http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com community, information, inspiration for solpreneurs and business owners Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en One of the most common things that I come across working with people in business (especially business owners) is the comment that ‘I just have too much to do and not enough time to do it'.  This generally sums up one of the major feelings of ‘stress' in business i.e. ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/articles/how-to-improve-your-time-management/ I was asked for input into an article for Look magazine this week, apparently the UK's best selling women's magazine. It's to go with an article about recession-proofing your career and my bit is a beginner's guide to starting a business as an alternative to staying in a dicey job ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/uncategorized/how-to-start-a-business-in-a-recession/ Who does the accounts in your business?   I am worried it might be you!   Do you have the time, the aptitude, the enthusiasm, the acumen?   You've got choices then, havent you?   Either get good at it, or get someone else to do it.   Let me point you in the right direction. Of course ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/talking-business/accounting-for-success/ In anticipation of June Blogging Challenge Month, which are your favourite blogs and why?   Do please leave us a comment telling us which blogs you subscribe to and how they help your business and how you help their business by subscribing/reading.   Let's really dig deep into this business of blogging ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/creative-entrepreneurs-club/which-are-your-favourite-blogs/ The Creative Entrepreneurs Club is introducing a series of monthly challenges, the first of which begins on 1st June with Blogging for Profit. We are going to set aside a whole month to challenge our members to up their blogging game, by blogging at least twice a week on their own ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/creative-entrepreneurs-club/june-is-blogging-challenge-month-for-creative-entrepreneurs/ I never tire of telling anyone who I can persuade to listen to me how important it is to rid yourself of as much clutter as possible in every area of your life, none more so than to be stripped and ready for action in creating entrepreneurial success. This is relatively easy ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/telephone-masterclasses/clutter-clearing-for-profit-and-entrepreneurial-success/ I've just started reading the new book Outliers, The Story of Success by the wonderful Malcolm Gladwell. In it he explains why he believes the culture a person is immersed in has a greater bearing on their success than who they are. He kicks off by talking about medical research into ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/community/being-part-of-a-community-can-save-your-life/ Amidst cries from me about not wanting to go there, and John & Mike calling me PollyAnna (!), I reluctantly agreed that we could talk about the R word today in our Blog Talk Radio show. Listen here:  http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/our-radio-show/recession-what-recession/ Creative Entrepreneurs Night is a monthly London event which gives you a chance to meet entrepreneurial types like you and take part in an informal mix of workshop, networking and social evening. We usually kick off with an expert speaker on topics such as a beginners' guide to internet marketing, how ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/club-benefits/the-benefits-of-membership-12-creative-entrepreneurs-night/ Since we've all been in a business a while now, we have made a lot of expensive mistakes finding a crack team of trusted suppliers whose services we've tried and tested and really rate.   So we've created our Golden Rolodex of those people we want to give a Highly Commended ... http://www.creativeentrepreneursblog.com/club-benefits/the-benefits-of-membership-11-our-golden-rolodex/