Chesney Hawkes. Whilst I never thought I’d be opening a business article with those words, the man has a point when it comes to embracing your own unique qualities. Whether you’re trying to make it as a model, an artist, or a village hairdresser, there has never been more information available online about you as [...]
If you’re running a business which trades in physical products, have you ever thought about partnering with a blog or publication to run a giveaway or competition? This can be a great way to get your foot in the door of bigger and better sites and magazines than you may have cracked in the past, [...]
Hi. My name’s Sarah-Jane, and I’m a Facebook addict. For me, Facebook has proven to be the most successful social media platform, possibly due to the fact that I jumped ship from Myspace at just the right time. (Myspace who?) So imagine my delight at the recent overhauls made by the site, such as the [...]
Journalists. We’re funny creatures. We moan about the amount of unsolicited pitches we receive, but we moan when nobody replies to our appeals for submissions. We moan when you make follow up calls and badger us about when a piece will be ready, but we’ll moan if you don’t immediately reply to our emails. We [...]
‘Jack of all trades, master of none’ is a phrase which continually haunts me. Not because I have any deep rooted fear of men named Jack, but because the idea of spreading myself too thinly in business, and subsequently being distinctly average at a whole host of nothing in particulars, is the stuff of nightmares. [...]
If you’ve been making the most of the information within this column, by now you should be making good headway in becoming proactive at DIY PR and increasing your own press exposure. In fact, I’m assuming you’re regularly donning leg warmers and head bands and cart wheeling across the room to the soundtrack of ‘Fame’, [...]
Juergen Knoth, photographer, 33
“I’ve always been fascinated by drawing, graphic design and things like that. Nevertheless I studied medical technology in the first place but my side jobs in dance and choreography kind of pulled me back into the creative area again. Basically I just started doing it. Take your time in the first two [...]
There are currently three sets of words which are instantly recognisable to citizens the world over; Barack Obama. Jade Goody. Credit crunch. If you’re anything like me, the doom and gloom of being told that our economic situation means that now is the worst possible time to be starting any kind of career, let alone [...]
If there was an outtake show for emails, I would be the obvious choice as host. I could smile smugly to camera, gently mocking those who haven’t thought through their correspondence with me, resulting in a warm shake of the head and a wag of the finger as I read aloud some of the silly [...]
Parisa Couture
“This had been a hobby for both of us for quite some time; Nasima studied Fashion design at college, but didn’t pursue it as a career, but carried on designing as a hobby. Nasima started making customised outfits for musicians and Rusana has styled for Asian bridal catwalks and works as a freelance fashion stylist. [...]
Working for yourself, especially if you operate from home, can sometimes feel like less of a 24/7 setup, and more of a 28 hour a day, 8 days a week situation. Ironically, the more you work, the more work you have left to do, and escaping the pinging of your msn, email, Facebook, Twitter, Myspace, [...]
As last night’s left over kebab meat and the hangover from Hell kick in, and the realisation dawns that not only do you have a mere 25p to your name to last six months but your dissertation is also due in two days, it can be easy to rue the day you decided to skip [...]
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