Joanne Dewberry

Blogging Tips

  • 9 Content Ideas To Get You Blogging

     9 Content Ideas To Get You Blogging

  • How to Target Your Keywords with Blog Posts

     How to Target Your Keywords with Blog Posts

#40before40 Three Years in the Making

#40before40 Three Years in the Making

Can you even call yourself a blogger if you don’t have a #40before40 list? In October 2017 I turned 37. It came as a little bit of a shock as I still think I’m in my 20’s. I’m not even sure I feel like an appropriate adult the majority of the time but somehow I’ve found myself a parent of 3 children, a small business owner and navigating my way through life with Daddy Moo (who I’ve spent nearly half my life with now!).  This paragraph has me ageing by the second! Oh and now I’m 38! Anyway it got…

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7 Myths Around Self-employment

7 Myths Around Self-employment

I’ve been self-employed since June 2008, which sometimes feels like a lifetime ago and sometimes last week! I’ve learnt a lot about myself, met some amazing freelancers, small business owners, written a book and won a few awards.  Although, it is estimated that 4.8 million people in the UK are self-employed* which accounts for around 15% of the working population, there are still so many myths around self-employment and working from home. *Stats from Gov.UK October 2018 7 Myths Around Self-employment :  Long Hours : HALF RIGHT. This is a hard one as sometimes I do work longer hours to…

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9 Content Ideas To Get You Blogging

9 Content Ideas To Get You Blogging

I hear it so often, the reason many of my small business friends don’t blog, content ideas. They literally have no idea what to write about. Which to me sounds INSANE! I am able to list off loads of topics for all my friends and they look at me dumbfounded. What is their problem? I think the main issue is overthinking. That overthinking of what essentially is an easy task “write something about my business” into a complex equation in their heads. X + Y = Twenty billion. My advice (are you ready it’s mighty profound) the best way to…

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6 Places Where Freelancing Mums Have Been Surprisingly Productive!

6 Places Where Freelancing Mums Have Been Surprisingly Productive!

I write A LOT about working from home, productivity and home offices, I know I sound like a broken record I really do. But there is a lot to be said about having the best set up at home in order to be your most productive.  At the end of the day, unless you actually get stuff done, you don’t earn an income and you don’t grow your business. #fact However, I fully appreciate that just sometimes sitting by yourself looking at the same 4 walls does absolutely nothing to inspire or develop your creativity.  Getting out of your home…

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