The accidental web-designer

How hard can it be to build a website?

A new (ad) venture! EverywordCopywriting

It’s here, it’s here!! EverywordCopywriting is alive and ready to sprinkle moon dust into darkest crevices of your marketing campaigns. After deep analysis of my personal brand and USP, re-reads and re-writes, we pressed the ‘go live’ button. Please welcome my new addition – http://www.everywordcopywriting.co.uk feel free to peruse this sunny orange/ grey ‘word cloud’ I’ve spent the past few months […]

Thinking of quitting your day job?

This interview appeared in Stylist Magazine, Online Edition, November 2014 Recently I responded to a journalist request and this was the result… Downgrading your job – Career women who traded high salary careers jobs to set up their own business or become self-employed What was the job title of your original job? Media Relations Manager What’s the job […]

Setting up in own business – success stories

Sponsored post This film has a twist; watch it and see if you see it coming. I won’t spoil it for you but if you are that sticky stage of deciding whether you set up your own business, you’ll recognise it when it happens.. Watching Charlie at work is to see a dream in action. […]

What type of freelancer are you?

You’re having a conversation with friends about your job, and you mention you’re a freelancer. The assumption is you work for yourself, right? Wrong. There are many variables in this key section of the workforce. In order to define what sort of freelancer you are, you need to be clear about how you wish to work. To complicate things […]

Charlie & the ‘Doll’ Face book cover

When every word of copy is checked and perfected, what else do you need to sell a book? A strong cover, and that’s exactly what Penguin has delivered! But has the publisher gone too far? When I first saw this article, my initial response was mild shock and ‘yuk, this image is borderline […]

About Conversation Between Friends

Welcome to “Conversation Between Friends” and Suzy and I’ve set up this blog for two reasons: 1. Creative a safe space to discuss issues that are important to me and hopefully stimulate debate whilst doing so 2. Showcase to employers, potential colleagues, companies and fellow creatives my unique personal brand I’m a communications copywriter, PR and marketing professional […]