I thought running an agency was tough, but then life threw IVF into the mix and things got really wild. Running a business and trying to create a human at the same time is mind-blowingly hard whatever path is yours to follow. What I didn’t realise when the IVF path was the only one available…
When I set out to support agency founders, I didn’t want to be yet another agency advisor pushing growth for the sake of growth. It’s exhausting. I spent time reflecting on my own agency journey. Rubber Cheese was built on the foundations of being a truly great place to be. It was fun, we produced…
Please don’t all run for the door clients, I can totally help you make decisions. But I do often find it tough to make big decisions for myself. Not decisions like, what I’m going to have for dinner tonight? (Salmon). Or should I eat that last easter egg in the fridge that Edie has forgotten…
A couple of years ago, my big sister Fiona and I decided to set up our own healthcare communications agency, called Skin and Blister. Having worked in the industry for our entire professional lives, we thought the time was right to head out on our own. Kelly has asked us to talk about the experience of starting…
Honoured to be speaking at The Marketing Meetup Cambridge, sharing my talk on How to meet anyone! When I started this interview series and set up Mob Happy, I followed a really simple process to get to talk to the people I wanted to talk to. I’ll show you how to: – Get meetings with people you really want…
On Tuesday 29th January I’ll be taking part in a panel discussion to talk on the future of technology, where we will be looking ahead at 2019 and the trends & predictions within digital innovation. Digi-Cluster is the leading digital meetup for agency owners across Watford and Hertfordshire where you can join the discussion around the future…
Delighted to be speaking at the Ambition Conference 2018 this year on the social media panel. Ambition 2018 is one of the largest and most important annual inspiring business events in Hertfordshire. Hosted at the Spotlight in Hoddesdon, with a packed agenda of high quality speakers. This is a community event which is sponsored and organised by local businesses for…
Excited to be speaking a the launch of the Agencynomics event – Agency People as Influencers and book launch. “Two years from now, if you don’t have a personal brand, people aren’t going to work with you.” With the emergence of Agency Owners like Gary Vaynerchuk and Steven Bartlett as high profile agency influencers with strong personal brands,…
This weekend I facilitated the Women in WordPress session at WordCamp Brighton, together with, Vineeta Greenwood of Wholegrain Digital, Louise Towler of Indigo Tree, Megg Fenn of Shake It Up Creative and Marieke van de Rakt of Yoast.
Tell me a little bit about yourself. What’s your background/career path? Hello! My name is Louisa and I’m the founder of a web design agency called OrangeGrove. I’ve been involved in the webby world ever since leaving university can lend my hand to most aspects of it (design, UX, HTML, WordPress, SEO). My passions within…