Small business tips — Blog — Rachel Emma Waring

If you run a small business, you’ve probably heard that it’s important to determine your ideal customer. There’s a lot of marketing jargon around this topic, like creating an ideal client avatar, or customer profiling, which can make things more confusing than they need to be. However, the phrase “if you’re marketing to everyone, you’re marketing to no-one”, really is true, so it IS important to get to know who we’re selling to. So in this step by step guide, I’ll help you get to know your customer in a more creative and fun way, without the fluff and unnecessary faff. Let’s go!

How to Find Your Creative Style: Creativity Tips for Business Owners

Whether you’re first starting out in your creative career, or you’ve been in business for a while, finding and developing your own unique style can be a challenge. If you’re an artist or an indie maker, it’s especially difficult when you’re looking at your own work, because often you’re too close to it to be able to see it with fresh eyes. It’s a struggle that lots of creatives face for sure, but why is it important to find your voice in your work?

5 Steps to Create a Content Plan You'll Actually Stick To

Do you have loads of content ideas for your small business, but never seem to find enough time to actually post all of them? Lack of time is something lots of us struggle with as creatives with important stuff to do and lives to lead, but having a content planning system that works for you can be an absolute game changer. After working through these five simple steps, you should be well on your way to setting up your own content plan. Let’s GO.

15 Easy Marketing Tips that will Save You Hours of Time

Whenever I ask small business owners what their biggest struggle is with making content and marketing their business, the number one answer is always TIME. There’s so much to think about when you run a business, especially if you work by yourself, so it’s totally understandable that marketing often is the first thing to slip down the to-do list.

17 Ways to Get Out of a Creative Rut

When you feel stuck in a creative rut, it makes running your business even harder than usual, which isn’t exactly helpful when you’re trying to build an empire is it?! Sometimes taking a break is the best remedy, but let’s face it, that’s not always possible when you have deadlines to hit and bills to pay as a small business. So this post is full of creative prompts and tips for when you feel like you've lost your sense of imagination, and you can't seem to find inspiration anywhere.