[caption id="attachment_3644" align="alignleft" width="200"] My lovely son, ready for the Carnival this year. What are we going to do with him next week?[/caption] My son is three and last September started school in the Spanish state system on the Costa del Sol. Before then we'd had...
Continue ReadingThe endless talk of the work, life balance in my experience leads to a lot of guilt and feeling of inadequacy, particularly in working Mums who want to give their all to their family and their jobs. Running a Costa del Sol marketing agency, as...
Continue ReadingAs Monday’s are always busy, I wanted to give you a snapshot of the 5 key marketing methods – Advertising, Sales Promotion, Public Relations, Direct Marketing and Personal Selling, with this simple infographic. This summarises the key points of these techniques and their applications, it also...
Continue ReadingGive yourself a marketing audit to review what you’ve been doing, the materials you have, what is working and what is not. Start by reviewing your marketing plan (if you don’t have one - do it) and see if anything needs adjusting. Have things changed, are...
Continue ReadingTomorrow morning from around 9am to 11am there will be a partial eclipse of the sun visible in Spain and we're getting ready to see this rare event! We were really pleased to see the advice from Specsavers Opticas about how to protect your eyes from...
Continue ReadingEnvironmental charity Arboretum Marbella is marking the start of spring on Sunday 22nd March with a fun day of activities at their public park behind Marbella bus station. From 10.00-17.00 there will be stalls with organic and environmentally friendly products, artisan foods, plus arts and...
Continue ReadingLast week, I was invited to be the MC at the Costa Women and 12 30 The Women’s Company International Women’s Day event and was honoured to be able to present all the speakers, introduce the day, share information and pull everything together for nearly...
Continue Reading22 DE MARZO DE 10 A 17 hs. en Arboretum Marbella celebramos la primavera. Celebramos la llegada de la primavera con música, arte, juegos y puestos con productos ecológicos y artesanos locales. Podrán disfrutar de Artesanias silvestres Pan ecológico Música Artesanias con materiales reciclados Pizza artesanal. Pintores. Cerámicas. Talleres Juegos Land Art Y mucho más !!!!!! Te invitamos a pasar...
Continue ReadingVisitors to Costa Women's International Women's Day Celebrations tomorrow at Andalucia Lab are kindly asked to bring along their unwanted glasses to donate to the Specsavers Opticas' campaign to collect over 4,000 pairs of glasses for people in need. Specsavers Opticas' campaign to collect unwanted glasses...
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Continuous professional development is vital to improving your chances of a successful career, as it enriches your knowledge, widens your understanding of your own area of expertise and how it relates to other departments and functions. It also motivates you, as it gives you new ideas and new ways of tackling problems and can send you back to the office with a spring in your step.
We recommend prioritizing your own professional development rather than waiting for your manager or company to do it for you, as otherwise you can get stuck in a particular role or a company which isn’t working for you without the skills to get you out of it. Even if you can’t afford the financial or time commitment of an accredited course there are loads of options out there to at least get you started, here are a few ideas for developing yourself and improving your chances of success.