Does my solution fix your problem?
I’m always surprised by the number of freelancers and businesses I interact with who fail to ask themselves this simple question, “does my solution fix your problem?” It would be easy to assume that this [...]
I’m always surprised by the number of freelancers and businesses I interact with who fail to ask themselves this simple question, “does my solution fix your problem?” It would be easy to assume that this [...]
Watching the new series of Mastermind recently and hearing the immortal line “I’ve started so I’ll finish” started me thinking about how I manage and plan my work and wishing it was starting, getting [...]
Over the last decade I’ve done hundreds of hours of mentoring for creative entrepreneurs and freelancers. Much of it through organised creative enterprise programmes, but also some informal mentoring with freelancers and entrepreneur I’ve met [...]
The new financial year is upon us again. I can’t quite believe it has come around already. I feel like I’ve only just taken a breath since the January deadline for tax returns and [...]
I was asked recently how long a professional contact can be considered still within your network. This really surprised me, and it started me thinking … Does my network have a use by date? [...]
It’s the summer of 1991. I’m on my summer break from university and generally having a good time. The phone rings. It’s one of my mum’s best friends on the phone. Her sister works for [...]
Unscripted TV is where I cut my teeth in telly. I worked on a wide range of programmes from Blues and Twos (the first of the fly-on-the-wall emergency services shows), right through to It’s [...]
“Why me?” It’s a question I ask of freelancers regularly and rarely do I meet many that are clear from the outset what their secret sauce is, and why they add value to clients. When [...]
I’m regularly asked about pricing, particularly ‘should I put my prices up’? Pretty much unanimously, I’ll answer with a resounding YES. I might ask a couple of qualifying questions in advance, such as ‘when did [...]
My journey to published author, has been a series of steps beyond my comfort zone. Each one, small in its own way, but nonetheless taking me forwards to a new place. I always thoughts those [...]