by Shirley Elizabeth | Aug 7, 2026 | Business & Marketing, Design & Branding, Female Owned
Nobody wakes up on a Tuesday morning, makes a coffee and thinks, you know what would really make my week? A new brand. Well, perhaps designers do. But normal business owners? Probably not. When someone comes to me saying they need a new brand, the brand itself is...
by Shirley Elizabeth | Mar 20, 2026 | Business & Marketing, Female Owned, Mindset, Small Business Tips
So, we’re about to step into Q2. How the **** did that happen? And for many business owners, this is the point where you take a breath, look up, and think: Right… this isn’t quite how I imagined things would look by now. Not in a dramatic way. Not in a...
by Shirley Elizabeth | Mar 10, 2026 | Business & Marketing, Design & Branding, Female Owned, Mindset
There is a stage in business that isn’t often spoken about, yet almost everyone moves through it at some point. From the outside, everything appears to be working. Yes, you have a strategy, so it seems anyway… the business is established, clients are coming in,...
by Shirley Elizabeth | Feb 2, 2026 | Small Business Tips, Web Design
You’ve invested in your website.It looks polished. Professional. Considered. But it’s not bringing in the level of clients you expected. Enquiries feel inconsistent. The right people aren’t quite landing. And there’s a quiet sense that something isn’t fully working...
by Shirley Elizabeth | Nov 7, 2025 | Business & Marketing, Female Owned, Mindset, Small Business Tips
There’s a pattern that repeats every single year. November arrives.December blinks past in prosecco, family logistics, mince pies, school plays, clients trying to squeeze ‘just one more thing’ in before the break… And then January lands like a cold swim...
