by Gill Booles | Nov 17, 2015 | Blog, social media
Social media is about building networks and it works best when a single person or handful of people take charge. But it takes time. Whether or not you choose to get involved you can’t afford to ignore it – the genie is already out of the bottle. You need to be...
by Gill Booles | Dec 5, 2012 | Communication, Marketing
At this time of year I feel like I’m being grabbed by the elbow and propelled towards the Christmas I am not yet ready for. Sainsbury’s ‘know Christmas is more than just one day. It’s about a whole season of days’. Apparently it’s not enough to panic buy for one day,...
by Gill Booles | Nov 12, 2012 | Communication, Digital
It was when the HMRC call centre worker said ‘we can fax them through’ that I was briefly pulled up short. Until then I’d been OK. I had my 10 digit personal reference number and password, I even had a print copy of old statements. Fax? I looked wildly round the room....
by Gill Booles | Nov 5, 2012 | Communication, Design, Marketing, Print
No matter how bad things get, How to Worry Less About Money offers comfort, a book to sit and stroke as the bailiffs step over your prone body and carry the furniture onto the street. The series by PanMacmillan has the most strokeable covers you’ll meet. I was...
by Gill Booles | Oct 11, 2012 | Editing, Proofreading, Self-publishing
“You must meet Sue,” the friend says “she’s taking early retirement and is going to be a proofreader. Perhaps she could lend you a hand.” “Is she trained? How much experience does she have? ” I ask, keen to have a go-to-person for times like this when I’m too busy to...