Linked In is one of the most popular online networking and recruitment sites, but not many creatives are using it. It looks a bit corporate, and if you don’t have ‘a proper job title’ you might struggle with getting your personal profile started. In this one hour online masterclass The Design Trust partner and social [...] Read more »
Free The Design Trust Online Masterclass: How to grow your small creative business with email & social media, with Tamsin Fox-Davies, Weds 22 May at 1pm (UK time)
Do you want to use social media for your creative business, but don’t know where to start? Do you know how important emails can be to promote your business? Do you want to learn how to create a great email or e-invite? This highly informative session will take you from marketing novice to marketing savvy [...] Read more »
Online course review: ‘Twitter Brilliance’ by Alicia Cowan
Are you wasting your time on Twitter? (Be honest!) Want to spend less time, and get better results? How does ‘doing a daily 10-minute Twitter workout’ sound to you, especially if it gets results? Do you want to network and connect with the right people on Twitter? Raise your profile dramatically? Drive traffic to your [...] Read more »
The Design Doctor: Where to start with social media?
Dear Design Doctor I have been a textile designer maker for over ten years. I want to start using social media, but don’t really know where to start. I’m not strong in marketing or using computers, but I feel that I need ‘to keep up’ with the younger makers! What’s the best way to start [...] Read more »
6 unrivaled solutions that will stop you wasting time on twitter – by Alicia Cowan
Alicia Cowan is a social media strategist, consultant and trainer for creative small business owners with entrepreneurial spirit. She is the creator of Twitter Brilliance, a wonderful in depth Twitter marketing training programme available online. Alicia hosts social media workshops in the UK and globally via the internet – from the comfort of her office [...] Read more »
Exclusive Business Club webinar: Mindful productivity with Sinead Mac Manus of 8Fold
Are you getting stressed about your emails, twitter, facebook and the like? Do you feel overwhelmed and overloaded with information? Do you tend to jump from one idea to the next? Do you procrastinate rather a lot? Then this Mindful Productivity webinar is for you! This one hour webinar gives a great practical overview of [...] Read more »
9 easy & quick actions to a stress free inbox by Kathryn Hall of My Virtual Sidekick
Is your inbox overflowing? Does the ‘Zero Inbox’ concept pass you by completely?! (yes me too ) Most of us have got a bit of a challenge on our hands when it comes to inbox management … This really practical guest post is written by Kathryn Hall, who is a Brighton based Virtual Assistant with [...] Read more »
Exclusive The Design Trust webinar: ‘Practical Twitter for beginners’ with Justyna Sowa
Twitter is one of the most popular social media tools around. If you think Twitter is especially for people sharing pictures about their breakfast and kids, or talk about the British weather, then think again … and we encourage you to watch this webinar! Twitter is not just a great tool to sell yourself and [...] Read more »
Book review: Blogging for creatives – a practical introduction to get you started with creating your own website
If you are thinking about starting a creative blog, or want to improve your current blog, either as a hobby or turn it into an online business, then this is one of the best practical ‘how to’ books to get. Even if you don’t want to blog regularly or share stories, but you want to [...] Read more »
13 quick actions to get more and better design twitter followers (and 8 tips to lose them again!)
To be honest quantity isn’t everything when it comes to Twitter followers … for me the quality of people is actually more important. But obviously, having 3,000 followers is better than 33 (as these will be your mates only). I only got started with Twitter one year ago. I wasn’t overly keen to start with, [...] Read more »