An increased awareness of community may, just may, be among the consolations of the pandemic, when we perhaps learned to love things local just a little more. Erica Steenkamp, who owns Blue Belle Café in the south London parish of Penge, joins us for the latest in a series of monthly interviews with business owners… Read more »
Motivation, we all need it to keep up momentum with work and other projects, whatever their size and timeframe. Maintaining that sense of drive can be a challenge – and even more so when working independently. In the latest of a series of monthly interviews with creatives and business owners, Elisabeth Brun talks us through… Read more »
We all take different approaches to harnessing social media (or taming the beast) in our marketing. But regular habits and thoughtful, planned content go a long way to help our ideal clients find us online. It’s hard to deny the power of a plan that we review regularly. In the latest in a series of… Read more »
On International Women’s Day – the first edition was back in 1975 – here’s a brief selection of today’s and recent news coverage: from the impact of girls’ education to a four-decade fight for women’s rights in Afghanistan, via a truck driver in Zimbabwe — and a campaign to get more roles for women actors… Read more »
Your website is a fine creation, after all that time and effort you and the designer dedicated to content, imagery and user experience. Grand! But you still need those ideal customers to find your business online. This is where SEO, or search engine optimization, can help you to achieve your business goals. In the first… Read more »
“You’re the best of us,” I often tell Scout as I scratch that velvety ear or rub her under the chest. (Ever met a hound who dislikes that?) Dog-niece looks back at me, modest and dignified. While we were on the sofa recently, the idea for this blog came to me: five reminders about work… Read more »
What better excuse to celebrate the language and turns of phrase of Ireland than the feast day of St Patrick, patron saint and myth magnet. Beyond the tales of snakes chased into the sea and a herd of swine rustled up for hungry sailors, would you ever spare a thought too for St Brigid, another of… Read more »
Bats in your belfry… Zombies, ghouls and skeletons giving you goosebumps… Halloween is getting increasingly hard to ignore. Fan or not of fright night, leave the eye of newt and lizard’s leg to simmer in the cauldron then join us on a meander around 9 Halloween-themed words. Poetry is included – you decide whether that’s… Read more »
Take a moment and look at those trees. Admit it, you feel better already. Calmer, less gnarly, more in tune with the universe. (If you want to hug a trunk to your heart, who are we to judge?) ‘Your neck of the woods’… ‘can’t see the wood for the trees’… ‘dead wood’. If those expressions are anything… Read more »
