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“Whose stupid idea was this?”“YOURS!” was the loud response from my friends. September 2016 – We’re in Rio de Janeiro for the Paralympics to support my friend playing on the GB Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Team. It was a rare day … Read More

We’ve all done it, looked at a person’s blog and thought, snore 💤, can’t be bothered to read that. Worse, we have all been on a website and thought, OMG this is so confusing I’ll go elsewhere. And we’ve definitely … Read More

I had a play with the new Messenger Rooms on Friday in my Facebook Group, Sarah’s Social Cake. What is it? It’s a new way to invite peeps to have a video call with you. You can have up to … Read More

A lot of ‘best practices’ flew out the window with lockdown 🤷‍♀️ ============================== A lot of ‘best practices’ were shit anyway.There have been HUGE surges in using social media and changes in when people are online. It’s felt a bit … Read More

So many people still aren’t sure of the difference between LinkedIn posts and articles. “What should I use? AARRRRHHHHHHH!!!” Good fucking question people! Posts… have a max of 1300 characters. I smash this with most of my Facebook posts so … Read More

Why you need to re-purpose your social media content It takes TIIIIIIMMMMMEEE! And your time is incredibly valuable. Although weirdly we often don’t credit ourselves with how much. If you’re creating content, are you re-purposing it into other formats? You’ve … Read More

Superman, Batman, Spiderman, Iron Man, Captain America, Thor all have this ONE thing in common. Scratch that. Make it two. They all have cool outfits too 😉 . . . *****INTENTION***** They know what they stand for, what their purpose … Read More

One of the most amazing examples of copy I keep getting referred to by other top copywriters is this one. ”They Laughed When I Sat Down at the Piano but When I Started to Play!” John Caples wrote it as a … Read More

Apparently being a creative person sucks when it comes to planning… “But I’m creative, I hate doing adminy, planning type stuff” I hear it a lot, so I’m going to let you into a secret… . . . . Planning … Read More

It’s all going great, you’re full steam ahead and then… 💥BAM! Motivation flies out the window. The mind gremlins kick in… “meh, I can’t be arsed” “but I did a great post yesterday, I don’t need to today” “far too … Read More

“What you tolerate is what you worry about” I like to randomly listen to TedTalks on YouTube while working. YouTube serves them up one after the other, and most of the time I’m not listening – just focused on my … Read More

Let’s all over think about overthinking. 🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔 I know this is a favourite hobby for some of you. I can be highest Black Belt level at this. If only a living could be made out of it! You need to … Read More

I heard the best phrase the other day – the MICROWAVE MINDSET. The expectation of press button and PING! It’s done! The need for speed. You don’t walk into a bar and get naked after a couple of drinks and … Read More

Procrastination is a bitch. As is overwhelm. Often the two come hand in hand. I became the all ruling Queen of both last year when my relationship ended and my life totally changed. Suddenly I couldn’t focus. I had no … Read More

Who else swears like a trooper when the broadband goes down? (OK, so that’s not the only time I swear 😉 ). It was the first day at my desk after moving house, so I was eager to get to … Read More

I have been beating my client over the head about sharing behind the scenes videos on LinkedIn for YEARS!   Initially he felt awkward as it would be showing him at work, letting people see the real him. Plus he … Read More