*There's a mild swear or two, as per* How often do you berate yourself for failing to tick-off your to-do list? Or congratulate yourself for creating a splendid to-do list (but not actually do any of the to-do)? And ask why after months and months of meaning to do a to-do it remains...undone? Rhetorical questions -the answer's yes, often to all of them - I didn't need to ask. Me too. This week, our guest writer Bec Evans shares what she's learnt about the art of getting things done....

**Mind your ears for mild some swearing** What a bloody treat! I got to record a real life on-the-sofa-next-to-me show with some favourite work pals at The Podcast Show London 2023. And here it is for you to wrap your ears and thoughts around. Nic Redman (voice coach), Suzi Dale (podcast producer), Hilary Salzman (copywriting storyteller) and I all have our own podcast. And in this special edition of #JustBloodyPostIt we talk about what makes it possible to start a podcast why you'd...

**Mind your ears for a couple of swears** This time, abstract artist Alice Sheridan @alicesheridanstudio and online shop mentor Jo McCarthy @jo_at_firain share what they've learnt from decades long (between them!) experience of marketing their work online.  We put the world to rights on  normalising small online audiences the biggest marketing mistakes we've made and the best decisions ever how work fits around life playing the long game scheduling (forrrrrget about it) and so much...

**Just me this week, mind your ears for a couple of swears** This time, I want us to talk about the difference between being good and being known. Because how known you are - how many followers or subscribers you have - has nothing to with how good you are. But we can get the two muddled, too easily.  Listen for some thoughts on  wanting visibility whether the gloss is coming off the audience-building biz and Hannah f*ck&ing Waddingham 👑 Then come over to Instagram and tell me what...

This week on the show, tech high-flyer turned burnout specialist Anish Hallan shares how to recognise and avoid burnout. Burnout's often associated with office workers and CEO's - but pursuing a passion project can leave us just as vulnerable to damaging our health through over work. Because getting to do what you've always wanted and are most interested in - and not having to answer to a boss, feels like a dream. But can turn into a nightmare of never-ending tasks and self-imposed...

***Mind your ears for a couple of swears*** Laura Belgray aka Talking Shrimp (listen to the episode, she explains 🦐) has made millions of dollars selling online courses that show people how to write like humans. She's a former copywriter for big brands turned internet-famous copywriter who tells us, the secret to writing words that sell which stories will elevate your marketing why she's a self-confessed lazy person how affiliate marketing's made her $$$$ and about her new memoir Tough...

This week, the story of an online subscription product that really, really works: London Writers Salon. In the early weeks of the pandemic (shudders) when the world had barely heard of Zoom (imagine) Matt Trinetti and Parul Bavishi started hosting free online accountability sessions for writers. Their popularity grew fast and organically and within weeks, a global community of writers was meeting daily - to keep one another company and get their work done.  Three years on, LWS is a thriving...

**mind your ears, just one incy wincy swear** Have I mentioned that I like (love) email newsletters? Full disclosure: I'm selling a newsletters course (a bloody bloody good one) at the moment, so this episode's part of my marketing for that. But because you're interested in marketing and solo biz shizzle, you'll be interested in what I have to say about the 9 big business benefits you can expect to get out of sending a newsletter. It's a no-brainer, whatever you're selling. You can read...

Yvonne Telford launched her fashion brand when her online audience asked "where can I get your skirt?" The answer was you can't, it's a one-off and Kemi Telford was born to make more, creating clothes for women to take up space in. Yvonne has grown the brand to be stocked in John Lewis and featured in Vogue thanks to her masterful customer service. Her clients really are part of a community of people she celebrates on social media and invites to call her on the phone, anytime.  In this...

**Mind your ear for swears, there are a few in this one** HELLO it's just you and me this week for a solo episode covering some up-to-date-for-April-2023 content marketing thinking. Listen for thoughts on, what's resonating now the 'enshittification' of social media platforms - what it means and how it could be finding its way into your business niche (or not to niche) and the power of recommendation over maximum visibility This is the episode of The #JustBloodyPostIt Podcast with food...

**Watch out chicken, there are a few swears in this episode** What if you could run the business you love without relying on Instagram for sales? Our guest this week, funnels expert and sales strategist Josephine Brooks @josephinebrooks, says she can show you another way. Josephine was driven to burnout by selling business coaching programmes using a launch-and-repeat strategy that relied on social media marketing.  Now, she shows other creative business founders how to build evergreen,...

**watch out - there's one tiny little swear at the end** Had to talk to you about a big wake up call I had last week. About how low, virtually-undetected levels of imposter syndrome can continue to hold us back. How thinking in small numbers mean we'll never hit the big ones. And how a day out a new view is always always always a good idea. In this note, I talk about the Hiut denim and Do Lectures founder David Hieatt click here to listen to him on The #JustBloodyPostIt Podcast. You can...

Could you give up instagram for a year? Coach, speaker and podcast host Tiffany Han decided to delete the app in 2022 to find out "what I am like when I'm not being influenced." She declared it her 'Year of No' and also quit shopping for new clothes. What's that like? In this episode we discuss  how it affected her business (Tiffany uses Insta to promote her programmes) the surprising things that happened when she stopped scrolling why she needed a social media break in the first place We...

