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How Outsourcing Saves Costs & More

Rachael — Tue, 13 Jul 2021 15:36:52 +0000

It may come as a surprise, but outsourcing isn’t new. The concept emerged as far back as the 1950s but didn’t become fully formed and widespread until the 1980s, when the idea of focusing on core business activities started to impact significantly on several types and sizes of organisations around the world. The growth of […]

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4 simple steps to unlock your creative mind

Rachael — Sun, 13 Dec 2020 21:43:37 +0000

There’s a certain pressure as a creative company to maintain a good flow of ideas. And not just any ideas, those that stand out or break the mould. Ideas that surpass mediocre. And for me personally, especially as a marketer rather than a designer, illustrator or artist; honestly, I find it hard. After 20 years […]

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How to write intelligent copy

Rachael — Tue, 16 Jun 2020 18:30:24 +0000

When I was at middle school (also known as junior school), I started reading the dictionary every night. I did this because I believed I needed to be more intelligent. I thought that knowing more words would help dramatically. Now that I’m a grown up, I’ve had various copywriting training and I like to write, […]

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How beating Imposter Syndrome can help business growth

Rachael — Mon, 28 Oct 2019 05:26:26 +0000

As a business owner and company director, it’s never ‘easy’ to always feel 100% confident in my decision making, my work and the public speaking that I often do to raise awareness of my company. The truth is that I wouldn’t be able to do these things if I didn’t have some confidence, even if […]

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growing a business with a collaborative mindset

Rachael — Mon, 29 Apr 2019 06:07:47 +0000

For the second time, I (Meg Fenn) was a speaker at WordCamp London #WCLDN and my topic Collaboration vs. Competition is the inspiration behind this post. I realised from the comments and questions from attendees after my talk that wanting to become more collaborative with companies offering similar services and understanding how to go about […]

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How to avoid broken business dreams when it comes to network marketing

Rachael — Mon, 26 Nov 2018 06:03:02 +0000

Network marketing, also known as multi-level marketing (MLM) or pyramid selling, is a marketing strategy for the sale of products and/or services where the revenue of the MLM company is derived from non-salaried participants. These “distributors” are sometimes referred to as “independent business owners” and they sell the company’s products/services and make their earnings through […]

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#BeBoldForChange

Rachael — Mon, 06 Mar 2017 09:26:38 +0000

I was recently asked by Sussex Life magazine ‘How important is it for women to support each other in business?’ but was limited to 180 words for my answer (which also had to include two more answers, three questions in total), so not much space to answer really. However, the piece was designed very well […]

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