BLOGS!
Welcome to our blog page! Here we share our news, tips and tools – and our Pink Link Member’s blogs!
3 ways to improve the online customer experience of your business
Anne Williamson of Customer Love shares her Top Three Online Customer Experience Tips, read the blog here.
Preventing Sexual Harassment at Work
Emma Browning helps you discover the actions you need to take to do to ensure you are meeting your legal obligation to prevent Sexual Harassment at work here.
Say goodbye to “The Great Resignation” and hello to the “Big Stay”
Emma Browning of Meraki HR looks at the new normal post covid and how the employment market as changed. Read more here
Impostor Syndrome & its Counterpart
Amanda Green takes a deep dive into Imposter Syndrome and looks at how to identify it and what you actions you can take – read more here
The truth behind online ticketing fees
If you’re not careful, these fees can end up eating a hefty chunk of your ticket revenue, Trybooking explains how it works and what you need to look out for.
Clarifying Journal Entries: Understanding Their Importance and Impact on Your Business
Helen Queen explains how JE’s play a vital role in ensuring that financial statements accurately reflect every transaction, read more here.
Reflecting on Relationships
Amanda Green is committed to reflective practice. She takes a look at Mercury Retrograde: Reflections & Relationships! Read her blog here.
What Is Business Banking?
Queen Accountancy discusses whether you should have a business banking account, or not. Read more here.
The Importance of Cash Flow for Your Business’s Health
As a business owner, you know that your bank balance is an important figure to keep track of. In this blog Helen Queen explains why you need to know and what you need to do.
AI in Bookkeeping
Will anyone still need a human bookkeeper in this rapidly evolving landscape? Helen Queen takes a deep dive into the subject. Read more here
How To Market An Event In 2024: The Complete Guide
Trybooking UK has produced an online guide How To Market An Event In 2024 – read their blog for more information here.
I’ve got Xero, I don’t need a Bookkeeper
Is accountancy another sector being replaced by automation and software systems? Helen Queen of Queen Accountancy says no – Read more here.
Who owns an employee’s LinkedIn contacts?
Have you ever wondered who owns an employee’s LinkedIn contacts if they were created as a result of their employment? A must read here
The Power of a Year End Review
Helen Queen discusses the importance of taking stock of your achievements and fails to help plan the year ahead. Read more here
Choosing the Right Virtual Bookkeeper
Queen Accountancy take a non bias look at the options available for virtual bookkeepers. Read more here.
Mastering Event Promotion on LinkedIn: A Comprehensive Guide
Kathryn Hulse at Trybooking.com shares their comprehensive guide on how to master event promotion on LinkedIn. A must read for event planners.
Top Ten Tips to Make Your Exhibition Stand Stand Out
As veterans of the exhibition world, at BusinessGiftUK.com, we like to think we know a thing or two attracting visitors to your stall and engaging with them. Learn more here
Boost Your Profits with Professional Bookkeeping – Discover How Now
As a business owner, you may view bookkeeping as just another expense. But what if we told you that it’s not just about spending money wisely, but actually making more of it? Helen Queen spills the beans!
Useful Accounting Tips to Grow Your Small Business
Growing your small business is no easy feat, but great accounting practices can make a world of difference, Helen Queen shares more.here
Maximizing Efficiency: 6 Tips to Keep Your Business Lean and Competitive in 2024
As a business owner, you know that a lean business model is vital for success and longevity. Helen Queen shares top tips here
5 Impactful Ways Women Can Collaborate in Business
Collaboration is a powerful driver of success for businesses! For women in particular, it presents a powerful avenue to share resources to propel their ventures to new heights. Discover more here
Directors Loan Account
What is a Director’s Loan? And what does it mean for your business? Helen Queen explains all here
Unleashing the Power of AI in Marketing
Lisa Jackson takes a look at 5 Game-Changing Reasons to Dive In to AI – The digital landscape is ever-evolving, and the integration of artificial intelligence into marketing strategies, read more here
Ready to be Your Own Boss
Congratulations on considering starting your own business! With this decision, you have the power to call the shots and be your own boss. Read Helen Queen’s blog here
10 Strategies To Overcome Impostor Syndrome!
If you or someone you know has struggled with this, it could mean you’re perfectly normal (whatever normal is)! Find out more here
Top 10 Lifestyle Hacks for Women in Business
How often do you find yourself wishing for more hours in the day? One or two more days in the week. Discover how you can gain more time here
Courage, Warrior, Inner Fire!
