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Give your customers something for trying. Since I launched Eco Toy Co this time last year I’ve been somewhat obsessed with trying to increase conversion rates as much as possible. …

Oh and renovating your own house at the same time. It’s fucking hard work. When I decided to pack in my job two years ago and try my luck at running a company, I had no idea what I was doing. I had a couple of grand in the bank…

So last night I went to yet another networking event. I’m finding myself at a lot of them recently, trying to build up the profile of the business and win some new work. It was pretty empty and I was a little bit drunk by the time I got there…

Except, well — it kinda is. Sure, I had some fun growing up — there were the parties, the drugs, the excess and everything that went along with it. I’ve drank more than most people should have in their late teens / early twenties and I’ve taken substances that I…

I meant to write this the other week after going into The Post Office on Cardiff Queen Street to return a t-shirt sample I ordered. Trying not to be reactionary with my negative comments though so I thought I’d leave it for a while and think about how frustrating it…

This weekend we bought a car — a 2010 plate VW Golf 1.6 TDI S (S as in Standard, not Sport). Every car I’ve bought previously has been a labour of love or an emergency vehicle — I owned seven Peugeot 306’s which generally ran until they died or I…