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How to choose a photographer for your marketing project

How to choose a photographer for your marketing project

Apr 5, 2022

Stock imagery certainly has a huge place in the world, it serves a purpose, but you can’t beat...

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10 Marketing Commandments

10 Marketing Commandments

Apr 10, 2021

Marketing Commandment Number 1. Treat your customers with love and your competitors with...

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Don’t let a good crisis go to waste

Don’t let a good crisis go to waste

Apr 9, 2020

We talk about change being really difficult, employees just won’t bend, they won’t adapt, they...

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Inspired to Aspire with The Salford Foundation

Inspired to Aspire with The Salford Foundation

Feb 5, 2020

I first heard about the Salford Foundation through a networking contact. We were discussing the...

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Having a business (baby)

Having a business (baby)

Jan 27, 2020

Having your own business is a lot like having a baby. Ive just found myself pondering the...

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Ikigai – Part Two

Ikigai – Part Two

Oct 24, 2019

So a while ago I wrote a post about a book I was reading; The concept of ikigai. The second part...

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Ikigai – part one.

Ikigai – part one.

Aug 7, 2019

I’m reading a book at the moment about the secret to finding your Ikigai. This is a summary of...

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The Vicious Circle

The Vicious Circle

Jul 15, 2019

The definition of insanity is ‘doing the same thing and expecting different results’ These are...

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First day of the rest of my life

First day of the rest of my life

Jun 20, 2019

Today is a momentous day as I leave Ferranti Technologies after 9 years as their Marketing Manager...