Last week I spoke about Courage at one of my networks. I have expanded it into a short blog so you can explore (if you wish) your relationship to Courage, your Fire and Inner Warrior! Read more here.
Overthinking Much…?!
Well, what if you are exactly where you are supposed to be? What if there is a message being given to you, through this pattern, that will ultimately transform you? Discover more with Amanda Green.
We were green but tough and that’s what counted!
Read the final chapter in the Kilimanjaro Diaries with Coral Horn for the Prince’s Trust Women Supporting Women campaign Click here to read.
Manipulation, Control and Seduction is Not Love
Warning – this blog touches core truths. It does not assign blame, but it is deep. That’s how I roll. Read Amanda Green’s blog here.
Divorcing? You need to know about Pensions
Make sure that you are financially sound with this pension advice for women going through a divorce by Liz Beavis at FMB here
What is PR and how to do it?
Confused about what PR is and how you can use it in your business? Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing explains all – Read her blog here
How to make social media less stressful?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares ideas to get your message out there, show off your products and services, help you reach new audiences and sell stuff too. Read more here.
How would you market my business?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing is often asked ‘How would you market my business. She shares a few things you need to know to be able to help you determine that next step in how you can market your business. Read her blog here
5 Top Tips Attending An Event
To help you make the most of your experience as an attendee at a Pink Link event we’ve put together our top 5 tips: Read more here.
Networking: Some benefits & top tips to make you a networking pro!
Gwen Backhouse of Curlew Secretarial Solutions is an expert networker! She shares the benefits of networking and her top tips to make you a networking pro. Read more here.
How to find your voice on social media in 2022
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing helps businesses to get noticed and share their story by using social media. Read Lisa’s blog
How to Market your event in 2022
Trybooking UK is the go-to ticketing platform for events. Whether you’re holding a school fair, charity ball, conference or festival, Joan and the team share their top tips to reach the widest audience. Discover more here
Should you be Marketing During a Recession?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing talks about the three top things you can be doing to market your business during a recession – you might be surprised at how easy – and important they are. Read more here.
How to hire a Marketing Consultant in the UK
Thinking about hiring a Marketing Consultant? In her latest blog, Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing gives you a few pointers in how to hire a marketing consultant in the UK. Read Lisa’s blog
Why it’s important to grow your brand loyalty
Establishing a business is hard, Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares the importance of growing your brand loyalty in her latest blog. You can find out more, here
How To Get Visible Online
Quite often businesses get so laser focused on social media marketing that they forget about other forms of marketing that can be just as effective – if not more effective if used in the right way. Discover more here
What is the most effective type of marketing?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn marketing discusses marketing and a few things to consider when those marketing opportunities crop up. Read Lisa’s blog, here
Online Networking With Pink Link
Online networking, the advantages and disadvantages. Having the choice between online & face to face networking gives you the best of both worlds. Have a read & join the conversation.
How to avoid social media burnout
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing, Shares ‘How to avoid social media burnout’. Find out how you can use your social media without it taking over your life, here
How to overcome social media business hell!
Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant, talks about the hell hole of anxiety that can come with social media. Have a read through Tracey’s tips in her latest blog, here
Why saving passwords in your internet browser is a bad idea.
Gwen Backhouse of Curlew Secretarial Solutions shares her take on password managers and the best way to keep your important passwords safe. Read more, here
What to do when your marketing isn’t working
Lisa Jackson shares some things that you may want to consider when your marketing isn’t working out. Find out more in her latest blog, here
My top 3 marketing campaigns
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing, proudly shares some of her effective campaigns that she has worked on. Read her blog, here
Can a business survive without marketing?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing writes about the subject “can business survive without marketing”. Read Lisa’s thoughts, here
How can I do marketing for my business
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares her useful marketing tips and tricks to help make marketing your business a breeze. Read her blog, here
How many cogs does your business have?
