
Five helpful articles written by The Financial Wellbeing Coach, Melissa Forester. If you’re running a business (or thinking about starting one), this series is for you.

Whether you’re currently scribbling ideas on a napkin or you’ve just officially launched, I’m sharing practical tips to help you build a foundation that actually lasts. Here are five articles with advice for Setting Up Your Business.

Four articles to help you make the most of attending and exhibiting at events.

The question I often pose is simple, yet often overlooked: When did you last genuinely look at your own marketing with fresh, critical eyes?

I'm going to let you in on a little secret that probably no one else in marketing will tell you…

Too often, marketing is treated as a series of urgent, isolated tasks - a flurry of activity one week, followed by silence for the next month. The most successful marketing is not a sprint; it’s a sustained rhythm.

As a small business owner you wear every hat: sales, accounts, operations and yes, marketing. It's often exhilarating, but it can also be incredibly isolating. When you sit down to plan your marketing, do you just feel... overwhelmed?
Marketing isn't just about engagement numbers, open rates and clicks. It's about you finding a way to tell YOUR story in your own voice to your chosen audience.
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