5 minutes with… Naima Brown – The Institute of Interesting Ideas
Originally from the States, Naima Brown has had a long and illustrious career as a TV producer and journalist. This incredible woman is now the Founder and Director of The Institute of Interesting Ideas a concept centred around illuminating stories from...
Would you ever shut up shop and go back to a ‘real’ job?
It’s a word that sends shivers down the spine of many a business owner or entrepreneur. JOB. The 9-5. Working for the man. All of those things we’ve tried so hard to get away from. (Despite that fact many of us now work 80 hours per week so we don’t have...
Are your customers buying through necessity?
Warning, this does turn into a little bit of a rant! I’ve had a couple of instances in the recent weeks (and they seem to be growing in number) where I’ve had to buy from people or businesses that I really didn’t want to, but had to out of necessity. Okay...
Are you positioning your business to win?
Do you ever think that every single day there are more and more competitors entering the market? More and more small businesses opening up shop and competing for your clients? As the economic climate continues to change and the traditional concepts of work...
Stop obsessing over your logo
Your business logo is the number 1 key factor when determining your brand and everything it stands for and all of your time and energy should be put into perfecting this image right? Wrong! I’ll let you in on a little secret - Nike (one of the largest and...
What are you saying to clients that’s making them mad?
Have you ever received something from a company that’s made you mad? Like really mad? Let me tell you a little story - so last week I received a text message from a large phone company (who shall remain nameless) - all the message said was at the end of...
Mindset 90%, Business Skills 10%
For anyone who’s read more than a couple of Confessions of a Small Business Owner articles you’ll have probably realised that, despite being published by a marketing company (Pepperpot Marketing) and more, specifically one that is focused on building solid...
FOBO…is it the new FOMO?
We’ve all heard the term FOMO right? The fear of missing out? Well what about FOBO? I was reading a great article the other day in Collective Magazine (for anyone who’s been a great fan of this magazine in the past and was as devastated as me when the...
Who’s coming to the Momentum Life Project experience?
What are you doing on Sat March 16th? It’s rare in this blog, (Confessions of a Small Business Owner) that I talk about the other business I run - The Momentum Architects (unless you read the last post were I mentioned it in the context of the business...
6 years in business – wow
Monday next week marks 6 years of me being in business. Wow. Yes, that’s right. 6 years. I had to check that twice, I’m not even kidding, I found the initial business registration to make sure. I could have sworn it was 4, 5 at the absolute most. But nope...
