There was once a time when I was constantly advised to always follow up with potential clients, who I had met at such places as networking events. They explained this when they’d ask how often potential clients requested my services. I believed it for a while but I didn’t action it and I just put…
If you’re interested in learning or brushing up on your English or Spanish in Birmingham, there’s a group that’s been set up by Igor to help you do so. We’re having great weather right now so it’s the perfect opportunity to take advantage. He’s explained the event as: “New English & Spanish language exchange group…
It was a pleasure and a great experience to be invited to MCM Comic Con London, on the press run of “Lucid The Dreamwalker” last weekend. I met the creator, Oraine Johnson in 2017 at the AfroFlux FluxCon, where there was a screening and panel about this project. Seeing where it is today, is amazing,…
Ameesha Smith-Green has been a book editor for just over a decade. She started out side-hustling alongside a full-time job, then worked in-house for a book publisher for a few years before escaping the 9-5 to become a travelling freelancer—an also adventurous lifestyle also known as a “digital nomad”. On a year-long round-the-world tour with…
As we draw close to the end of the 2nd week of April, we’ve taken a look back at the Q1 results – if your starting point is set as January. What achievements have been accomplished? Which valuable lessons did you learn? Briefly looking back is a plan for the future progress of the business,…
Creating art? Learning a new instrument? Starting a business? Let’s consider our unique selling points and are any of them currently working? If you weren’t already aware, most people buy into you, not your services or products. In this case, you’ll definitely be in a position to offer them a lot more than they may…
You’re not supposed to be perfect, it’s one of the worst ideologies that we’ve conjured up. Just the simple act of professionalism in business where you are well mannered, transparent and even support other business owners along your journey – it takes less effort than doing the complete opposite. Through recent experience, I’ve had one…
Your business needs will always come before your business wants. It would be great to have everything you’d like just ready for your business operations, but in some cases it’s working alone into the early hours of the morning, for the majority of the week. I’ve worked with individuals who have these extremely great ideas,…
Of course – always happy to teach what I know. We can go through some of the basic skills needed but it ultimately comes down to what you like to see through the vision finder – what would you want to spend 3 to 6 hours photographing and not get bored by, within the first…
Most of my recent artwork has involved me drawing andcolouring, outside the lines of course, to finish up project requests. But itreminded me of a time many, many years ago when this wasn’t the case. One thingI used to be afraid to use in my artwork was colour. A coloured pen, felt-tips,paints, you name it…
…or a few, for that matter. When is enough, enough? When do you know that the job or project you’re working is not in line with your personal/business values? I’m a part of a few WhatsApp business groups and in some of them, we engage in really productive discussions. One of the questions posed recently…
A few weeks ago, my friend Chris and I went down to the Birmingham Christmas Market to do a shoot, featuring the lights and general environment. Chris then used his magic and wizardry to take stills of me and compiled them into video form – a crafty genius, with a lot of patience. This was…
