Celebrating two years in business – a reflection As I approach the anniversary of my second year in business, it’s a time for reflection. A huge amount has happened in the last two years and it is exciting to think back on the journey. Where it all began In August 2015 I started out on…
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Winner ‘VA of the Year (South West) 2017’ in the UK VA Awards Last year I was honoured to be awarded Runner Up – Best Newcomer 2016 in the UK VA Awards. The awards are sponsored by BeMyVA who organise regional and national VA Award programmes and support the ongoing development of professional standards of VAs…
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Re-branding Journey – Part 3 What an exciting week it has been, firstly winning South West VA of the Year in the UK VA Awards, and today the big reveal of the logo designs by my branding company Alder & Alder. After a busy morning catching up on client work after being out of the…
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Re-branding Journey – Part 2 In my last post I wrote about how I started my re-branding process and am pleased to say that things are progressing nicely. However, the night before I was scheduled to meet with my photographer, Will, and head over to the location we had chosen for the photos, the venue…
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Re-branding Journey – Part 1 When I started working on my business planning for 2017, one area of focus was my two-year business anniversary which was coming up in October. I was keen to mark the milestone and had been thinking about rebranding. Being super organised, I diarised to spend time thinking about this from…
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Have you been to a ‘tweet-up’? One thing I really enjoy about having my own business is being able to mix with the local business community. I regularly attend local events and networking with other business owners, sharing challenges and solutions and having a general catch up about life! I interact in Facebook Groups but…
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Is a Business Coach worth the money? I have been attending networking meetings since I started my business and I have met so many people who offer a business coaching service – some specialise in supporting Executives, some Senior Leadership Teams, others on Mums in Business. Why do you need a business coach? At…
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Connecting with others in business Guest blog from Kate Guest Coaching and Hypnotherapy I’m really pleased to be able to feature Kate Guest as my guest blogger this week. Kate is a self development coach, trainer, speaker, hypnotherapist, NLP Practitioner and a Registered General Nurse – and not only that she is one of my…
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Feature in Devon Life ‘Start Ups’ I was recently approached by Devon Life to feature in a special ‘start ups’ section of the December 2016 edition. The article can be downloaded and read here, or below “Based in Alphington, Exeter, Joanne Manville took the leap from being a successful, employed personal assistant to being a…
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Scared to let go of the reins? Have you worked hard to build your business? Are you used to doing everything yourself and do you have your own way of doing things? Do you need help to grow your business but are wary about trusting anything to someone else? You are not alone. In the…
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