years perfecting their art and put SO much love and attention into each and every beautiful creation they design, hand make and sell. Each and every one is a gem. But...
How to get the best photos for your coaching business
I know, not everybody likes having their face plastered all over the front of their website. But unfortunately, if you are a coach, or a trainer or another helpful bod that sells their expertise, support and advice (you lovely...
5 powerful visual content tricks to boost your coaching biz
It’s a noisy world out there. Everybody is trying to produce content, get noticed and drive sales. Facebook is getting busier, Pinterest is chock full of stunning, fascinating and well-groomed pics, Instagram is getting clever with carefully designed images straight...
5 essentials for a list-rocking freebie for your coaching biz
How many freebies have you signed up for? I can’t even count the numbers I’ve signed up for. Every now and again I have to go through my inbox and delete newsletters from the (seems like) hundreds of lists I’ve signed up to and then promptly forgotten about. How many...
