Say hello to Rosie Johnson, an illustrator that hopes to entertain and inspire Rosie Johnson is an illustrator based in Exmouth, East Devon. She creates beautiful, individual illustrations and portraits on commission as well as her unique line of cards, jewellery and gifts which are infused with her sense of humour and political views. What … Read more
Have you heard about using a business theme in your business for productivity? At the end of last year, I read an article by Rin Hamburgh, who’d I met earlier in the year, about how she chooses words to be her business theme for the year. The links in the article led me to the … Read more
Welcome to the first in a monthly series of features on inspiring businesses. This month’s feature is Jen Mills from The Floricultural Cabinet, a freelance florist based in the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton, East Devon. Jen started her bespoke florist business in 2011 and shares with us her insights into the inspiration in and … Read more
Why should my business use Facebook? It is a question we get asked a lot. We find that people often approach their Facebook business page with the same way of thinking as their personal page. The expectation is that they’ll post a lovely picture of their products, it will generate lots of likes and comments … Read more
Ultra-Violet is the Pantone colour of the year so we’re pretty sure that this trend is a winner. Last time we looked at the Rebel Mum trend, this week we focus on the Pantone colour of the year – ultra-violet. This trend incorporates everything from pink through to lavender. This trend moves away from the … Read more
Rebel Mum is the first of the four trends from our 2018 trend report that we’re taking a closer look at Rebel Mum, as part of the Kindness Trend is a value-led trend. Women have never wanted to be fit into a box called “mum” and sold to as a homogenous mass of assumptions, Rebel … Read more
What will be the trends affecting your business in 2018? Trend reports make predictions about everything from what colours we’ll be wearing to the foods we’ll be eating and the places we’ll be travelling to. A trend report can feel at the same time incredibly specific yet wonderfully vague, and of course, as a speculative piece of … Read more
Doing an annual business review can provide you with insights to accelerate your growth in the coming year. As we come to the end of the calendar year the media and web are awash with Year in Review content, and while it’s usually fun and often a little sad or bittersweet to look back over … Read more
2017 was a year of change for me and for Imp Ideas, the year can best be summed up as finding new opportunities. Back in summer 2016 I sold the Eroticon conference to new organisers and in spring 2017 I attended the conference for the first time not as an organiser but as a delegate. … Read more
Black Friday isn’t just about a new telly and youtube videos of people losing their wits and manners in a shopping frenzy, oh no, it can be a pretty good time to snap up some bargains to help your small business. Here are six of our favourite Black Friday deals for small businesses Accounting – … Read more
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