If you need it, here’s a permission slip for you: you can market using the strategies and channels that feel good to you.
Author: Astrid Bracke
3 ways to build relationships with customers and clients
Do you want to build stronger relationships with customers & clients as a small business owner? Find my tips here on client connection and customer relationship building.
interview: Rachael Chrystal on running a slow, gentle + profitable business
One of my key values is community: I love connecting with other small business owners and get inspired by how they run their businesses and live their lives. In this interview series I’m asking lovely small business owners to share how they run a slow, gentle and profitable business. In this post, Rachel Chrystal shares…… Continue reading interview: Rachael Chrystal on running a slow, gentle + profitable business
What are you giving yourself permission for today?
I very much believe that we know deep inside what we need and what we crave, but that often expectations, demands, stories and to-do lists can muddle that knowing. So, right now, I’d invite you to take a breath. To ground yourself in the chair or sofa sitting in, feeling the contact with the floor…… Continue reading What are you giving yourself permission for today?
How to make big decisions in your business
In late summer, I suddenly got an idea for my business that felt big. Huge. New. Amazing. I felt deeply that I wanted to do this, and that it would be the right thing for my business. The idea came to me practically fully formed: one minute I had the idea, and the next I…… Continue reading How to make big decisions in your business
Substack 101: how to use and enjoy the platform
Since I moved my business newsletter over to Substack in November last year, I’ve been getting some questions about Substack. Most of the time the person asking the question looks at me slightly sheepishly and asks, “But, uhm, what exactly is Substack?”. I love getting this question! As I wrote here, I did a deep-dive into all…… Continue reading Substack 101: how to use and enjoy the platform
interview: Anna Considine on running a slow, gentle + profitable business
One of my key values is community: I love connecting with other small business owners and get inspired by how they run their businesses and live their lives. In this interview series I’m asking lovely small business owners to share how they run a slow, gentle and profitable business. In this post, Anna Considine shares…… Continue reading interview: Anna Considine on running a slow, gentle + profitable business
interview: Taylor Broughton on running a slow, gentle + profitable business
One of my key values is community: I love connecting with other small business owners and get inspired by how they run their businesses and live their lives. In this interview series I’m asking lovely small business owners to share how they run a slow, gentle and profitable business. In this post, Taylor Broughton shares…… Continue reading interview: Taylor Broughton on running a slow, gentle + profitable business
should you move your newsletter to Substack?
If you’ve been reading my newsletter recently, you know how much I love Substack. And you’ll know that I’m in the process of moving my newsletter to Substack too. It seems lately loads of people are talking about Substack—one friend even admitted to having Substack FOMO. So, the question is, as a small business owner,…… Continue reading should you move your newsletter to Substack?
practical strategies for rest as a small business owner
Do you feel like you get enough rest? And does rest really have a place in your business?In this post, I share some reflections on rest and practical strategies for rest as a small business owner. the dream of rest I dream of a world in which rest in normal. In which rest, is fact,…… Continue reading practical strategies for rest as a small business owner