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After building up her watercolour illustration business as a side hustle, Imogen Partridge went fully self-employed in January this year. We catch up with her about transitioning from a full-time position to full self-employment: the mindset she found helpful, how social media played a positive role, and her helpful advice too.

From putting lil summin-summins in with an order to bigger gifts to welcome clients onto courses or programs, client gifts are a fun way to add some more delight for your customers. But how much should you be spending? What works as a client gift? How should you send them? We chat through it all, including our best and worst gift experiences too! 

If making your marketing shorter and more manageable sounds like your bag, you need to know about Hannah Isted. As the founder of Hi Communications and author of The Best 90 Days Ever, she's also the queen of 10 Minute Marketing. We chat to her about her transformational approach to marketing, where she breaks down your to-do list into small daily chunks to overcome the overwhelm and actually post, with a sneaky preview of her book too.
Grab The Best 90 Days Ever here (aff link)

It’s April, so you know what means: reflecting on our Q1 experiences as small business owners, and sharing our plans and goals for Q2. We discuss our challenges, including calendar management and falling back into old patterns, as well as the successes we achieved, like being more daring, gaining clarity, and refining their offerings. 
& a special thank you to our sponsors, The I Do Handmade Hub.
Created for small businesses specifically, the team behind it have collated hundreds of opportunities into one place: from markets and pop ups across the UK for in person selling, to shops looking for new brands to stock, to a live feed of journalists looking for PR products to feature in upcoming articles. Plus within the platform there are groups to meet like-minded businesses, grow your community, share problems and discuss ideas to help you grow your business. 
 
 

Want a real behind-the-scenes look at a successful recent launch in the small business world? Luckily for you, our Rachel is armed and ready with all the stats, highs, lows and lessons that she learnt from the launch of the latest round of Ignite Your Pinterest Strategy. Tell us how you really feel, Rach...

Networking gets a bad rap - but not all networking is pale, male, stale, and soul-sucking. Here's a fresh perspective on how to approach it, emphasizing the importance of genuine connections, indirect networking, and the power of making friends in the business world.