MINT BLOG
Is Facebook targeted advertising going away?
With the launch of Apple's iOS 14 operating system in April, digital privacy - and with it online advertising - changed forever. The newest versions of the operating system now allow users to opt out of various tracking and monitoring within apps. And part of this is...
Getting Together is MINT… Two Years On!
Yesterday, September 13 2021, we held our first in-person taster session since early 2020. And it was MINT! I was so nervous - like never before - to meet new people, engage face-to-face and actually be able to see our guests engaging before my very eyes. Zoom helped...
MINT helps Pacifica Group recruit dozens of young Kickstarters
Pacifica Group has recruited 10 young people and has plans to take on another 59 staff aged 16-24 through the Government’s £2bn Kickstart Scheme. Pacifica Group, the leading UK domestic energy and appliance services provider, has recruited 10 young people and has...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, September 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired.15 Minute Content Ideas - Sep 2021Transcript of Video (00:04):Hi everybody. It's me,...
Growing A Business… On Your Own Terms!
What are the rules to running your own business? In short, there are none! MINT member Keely Pearce shares her story. For those of you who might not know me, I’m Keely and I’m a paper cutting artist. I wear all the hats at kppapercuts, which I started about four years...
#Replay – the MINTest Videos of 2021
As the MINT team is on tour across the North East, giving our members a break from Zoom training over the summer, we thought we'd reflect on some of the MINT training and online advice sessions we've delivered so far in 2021.NOTE: Training replay videos are available...
Learning is MINT for Kickstarters
MINT Business Club is delighted to be providing additional training to its Kickstarters. We are an official Gateway Provider for the Government’s Kickstart scheme, helping 16-24 year-olds find exciting 6-month employment opportunities to get them on the career ladder....
Adapting : The “New” MINT Offering
I launched MINT Business Club in 2019 having initially run it as Savvy Solos Business Club for a couple of years before that. My aim was to get business owners in a room together, learning new skills, supporting one another, keeping each other accountable and totally...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, July 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired. 15 Minute Content Ideas - Jun 2021Transcript of Video (00:03):Hi, welcome to July. Oh my...
Wholesale Selling for Makers
Have you dreamed of getting your product on the shelves of your local stores? It can be simpler than you think, as MINT member Liza Johnson explains... As a producer and a retailer, I have seen both sides of this transition and wanted to offer my observations and...
Kickstarting MINT careers for 16–24-year-olds
Wouldn’t it be MINT if you had an extra pair of hands to help GROW your CIC or Ltd company? A Kickstart trainee could be just the person you need… and now MINT Business Club can help you find them! Did you know that MINT Business Club is now an official Gateway...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, June 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired. 15 Minute Content Ideas - Jun 2021Transcript of Video (00:00):So here we are. It's June....
Growth Is MINT For Business Club Team
Our friends at East Durham Business Magazine are featuring MINT in their upcoming issue. We're excited to share this news with you... -- A County Durham business club is celebrating after a year of growth and the expansion of its team. Launched in 2019 by founder...
Sales: Pricing The Value Of Your Service
You’ve done the research, worked tirelessly to hone your service and now you need to tell the world all about you! But you aren’t FREE so you need to set your pricing - where do you start? As a small business owner, just starting out or needing to up-level your...
THINK… MINT!
We’ve all had 12 months of “you’re on mute”…. a year of partners, kids and cats camera bombing us. We did the Zoom wave, we had the Zoom laughs, we saw the Zoom lows. We’ve all struggled to find the right head space for training when we’re sat in our kitchens. We’ve...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, May 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired. 15 Minute Content Ideas - May 2021 Transcript of Video (00:01): Hi, everybody. Michelle...
Sales: Why Is A Sales Plan Important?
We all know we are advised to write a Business Plan when we start our businesses. So why should you also have a sales plan? A sales plan focuses solely on sales - but specifically the strategy for how you are going to reach your sales goals. What is the benefit of...
Five Marketing Mistakes Most Small Business Owners Make
MINT Business Club presents Five Marketing Mistakes Most Small Business Owners Make - with marketing consultant Michelle Rose.The session was filmed live as part of our March 2021 taster session. So this morning is the five marketing mistakes that most small business...
MINT Member Lockdown Reflections: Laura Forsyth
Reflections on my Business Consultancy in a year of lockdown craziness. Oh, my goodness, what an important and very interesting thing to do - to reflect over the past locked down year. Literally, a few days before lockdown #1 in 2020, I had a fab proactive business...
MINT Member Lockdown Reflections: Dr Rebecca
Life in lockdown - is it possible to be joyous? That is quite a question isn’t it? Gosh! Have you had much joy in the last year? I bet you’ve had some disappointment, sorrow, frustration, restriction and maybe even depression. I really hope that you’ve not been...
Is Facebook targeted advertising going away?
