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What are your brand stories?

by Carla | Blog, Brand Photography Notes, Branding your business, Building a business, Personal Branding Photography, Photography

We tell stories all the time – about our lives and the things that happen to us on a day to day basis. Stories are how humans make sense of the world, and are a huge part of how we communicate. It makes sense, then, that your business has stories too –...

Tendring Business Fortnight 2022

by Carla | Behind the scenes, Blog, Journal, Love your business, Multipod Life & Business, Multipoddery

Essex never fails to amaze me with its support of the amazing variety of businesses based here. Admittedly, I started my first business shortly after moving here 14 years back, but it has always felt like a creative, supportive and entrepreneurial part of the UK...

Creating a personal brand

by Carla | Blog, Brand Photography Notes, Branding your business, Building a business

Creating a personal brand can be the key to supercharging your business. You might have started your business or your freelance work because you hated working in an open plan office full of people (hi, fellow introvert and HSP!), but your business really is more about...

Business mentoring 101 – how can a business mentor help?

by Carla | Blog, Mentoring, Multipod Life & Business, Multipoddery

All business owners sometimes have hiccups – starting and running a business is a constant rollercoaster with plenty of unexpected WTF moments along the way. (Though we wouldn’t change it for the world, would we?!) Juggling all the hats you have to wear,...

How to improve your online presence

by Carla | Blog, Brand Photography Notes, Branding your business, Building a business, Multipod Life & Business, Tips, Tricks and Tools

Your online presence is like your living room (or reception desk, if you’re feeling formal) on the internet. It’s the very first impression many of your clients, collaborators and contacts will have of you and your business, and it’s crucial that...

A year of morning pages

by Carla | Behind the scenes, Blog, Mindset, Product Photography, Tips, Tricks and Tools

31st May marks an anniversary – a whole year of morning pages! What are morning pages? Created (in the form I’m familiar with, at least) by Julia Cameron in The Artist’s Way, morning pages are three A4 pages, or approximately 750 words, of long form,...
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