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Building an Engaged Audience Through Social Media – Looking at your social media strategy for 2021.

by Nicola Webster of NJ Webster Consulting 2020 was the stuff of nightmares for marketing teams. As the pandemic saw everything grind to a halt, plans were pulled and ideas shelved. Yet social media kept going, and arguably became more important, given the instantaneous and responsive nature of social media platforms. The clear winners of…

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A big thank you to everyone who has supported us in 2020

2020 has been a strange and difficult year for so many people. We have been very lucky, we have stayed healthy and Ready Steady Websites® has been what so many people have needed to help them bring their business online this year, so we haven’t experienced the business worries that so many people have had…

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How to Write Easily and Quickly

by Dr Jennifer Jones – Writing Coach  If you’ve been blogging for any length of time, you know that some days you just can’t figure out where to start. Then, you worry that you won’t post anything at all this week and that one missed week will become several missed months. We’ve all been there.…

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5 Ways to Achieve Your 2021 Goals.

There isn’t long left in 2020 so now is a good time to start planning and preparing so that you achieve your 2021 goals. If your business struggled in 2020, hopefully you are more determined than even to see it succeed in 2021. If your business was what everyone needed this year and started to…

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Knowing Your Planning Method and How it Can Help You Succeed!

by Monique Basil-Wright from The Wright Stationery Did you know that everyone has a particular planning method and the right tools that complement this? We have a lot of similarities, but we are all different in the way that we process information and plan effectively to get the results that we want. When you try…

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Ditch the Crazy….. Sort the Facts…. – What You Must Include on Your Website

by Laura Macarthy from Now Accounting Services Did you know there was a business called Potato Parcel, that writes custom messages on potatoes and delivers them?  How about that there were such things as virtual dating assistants? Doing everything from doing your online profile to arranging dates? And there are coffee shops in Russia where…

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‘Sweat the Big Stuff, Right?’ – Tips for Starting Out in Business

by Laura Macarthy, Now Accounting Services That is usually the mantra that any new business owner has going on, when they are at the start of their new venture. You know, the big sparkly, endorphin-rush stuff that makes you feel gooooooood – the product or service offering, the sales channels, marketing, fancy packaging, pitch preparation…

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Style The Perfect First Impression

By Jennifer Jones from Jennifer Jones Styling Being visible to your audience on both your website and social media platforms has never been so important. And how you and your brand is perceived online is key to building relationships with potential clients and helping them get to know, like and trust you, so when the…

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How a Small Business can be More Eco-Friendly

by Emma Hannay at Stamped With Love At Stamped With Love, we have always been conscious of our impact on the environment on both a personal and a business level.   Changes At home We have used Cloth Nappies for both Mini SWL1 and 2 and the stash is still going strong almost 6 years on. We…

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Five quick wins to get more organised and nail your business goals

by Laura Parker of Shoreway Business Support Well, the past six months has been quite the ride hasn’t it? Is there any business owner out there who hasn’t been put in a tailspin from the Coronacoaster? If you have been pivoting, multitasking, thriving, panicking, peaking, reacting (or maybe a combination of all of the above,…