Category Archives: MSPA Tips
4 reasons why you’re not outsourcing your copywriting and 4 benefits if you did
In a mid-career interview, David Bowie talked about writing every single day - even if it was just a little. This daily discipline makes total sense. It's not always possible, but many highly driven and successful creatives...
Selling (vi) - why cold calls still generate business & 6 ways to get them right.
This summer I went to Marrakesh (it’s not all work people ;) - it was the best trip I've been on for ages and truly surpassed all my expectations
If you’ve been, you’ll know that there's...
Automate your apps… with Zapier
Wouldn’t it be great to make all those apps and tools you’ve downloaded work together?
Well, good news! There is. And it’s called Zapier.
Zapier is a nifty little programme that lets you integrate all sorts of things imaginable.
For example, let’s say every time you receive an email...
Seamlessly source & share content with your target audience… with Feedly
An important part of engaging with your audience on social media is regularly sharing relevant and valuable content from other people’s sites and blogs. But, trawling through your feeds looking for hidden gems to share can be time-consuming.
Enter stage right:...
Create simple on-the-hop marketing videos… with Quik
Quik is a pretty amazing tool that we’ve only recently just discovered but are having lots of fun with right now. It’s sort of like the video version of Wordswag, in that it’s just so flipping easy to use and makes you look like...
Easy-peasy social media scheduling… with Buffer
It can be difficult to find the time to be active on social media regularly, even though we know it can be a very effective way of engaging with our audience.
That’s why using a social media scheduler can be a useful addition to your marketing...
Create gorgeous shareable images in seconds… with Wordswag
If there was a prize for Most Addictive App, this would definitely win. It’s just so much fun!
Wordswag lets you transform any text, quote or message into a deliciously attractive and uber-shareable piece of visual content in just minutes.
Pre-populated with gorgeous template images...
Never lose a great idea again… with Evernote
The Evernote app is the bees-knees of note-taking. Never again will you lose a post-it note or forget which scrap of paper you scrawled down that game-changing business idea you had.
Evernote is the one-stop-shop for all your notes, both business and personal. Just...
7 special time-saving tools to keep you ahead of the game and boost productivity
Constantly strapped for time? Never enough hours in the day?
I hear you! Life’s *always* busy, right?
But what if I was to tell you that there were a few simple ways in which you could re-claim some of...
Graphic design for non graphic designers… with Canva
We can’t all be designers! And for those of who aren’t, Canva is a great, relatively simple tool for those little design jobs that you really feel you ought to be doing yourself…
Canva makes it easier for us non-pro folks to design attractive,...