by Shirley Elizabeth | Aug 21, 2026 | Business & Marketing, Female Owned, Small Business Tips
When somebody decides not to buy, price gets blamed for an awful lot. We assume they couldn’t afford it, people aren’t spending at the moment, or perhaps our audience simply won’t pay that much. Sometimes, of course, that’s completely true. People have budgets, and no...
by Shirley Elizabeth | Aug 14, 2026 | Business & Marketing, Female Owned, Small Business Tips
There’s a particular stage of business growth nobody really warns you about, and it’s all about brand consistency – we should be all over it, right? You’ve been doing this for a while, things have changed – mostly for the better – and the...
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 | 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...
by Shirley Elizabeth | Sep 21, 2025 | Business & Marketing, Design & Branding, Female Owned, Mindset, Small Business Tips, Web Design
How many times have you promised yourself you’d use Q4 to finally get everything in order, especially that overlooked and under-loved website?And how many times have you hit January full of “new year, new goals”… only to feel swamped within a week as enquiries slow,...
