I spent last night at the British Library, as part of the panel at the Passion Into Pounds event hosted by Jessica Huie MBE and Vicki Psarias, aka Honest Mum. My fellow panellists were Jo Morrell, founded of The Pool, and media expert and best-selling author of The Million Dollar Blog, Natasha Courtenay-Smith. And me. Imposter […]
Continue readingThis morning I went for a run in glorious spring sunshine. ‘I must start promoting the next 10-day Business Book Proposal Challenge a bit more strenuously,’ I thought to myself as I trundled along. ‘I know, it’s such a lovely day, I’ll record a quick video outside to tell people what it’s all about. People […]
Continue readingToday’s blog is over at BookMachine – Brand building for publishers: it may not be what you think https://bookmachine.org/2017/03/08/brand-building-for-publishers-it-may-not-be-what-you-think/
Continue readingYesterday was a real career high: I was interviewed by Joanna Penn for her legendary podcast The Creative Penn – one of my all-time favourites, and one that inspired me to begin my own podcast. She has such a natural, warm way about her and obviously enjoys talking to her guests enormously, and that gave […]
Continue readingIn this week’s Extraordinary Business Book Club episode I talk to Alan Weiss, the author of Million Dollar Consulting and more than 60 books in total. He also blogs and vlogs regularly. That’s a significant amount of content generation for someone who’s running a multi-million dollar consulting firm as the day job. It turns out […]
Continue readingI was chatting the other day to someone who’d moved back to the US recently after living in the UK for two years. What really struck her, she said, was the sudden ubiquity of voice assistants. ‘Everyone has Alexa, and they’re continually asking, “Alexa, remind me about this,” or “Alexa, what’s the weather like tomorrrow?”‘ […]
Continue readingI’m just putting together the show notes for Monday’s Extraordinary Business Book Club podcast episode, featuring an interview with the author of Million Dollar Consulting, Alan Weiss. It was an eye-opening conversation for me, one of the most challenging I’ve ever done (in a good way!), and I just wanted to share this extract to […]
Continue readingNext week I’m taking part in what looks like a fabulous event for International Women’s Day at the British Library, Passion into Pounds, an ‘evening of inspiration’ for women hosted by Vicki Psarias and Jessica Huie (see more here). It’s my favourite format, a panel discussion (I’m in superb company: the other members are Jo Morrell, […]
Continue readingFor the past decade, Facebook has focused on connecting friends and families. With that foundation, our next focus will be developing the social infrastructure for community — for supporting us, for keeping us safe, for informing us, for civic engagement, and for inclusion of all. With 1.86bn users, Facebook’s reach is greater than any single […]
Continue readingIf you’re writing a business book, I’m willing to bet at some point you’ve had this thought: ‘I need to provide a reference for this.’ Alternatively, you might have thought: ‘I wonder what the latest thinking is on this subject?’ Peer-reviewed scholarly research is the gold standard of referencing, but until recently it was impossible […]
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