Runner Up ‘Best Newcomer of the Year 2016’ in the UK VA Awards It is very important to establish your credibility with clients when you have a new business, and the best way to do this is through testimonials and awards, and I am thrilled to have received the Runner Up award for Best Newcomer…
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Interview on Business Radio with Tino De Silva As a small business, it is really important to do as much as you can to promote your work and gain new clients, and one opportunity which I recently found out about is Business Radio. Business Radio is an online radio station specifically for small businesses.…
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Nominee – Devon Venus Awards ‘New Business of the Year 2016’ I am really pleased to have been nominated for the New Business of the Year 2016 in the Venus Women’s Awards! I attended the finalist announcement at the Holiday Inn, Plymouth on 6 September 2016 and had the opportunity to meet and network with…
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Do you hate asking clients for money? If you have your own business, the chances are you do it to make a living. So why are so many business owners reticent to chase unpaid invoices,or even to send them in the first place? I was recently talking to a business colleague who asked me how often…
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Vision Board Review Creating a Vision Board Back in the early part of this year, I attended a networking event with Mumazing Success where we focused on goal setting and creating a Vision Board. I went on to write a blog on the process and how we went about creating the Board. This was not something…
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6 practical tips on how to use Evernote Keep everything in one place with Evernote If you ever find that it’s hard to know where to store useful bits of information, here’s one suggestion: Evernote. I started using Evernote a few months back and absolutely love it, although it took me a short while to…
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Collaboration using Google The frustration of version after version! If you are working on a project within a team, there is often the need for several people to be working on a document at once. Whether you are working remotely, or even as part of a team in an office, there is a common…
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Using Trello – Tips and Tricks I’m not a fan of packing. I always take too much and not of the right things, so when my husband and I decided to arrange a trip to India, my first thought was to what I was going to pack. How to use Trello to pack for a…
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Exeter Business Awards 2016: Entrepreneur of the Year I was really pleased to receive notification that I was nominated and shortlisted for the Express and Echo Entrepreneur of the Year Awards 2016. This year’s judging panel was made up of Paul Coles, BT’s South West regional partnership director, Maureen Gori de Murden, senior economy and tourism officer…
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Do you know who you’re meeting? Say hello to Crystal How often do you receive an email from someone and are unsure how formal or informal you should be in your reply? How often do you arrange to meet someone for the first time and would benefit from knowing the best way to communicate with…
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