With the launch of Apple's iOS 14 operating system in April, digital privacy - and with it online advertising - changed forever. The newest versions of the operating system now allow users to opt out of various tracking and monitoring within apps. And part of this is...
Getting Together is MINT… Two Years On!
Yesterday, September 13 2021, we held our first in-person taster session since early 2020. And it was MINT! I was so nervous - like never before - to meet new people, engage face-to-face and actually be able to see our guests engaging before my very eyes. Zoom helped...
MINT helps Pacifica Group recruit dozens of young Kickstarters
Pacifica Group has recruited 10 young people and has plans to take on another 59 staff aged 16-24 through the Government’s £2bn Kickstart Scheme. Pacifica Group, the leading UK domestic energy and appliance services provider, has recruited 10 young people and has...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, September 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired.15 Minute Content Ideas - Sep 2021Transcript of Video (00:04):Hi everybody. It's me,...
Growing A Business… On Your Own Terms!
What are the rules to running your own business? In short, there are none! MINT member Keely Pearce shares her story. For those of you who might not know me, I’m Keely and I’m a paper cutting artist. I wear all the hats at kppapercuts, which I started about four years...
#Replay – the MINTest Videos of 2021
As the MINT team is on tour across the North East, giving our members a break from Zoom training over the summer, we thought we'd reflect on some of the MINT training and online advice sessions we've delivered so far in 2021.NOTE: Training replay videos are available...
Learning is MINT for Kickstarters
MINT Business Club is delighted to be providing additional training to its Kickstarters. We are an official Gateway Provider for the Government’s Kickstart scheme, helping 16-24 year-olds find exciting 6-month employment opportunities to get them on the career ladder....
Adapting : The “New” MINT Offering
I launched MINT Business Club in 2019 having initially run it as Savvy Solos Business Club for a couple of years before that. My aim was to get business owners in a room together, learning new skills, supporting one another, keeping each other accountable and totally...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, July 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired. 15 Minute Content Ideas - Jun 2021Transcript of Video (00:03):Hi, welcome to July. Oh my...
Wholesale Selling for Makers
Have you dreamed of getting your product on the shelves of your local stores? It can be simpler than you think, as MINT member Liza Johnson explains... As a producer and a retailer, I have seen both sides of this transition and wanted to offer my observations and...
Kickstarting MINT careers for 16–24-year-olds
Wouldn’t it be MINT if you had an extra pair of hands to help GROW your CIC or Ltd company? A Kickstart trainee could be just the person you need… and now MINT Business Club can help you find them! Did you know that MINT Business Club is now an official Gateway...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, June 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired. 15 Minute Content Ideas - Jun 2021Transcript of Video (00:00):So here we are. It's June....
Growth Is MINT For Business Club Team
Our friends at East Durham Business Magazine are featuring MINT in their upcoming issue. We're excited to share this news with you... -- A County Durham business club is celebrating after a year of growth and the expansion of its team. Launched in 2019 by founder...
Sales: Pricing The Value Of Your Service
You’ve done the research, worked tirelessly to hone your service and now you need to tell the world all about you! But you aren’t FREE so you need to set your pricing - where do you start? As a small business owner, just starting out or needing to up-level your...
THINK… MINT!
We’ve all had 12 months of “you’re on mute”…. a year of partners, kids and cats camera bombing us. We did the Zoom wave, we had the Zoom laughs, we saw the Zoom lows. We’ve all struggled to find the right head space for training when we’re sat in our kitchens. We’ve...
Marketing: 15 Content Ideas in 15 minutes, May 2021
Nic and Michelle Rose have been running a series of recordings featuring content for your social media and online campaigns each month. Take a look for yourself and get inspired. 15 Minute Content Ideas - May 2021 Transcript of Video (00:01): Hi, everybody. Michelle...
Sales: Why Is A Sales Plan Important?
We all know we are advised to write a Business Plan when we start our businesses. So why should you also have a sales plan? A sales plan focuses solely on sales - but specifically the strategy for how you are going to reach your sales goals. What is the benefit of...
Five Marketing Mistakes Most Small Business Owners Make
MINT Business Club presents Five Marketing Mistakes Most Small Business Owners Make - with marketing consultant Michelle Rose.The session was filmed live as part of our March 2021 taster session. So this morning is the five marketing mistakes that most small business...
MINT Member Lockdown Reflections: Laura Forsyth
Reflections on my Business Consultancy in a year of lockdown craziness. Oh, my goodness, what an important and very interesting thing to do - to reflect over the past locked down year. Literally, a few days before lockdown #1 in 2020, I had a fab proactive business...
MINT Member Lockdown Reflections: Dr Rebecca
Life in lockdown - is it possible to be joyous? That is quite a question isn’t it? Gosh! Have you had much joy in the last year? I bet you’ve had some disappointment, sorrow, frustration, restriction and maybe even depression. I really hope that you’ve not been...
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