Tracey Robinson of Pocket Watch Assistant shares all of the important ‘cogs’ that work together to make her business a success! Read more in her latest blog, here
11 Secrets of Successful Fundraisers
Joan Lind of TryBooking shares her must read blog for anyone who is organising charity events. Read her blog, here
Why is Marketing Important For Business?
How you market your business often determines who successful you will be. Lisa Jackson shares the importance of marketing for your business. Read Lisa’s blog, here
Back to Basics with Business Marketing
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing talks about the key elements involved in marketing goods or services. Find out all about the marketing mix in her latest blog, here
What is a Marketing Strategy & Do I Need One?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares some of the key things you need to know to help you start plotting out a marketing strategy for your business. Read more here
Is Being Organised a Skill or an Obsession?
Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant, talks about organisation! Is it a skill or an obsession? Read Tracey’s thought is her latest blog, here
How To Write A Blog That People Read
In this latest Pink Link Blog, we share our game changing tips to make blog writing a breeze. Read our blog, here
Feel The Love This Galentine’s Day
Happy Galentine’s Day! In this latest Pink Link blog, we talk about Galentine’s Day and ways that women in business can share the love to help empower each other. Read our blog here
RULE YOUR DIARY MANAGEMENT!
Tracey Robinson, The Pocket Watch Assistant, shares her useful tips to help you manage your diary. Find out how to get organised here
How To Plan Your Social Media
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares some of her useful steps to plan your social media and help make the process easier. Read her blog here
Presence – Leadership Skill For Life
Amanda Green shares her top tip to access Presence. Presence has become increasingly challenging to access in the modern world. Read Amanda’s blog and access your presence.
The Truth About Relationships
Do you want to build a better relationship in your personal – and your business – life? Read this blog to discover more here.
Dear Anxiety, Thank You!
Amanda Green, Emotional Health Coach for entrepreneurs shares her letter to herself about anxiety and how it can be a positive energy. Read more here.
Get Your Business Organised Before You Finish for Christmas!
Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant, shares her fantastic business to-do list and tips for the run-up to Christmas! You can find Tracey’s blog here
2021 Pink Link Christmas Regional
The 2021 Pink Link Christmas Regional was a fantastic day. You can read more and view the photo gallery here
Making Social Media Less Stressful
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares some of her top tips on how you can make social media less stressful. You can read Lisa’s blog here
How to Create a Marketing Strategy
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares great tips and advice to help you to successfully create a marketing strategy. Discover more here
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Get Organised for Christmas
Tracey Robinson shares some fabulously festive tips to help you get organised and prepared for Christmas. Read her blog here
Top 10 Tips for Exhibitors
Whether it is your first time exhibiting or your hundredth, these tips will help you to get the most out of your exhibition. Read this Pink Link blog here
How to Get More Engagement on Social Media?
Lisa Jackson of Acorn Marketing shares great tips and advice to help you improve your social media engagement. Discover more here.
Business Awards Are Great For Business
Whether you are a business owner or represent an organisation, winning a business award will be great for you and your business. Discover more here
All the hats you wear running a business!
Running your own business means that you are the IT department, bookkeeper, sales manager, marketing manager, cleaner… find out more here.
Never-ending phone calls!
How many calls do you take or make that interfere with your day? Having a bunch of calls to make does not sound like fun! Tracey Robinson can help you manage your calls.
Secrets To Emotional Health
A Guide To Emotional Health. Meet Amanda Green, an Emotional Health Coach Expert, learn her secrets to emotional health. | Podcast Ep39
Employee Access To Data
If your staff aren’t correctly trained in data protection it could end up costing you thousands of £s in fines. Discover more here.
How do you handle your Emails?
Do you dream of an organised in-box? Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant shares her tips and tools to make it happen here
How to find a Virtual Assistant
Deciding that you want to take on a Virtual Assistant (VA) is a big step in growing your business and can be quite a daunting prospect. Curlew Secretarial Solutions explains more.
All the hats you wear running a business!
