Scams range from the humorous (above) to the pathetic to the sophisticated. Online AND offline. At first, it was just telephone (landline) scams, then we evolved into email scams, and social media scams, and now we have to watch out for scams on our Smartphones. They seem to go in…

When I first started offering my services online, it was my dream to set up a blog for someone — and be paid for it. The dream turned into a nightmare, and — after a few bad experiences — I quickly started wishing that any such potential clients landed anywhere…

I’ve had a spell away from the online business following the death of my Dad, but online marketing is a bit of an addiction for me, and tentatively I decided to dip a toe in the water and venture back. So I dusted off my existing portfolio of products. Some…

Is it just me? Or has everything gone to pot since COVID-19 started? And I don’t mean the obvious… I mean the basics of doing business and customer service. Fair enough, back in March 2020 when no-one knew what they were doing, and people had no clue about working from…

Once you turn 20, any birthday that ends in a zero (euphemistically referred to by well-meaning friends as ‘special’) is a cause for soul-searching. My most recent ‘special’ birthday had a 7 in it, as well as a 0 so it was something I’d not been looking forward to at…

Sometimes life gets too much for you — burn-out — and you have to stop work for a while. But the bills keep coming in. If you’re self-employed there’s no cushion. …

It’s hardly credible that we’re coming up to a full year since our lockdown in the UK. But here’s a quick scan of my happiness and ultimate heartbreak through the year. Thoughts in February / early March 2020 By late February 2020 my daughter-in-law had the pandemic fixed on her radar and was warning my son and…

You’re probably aware that there are many get-rich-quick, money-making ideas that people may be tempted into — especially if they are desperate and broke. Many just don’t work at all — for instance, broken software. Others WILL work but not as easily as the online promotional material promises. Others are…

‘They’ say you should never do business with friends — and my past experience (as always) bears this out. But what a pleasant surprise when the people you do business with turn out to be better friends than some of the people you thought were real-life friends. Friends in Lock-down My Dad died…