The small business market is saturated these days with more entrepreneurs taking a leap of faith and launching their own products and services. However, because of this reason, you find that so many of these of startup ventures fail in the first year...
“The Color Purple” author Alice Walker once referred to herself as an ‘author and medium’. While Ms Walker was referring to her channelling matters of historical and political fact into living, breathing characters, many creatives are familiar with t...
It doesn’t matter whether you’re a fashion brand, a law firm or an online electronics store, you need to create an attractive website if you want to make sales. The more creative you can be with your web design, the more compelling your products and ...
When we think of creativity, we tend to imagine something diffuse and shifting, an unmanageable idea it’s hard to hold on to. It doesn’t quite fill the rigid shoes of business management with its straightforward thinking and profit-seeking agenda. Li...
The ability to be creative is useful in many aspects of our lives. You need it to think differently than you did yesterday, to look at something from another angle, and to come up with innovative ideas in general. Creativity is a skill that is admire...
When you start your own business as an independent freelancer, or even as a one-person business, it’s likely that you will find that your business budget is a little limited. New businesses find that they can’t always afford to buy the technology the...
The blank page – whether you’re a designer, a writer or another kind of creator – is a dreaded feeling. The problem with a blank page is that it blinds your mind with its pure, white emptiness. It turns your ideas into jelly. So when this happens, wh...
Even as a youngster, it’s never too young to start thinking about your future, especially with regards to your career. We’ve all seen the stories of teenage entrepreneurs that have made it big while many more have carved out the beginnings of a succe...
Nowadays, almost anyone can benefit from building a website. They can be used to promote a company, to start a blog, to connect with fellow hobbyists across the world or even to create a digital portfolio to be used when approaching prospective emplo...
Day to day life doesn’t offer us too many opportunities to be creative. We get up early, rush to work, do chores and go to sleep- and the same thing day in day out really can dull the mind. If you want to live a more creative and exciting life, start...
When was the last time you updated your website? If you can’t even remember, you may have a problem. Google receives an average of 3.5 billion searches each day. Can you imagine the possibilities? A percentage of those would probably be related to y...
Twitter is a powerful marketing tool and one that your business needs to embrace. When used correctly, it is a fantastic tool for building your online presence and engaging with your potential clients. You can use it to drive traffic to your website ...
So you have made the leap and started your own business? Or your business is already well established, but you don’t know how to expand and promote it? There are plenty of simple ways that you can do this, and at low cost too! Social Media If you ...
There are loads of blogs out there. However many blogs you think are being created every month, the actual number is probably higher. If you doubt me, then I invite you to check out the statistics. With this in mind, it’s pretty essential that your b...
