How I'm absolutely boosting my productivity score every week
So, reader, last week, I took a look at how my workflow and execution was going in this post here. After a week of action, and there was a lot of effort, the hard truth is I've got a lot of improvement to do. Part of me still feels like I'm writing a blog for someone else. Ten years ago, one of my freelancer jobs was ghostwriting a thought leadership blog for a tech firm's CEO. As I write this, it feels like I am making this up for him, not me. But the problems I'm having are mine, and I'm
How I Stopped Working In a Whirlwind and Boosted My Productivity
So, reader, I stopped writing here for a couple of weeks, and this post is about how I got back in the groove. In the last two weeks, I've been losing my hair, and parts of my body have been falling off with confusion and stress. Then I thought about how to set the reset button. It can't go on like this; I spent a day walking around, hoping that by the end of the day, it would all have sorted itself out. It did not. There was not anything particularly wrong, but I felt a massive amount of b
Do We Improve a Weakness or Focus on Key Strengths?
TLDR - I got a good result from doubling down on a weakness. Before you get into this post, I'm offering a very personal reflection of weaknesses and strengths. So if you are looking for scientific confirmation, this is not the post for you. My miserable, little life is a constant work in progress with highs and lows. I am yet to make enough money to set fire to Lamborghini's 'live' on Instagram for a laugh, so don't expect a watertight success formula here. So should we improve our weaknesses
How To Best Use Marketing Budget To Open A Cool New Coworking Space
I had a few calls last month with people opening a coworking space in their local area. This post has the answers I found myself giving every time; all of the people I spoke with were independent owners with their own money. They are opening in their local town or village because they do not want to travel anymore. You'll have noticed our global pandemic. The pandemic brings an endless debate on the future of work; together with a wheelbarrow load of uncertainty. Even people like me, who h
The Best Way to Market Your Coworking Space is to Keep it Simple.
Quick start to your marketing plan, well you need to allow at least fourteen hours. And then the time you spend thinking about it. But you don't make thousands of pounds a month by spending a few minutes making a plan and executing it in one day. The Pain A lot of the pain we face with marketing is not knowing what bit to do when. Every book, video, blog post or course gives us a new idea. You end up trying a new thing every week, second and third guessing yourself. I also believe people
How I Got Into Coworking - You Never Know Who
How do we meet people? Making an event out of connecting. How I got into coworking My friend Debbie has been in the copywriting business since before we had computers. She sat down one day to work out how she knew everyone in her business world. It all led back to a handful people, and it is the same with me. It is fascinating because no matter how much you plan the events you attend. The courses you take or which way you swipe on a dating app. You never know who is going to impact your life
How I Made A Surprisingly Confident 12 Week Writing Plan
How I got into coworking 2008 - 2020 - The Prequel So there I was thinking what on earth will I do in the next 90 Day Content Challenge? I'll write about my last ten, maybe twelve years of coworking, a chapter every week - how hard can that be? I'll write the intro in this post here as I'm still dumping ideas in One Note and Mind Meister. Then I'll buy some time to get my shit together for week two. I'm surprisingly confident about my 12 Week, or 90 Day plan. If you have just joined u
Why You Need A New Mindset for 2021
How is your 2021 so far? I read the First rule of 2021 is not to dwell on what went wrong in 2020. I’m always up for reflection, journaling and review - but I’m finding bitching about 2020 is a full-time job for some people. I wrote a lot over December, but it was confusing and weird, which would be fine if I was Lady Gaga or Andy Warhol writing to you but, well you know. Something I found out over the holidays was I needed to stop. But at the same time I could not wait to get back to work.
The simple life changing decision I accomplished this week
I decided to stop whining this week. I mean no one was listening, so I’m already saving time. Now I have all this spare time on my hands so I wrote down what to do in 2021, the next 12-Week Year is looming at the beginning of January, and I am mad for it! How and when to make a JFDI decision I've been part of a UK based group of freelancer content marketers for around five years now. It is very accurate to say we've all grown together by having online calls and 90 Day Writing challenges
SEO Plugin Match-Off: Yoast vs Rank Math
I’ve been writing on and off for years, professionally and personally. The thing is, I haven’t got a clue about Search Engine Optimization when I started. Being a content writer and copywriter, SEO is one of the important skills that you need to master when you really want to let the World Wide Web know your blog, your product or your service and get it out in the world. SEO ranking is kinda a big deal when you’re a business trying to get the people to know all about your products or services o