My Blog
Writing, business, family life, Milton Keynes - there's all sorts on here!
Five Brand Voice Blunders
The Biggest Mistakes you can make with your Brand Voice (and how to avoid them) Your brand voice is like the personality of your business—it’s how you communicate with your audience. Whether you’re playful and quirky, or professional and formal, it’s crucial to get...
Christmas Activities for Older Kids
It’s easy when they’re little – find a Father Christmas experience that delivers a hearty helping of magic, or even a good-quality farm park that offers cuddly animals and strings of twinkly lights, and that’s your family Christmas activity sorted. When they get past...
My RLC Words Rebrand – and Natalie’s Magic Powers
My Writing Club members saw it first, then my Content Cracked mailing list…and this week, I launched it on social media too. I’ve got a gorgeous new rebrand! Here’s why it was time for a change, and how the quite magical Natalie Murray of The Edge Brands created the...
The New Look Blog Challenge – What’s Changed?
The countdown is on for the next Blog Challenge, and it's the perfect way to kickstart your blog - especially now that it can be done in only THREE easy tasks...If You're Starting a Blog You probably know by now that I think blogging is brilliant. It's the most...
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...
Loughton Scarecrow Trail 2024 – Our Build
Walk the trail any time until 5pm on Sunday 23 June. Maps are on sale for £3 each. Saturday and Sunday: buy between 10am and 4pm from All Saints Church, Loughton - MK5 8AS Vote for your favourite below... Loughton Scarecrow Trail is an MK institution. Held every other...
Did you Know I’m Elite (in a Week)?
I’m one of five experts in a brand new collaboration – and we want to transform the way you brand your business, making you... Elite in a WeekSince working for myself, I've learned how vital it is to know experts: people who know how to do things that you don’t, and...
Getting Lost in the Moment with Flowery Words
There’s something very special about crafting with nature – having that miraculous beauty literally at your fingertips, pairing and posing it to make it look even more beautiful, and then placing it somewhere that will give you a little dart of joy every time you see...
