Business

Your customers are the most essential part of your business, they’re the reason you can keep trading. For this reason, it’s important you reward them for their loyalty. Learn how to keep your customers loyal with this blog post.

We've all been there, an overwhelming list that seems impossible to tackle, you don't know where to start or the best way of accomplishing things. This often leads to postponing tasks, overwhelm and stress! In this blog we'll discuss techniques and strategies to help you finally tackle that to do list!

As with any new or small business, you’re likely to have either a small or non existing marketing budget. So how do you effectively get your brand and products out there with minimal expense?

To make your products really stand out on Etsy, eBay or your own website you need to be able to photograph your products in the best possible way. High quality product photos can influence the customers' decision hugely so how can you make your product photos stand out?

This year has really been a doozy hasn’t it? One thing that's become really prominent for most of the working population is Remote Working, whilst us small business owners might have been working from a home office for years the rest of the country hasn’t been and I’m sure the transition hasn’t been fun for all of you. Even for experienced remote workers it’s been a challenging time, maybe your partner is now working from home as well or maybe you had a business space that you’ve had to close temporarily and you’ve been relegated into the home office once again.

It can be a struggle logically and mentally so I’ve compiled a few hints and tips for you to hopefully make things easier for you. 

In a nutshell an Entrepreneur or someone with entrepreneurial traits - is a person who steps outside the 9-5 Corporate or blue collar worker mindset of working for a living and into how can I build/start/grow my own business and work for myself.

As a small business owner, you have to put on a lot of hats: product designer, marketer, accountant, website designer and much more. But is it worth it and is there a way of maximising business productivity?

Businesses who ship products to customers can take that one step further by incorporating their branding and image into their packaging. Everybody likes to feel special when they receive something in the post, regardless if it's for themselves or not.

Given that social media platforms are usually free, they are a no-brainer in terms of marketing but not all social media platforms are created equally and it can be tricky to get the most out of your social media without having to spend hours and hours staring at screens. So I've created a handy guide about the differences, the demographics you can reach and things to remember about the different socials.