What a week in the world of blogging and what better day to give you a wrap and point you in the direction of what you may have missed - some of it was controversial, intense and other times refreshing. Sunday #16 - A detailed outline of how to start a photography business from scratch … Continue reading Day 23 – The world’s most amazing, hugest, biggest, epic-est blog post wrap up – #300wordsaday
I hate lazy people who expect the same as everyone and want everyone to be the same. Regardless of effort. They should fend for grains with pigeons. I'm all for meritocracy where you earn your keep. You hustle and earn your dues - you deserve to win. You do the minimum required while someone else … Continue reading Day 20 – Meritocracy, long lunches for everyone and capitalism – #300wordsaday
I'll be the first to admit my life can get pretty out of control sometimes. Juggling a full time role and managing a team that requires my brain to be on a hundred things at once, being on call for urgent issues at work, raising two kids, building a blog until early hours of the … Continue reading Day 19 – My head explodes, Tarzan and my wife walks in on me – #300wordsaday
I anticipate this post will be a practical guide so grab a coffee and have something ready to take some notes. My intention is to give you a handful of strategic advice that I used to start a photography business from scratch, using an entry level DSLR camera working my way to professional gear photographing … Continue reading Day 16 – How to start and build a photography business from scratch – #300wordsaday
Some time ago I received a LinkedIn connection request from someone whom I had looked to as being a sort of mentor. I replied to the connection request with a message asking if the account was managed by the person themself or a member of their PR team to which I received a response saying … Continue reading You’re Never Too Big To Be The Face of Your Brand
If you buy followers - you're a fool. Now that we have that out in the open I can ensure I have serious business owners and those that really care about their customers here for the remainder of this post. There is absolutely nothing wrong with having thousands of followers and fans. And it definitely … Continue reading Business Myth Buster – Why You Don’t Need Thousands Of Followers To Be Successful
If there is anything I believe most about business, marketing and branding in 2019 and beyond and how it affects the success or failure of your business - it is this... People are buying into the person behind the brand just as much as they are buying the brand itself and the product it represents. … Continue reading Why It’s Important to ‘Humanise’ Your Brand
My biggest area of excitement and focus this past week was around a new startup I am diving into. No doubt once all the necessary protection has been put in to place you will here about it more. So far it has involved a lot of; Thinking in the shower (as many ideas come about) … Continue reading The Week That Was – Ending May 17, 2015
I have no doubt that some people will gasp at the idea put forward in this post as it requires you to actually work... and I'm sure I will be contacted by a tonne of social media marketers who believe they have a way I can capitalize on my time.. I get that, but here … Continue reading Earning personal brand vs. growing personal brand
Ok, so I have to be REALLY careful here or I might be sleeping alone on the couch tonight... You must admit that being an entrepreneur is time consuming right? Like, everyone has this idea that if your self employed or run your own business that you magically have the freedom to do what you … Continue reading How To Get Your Spouse To Read Your Blog – 7 Day Mini Series – Feel Good Blogging – Day 3!
