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<p>Why using temporary staff or freelancers is useful in managing peaks and troughs in your business.&nbsp;</p>

Since launching in 2005, the Enterprise Nation team has helped thousands of people start and grow their businesses. Led by founder Emma Jones MBE, Enterprise Nation continues to be the most active UK small business community and a leading campaigning voice for small business. Joining Enterprise Nation connects you with resources, community and connections you need to reach your business goals.

Broadcast on Tuesday 1st December a session hosted by Karen Kirby, founder of 

In this session Karen discusses why using temporary staff or freelancers is useful in managing peaks and troughs in your business; where to find them; and the legalities, pros and (sometimes) pitfalls in using them.

Karen delivered a short presentation and we then hosted a Q&A session. Watch the session below.

Find, manage and motivate freelancers successfully

How to find, manage and motivate freelancers and temporary staff

Why using temporary staff or freelancers is useful in managing peaks and troughs in your business.

&lt;p&gt;As a freelance marketing copywriter, I help businesses to identify, refine and articulate the things that make them special, and use this knowledge to write clever copy that turns their target audience into loyal customers.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;From website copywriting to&amp;nbsp;email campaigns, brochures and other marketing materials, I ensure your style and tone of voice are consistent and compelling, everywhere your clients and customers see you.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;As the #1 bestselling author of Survival Skills for Freelancers, I'm on a mission to raise awareness of the importance of mental health and wellbeing for freelancers through talks, webinars and mentoring.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I've delivered talks on the realities of freelance life for everyone from the CIPR and CIPD to university students and the European Freelance Business Association.&amp;nbsp;I'm currently delivering group mentoring for the groundbreaking FreelanceHER100 initiative, and I'm regularly&amp;nbsp;quoted in the media –&amp;nbsp;including Forbes –&amp;nbsp;on the issues that affect the freelance community.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

Bestselling author | speaker | copywriter

Monthly Mingle: Sarah Townsend, freelancer

Lauren Malone, Entrepreneurial Women lead chats to <a href="https://www.enterprisenation.com/get-connected/l9v3v8x9-sarah-townsend/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Sarah Townsend</a>, Enterprise Nation member about life as an entrepreneurial woman, managing imposter syndrome and her 20+ year career as a freelancer.

&lt;p&gt;My motto in life and work is 'Meet people, make friends, and help them.'&amp;nbsp;Getting to know people is the best way of finding out what makes them tick in terms of goals, ambitions, dreams, interests and life in general. I help people by listening to what they need, suggesting ideas, sending links, making introductions, adding value, and offering relevant products and services, where appropriate. When friends have a problem, I love to help them fix it.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;My varied portfolio career means I have knowledge, experience and contacts in many fields. I am an expert in book publishing, media, mentoring, writing, editing, marketing, crowdfunding, sponsorship, social enterprise and commercial start-ups.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I'd love to get to know you better, so I can help you get to where you want to be.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Career highlights:&lt;br /&gt;
• Book trade professional since 1990&lt;br /&gt;
• Consultant Producer, YOU'RE BOOKED! (ITV book series)&lt;br /&gt;
• Pioneer, World Book Day UK&lt;br /&gt;
• Research Director, StoryCode (online recommendation engine for fiction, featured on BBC TV’s DRAGONS’ DEN)&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Current roles:&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, CopyGhosting Publishing Services (editorial, marketing, PR &amp;amp; digital agency)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Editor &amp;amp; Development Executive, Insight Film Festival&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Jolabokaflod CIC (promoting Icelandic 'Christmas book flood' tradition)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
• Director of Crowdfunding, CrowdPatch CIC: free crowdfunding platform for social enterprise&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, The Wisdom of Coffee: a network for Meetup gatherings &amp;amp; a community that shares best practice about business, enterprise &amp;amp; alternative finance)&lt;br /&gt;
• Founder, Smart Crowd Productions: integrated arts, media, business &amp;amp; alternative finance production consultancy&lt;br /&gt;
• Director: Corporative Sponsorship, SMGlobal Catwalk, Inc: global fashion events brand&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12R Prizes: solving social issues and commercial problems via sponsored cash-prize comptetions&lt;br /&gt;
• Mentor, Founders and Mentors: networking platform, comprising forum, communities and courses for mentors to help pre-launch founders launch start-ups successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Social entrepreneur, 12Ronnies: hub that provides founders, inventors and creatives a toolkit for launching a startup successfully&lt;br /&gt;
• Co-founder, CrowdMall: virtual shopping centre for ideas that do not yet exist&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Charities:&lt;br /&gt;
• Chairman, Seeds Creatives (charity): runs the ‘Artist in Your Own Residence’ collaborative network mentoring scheme for creatives in all disciplines&lt;br /&gt;
• Director, Arts Centre Group (charity): membership organisation for arts &amp;amp; media professionals&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Committees:&lt;br /&gt;
• All-Party Parliamentary Committee for Crowdfunding (chair: Barry Sheerman MP): meets quarterly at the House of Commons&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Author:&lt;br /&gt;
• Six published books&lt;br /&gt;
• Two books in progress&lt;/p&gt;

Serial entrepreneur

Pre-launch founders, inventors & creatives

Signposting for advice, tools and resources for members wanting to start turning an idea into a business.

Helping you to engage with local students

&lt;p&gt;I can link you in with schools, universities and colleges. In doing this, we&amp;#39;ll look at futureproofing your workforce by creating local talent pipelines. We could also look at this in terms of CSR,&amp;nbsp;as offering your expertise to young people at the start of their careers is a valuable and satisfying experience.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;I am a Business Partnership Adviser covering the Leeds area. I help support SME's to navigate and engage with education via universities, colleges and schools to develop and strengthen their talent pipeline and workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
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I work as part of a team of Business Partnership Advisers covering West and North Yorkshire to help address skills gaps within your business to ensure you have a strong, diverse, future-proofed workforce through accessing talented students to help your business grow. Working with the your local Business Partnership Adviser your business will have access to free one-to-one, impartial support to guide you through the process of engaging with the right people at local universities and colleges to secure student talent on a flexible basis be it short or longer term. A new, fresh pair of eyes can bring an exciting, creative advantage to your business and assist with upcoming live projects.&lt;br /&gt;
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I can also help signpost and make introductions to business, training, grant and networking support in Leeds and the wider Leeds City Region network. I am able to support B2B, B2C and not for profit organisations.&lt;/p&gt;

Business Partnership Adviser (Leeds)

Dave Radford

&lt;p&gt;I am a Business Partnership Adviser covering the Leeds area. I help support SME's to navigate and engage with education via universities, colleges and schools to develop and strengthen their talent pipeline and workforce.&lt;br /&gt;
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I work as part of a team of Business Partnership Advisers covering West and North Yorkshire to help address skills gaps within your business to ensure you have a strong, diverse, future-proofed workforce through accessing talented students to h