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A million milestone for BirdsOnTheBlog

Here’s yet another milestone for us to celebrate here on BOTB: a grand total of a million page views in one six-month period. For the mathematically minded, that’s around 167,000 page views a month, around 38,460 a week, around 5,480 a day, and around 228 per hour. Whatever we have to say, people want to [...]

Why you need to put your money on mobile

As I looked around our living room in a quiet moment during the recent festive season at friends of all ages, despite our being in crusty old Britain I noticed a big difference. Fewer sweet treats? Rationed mince pies? Half-portions of eggnog? Mineral water instead of beer or wine? No, they were all still guzzling [...]

The 12 days of BirdsOnTheBlog: …and the Birds writing brilliantly

And so it falls to me to complete twelfth post and celebrate that the Birds do, indeed, write brilliantly. But first, let’s recap: altogether now, one more time…. *cue music* One the first-to-twelfth day of Christmas my BlogBirds gave to me: 12 bloggers blogging 11 women working 10 business brainies 9 speakers sharing 8 coaches [...]

Selling your body, 21st century style

Selling your body, 21st century style

Recent press articles have flagged up a whole new, 21st century culture for the oldest profession in the world. It has all the latest labels on it including “unemployment,” “job seekers,” “webcams,” “student finance,” and even “second job to supplement income.” However you want to brand it, nothing has changed since the Dark Ages: it’s [...]

Why it’s hard not to hate Christmas

Why it’s hard not to hate Christmas

Christmas is, as we know, a key point in the Christian calendar and as such should be respected by people of this faith. But because in western cultures this Christian celebration has become such an ingrained part of our social structure – well, certainly in England where I live currently – you find people of [...]

In Her Shoes

In her shoes: My descent in entrepreneurial hell

In her shoes is a series  of anonymous posts from women in business, sharing their experience. In your comments you are asked to answer the question – What would you do in her shoes? My story began 9 months ago; it is a story of self-realisation, friendship, love and betrayal. After 11 years at home [...]

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