I still remember the exact moment this strategy blew my tiny mind. I’d been running a business for over a decade, but somehow this had never crossed my radar. I was listening to a podcast, sitting in traffic and… bam... I've never forgotten it. The strategy itself was painfully simple: Offer someone something else the moment they’ve bought something from you. That’s it. The podcast used an example of a venue offering a drinks package immediately after someone bought tickets. Hearing how much...
8 days ago • 1 min read
Look… we’re just going to say it. 2025 has been a lot. Not “ha ha that was wild” a lot…but the kind where you find yourself staring out of a window at 11am thinking,“Maybe I’ll just go work at the local cat rescue” … even though you don’t even like cats. But guess what? Somehow, despite Instagram having identity crises every five minutes, clients sending “quick question!!!” messages every 5 minutes, you’re still here. Still showing up.Still doing your work.Still keeping your business alive...
12 days ago • 2 min read
Trying to run a freelance biz while also doing life is… a lot. One minute you’re replying to client DMs, next you're nipping out for more bread, then you're knee-deep in Canva graphics wondering when you last drank water (or Diet Coke in Laura M's case... aka probably 10 mins ago) But it doesn’t have to be like that. Here are a few ways to make freelance life actually manageable: ✅ Cut the noise Stop listening to 15 different “gurus” giving you conflicting advice. Pick one or two trusted...
13 days ago • 1 min read
Can we talk about something that really needs to be on your radar as a freelancer? If your entire income depends on a handful of client retainers, you’re one message away from panic mode. A slow month. A contract ending. Someone ghosts you or an invoice goes unpaid and suddenly, the money stops, but your bills don’t. It's why we're always banging on about having diverse income streams. It's not about about hustling harder or adding pointless jobs to your to-do list. It’s about building...
15 days ago • 1 min read
We just announced a new Hubsy feature and had to share it with you... You can now host video calls, workshops, and group sessions right inside your Hubsy community with no additional tech or subscription needed! It's like Zoom or Google Meet, where you can share your screen and people can ask questions in the chat. But with one big difference... your replay can magically live in the channel, so people can watch it without you needing to download it, upload it or send it to them! How you could...
28 days ago • 1 min read
You’ve probably seen a million posts saying “steal this hook”, but they never say HOW you could use it yourself, or (more importantly) WHY it worked, which is the bit that actually matters. Today, we thought we'd dive into one of our recent posts that did really well 👇 Tap to swipe through the full post Let's break down the hook so you can try your own version. Someone told us they think CTAs are spammy so they don't use them... so we wrote a list of non-spammy ones! It worked because: It...
about 1 month ago • 2 min read
We love a good trend. (note the word good) The Anthroplogie rock, this week's rapture... hell even 'Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday' was ok to start with. But not all trends are worth jumping on, and the new Instagram reel size that seems to be blowing up this week is one of those trends we're swerving! In case you missed it, people have started posting 5120x1080 Reels. They look like this 👇 There are 3 reasons you might wanna avoid following this trend... 1) People watching without sound won't...
2 months ago • 2 min read
Freelance life is meant to feel freeing, right? But when you’re a social media manager, it can feel more like you’ve swapped a full-time boss for five different new ones, 47 logins, and so many tabs your laptop looks like it is growing something! Burnout is one of the most common reasons people leave the freelance world, it breaks our hearts when we see incredible social media managers give up because they’re stretched too thin. But burnout doesn’t just happen overnight. It creeps in quietly...
2 months ago • 2 min read
I don’t know about you, but I hate remembering passwords. Yet somehow, I can never forget one very important one: the Deliveroo passcode! They use a simple two-digit passcode that never changes, and coz it's always the same, I always remember it! That’s exactly why we built the Hubsy Power Hour portal in the way we did. Because you don't need the added admin that comes from sending follow-up emails with the recordings and any notes you promised to send over, but you also don't want your...
2 months ago • 1 min read