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Week in Review: 18th June
Get the latest insights and inspiration in small business and publishing through the Barefoot Basics Week in Review:
- 3 Marketing Myths That Are Costing You Sales – Forbes
- Staying ‘on’: How Eight Young Female Entrepreneurs Keep Their Energy Levels High – Women’s Agenda
- Pearson and Harpercollins to Close New Zealand Operations – The Bookseller
- Why Your ‘Why’ Matters When You Start-Up A Business – Start Up Smart
Week in Review: 7th June
Get the latest insights and inspiration in small business and publishing through the Barefoot Basics Week in Review:
- Older Women Drawn to Businesses Run From Home – Herald Sun
- Women Making a Mark On Global Business – Probono Australia
- Be Prepared When Entering New Markets – Cleveland
- 21 Things You Need to Know About Self-Publishing 2.0 – James Altucher
- Busy Mumpreneurs Building Bridges in Community Education – View News
- Australia Second Best Place to be a Female Entrepreneur – Sydney Morning Herald
- Don’t Judge a Book By The Gender of it’s Author – Sydney Morning Herald
Design Inspiration: Clutchtastic
Week in Review: 31st May
Get the latest insights and inspiration in small business and publishing through the Barefoot Basics Week in Review:
- Setting Up a Food Business From Home – The Guardian
- The Book Is Not Dead Simply Being Redefined – ABC News
- Going It Alone – B&T Weekly
Week in Review: 25th May
Get the latest insights and inspiration in small business and publishing through the Barefoot Basics Week in Review:
- New Smashwords Research Helps Authors and Publisher’s Sell More EBooks – Huffington Post
- Masterchef Brand Migrates to Bauer from NewsLife – B&T Weekly
- ISBN Advice for Self-Publilshed Authors – GalleyCat
- The Triple J Magazine Goes Under – CraveOnline
Week in Review: 19th May
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- Five Ways to Get Your Story In The Press – Brisbane Times
- Roxy Jacenko’s Spin: Is It Genuine? – Brisbane Times
- Mangan’s Food Empire Heats Up - Brisbane Times
- Sessions Come to an End at Penguin - Sydney Morning Herald
- Setting Up Your Workspace - Brisbane Times
- Everything Old is New Again - Sydney Morning Herald
- Etsy Defends T&C’s After Shutting Down Merchant’s Shop - StartUp Smart
Week in Review: 5th May 2013
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- Book Publishers Scramble to Rewrite Their Future – Wired
- Rupert Murdoch’s Nephew Backs Celebrity Chef Start-Up Eatlove – StartUp Smart
- How Contemporary Publishing Threatens Professional Writing – Neon Tommy
- Why Our Female Entrepreneurs Aren’t Fabulously Wealthy – Smart Company
- Magazine Industry Unites to Promote Social Engagement – B&T Weekly
Diary of a Business Geek: The Unsubscribe Page From Hell
Like most of us, I’m time poor, juggling the many hats as a micro-business owner, consultant, lapsed housemaid, gourmet cook, wife to the Butcher and mum to three puppies.
De-cluttering my email inbox is my first step in reclaiming my time, with the newsletters that you sign up as a matter of curiosity but that have reached their limit of relevancy and insights a couple months on, being the first out the door.
I want a click and forget, one-step process, so imagine my horror when confronted with the below:
Week in Review – 21st April
Get the latest insights and inspiration in small business and publishing through the Barefoot Basics Week in Review:
- How Photographer’s Are Joining The Self-Publishing Revolution – The Guardian
- Hints For Self-Publishing Authors – Australian Society of Authors
- Mumpreneur Bringing Ease To Family Travel – Dynamic Business
- Colleen Hoover Skyrockets To Success As Self-Published Books Lead To Publishing, Film Deals – The Washington Post Continue reading