*Mind your ears there's a tiny swear in this one and 😮 sex is mildly mentioned* Steph Douglas had the idea for her gifting business Don't Buy Her Flowers when she had her first child. She received more bouquets than she had vases for and thought, there must be a market for presents women really want? In this episode, you'll hear how Steph started a blog to talk to other mum's (and build an audience) before launching the business. Learn how it's gone from packing boxes in her front room to...

***Mind your ears, couple of swears in this one (couple of swears in most of them tbh!)*** This time we welcome back the gloriously brilliant and ultra-effective fast-growing food blogger, Instagrammer, TikToker and writer Sarah Rossi. Last time Sarah was on #JustBloodyPostIt (click here to catch the episode) she told us how she'd grown her @tamingtwins Instagram following by 30K in 90 days. Well now she has 300k followers on Insta, a similar number on TikTok a cookbook published and 17...

***Mind your ears, there are a few swears in this one.*** Ok you are going to love Karen Arthur. The host of Menopause Whilst Black - which has been named one of the top five best midlife podcasts - Karen's a former teacher who's career was derailed by anxiety and depression brought on by the menopause.  But luckily for us, a new career's emerged butterfly like from her recovery. Listen to find out how she healed herself and became a spokesperson on the menopause in black women - as well as...

***Watch out, one or two swear words in this one.*** Hello hello! #JustBloodyPostIt is back for Season 6...almost. Consider this a preview to the 'big podcast' which will be back with you any minute bringing the life, work and marketing wisdom of another fabulous group of guests. Post it notes are my audio diary. Where I share my small-biz-building experiences and thoughts on social media issues of the day. This one's a catch up on the results of a content subscription product I...

Well hi, how are you? Just a quickie. I want to talk to you about how chuffing much of a good ideas it is to send emails. It's not sexy talk, but the results are hot let me tell you. They transformed by business when I started to send them regularly.  And you can do it too. Because the next cohort of my most popular course, Lists Club starts next week (16th Jan 2023). It's an email marketing adventure that will show you how to send emails that sell. Because emails do sell. They have the best...

***Tiny warning: one swear 🤭*** Join me and a cast of Instagram specialists - Milla Richardson @pinkstormsocial, Lou Chudley @spark_social and Kirsty Raper @rebuildagram - to reflect on the 2022 (the maddest year on Instagram yet) and predict what marketing will be like on the platform in 2023 (less of a rollercoaster please Insta!). We discuss, tips for video Insta trends boundaries and mental health on social media and whether it's all still worth the effort! Here's the link to Reels...

Phil Pallen is an expert in lots of things - because when you're creating a personal brand that powers your work you need to be. He's a... social media marketing expert Pinterest king designer personal brand strategist speaker YouTuber influencer and more In this episode we talk about, how - more than 10 years ago - Phil spotted a niche for teaching people how to create brands just like corporates do. You'll learn about, how to make your passion profitable how to juggle social media...

***EXCITING THING - THIS IS OUR 100th EPISODE!*** As a birthday treat don't forget to share the show with your friends and subscribe wherever you listen so you don't miss an episode! 😮 Watch out, one or two moderate swear words in this one. Our centenary edition guest is Katie Tucker - a woman on a mission to get small businesses behaving more like big ones so they can create better products make fewer mistakes and more money! How? By asking better questions and listening more...

Welcome welcome, if you're new - this show's for heroic creatives who are marketing their work online. We’re in this together! And this week, we're chatting to author and writing coach Penny Wincer. Penny's life changed 3 years ago when she wrote and published her first book Tender, a compassionate and important book about the job of unpaid caring. It was informed by her experiences caring for first her mum, then her son. It made her a go-to expert on the subject of caring and she's been...

You're going to love chef Lisa. Listen to hear how she ditched corporate life to follow her passion for food and become a successful private chef. And (because she doesn't like turning work away!) grow it into an exclusive dining business that celebrates the joy of feasting. Now that her business is ticking over nicely, she's growing her personal brand on to TikTok - where she has 219k followers. We discuss, 👯‍♀️ who can take up space on TikTok (all of us) 😨 the biggest thing that...

*watch out: one small swear in this one* ***also watch out: this episode is golden*** Digital entrepreneur (she blogs, she Pinterests, she runs courses and all the things) Jen Stanbrook is our guest this time - and I already know the feedback is going to be ACE. If you love it, please share this episode with your friends. Jen is the GOAT at Pinterest. She has 1 million followers on the site (is it a website, is it an app?) so I invited her on to the show to tell us about how we should be...

So many of The #JustBloodyPostIt podcast guests leave me feeling like - honestly, how do they do it all? This time, fitness expert Shakira Akabusi shares how she's on a mission to fill the information gap around women's pre and postpartum fitness. To help us be more robust and recover both physically and mentally from becoming mums. She's also written a book, is raising four kids and managing what she describes as "extreme OCD and anxiety." Listen to find out how, 💪 Shakira's...