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Helping sole traders and small businesses move forward with confidence, purpose and a little sparkle โœจ
Sharing my 10+ years in the industry, affordable marketing & admin services, plus more!

Running a business is a lot more than just doing the thing you actually started the business to do!Suddenly, you're the ...
05/11/2026

Running a business is a lot more than just doing the thing you actually started the business to do!

Suddenly, you're the marketing department, the admin team, the operations manager, the recruitment department AND the person trying to remember whether you've replied to that email from three days ago ๐Ÿ˜…
Sound familiar?
That's where I come in!

At The Strategic Collective, I help sole traders and small businesses with the behind-the-scenes stuff that keeps a business moving forward.
โœจ Marketing & social media support
โœจ Admin & business organisation
โœจ Operations & processes
โœจ Recruitment & workplace culture
โœจ Business consultancy, mentoring & training

Whether you need a helping hand with the day-to-day or someone to look at the bigger picture and help you work out your next move, we can find the right fit for your business.

You don't have to do everything yourself just because you can.

Let's get you back to doing more of what you actually love about your business ๐Ÿฉท

Drop me a message to chat about how I can support you ๐Ÿ‘‡

04/11/2026

Anyone else unsure if they've got friends on socials anymore? ๐Ÿ˜‚

Not sure about you, but my personal and professional social feeds are FULL of AI posters, ads and group posts! I never actually see any of my friends on socials these days.

Maybe Instagram... but Reels are hogging the feed! I'm the type of person who likes to silently scroll unless I'm on TikTok.

The algorithms are always changing, so hopefully they give me my friends back ๐Ÿ˜‚ or pages that I actually follow and want to see content from!

I will die on this hill. You don't need to be on every platform! โš ๏ธI will red-flag anyone who tells you otherwise ๐ŸšฉThe m...
03/11/2026

I will die on this hill.

You don't need to be on every platform! โš ๏ธ
I will red-flag anyone who tells you otherwise ๐Ÿšฉ

The most important thing as a sole trader and small business is to know where your audience is and be a prominent figure there! ๐Ÿ’ช

Large companies have the time, resources and most importantly, money to be EVERYWHERE!
It's very, very different for us, so choose wisely!

You need to be where your customers are AND within your capacity.
Every platform has a different size, optimisation, audience, algorithm.. and as a sole trader and small business, you don't have the resources for everything.

It's time to prioritise! ๐Ÿ’ช

But how do you figure it out?

1. Research to your heart's content.
2. Know and understand who your audience is and where they are.
3. Pick the platform that has the systems your business requires.
4. Make sure you learn the platform.
5. Look at the data: where are the majority of your customers already coming from?

I'm hoping this gives you a little โœจ Monday Motivation โœจJust in case you needed to hear this! Start where you are.Use wh...
02/11/2026

I'm hoping this gives you a little โœจ Monday Motivation โœจ

Just in case you needed to hear this!

Start where you are.
Use what you have.
Do what you can this week ๐Ÿ’ช

I have full faith in you ๐Ÿฉท

Taking a moment to appreciate my aesthetics ๐Ÿ˜ What's even better is that all my social media clients look like this when...
30/10/2026

Taking a moment to appreciate my aesthetics ๐Ÿ˜

What's even better is that all my social media clients look like this when I have full control!

๐Ÿ’ช Content that is built with purpose
๐ŸŽ“ Content that educates
๐Ÿฅฐ Content that entices interaction
๐Ÿ˜ Content that is fully on brand ๐Ÿ˜

Strategy and consistency ๐Ÿ˜

Although I will say, there is no point in posting if you don't have the correct foundations. You'll be posting for the sake of it and wondering why you're not getting anywhere ๐Ÿ˜…

There is a process you need to follow, and I can certainly help you with that ๐Ÿฉท

I am your virtual second pair of hands ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ
Based in Northamptonshire, if you'd like to have a cheeky face-to-face meeting!
I charge ยฃ14.00 an hour for the majority of my services ๐Ÿ’ช

