Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at TSB interviews Emily Canino, founder at Doodlemoo

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Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at TSB interviews Emily Canino, founder at <a href="https://doodlemoo.com/">Doodlemoo</a>.&nbsp;

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How Emily used crowdsourcing to test the market for her products

Catherine Douglas, Business Banking Director at 

 interviews Emily Canino, graphic designer and founder at 

Doodlemoo creates a world of playfulness through design and typography, with style and fun at the heart of the business. As a creative person Emily discusses the obstacles she overcame when starting a business and not being confident with numbers, tax etc.

Keen to not suffer later, Emily decided the best way to fund her new product, the Creative Planner was to crowdsource. She talks about her experiences choosing this funding option.

Follow Emily's business journey and view her amazing product line on Instagram at @doodle_moo.

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CrowdPatch is a free crowdfunding platform that enables individuals to raise funds for worthy projects, whilst patching together communities, and negotiate freelance work. Ideal for social entrepreneurs.

Other businesses and interests:
* Founder and Director, Jolabokaflod CIC
* Founder, The Wisdom of Crowdfunding (Meetup network)
* Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services
* Partner, Smart Startup Ltd (Blockchain smart contract platform)
* Editor and Development Executive, Insight Film Festival
* Chairman, Seeds Ltd (arts/media charity)
* Executive Director, Artist in Your Your Residence
* Director, Arts Centre Group Ltd  (arts/media charity)
* Published author (six books)

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I'm passionate about marketing and have 19 years experience in working with small independent businesses as well as global technology companies, and have a broad range of expertise from traditional print advertising through to digital marketing, web design and development, social media strategy, CRM configuration, automation, and account based marketing.&nbsp; 
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Having worked in the IT industry for a majority of my career, I have developed a love for the technological side of marketing, and pride myself on building out a mar-tech stack for clients of any size that allows them to realise the full potential of having a marketing engine that generates and converts leads in the most efficient and cost effective way using a range of tools that automate various email workflow and social media activity to keep customers and prospects engaged. I'm passionate about educating my clients and helping their businesses grow so that they can employ an in-house marketing person/team that will make me redundant!&nbsp;

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Anneka Hicks

I'm passionate about marketing and have 19 years experience in working with small independent businesses as well as global technology companies, and have a broad range of expertise from traditional print advertising through to digital marketing, web design and development, social media strategy, CRM configuration, automation, and account based marketing.&nbsp; 
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Having worked in the IT industry for a majority of my career, I have developed a love for the technological side

How Emily used crowdsourcing to test the market for her products

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