I have spent the day looking at other peoples blogs - some of which are boring and some have been quite interesting. This has prompted me to ask myself what exactly do I want my blog 'to do'.
I want this to be a kind of diary really - an insider viewpoint of what it is actually like trying to start up your own freelance EYFS consultancy. I figured that as I actually only took my voluntary redundancy on Friday - it would be a wasted opportunity not to chart my progress.
So for a little change of direction - welcome to my very own learning journey!

Tomorrow is going to be a strange day. I am my own boss. Hmmm. This is a new feeling - no performance management, no targets set by my superiors and no 'having to get up at stupid o'clock'.
For me  - it also means not having to go to bed at a reasonable time, although I am not too good at doing that anyway.

I have written a list of things to do. The first one is go and buy some appropriate stationary (current list is written on a very scrappy piece of paper but hey - it is doing the job!)

I still have some goodbyes to write. I have done a few over the weekend and sent my new contact details to some colleagues I haven't seen in a while. Just writing the message that I have decided to go it alone felt strange in itself.

I think that is going to be one of the hardest things for me after having such a great bunch of people around me. So I have also made a note to my mental self that I must keep all avenues of contact open and build upon my network of people.

I've started tweeting, joined LinkedIn, commented on blog posts I have connected with, changed my email signature to link to my website, started a facebook page, and built my website all in the last week!!

So the playful learning journey continues - it is going to be an interesting ride :)

Playful Learning climbs the google listings!

I am on the SEO offensive to try and get my business website to the top of the google listings!
SEO (or search engine optimization) is vital if you want to get noticed with google. Your website may superb but it is worthless if no-one is going to get to see it.

So I googled the term 'playful learning'. My facebook page (linked to my business) is on the first page of google. But no sign of my actual website http://www.playfullearning.co.uk/ .

I then googled 'playful learning in the EYFS' and to my delight, my website and facebook page are position 2 and 3 in the google listings.

I must be doing something right!