Smashing Self-Employment - Marketing and productivity help if you're self-employed.

Smashing Self-Employment - Marketing and productivity help if you're self-employed.

By Karl Craig-West of Smashing Self-EmploymentBusinessEntrepreneurship
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  • 3 Simple Ideas to Help You and Your Business Flow

    Getting into a flow is vital when you are self-employed or running a small business.

    These 3 simple ideas can make a huge difference to how much you get done, the kind of work you're doing and also how well you attract and keep customers.

    They are:

    1. Say NO a lot more
    2. Delegate more
    3. Do some marketing every day.

      4. This live recording talks you through how to make these work for you and gives you plenty of ideas on how to get started with all 3.


      LET'S CONNECT:

      Website : ⁠⁠⁠⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠⁠⁠⁠

      LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Get the Smashing Self-Employment book : ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL⁠

      12 min
    4. Business Tips from a Successful Brand and Products Designer

      Here, Sebastien de la Hamayde (www.designeering.com) shares his thoughts on how to stay in business for over 20 years.

      Starting a business can be quite simple but longevity in business takes some dedication and knowledge.

      Learn from Sebastien's experience and unlock some of the secrets to long-term business survival.


      LET'S CONNECT:

      Website : ⁠⁠⁠⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠⁠⁠⁠

      LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠⁠⁠⁠

      Get the Smashing Self-Employment book : ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL⁠

      23 min
    5. Top Business Tips and Ideas from Libby Langley

      Libby Langley is a UK-based business coach and mentor (www.libbylangley.com).

      In this interview she shares some of her top tips for being successfully self-employed and building a small business.

      Whether you're new to business or you've been around a while you'll discover some real nuggets in this podcast interview.



      29 min
    6. This could be the best bit of marketing advice EVER!

      We get asked a lot whether there is an outright best single marketing tip, tool or technique.

      The answer is normally quite surprising for many:

      Do Some Marketing Every Day!

      Is it that simple?

      Yes it is.

      But you'd be surprised to find that very few (like, less than 10%) small businesses latch onto this.

      So, have a listen and find out how to make it work for you and your business.


      LET'S CONNECT:

      Website : ⁠⁠⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠⁠⁠

      Instagram : ⁠⁠⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠⁠⁠

      LinkedIn: ⁠⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠⁠⁠

      Get the Smashing Self-Employment book : ⁠https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL⁠

      7 min
    7. Top business tips from a successful self-employed graphic designer - An Interview with Clare McCabe

      Clare McCabe of Purple Star Design (www.purplestardesign.co.uk) shares her top tips for success in self-employment.

      Clare shares the key things that she's learned in nearly 20 years as a freelance designer.

      This includes:

      • Being brave
      • Sticking to your values
      • Being prepared for a bumpy start
      • Setting goals
      • and more



        • LET'S CONNECT:

        Website : ⁠⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠⁠

        Instagram : ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠⁠

        LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠⁠

        Get the Smashing Self-Employment book : https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL

        22 min
      • How to take a holiday when you're self-employed (or running a small business)

        For many people in the self-employed world having a holiday can be a stressful time.

        There's a risk that you'll end up spending more time fretting about your clients, and what they need, than actually taking the time to relax and enjoy your  holiday.

        The interesting thing is that your clients won't be surprised that you're having a holiday and will actually expect you to be unavailable during that time.

        So, this episode talks you through how to set things up so nothing gets missed and you're able to enjoy your holiday.


        LET'S CONNECT:

        Website : ⁠⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠⁠

        Instagram : ⁠⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠⁠

        LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠⁠

        Get the book : ⁠⁠https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL⁠⁠

        8 min
      • Do this if you want to get more done! (a simple and powerful way to improve your productivity)

        Getting things done is key to success in business (and life) but many of us struggle.

        The key is FOCUS!

        So, this short episode walks you through a very simple idea that could seriously improve your productivity almost immediately.

        So here it is:

        Switch stuff off!

        It really is that simple.

        Listen in to find out the how and why of this powerful concept.


        LET'S CONNECT:

        Website : ⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠

        Instagram : ⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠

        LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠

        Get the book : ⁠https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL⁠

        7 min
      • Market Segmentation - what it is and why it's important

        If you don't segment (split up) your target audience then you may end up trying to sell the wrong things to the wrong people.

        In essence, you're improving your market targeting so your marketing results will be as good as they can be.

        This episode explains.



        LET'S CONNECT:


        Website : ⁠smashingselfemployment.com⁠

        Instagram : ⁠www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/⁠

        LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/⁠

        Get the book : ⁠https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL⁠

        9 min
      • It's important to know why you're self-employed. This episode explains.

        Being self-employed is the best way to work but it doesn't come without it's challenges (like all things in life).

        Knowing your key reason (or reasons) for being self-employed will help to sustain you and give you motivation going forward.

        The stronger your reason(s), the easier it will be to keep going into the long-term.

        This short episode talks you through the why and how of knowing your reason.


        LET'S CONNECT:


        Website : smashingselfemployment.com

        Instagram : www.instagram.com/smashingselfemployment/

        LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karlcraigwest/

        Get the book : https://amzn.to/2GiBBEL

        6 min

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