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Have you ever done a Calls to Action Audit?

Have you ever done a Calls to Action Audit?

Have you ever done a Call to Action audit – or even heard of one? Well, to be honest it’s something that I made up while I was writing this month’s Content Cracked. I wanted to come up with a way to break down and describe this very important part of your business...

Five Mantras to Make Writing Easier

Five Mantras to Make Writing Easier

I know: you've got a long list of jobs when you run your own business, and writing blog posts, marketing emails and especially your website content can loom over you like the most difficult ones. You know what you want to say, but putting it in a way that sounds...

Learning to Love Writing when you don’t believe you can

Learning to Love Writing when you don’t believe you can

The tales that little voice inside might tell you, and why they might be wrong... Here’s what I think about learning to love writing when you don’t believe you canHow do you feel about writing? If you’re one of many, many people who don’t think they’re very good at...

The Power of 3 – Organic Marketing Magic

The Power of 3 – Organic Marketing Magic

Featuring Charlotte Howell (Virtual Owl Marketing) As 2025 opens up before us, you may be thinking about how to get your marketing right. That whole part of running a business can feel overwhelming. There’s so much you’re “supposed” to do, but it all takes time - and...

Family Christmas Games Ideas 2024

Family Christmas Games Ideas 2024

I love a Christmas game – the sort that take minimum preparation, that everyone can play whatever their age, and that leave you in fits of uncontrollable giggles. The best ones don’t take a load of set-up, rule-reading and focus, either – essential when you’ve just...

Bad Products and Services Descriptions

Bad Products and Services Descriptions

Your products and services descriptions are your pitch, your handshake, and your moment to connect. They are the bridge between bridge between what you offer, and what your customers need. But so many businesses get them wrong, which can leave your potential buyers...

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Books Vs Screen – the love affair and the one-night-stand

Films or TV programmes that are based on book originals – do you prefer reading them, or watching them?You can probably guess which side of the fence I come down on here. The relationship you have with a book is completely different to one you have with a film. Films...

Do you have Website Updates Fear?

You’ve got your own website. You love it – it does everything you want it to do. It works beautifully and you are confident enough to make your own updates and changes to it, so you’re not on any service or maintenance plan with your developer.   But there’s a...

Five Reasons to Write a Book about your Business

Have you ever toyed with the idea of writing a book – putting all that passion and expertise down on paper, and into the Amazon bestseller lists? I’m not a published author myself (although I will confess that I’ve held aspirations for it for about four decades), but...

What did the Romans ever do for me?

Much excitement this week – a school trip of my dreams, to the ruins of a villa built by the Romans, including encounters with an actual centurion, and a wealthy banquet recreation, all on the doorstep, right here in Milton Keynes. I jumped at the chance to go as a...

The October 2021 Brand Blog – Willow and Hen

Hugging my home and solving present-buying problems for Mr RLC too – Willow and Hen has it all! “Coming home and walking through that front door should feel like you’re getting a lovely warm hug.” That’s how Sue Chalmers describes what she does in her business, Willow...
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