Soul Trader Blog
Meet Jessica Huie MBE, PR expert + founder, Colorblind Cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXWc8q57qdM Meet Jessica Huie MBE founder of Colourblind Cards and JHPR. Jessica's remarkable journey has taken her from being a teenage mum that many may have easily written off to representing major celebrities through her public...
How to grow your owner managed business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D2WI7dkBD24 Just how do you make a business survive and flourish? We hear the term business growth all the time. Turn on the TV, flick through the newspapers and talk about businesses and the economy growing - or struggling - is...
Your health and fitness in business
How important is health and fitness in running a business? Barely a week goes by without there being a report about the state of the nations health, a sedentary lifestyles, the stresses in the workplace and business and so...
Build & boost website & online presence
Over the last 20 years the Internet has revolutionised business and our lives generally. And when it comes to starting or growing your business your website and your online presence is one of the key factors to giving...
Meet Jane Middleton of Authentic Associates
Jane Middleton, founder of Authentic Associates and chair of the Aviation Club has had a fascinating career. She started her career dreaming of becoming a pilot, left home and moved into banking, and then found herself...
What is marketing?
Just what is marketing? How do you market your business effectively? What needs is it that your business really meets? How do establish your brand in such a noisy marketplace? How can you compete as a small business? A few...
Getting it right: business structure, finance & reporting
One of the things that can be most daunting - especially in the early years and when your business changes - is choosing the right business structure and managing your business finances and reporting. It can be complex: who...
Thank goodness! – Meet the Kindness Offensive
There's a song that I love called "Consideration" by Reef that begins with the beautiful line "I don't think that Kindness is a weakness." And that's most certainly true of The Kindness Offensive. As their website puts it...
Take flight: Kell Ryan Co-Founder of RyanAir
A few years ago I hosted the launch of one of my contacts' businesses. There I was introduced to Kell Ryan, Co-Founder of RyanAir whose brother, the late Tony Ryan, was the visionary founder behind the airline. What...
Your self, your health, your mindset
Being your own boss requires a lot of energy, enthusiasm and stamina. There can also be lots of pressures and stresses. And if your not careful you can find that your health can become very adversely affected by how you are...
5 aspects of love & relationships
When we think of relationships. more often than not we think of romance, Valentine’s Day and finding that perfect match. The reality is that there’s much more to relationships than this. Here are my five tips to help you...
10 minute relaxation / meditation
Even if you're very mindful and heart-centred there can and will be times where running your business / practice will get tiring, trying, taxing and testing. There will be times where there are all sorts of demands,...
Meet sales & marketing guru, Grant Leboff
Grant Leboff is one of the U.K's leading Sales and Marketing experts. His three books ‘Sales Therapy’ Sticky Marketing - and his most recent - ‘Stickier Marketing’ have all been #1 in the Amazon Sales & Marketing Chart....
Have you got what it takes?
Are you cut out to be your own boss? Is running a business really right for you? How do you know? How can your find out without taking a bit financial, emotional and physical toll on you? Every year I meet lots of people who...
Finding the right staff and support
One of the issues that many find most challenging along the path of being your own boss and running your own business is the issue of finding the right staff and support. It’s actually quite a broad subject. On the one hand pretty much from when you first start out we...
Top Tips for 2015
So here we are in 2015. First of all we wish you a very Happy New Year for yourself and for your venture. Perhaps like thousands of others you start each year with all sorts of hopes, wishes, desires, dreams, plans or aspirations for the year ahead. Perhaps you're...
Tech / IT made easy: top tips for you & your business
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wynPG9lOM0A How do you feel about technology and IT? Comfortable and at ease? Uncertain and overwhelmed? Do you feel as though you're making best or adequate use of technology in your business? I caught up with IT expert Thomas Jeffs to...
The path to authenticity: Meet Tom Bruno Magdich of 4D Human Being
Tom Bruno Magdich is a West End star turned communications consultant - and founder of the internationally successful training company 4D Human Being. I first met Tom many years ago - early in my coaching career - when we...
Countdown to 2015
As we swiftly head toward the end of the year it's worth thinking, planning and acting on what still needs doing and making sure that your all set for the holiday season and to set up the year ahead. Contact & catch up: The end of the year and the start of the New...
From stress to peace and happiness
It’s interesting to note that one of the main reasons we choose to become our own boss is to reduce the stress, unhappiness and structure of being employed and gain more freedom, balance and pleasure. Yet what can so easily happen – if you’re not really careful - is...
You & money: the secret to having a healthy relationship
Rasheed speaks to award-winning entrepreneur and business mentor, Rachel Elnaugh What’s your relationship with money like? Do you love it, hanker after it or do you have a dislike to it and even feel it’s ‘the root of all...