When you first started out – things seemed pretty straight forward right? But, then you developed and grew your business? Read the Pocket Watch Assistant blog here
Money Matters
Hands up those of you who don’t have money worries? We asked our members for their top tips for financial wellbeing here
The Art of Brain Dumping
What the…is a brain dump? It’s a way of offloading all of the thoughts in your mind onto paper! Read about it here.
Stripping Off On The Sofa
Coral Horn, founder of Pink Link shares her ‘go to’ healthy fixes and treatments that are helping her manage the big M. Read about it here.
D I G I T A L • D E T O X
Are you trapped by endless amounts of screen time? Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant shares her tips for starting a digital detox – read her blog here.
The Best Landlord
Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant shares what makes a great landlord. If your a landlord, you don’t want to miss this.
My Financial Planner is Awesome
Finding the right Financial Planner is essential for your financial wellbeing, read Ruth Power’s blog here
Death, Sex, Control and Power!
Amanda Green explains the Pink Supermoon Full Moon in Scorpio and how it can affect your life. Read more here.
How To Avoid Burnout
As we emerge from lockdown it will be all too easy to fall back into bad habits. Read Gwen Backhouse of Curlew Secretarial Solutions blog to help you avoid burnout here
Y A C K • A S B E S T O S…
Tracey Robinson is a VA specialising in Property Management and Development. She shares 10 reasons why you need an asbestos survey here
Anger Has A Purpose
The next time you feel guilty for losing your temper, stop – take a moment to read Amanda Green’s blog. It might be just the read you need.
Top Social Media Do’s and Don’ts
Last month, we asked our Pink Link Members to let us know their thoughts on social media. In particular, the Do’s and Don’ts of social media, find out what they said here.

Beat that Procrastination
Procrastination can limit your long-term success, Gwen Backhouse of Curlew Secretarial Solutions helps you to stay focused and get the job done in her latest blog
Wear Sunscreen! A lesson in money
Ruth Power of the Financial Management Bureau shares her thoughts on the importance of wearing sunscreen and planning for your future. Read more here
F I N A L • C O U N T D O W N
Tracey Robinson, the Pocket Watch Assistant has helped test services/ repairs of 200+ properties! Read her blog to find out how she can help you.
Home alone contemplating how to get up Everest, sniffing bottles and being grateful
Read Coral’s latest blog – honest, gritty and authentic here.
Action the Law of Attraction!
The law of attraction is always in action, you just need to know how to work with it. Find out how Amanda can help you here.

Transformation and Growth
Amanda Green shares three tips that will help you to ]bring about fulfilment and growth. Make the change. Read more here

Negative Emotions & Their Life Changing Potential
Amanda Green looks at the power of negative emotions and how you can use them in your personal growth.
What You Resist, Persists
Amanda Green talks about how you can help your subconscious beliefs become reality. Read more here.
Simplify PTA event ticketing with Trybooking
If you are a school or a PTA, Joan Lind at Trybooking can help your event run smoothly and cost effectively. Find out more here.
Blame Free Divorce by 2021
Jenna Atkinson of Harrison Drury outlines new legislation will help bring about blame free divorce. Read more here.
Forgiveness – Set Yourself Free
If you are carrying pain or negative energy that is impacting you, Amanda Green can help you – Read her blog to find out more.
You Can’t Be Ill – You’re Self-Employed
Running your own business? What happens if you’re sick? Read this blog to see ways you can protect your business here.
Are You Ready To Make The Most of Online Networking
As businesses emerge from lockdown, there’s been a rush of realisation that customers need to know you’re back in business. Online networking offers an easy way… Read more here
How To Use Zoom For Online Networking
Are you ready to embrace online networking? Virtual networking is a simple way to make new contacts and market your business. Read more here.
Instagram Tips and Tools
We’re working on our Instagram account and thought we’d share some of the best tips we’ve learnt. Read more here.
Top Tips Working From Home
You may have been doing some work at home during the lockdown but are you prepared for full time remote working? Read more here
In Times of Darkness…
In times of darkness, let the kindness shine through and add a slice of lime to your corona! Read more here
Big Pants and Idris
Home alone with big pants and a tennis ball called Idris After the absolute highs of celebrating International Women’s Day… Read more here