Getting Your Site Known

It’s all very well having a gorgeous site with good functionality and lots of lovely things on it, but if no one knows about it it’s rather a waste! (And very unfair on potential customers!) (And potentially quite bad for business….)
So (having emailed all my family and friends and asked them to tell theirs), my current daily [...]

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Day Two – Teething Problems

I’m writing a lot at the moment because I get the feeling there may be swathes of time approaching when I simply don’t have time to. Day Two of Being My Own Boss has been one of the most stressful and euphoric of my life!
I think the words ‘teething problems’ may have been invented for this morning, when [...]

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Boutiko Launches!

The day has finally arrived! www.boutiko.co.uk went live this afternoon.  There are a few creases to iron out so I’m anticipating a few very late nights ahead, but I am so excited and happy to have reached this point after nine months of preparation!
So many thanks to those who have helped and supported me and continue [...]

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Launch Postponed

Due to the highly unoriginal reason of unforseen circumstances, which have led to there being not enough time to be ready before the stated date of launch, I have been forced to push it back to next week. While disappointing, it will at least mean that everything will have been done properly and not rushed to coincide [...]

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Shoes! (Ethical Ones, Of Course)

My friend Kitty has launched an ethical footwear business, and her site went live yesterday.  Find it at www.kitty-cooper.com .  Kitty studied shoe design at Cordwainers in London and her designs are simply stunning. She only uses vintage fabrics and trimmings or chromium free leather, and the shoes are gorgeous and decadent enough to rival [...]

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Nearly There!

I’ve seen the site! It’s half finished, but definitely getting there. It almost feels like this is happening to someone else. I’ve spent so long now working towards this and can hardly believe it’s actually going to be real and outside my own head soon!
Some of the photos look a bit too vivid and there [...]

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