My blogs
Can I Help You?
I recently joined BNI, a business networking organisation that specialises in what is known as referral marketing. I’m in a ...
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Copywriting Case Study: Claire House
Claire House is a Wirral-based children’s hospice which helps seriously and terminally ill children live life to the full by creating ...
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Keeping going when business isn’t booming
Are you running your own business? If so, why? It’s a serious question, especially if you’re just getting started or ...
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Feeling old but fired up at Ignite
I was asked to write a piece for the My City column in the Liverpool ECHO. The piece went in ...
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How to spot your stories
Whoever you are and whatever you do, chances are there is an organisation you know which would benefit from some ...
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Social media for business: How to get started
Do you have a love/hate relationship with Twitter and Facebook? If you’re a business owner, then at some point you ...
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Blog on blogging. Contains hints and tips
I am a professional writer and blogger. I web design too but much of what business advisers call my “offer” ...
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Christ’s Passion for Wirral
It strikes me that Passion events, essentially live action re-enactments of the Easter story, have become more and more popular ...
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Five things schools must remember about their websites
Let’s get one thing out of the way immediately: I build school websites, so a blog on what school websites ...
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Five things I’ve learned in business
Seven months after leaving the Liverpool Echo, I started my own business in July 2015. I am a web designer ...
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Graphic Design tips: Simple is best
Graphic design tips don’t come much more basic than keep it simple. In this blog I’ll be explaining why that is ...
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Flamingo Land: Being a freelance copywriter has never been so much fun
Copywriting jobs don’t come much more enjoyable than going away to a zoo/theme park/holiday resort for a family weekend. That ...
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Press release writing: It’s all about seizing the day
On Wednesday lunchtime this week I was talking to an accountant friend of mine. It being the day of the ...
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Hyper-local news sites like West Kirby Today and why we need them
Earlier this year, a new website called West Kirby Today launched. Run by two highly experienced and talented journalists, former ...
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Social Media for normal people
Social media can be more than a bit overwhelming at times. For a start, there’s so much of it about ...
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Top tips for press releases
Journalists get press releases every day. These rules will help get yours in the paper. 1. Get your facts right ...
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Why fonts are important
Last month I made a birthday card for my friend Rachel’s son Josh. Josh is seven years old and Minecraft ...
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