Message me if you'd like a free 30-minute consultation ๐Ÿ‘‡

All the changes in Meta lately are exhausting ๐Ÿ˜ด
28/10/2026

All the changes in Meta lately are exhausting ๐Ÿ˜ด

It's my Birthdaaaaaaaaaaay ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽƒ on Saturday! So I'm taking some time to completely switch off! ๐ŸคฉYou'll see my page active...
28/10/2026

It's my Birthdaaaaaaaaaaay ๐Ÿฅณ ๐ŸŽƒ on Saturday!

So I'm taking some time to completely switch off! ๐Ÿคฉ

You'll see my page active because scheduling tools are dreams come true ๐Ÿ˜ So, as much as my presence is still there, I won't be responding to comments or messages or calling anyone back until Monday 9th November ๐Ÿ˜ฎ๐Ÿ˜

I will be loving life surrounded by pumpkins, prosecco, Disney characters, and then starting the winter festivities ๐Ÿฅน I am very excited!

Thank you for supporting my small business ๐Ÿงก I'll speak to you all soon!

You'd be surprised how many businesses forget to actually tell people what to do next.A CTA or Call To Action gives your...
27/10/2026

You'd be surprised how many businesses forget to actually tell people what to do next.

A CTA or Call To Action gives your audience a clear next step.

It could be:

๐Ÿ‘‰ Send me a message
๐Ÿ‘‰ Book your consultation
๐Ÿ‘‰ Save this post for later
๐Ÿ‘‰ Tell me in the comments
๐Ÿ‘‰ Visit the link in my bio
๐Ÿ‘‰ Share this with someone who needs it

And no, you don't need to put โ€œBUY NOW!!!โ€ at the end of every post ๐Ÿ˜‚

Your CTA should match what you're actually asking people to do.

Want engagement? Ask a question.

Want enquiries? Tell them how to contact you.

Want people to save useful information? Tell them to save it.

People aren't mind readers; make the next step obvious.

A good post gets attention. A good CTA gives that attention somewhere to go.

SO, make sure you save this post so you can re-read it later ๐Ÿ˜‰

26/10/2026

I'm currently doing a lot of work with The Signing Company to break down barriers ๐Ÿ’ช

I'm learning BSL signs myself and have been for a few months now, little by little ๐Ÿ˜€

This afternoon, for the very first time, I got to put my BSL signs knowledge to the test in REAL LIFE! ๐Ÿฅน

I noticed she had a hearing aid, so I started signing certain words that I knew and changed my speed (so she could lip-read) without purposely acknowledging it out loud or asking if she was Deaf.

Her reaction was the most joyful, heartfelt experience I've ever had. She was so shocked and appreciative ๐Ÿฉท
I'm still a little rusty.. but she said the fact that I tried, did well in fairness ๐Ÿ˜‚ and was thoughtful to adapt straight away without thinking about it - which it was! Pure instinct!

You genuinely have no idea who you'll meet in life, and there's such a big communication barrier for Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in our society, and I REALLY wish there wasn't!

I wish sign language was taught in schools; I wish I'd learnt sooner; I wish EVERYONE knew BSL Signs.

The Signing Company and Signingbsl teach adults and children, up and down the country BSL Signs AND have courses to introduce you to sign language.

I highly recommend signing up either as an individual with Signing BSL or with your family for children's classes with one of our franchisees at The Signing Company. Plenty to choose from!

You think you may not need to learn, but you never know who you'll meet ๐Ÿฉท

Today just solidified for me that to break down communication barriers, we all need to be on the same page ๐Ÿ’ช

I made someone feel seen, heard and valued today ๐Ÿฉท Just imagine if we all did that; the world would be a much nicer, kinder place ๐Ÿฉท

Yay for Monday ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ
26/10/2026

Yay for Monday ๐Ÿ™‹โ€โ™€๏ธ

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