The Simplest Way to Start Marketing Yourself as a Freelancer

You’ve made the leap. You’ve decided that freelancing or consulting is your next chapter, and you’re ready to hang out your digital shingle. But then you sit down to write your first LinkedIn post or update your website, and suddenly you’re staring at a blank screen, paralysed by the question: how do I even begin […]

The overlooked advantages of being average

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” header_3_font_size=”26px” global_colors_info=”{}”]   Can you remember a time when you scrolled through social media and saw someone your age who’d already started a successful company, done a viral TED Talk, or published a bestselling novel? Do you recall a sinking […]

Seeing really is believing – why investing in headshots is money well spent

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ _module_preset=”default” hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″ header_3_font_size=”23px” header_3_font=”|700|||||||” quote_font_size=”24px” quote_font=”||||||||”] The article that follows was written as a 5-7 minute prepared Toastmasters speech. A necessary evil When you run your own business or work in certain types of jobs, having your photo taken can […]

How I explain what digital marketing is

One of the first things that many of my new clients have said to me, is that they don’t really understand what digital marketing is or how it works. They know that marketing is about finding clients for their business, but beyond that, they’re not really sure what it’s supposed to look like in the […]

7 ways to use a WordPress & WooCommerce website in your business

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Could a global community of mothers be our best hope against climate change?

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” _builder_version=”3.22″ fb_built=”1″ _i=”0″ _address=”0″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.25″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0″][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”3.25″ custom_padding=”|||” _i=”0″ _address=”0.0.0″ custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”3.29.3″ _i=”0″ _address=”0.0.0.0″] DISCLAIMER: This article is in no way intended to demean women who have chosen not to have children, women who don’t yet have children or men, whether they are fathers or not. […]

Does my business need a website?

The question I get asked most often by people who are new to digital marketing, is whether their business or in fact any business, needs a website. The answer isn’t a simple yes or no, it’s more like a probably yes or probably no based on the answers to some other questions. Do you actually […]

What is SEO?

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How to run a conference that doesn’t make people want to hide in the toilet and cry

[et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.16″ global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.16″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.16″ custom_padding=”|||” global_colors_info=”{}” custom_padding__hover=”|||”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.17.4″ hover_enabled=”0″ global_colors_info=”{}” sticky_enabled=”0″]Having just come back from #CopyCon18, Australia’s only conference for copywriters, two days later and I’m still floating on a cloud of warm and fuzziness. Although the conference was held in Sydney, attendees came from all over Australia. […]

Copywriting vs Copyright, do you know which is which?

Do you know which is an occupation and which is a legal concept? When I tell someone what I do for a living, I sometimes say that I’m a web designer and other times that I’m a copywriter. I can reasonably say either, because I do both and probably in equal measure. If I say […]