As my business pivots into a new era (the self-belief era!), I’m shuttering up chat from me on a lot of areas I’ve previously helped with for solo business owners.
It’s not that I can’t help with these things, nor that I don’t enjoy it. There’s a lot of business stuff I love helping with. I could honestly chat niching, copywriting, website set-up and email automations for days.
But. The difficult realisation I’ve had to come to is that I simply can’t do all these things well enough to be of true service to you. Increasingly (as I tell everyone else, and the lesson I’m having to learn and implement for myself now) people want experts. They want a specialist in one thing. And trying to span the entire breadth of business set-up just isn’t sustainable.
Not to mention of course that if I attempt to keep covering it all, I’m trying to keep abreast of all the latest know-how across service-based products, pricing, search engine optimisation and social media best-practice to name just a few. At a time where I now have two children and absolutely no family support to take care of them. To say I’m stretched and a little bit exhausted right now is an understatement!
And so, the era of consolidation begins for me, coming back to my coaching roots, and back to the thing that makes me, me: how to help you just start now, and overcome your self-doubt to get your business set-up and thriving.
Over the last 5-6 years I have met so many incredible service providers that help with the practical stuff. If there are gaps in your practical knowledge when it comes to your business, then check these incredible people out.
Please note there are some affiliate links in this article. If you go on to buy from these people via my link then I’ll receive a small affiliate fee, with no added cost to you. All affiliate links are marked with a *.
Clarity
Becky Lloyd-Pack, Business & Messaging Strategist
Finola Howard, Business Growth Strategist
Packaging
For help designing rave-worthy group programmes Vix Meldrew, Rave Results*
For help shaping 1:1 services Joanna Sapir, Wellness Business Coach
Pricing and Selling
Sara Dalrymple, Sales Training & Mentoring
Website and Copywriting
Sammy Phillips, Kohlab Creative website design
Maddy Shine, Sassy & Soft website design and SEO
Sally Aquire, Wellness Copywriter
I also have this list of other website designers that have been recommended to me in the past (I don’t have experience with them all).
Mailing list
Connection (marketing)
Molly Cahill, Holistic Marketing Hub
Gemma Watts, This Social Cottage
Laura Jane Barnes, Creative Business Strategist
Janine Hardy, Connected & Inspired
Krista Miller, Summit In A Box*
Sally Anne Howard, 49 North Digital
Zach Spuckler, Facebook Ads Strategist
Polly Lavarello, Evergreen Scaling Strategist
Other coaches
Ruth Poundwhite, Sales, Messaging & Mindset
Sas Petherick, Self-Belief Coach (the OG!)
Lucy Green, Strategic Business Development
Finance and legal
Hannah Mayfield, Financial Education for Women
Lucy Legal, legal templates, contracts, T&Cs and trade-marking for small business*
I also have this list of other accountants in the UK and Ireland that have been recommended to me in the past (I don’t have experience with them all).
Organisation and systems
Kate Kurdziej, Olivier Consultancy
Sandra Thompson, Admin Services
Louisa Daubney, Time Design Coach
I also have this list of Virtual Assistants that have been recommended to me in the past (I don’t have experience with them all).
Writing a book
Erin Chamberlain, Self-Publishing Mentor
Isabelle Knight, Build Your Author Brand PR
Shiggi at Audiofy, audio book production
Communities and ‘covers everything’ programmes
Lauren Armes, Consistent Clients
Kendra Perry, Health Coach Accelerator
Joanna Sapir’s Profitable Practitioners Academy
Laura Agar Wilson, Wholehearted Business Programme
Alex Okell, Fully Booked Feast
Software I love
Practice Better,* use code VICKYSHILLING for 30% off any paid plan for the first 3 months
Please note this blog was written in September 2024; all these people’s businesses were running and offering relevant services at the time of writing, but things evolve!
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