How to deal with email overload

How to deal with email overload

One of the many things I was looking forward to when I become self-employed, was not having too many e-mails. When I ‘made myself redundant’ (long story for another time…) from my then Managing Director’s job, I immediately rejoiced at the...
How to keep your energy up when you are self-employed

How to keep your energy up when you are self-employed

Keeping your energy topped up when you are self-employed is very important. If you are anything like me, you start a project and before you know it, the whole day has gone and you’ve not moved from your laptop. This is absolutely fine, once in a while, but the...
How to make sure your new business is successful

How to make sure your new business is successful

The other day I was teaching one of my SEO workshops, which was booked for a group of new business startups. After the session, one of the students asked me a question, which really made me think. She asked: But how do you know that your new business is actually going...
Open letter to all SEO spam e-mails landing in my inbox

Open letter to all SEO spam e-mails landing in my inbox

If you’ve been in business for a while you’ll probably remember that when you start getting more e-mails, it’s both good and bad. Good, because you are receiving all the wonderful orders, queries and feedback, but not so good because you get...