Countdown to Year Three: findaTVexpert in The Times

The first thing I did when I set up findaTVexpert.com in April 2008 was tell as many people as I could about it, which included issuing a press release targetted at journalists who wrote about start up businesses. The Daily Express was the first national to pick up my story - see blog below. Then I was featured in the careers section of The Times, which was fantastic. Read 'My Big Idea' profile piece here. Good publicity - and getting noticed - is crucial in business, which is why I do as much as I can to get it: press releases, twitter, blogs, recommendations, etc. So if you're reading this, help me spread the word! Because word of mouth is fantastic PR too!

The best thing about running your own business

There are so many great things about running your business but one of them has to be this: at the end of a long day you can walk out of the office and go for a long run - instead of a long commute home on a crowded tube.

And you don't have to take a day off work to wait for the delivery man who can only narrow it down to 'between 8am and 5pm'!

findaTVexpert shortlisted for the 2009 Nectar Small Business Awards

I've just heard that findaTVexpert has been shortlisted for the Nectar Small Business Awards. I've never run a business before - and I've only been going for just over a year - so to have impressed the judges enough to make the shortlist is very exciting. It's good for business - and the publicity will also be good for the experts. The winners will be announced later in July. Here's hoping!