In response to a Coffee Challenge: Why I am pro shoutout movement. — Have you ever wondered how to make content creation work for you? Of course, you have. We all have. Lots of people talk about algorithms. Ah! …

A quick and easy way to build business for the coming year — Are you a freelancer? Maybe you’re a professional content creator, a communications or comms consultant, or you offer other business services. As the year draws to a close, you probably have your attention on two things: The last minute rush to clear your desk before the holiday season and your…

Who has unexpectedly changed your life? — I was nineteen when I met her at the Munich Oktoberfest. Maybe you have been? It’s a big two weeks of beer festival fun and a challenge to anyone who ignorantly insists that the Germans are too serious. We were on opposite sides of one of those big, long wooden…

You can even try it right now… — There’s lots of advice out there. Maybe you get a bit lost in it all. I’ll admit I do. There are so many self-proclaimed gurus, and maybe just as many coaches, therapists, spiritualists, shamans, and consultants as there are people who just want the key to happiness. Well, I’m no…

It’s not just what you know, but who you know — You like writing and you want to get your foot on the freelancing writer ladder, but you have no idea where to start? You’ve been on the job boards out there — even the very specialized ones like Problogger — and have seen a whole host of opportunities. …

And 10 tips to get started today — They say everyone has a book in them, don’t they? What about you? Maybe you already write in some capacity — potentially on this platform — but you have a burning ambition to embark on a fictional project? Maybe you have an idea, or even a whole story sketched out…

The market is ready for you. Are you ready for it? — There is a burning desire in lots of us to write. If that first line resonated with you, it wouldn’t surprise me. You are on a writing platform whereby a significant number of readers are also contributors. It’s one thing to want to write — and I would encourage everyone…

And why it doesn’t excite bulls and chickens in the same way! — Ever wondered what messages different colours convey, and why? The marketing industry wonders about it a lot, and puts even more money into understanding it. Colour is a fascinating thing, our appreciation of it being entirely perception-based. Colours are known to hold different subliminal associations and to trigger certain responses.

Stock market crashes and the death of an Emperor! — We are surrounded by green, aren’t we? It is the colour of renewal and nature. In fact, as the colour with the largest number of recognised shades, it is often cited as the people’s choice … after blue. You are probably well aware that our appreciation of colour is entirely…