In my last blog post, I mentioned how I’ve been thinking about my relationship with social media lately. The constant news cycle, the bickering on Twitter, the comparisonitis that can come from constantly seeing other people sharing their best lives. It can be an exhausting …
This is the first of a new, semi-regular series, talking to authors about their relationship with social media. Today I’m featuring Charlotte Duckworth, as I love the way she mixes personal story telling with regular promotion for her book on her social media channels. I …
Do you get writer’s block when it comes to promoting your book? Join me for a video workshop at 10:30am on the 21st of April, 2021. It is £45 and will be around an hour long. I will take you through a series of prompts …
Is it even possible to plan anything right now? I’m writing this as the UK is still sitting in its third lockdown. This may or may not be the final one. We may or may not be moving out of it in the next few …
Disclaimer: This is a post about how I am doing things, in my own particular life circumstances. I hope you find something you can take away to apply to your own life, but this isn’t a ‘step-by-step’ or ‘how to’ post. It’s a personal story. …
If ever there was a year when I’m glad I made no hard and fast year-long goals, it was this year. I didn’t really set any big 2020 goals, and instead focused on a guiding word and then made smaller monthly goals instead. I don’t …
This is a question that came up in my community recently: How do you promote your book when you only have an hour a week to do it in. As I’m sure you know, one hour a week is really not much, because that can …
Even before I started my freelance journey, back in 2018, I followed a lot of successful female entrepreneurs online. Women who have set up service-based or product-based businesses and are growing each and every year. It’s been incredibly inspiring for me to watch them, and …
In my last post, I talked about dealing with embarassment. This week, I’m talking about dealing with failure when it comes to promoting yourself and your products or services online. A huge reason people don’t put themselves out there and allow themselves to be more …
In my last blog post, I talked about getting visible online after a break or if you’re starting from scratch. Now I’d like to talk about one of the specific hurdles people talk to me about when they are starting to promote themselves online, and …