Have you ever wondered about how to develop a portfolio career? For me the answer lay in the power of writing things down. I am a great believer in writing things down, and it is something I do regularly not least because I’m a writer but also because so often when I put pen to paper it seems to make things happen. This year it has even helped me develop a
Keep ReadingIt must be a strange life being Monty Don and Naga Munchetty. Both are excellent broadcasters in my view – and I admit to being particularly partial to Monty and Gardener’s World. But if my Google newsfeed is to be believed, then I reckon they are being spied on. In fact I think it’s worse – I suspect they are being trailed by some form of insidious artificial intelligence, a
Keep ReadingA lot of people have been predicting the death of the press – but has that moment finally arrived? The Covid-19 outbreak has certainly hit the revenues of media companies across the board – and that may yet translate into an existential crisis for some – though others are keen to stress we are not yet facing an extinction event and publishers have worked miracles during the pandemic to keep
Keep ReadingFor a while now I’ve wondered if people stuck on how to write content would pay to hire a content marketing editor via Zoom for an hour at a time to help them. Now I want to put the idea to the test to see if a £30 plus VAT offer to hire a content marketing editor via Zoom would appeal. Or to put it another way, I need a
Keep ReadingMention the word content or publishing and it’s easy to get in a tangle or to recoil in horror at the thought if you are new to this. But actually if you keep it simple you can quickly build up an effective basic content plan for any article or post you wish to create and publish. Here are some easy steps I’ve put together based on my own experience which
Keep ReadingNow is the perfect time for new thinking on how we do things Dear Norfolk County Council, New Anglia Lep, Broadland District Council, Hellesdon Parish Council et al Now that we have experienced life in lockdown under Covid-19 I was writing to urge you not just to go back to business as usual when the restrictions are lifted. Things are going to be different for us all anyway, and
Keep ReadingLorna Burroughes from Thrive describes using Zoom for networking and shares her tips from working from home When Norfolk went into lockdown every business owner felt the impact And for Lorna Burroughes, founder of the Norwich-based Thrive networking group, it meant switching almost overnight to online video meetings instead of the traditional face-to-face sessions that the group’s 70 odd members were used to. Instead of attending weekly gatherings at the
Keep ReadingIf ever you search online for things like ‘learn how to create your own business content’ you’ll quickly see that there are a lot of people out there who are willing to do it for you. Whether it’s an agency, a copywriter, or even a freelance journalist (or ex-journalist) all will make a persuasive case on the lines of: You don’t have time to create your own business content You
Keep ReadingPortfolio careers are like one of those things which sound fantastic, yet ever so slightly mythical – like ‘Four Hour Work Weeks’, ‘Side Hustle’ projects or ‘Lifestyle Entrepreneurs’. But mythical or not, it is a quest I am seeking to follow. Yet I can’t help wondering whether working with portfolio career types is an attractive option for clients and prospects? The world of work is supposedly moving that way –
Keep ReadingAs a young marine Jeff R Mac Mootry trained with the Royal Marines in Scotland. Ties between British and Dutch marine forces had always been close – British and Dutch officers are attached to units in each other’s countries. And the two nations have stood “shoulder to shoulder” since a joint operation to capture Gibralter in 1704. After joining the Marine Corps in August 1985, it was the Cold War
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