Cheerleading and Truth-telling
Photo source: Mommy Om A few weeks ago I had the opportunity to be part of a fantastic event here in Portland; the Mother of Reinvention conference for female entrepreneurs. As a panelist, the topic totally captivated me; the notion that as women, we constantly reinvent ourselves; as wives, mothers, friends, or as entrepreneurs. We [...]
Back to School- New Beginnings
I love the start of the new academic year, even more so than the start of the new year in January. They is just something about stocking up on new stationery supplies and starting new notebooks that makes me happy! Our August break is over and while I didn’t get to complete all of the [...]
Increasing Sales- A Common Sense Approach
The Strategy – Target the people who can afford your stuff – Forget the rest for now – Hone your product offering to these people – Tell them about it – Close the deal The Detail It’s tempting to try and attract as many different types of people to your website or shop as possible [...]
Grow Your Creative Business: March Theme
March is Grow Your Business Month on The Academy blog! After my trip to the Houses of Parliament I realised that more than ever we need to be proactive in growing our creative businesses. For the rest of the month the theme will be growth strategies for your business, your blog and for you! Growing [...]
Creating A Vision Board Using Pinterest
Last week we started the SIMPLIFY challenge. We’ve read how we can become lean, mean, creative machines, decluttered our workspaces and decluttered our inbox, now it’s time to start rebuilding our new simplified businesses from the ground up. The first step in the REBUILD process is to visualise what it is you are aiming for. [...]
Packaging
Paper bag packaging: (c) Isa Maria Seminega There is no doubt about it, packaging is important. First impressions count and your packaging needs to fit in with your brand as another chapter of your brand story. Each week we will be showcasing different creative packaging concepts from designers and artists we love – Isa Maria [...]
Weekly Blog planner
Head on over to Oh My! Handmade Goodness to download this blog planner I designed with Spring in mind! You can also find tips on how to Spring Clean your blog design and content.
Become your own publicist
photo credit: ClassicCopenhagen PR for small businesses generally involves getting the word out about what you do. You don’t need to spend money on PR as it is all about providing a story for people to write about. Hopefully your story will inspire them to write about you, and then before you know it you’ll [...]
To-do list- free download
Yay! I’m finally able to bring you a downloadable freebie! I’ve been working on a few pretty things to help make doing mudane business tasks that little bit…well prettier. And here is my first offering. It is a printable to-do list. There are two lists on an A4 page and can be printed as many times as [...]
Creative block…and tips to smash your way out of it
photo credit: Sasha Wolff We are midway through February and with the dreary weather and cold nights it can be hard to get motivated. Call it a creative block, lack of inspiration or motivation, every now and again we all need a bit of help getting re-inspired. Here are a few tips that have worked [...]
