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New Logo Design
This year marks the fifth year that Red Kite Services has been trading, I started part-time back in 2010, moving to full time the year after. Since then I have moved into an office and Red Kite Services will be becoming a partnership next month. (more on that to follow) So I thought it was…
Read More4 Easy Ways to Update Your Website
Remember that pride when you launched your new website? How did it feel to have it all completed and ready to share with customers? But, a website is never finished or completed: you need to stay committed to regularly updating it. Here are 4 easy ways to update your website They don’t need to take lots of time,…
Read More10 Reasons Why I Love Buffer
I keep mentioning buffer to my clients and, ahead of a talk to the York Wedding Industry Network tonight I thought I would write a brief blog about why I love buffer. Buffer allows you to drip feed information onto your various social media channels throughout the day. Once you are set up you can click…
Read MoreTop 5 Reasons to Outsource Your Work
Every small business owner I meet has a passion and focus for what they are doing, but often I also notice there are times when they struggle to really drive their business forward because the day to day stuff is getting in the way. Outsourcing the things which are essential to your business, but don’t…
Read MoreWebsite Update Service
Last month I spent an excellent two days in Manchester learning much more about WordPress websites with one of the founders of WordPress, Mike Little. Part of my administrative support to a number of clients has always been to assist in updating their websites, whether through writing blogs, adding photos or adding events. Following on…
Read MoreHow to Manage your Contacts
Everyone who has a business keeps contact details in some form or other. Often these contacts are a box of business cards, sometimes they are either handwritten or online data collection forms. For people who are really on the ball these contacts might have been added to a spreadsheet. As an administrator, I would usually…
Read MoreWhy Updating Websites is Important
It is the first full week of a new year, and everyone is beginning to plan the year ahead: their holiday; their weekends; their parties. Where do they look to help plan these events? The internet. Many people also have New Year’s resolutions to try something new. Whether they are looking to learn to dance,…
Read MoreWhy I Don’t Make New Year’s Resolution
Yes, it’s that obligatory New Year blog. The one about how I’m going to change my life, improve myself, become a millionaire etc. Except I will not be making any New Year’s resolutions. The problem with New Year’s resolutions is: They are major lifestyle changes – stopping smoking/losing weight/going to the gym/changing a job etc…
Read More7 Reasons Why I Hate The Apprentice
I love The Apprentice. It is great and entertaining TV. It gets us all talking at home and in the office – especially the rights and wrongs of ‘skeletongate.’ But, there are 7 reasons why, as a small business owner, I hate The Apprentice. 1) The image it gives business owners – most of the participants,…
Read MoreWhy I Still Send Christmas Cards
It might be old fashioned, but I still send Christmas cards – hand-written and in the post. Yes, I have reduced the numbers, but I think there is still a role for Christmas cards in this electronic age. There are two groups of people I send cards to: Friends and relatives I don’t see very…
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