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In our house, our whole week revolves around what we’re going to eat for Sunday lunch. *British obsession klaxon* In case you don’t know this, Sunday lunch in the UK is sacred. It includes some kind of roast meat or veggie centrepiece, all the vegetables, roast...
If you've read the excellent book by Tim Ferris, The 4 Hour Work Week, you'll be familiar with this quote. "Doing less is the path of the productive."TIM FERRIS One of the things that's worked REALLY well for me this year in terms of extracting the maximum value...
Recently during my Website Makeover Workshop, we all took on a fun design challenge using Canva. I had a message from a fellow designer who said “Ugh, I can’t believe you’re teaching people to use Canva”. It made me laugh because I was once an anti-Canva purist,...
I’ve been starting fires wrong my whole life, apparently. Growing up in Australia, every year I was sent off to a camp on a working farm, where we looked after the animals and rode horses all day long. Bliss! The highlight of the week was the ‘big muster’, where we’d...
In the last 24 hours, I've seen three different people talking how they've lost access to various social media accounts. One friend hasn't been able to post on his business page since December, another had their group of 70,000 people closed down due to some...
If you’re using Instagram to promote your business, then you probably know how annoying it is to have to change the single link in your Instagram bio, whenever you’ve got something new to promote. LinkTree is a popular solution that allows you to create a landing page...
How would you feel if I told you that you don’t have to be on every single social media platform? Sigh. Of. Relief. Right? You think you know where your ideal clients are hanging out and then, BOOM, you see a competitor's cool Instagram story or Pinterest pin and you...
I spend a lot of time on social media - probably way more time than is healthy - but as it’s as it’s one of the key ways I market to my audience, then as far as I’m concerned, it’s time well spent. If you work alone most of the time, and many small creative...
Firstly, sorry this is all a bit slick but I'm going to lead from the front here and post this to Instagram TV, turn it into an Instagram quote, upload it to YouTube, blog it and make it into a mini podcast (not sure about that last one, to be honest!). I promised...
The list, the list, the money is in the email list. How many times have you heard this, thought you really should do something about starting one, and then done nothing? It might be because you're not even quite sure why you would have an email list. Does sending...
Everyone loves the 'Gram these days. It's a vital marketing tool for any small creative business (in fact, most of us are juggling more than one account) and it's a great way to show fresh content on your website without lifting a finger. #websitegoals. From plugins...
Facebook, eh. Just when you think you’ve got a grip of it, they move the goalposts. Why? Because the platform is only as strong as its user base, and Facebook is feeling the squeeze as younger users flock to SnapChat and stay there. Facebook made a canny move when...
You KNOW exactly how you want your website to look, but you’re worried about wasting money on a template … and still ending up with a website that’s got ‘DIY’ written all over it.
There are tricks professional designers use on every project and I can’t wait to share them with you. You deserve better than an ‘average’ website.