Being self-employed is super exciting and an amazing opportunity. You get to be your own boss and live by your own rules. It’s easy for inspiration to hit at any time of the day or night but that also means it’s super easy to work 24/7. Your business cannot run at 100% if you are […]
Without sounding SO very cliche, we can’t believe we’re sat here writing this blog post. What an incredible year it’s been for Boatman Admin Services! We wanted to document the amazing achievements from the year – time races past so quickly that lots of things often get forgotten. Celebrating our 3rd Birthday Hard to believe […]
When you run your own business, you’re accountable for EVERYTHING. Doing the marketing and keeping up to date with social media, getting the accounts in order, managing workload and ensuring you’re hitting deadlines…oh, and doing the ACTUAL work! There is probably no doubt that you have tasks on your to do list that may have […]
Small business is big business in the UK and we’re SUPER proud to have been selected as one of the 100 businesses to be profiled as part of the national ‘Small Business Saturday’ campaign for 2018. Small Business Saturday is a campaign which is aimed at highlighting and celebrating the many and varied small businesses in […]
On a warm Wednesday evening in the midst of an unusual summer heatwave in Bristol, people began arriving at the Bristol & Bath Science Park. These people were curious to learn more about blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. The Bristol & Bath Blockchain and Cryptocurrency seminar was sponsored by us at Boatman Admin Services together with […]
Have you heard about blockchain or cryptocurrency and want to understand more? Many critics of cryptocurrencies, like Bitcoin, have claimed they are ‘too volatile’ and a ‘bubble’ but there’s no denying the underlying impact of blockchain or distributed ledger technology is emerging as one of the biggest disruptive technologies of our time. Boatman Admin Services […]
Have you considered networking but not really sure where to start or are you a serial networker?! The thought of networking often fills people with fear – walking into a room where you know nobody, having to introduce yourself and make conversation with people can be daunting. It’s only been in recent times that I’ve […]
Emails are great…emails are also the bane of the business owner. It’s a never ending flurry of enquires, orders or ‘junk’ emails. In my previous ‘life’ I probably dealt with around 400+ emails per day as I worked on 3 different projects so it was a constant battle. In less time that it takes to […]
As you may or may not be aware, using multi media in your social media posts can increase engagement. I’m sure we would all LOVE to have time to spend clicking away taking good quality, photos to use on our Twitter, Facebook or Instagram posts however time does not always allow. What you’re not allowed […]
We all know what it’s like…if we’ve got an office day, we’ll sit at our desks in the morning and before you know it, it’s 4pm and you literally haven’t stopped for lunch OR we’ve grabbed something and then eaten it at our desk. This was definitely the case for me when I worked in […]