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Frodo Baggins. Harry Potter. Erin Brockovich. Everyone loves a plucky underdog that’s unafraid to take on the big guys and win. Thing is, being that underdog that gets to the top takes hard graft, a bit of luck, and the right tools at your disposal. After all, David didn’t defeat Goliath on his...

Possibly the best solution? Saving space by installing fitted wardrobes is the best solution when you have limited space to work within your place. Often, you are faced with a challenging task of letting go of the best shopping deals because you barely have enough space to store your shoes,...

[IMG] If you feel stuck in your life, then you are not alone, but fortunately, there are many solutions available to help you get “unstuck”. For example, life coaches can help their clients explore and come up with the best choices for their lives based on where they are currently and then...

Just starting out? Right, so I’m guessing you have mountains of money just to throw at marketing and see what sticks? I’m kidding, obviously. You’re bootstrapping… and that means you’re in the tricky situation of needing an amazing marketing campaign that really works, without the blockbuster...

The GDPR is a reasonable bit of legislation if looked at from the point of view of someone on your email marketing list. They have reassurances and more rights. It is ironic, at a time of increased oversight, that after the debacle of Cambridge Analytica and Facebook, the latter a household...

Whilst, as Google tells us, shares on social media do not directly affect SEO ranking, they do have positive effects. Not only that, they can increase your email marketing lists. You will see that most blogs and articles on websites have share buttons for social media. You might be wondering...

There’s only one way of assessing the overall success of an email marketing campaign and that is by the return on investment. It’s the only metric that matters. However, you need to concentrate on the details rather than go for changes to the total. The function of a marketing email is to get...

The government is not addressing the concerns of the industry regarding the Check Employment Status Tool (CEST). According to the Association of Independent Professionals and the Self-Employed, the government is not taken into consideration views of stakeholders that include independent...

In the UK, Workplace pension savers increased by 9 million with the introduction of auto enrolment. Ireland now plans to shadow the success that the UK has had and will introduce an auto enrolment pension system. Prime Minister for Ireland, Leo Varadkar, has set out a roadmap for pension reform...

[ATTACH] Our pet sitters were warned to be vigilant about this awful disease when first reported in 2012. The symptoms of Alabama Rot are skin lesions, ulcers and or sores, which can appear on a dog’s legs, body, mouth or tongue and within days this can lead to acute kidney failure. We...

The Finance Act 2017 had introduced 2019 Loan Charge that has raised a lot of controversies. It is a tax charge on outstanding loans taken through any disguised remuneration (DR) scheme used for tax avoidance. When Mel Stride, the current Finance Secretary, was asked by the House of Commons to...

How many emails have you deleted today without even reading them? The sad fact is, most of what ends up in our inboxes is pretty poor. It’s badly timed, badly thought out, badly executed. It doesn’t draw us in or make us want to take the next step. On the plus side, there are certain...

Most sellers know that Black Friday and Cyber Monday are two of the biggest selling days of the year, but how about Amazon Prime Day? In 2017, it was the largest single sales day in Amazon’s history. Amazon has confirmed that Amazon Prime Day 2018 will start at noon on Monday 16 July with deals...

We’ve all had the awful realisation that we’ve made a huge mistake in our email, milliseconds after we click ‘send’. To help you avert such disastrous fate, we’ve put together a handy email preflight checklist. Perhaps you’ve spotted a glaring spelling error. Or you forgot to attach the...

The Association of Independent Professionals and the Self Employed (IPSE) is the UK’s largest community of professionals working for promoting the interest of self-employed. The organization is the voice of the self-employed who make up one in seven individuals in the UK. According to Chris...