Karen Strunks
Business Advice

Tips on Going Freelance

As part of my MA’s ‘Enterprise’ module, I’ve been speaking to people who run – or have run, consultative, freelance social media businesses.

On Friday, I met up with Karen Strunks at the Birmingham Social Media Cafe, which she also organises. Karen is currently providing online and 1:1 coaching for entrepreneurs, having previously worked as a freelance social media reporter and adviser.

The interview can be listened to in full here:

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MA Online Journalism

3 Creative Industry Blogs Worth Following

Looking to follow some media and creative industry blogs? No? Well, here are some suggestions anyway, yeah?

Created in Birmingham

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Created in Birmingham – arts, culture and creativity
I include this through nostalgia partly, but back in the dim, foggy midsts of time, by which I mean 2007, I took a job providing ‘creative industry’ support on behalf of UCE Birmingham Birmingham City University and whole number of funding bodies long since cut to ribbons. The one website that really introduced me to the local ‘creative scene’ was Created in Birmingham. The blog itself seems to have gone through peaks and troughs in popularity and quality as it was passed from blogger to blogger, but it still does a great job at simply sharing what’s going on, and what’s worth attending, in Birmingham’s arts and cultural sector. Continue reading

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MA Online Journalism

Hello World?

So, I’ve decided to set up this little WordPress blog up for Annette Naudin’s ‘Enterprise’ module, which I’m taking as part of my masters degree in Online Journalism at Birmingham City University.

I’ll mostly be posting ideas, scraps and thoughts on setting up some kind of digital consultancy/copywriting/journalism/training/SEO/social media-type, freelance business. The precise details of which I’ll be using this blog – and the MA, to work out. Continue reading

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