Top transferable skills drawn from customer-service experience
Transferable skills are the silver bullet out of an unsatisfactory job. The digital world offers so much more these days for those who have honed these skills.
What makes for effective crisis communication?
An alarming upswing in disasters worldwide is being experienced: be it weather, war or warnings being sounded about humanitarian crises, etc. people are being pummelled with it. But are we prepared for it as solopreneurs and small business owners? The challenge is whether we will know how to handle it, and, if need be, through effective crisis communication.
Safeguarding your brand’s reputation – be royally successful online
Safe to say that we can relegate prevailing thoughts, as espoused by PT Barnum and Oscar Wilde, before social media and the digital explosion of today was that any publicity was good publicity even if one was at the receiving end of bad press, in the 1800s.
Women’s workplace productivity wreckers in our 40s – and how to overcome
Perimenopause, the time when productivity and punctuality are seemingly out the door and wasted time the order of the day. More and more, women are being whopped by their hormonal fluctuations and productivity bludgeoned, while confidence is dashed and self-doubt taunts.
Mistakes are unavoidable when building your first website
Building your first website from scratch with very little knowledge or being especially tech savvy is daunting when you are older, but it can be done.
Rookie mistakes to avoid when building first WordPress.org website
A comprehensive list (blow-by-blow account it feels like) of aspects to consider before building your first WordPress.org website that some of the pain can at least be spared and you can make informed decisions taken from a newbie. Bear in mind that I am not tech savvy as a matter of course.
The GOAT of soaps – why goat’s milk is such a luxury
Discover why goat’s milk soaps and baths are indelibly linked to royalty and how it can be an incredible addition to your beauty routine.
The value of communication in a crisis
Whether the crisis is self-made or as a result of perfect storm of events, one needs to know how to tackle such an event when it arises. For well-established solopreneurs or small business owners, it is important to consider what an appropriate crisis communication plan would look like should something untoward threaten livelihood, safety or customers’ well-being.
Faith in the fruit of my labour – and confidence to continue
As I prayed, the message in my heart was always to trust God. To trust that He would reward me for the effort I put in and that there would be fruit to show for it somehow. The words of the late Derek Prince, in a recorded piece, rammed home the fact that no fruit is produced without cultivation – and cultivation is hard work. From planting the seeds, fertilising the soil, watering it, removing weeds, ensuring the right amount of exposure to sunlight, etc.
Knowing luxury from a bar of soap
Do a whistle-stop tour through history and discover the origins of soap production and the craft of soap- making.