Blogger and podcaster Sarah Akwisombe discusses how to grow a readership for your blog and female entrepreneurs' confidence and attitude to risk.

Small Business Sessions: Building brands with the no-bull blogger

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. Sarah started her interior design blog on the side while working at a tech start-up. The blog grew and she decided to take it full time.

She's since become an influencer in the interior design world and worked with major brands, including Dulux. Sarah now also runs No Bull Business School, which delivers "straight-up courses to help women build a kick-ass business and brand", and hosts the 

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The Small Business Sessions (S4E4): Building brands with the no-bull business blogger

Sarak Akwisombe discusses growing a readership for your blog, female entrepreneurs' confidence and more.

The Small Business Sessions podcast (S4E4): Building brands with the no-bull business blogger

I&apos;m a <a href=&apos;https://danmartinuk.com/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>freelance journalist and event host</a> who helps small businesses and the organisations that support them. I&apos;m also Enterprise Nation&apos;s news reporter and Bristol Local Leader.
I have 20 years of experience as a small business journalist having interviewed hundreds of entrepreneurs from famous names like Sir Richard Branson and Deborah Meaden to the founders behind brand new start-ups.
I&apos;ve worked for a range of leading small business publications and support groups, most recently as head of content at Enterprise Nation where I was responsible for the prolific output of content on the company&apos;s blog and social media. I now freelance for Enterprise Nation as the website&apos;s <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/business-news&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>news reporter</a> and as the host of the <a href=&apos;https://www.enterprisenation.com/podcast&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Small Business sessions podcast</a>.
I&apos;m based in Bristol where I run and host regular events with the local small business community in my role as Enterprise Nation&apos;s Local Leader for Bristol. I also have strong connections with other major business organisations in the south west region.
In total, I&apos;ve hosted over 100 events including conferences with an audience of hundreds for international brands like Xero and Facebook and live web chats from inside 10 Downing Street.
With my partner, I co-run <a href=&apos;https://www.lifestyledistrict.co.uk/&apos; target=&apos;_self&apos;>Lifestyle District</a>, a lifestyle blog focused on culture, art, theatre and photography.

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I&apos;m Lucy Heskins, a startup growth advisor who works with organisations to create, build and scale b2b products and services. My work has been featured in TechCrunch, Business of Software, Sifted, and Barclays Eagle Labs.&nbsp;
I run Oh Blimey, where we support organisations to go to market, build repeatable marketing processes, and develop the confidence they’re pursuing the right activities. Think of it as a combination of marketing, growth and sales, helping the small business owner to take on their competitors.&nbsp;
I’ve been involved in 10 startups, from idea validation through to exit. My most recent in-house rodeo was with Careercake - a video-learning platform that was acquired by the world’s leading e-learning platform. During my time there, we saw 400x growth, and supported 10 million learners, from over forty countries.

I work with businesses, mainly in B2B, SaaS, tech, membership and marketplaces, helping founders and their teams navigate the (sometimes) messy process of growing their small businesses. I am based in Cardiff, Wales, but work with lovely teams in the US, London, and Wales.

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I&apos;m Lucy Heskins, a startup growth advisor who works with organisations to create, build and scale b2b products and services. My work has been featured in TechCrunch, Business of Software, Sifted, and Barclays Eagle Labs.&nbsp;
I run Oh Blimey, where we support organisations to go to market, build repeatable marketing processes, and develop the confidence they’re pursuing the right activities. Think of it as a combination of marketing, growth and sales, helping the small business

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