Linda is an information scientist and business analyst who has specialised in providing support and guidance to small and large businesses who want to use the Internet to grow their business. She started using the Internet at work in the mid 1980’s before the WEB was even a twinkle in the eye of Tim Berners Lee, and built her first website shortly after the WEB was first available to the public in 1994. Prior to that she has worked in Retail Management, is a qualified Personnel Professional and has run two very successful business (on and offline).
During the late 90’s and until 2001, (with an MSc in Information Science behind her) she worked as a Business Development Project Manager running a £2,000,000 project providing support, advice and help to SME’s in the West Midlands who wanted to use the Internet more effectively. These businesses included manufacturing firms, retailers, service providers, car sales, estate agents, charities, NGO’s and solicitors.
She then moved to Dorset and became the Customer Care Coordinator for the South of England for one of the largest charities in the UK, providing the human interface between the IT systems they used and their staff.
She has been running her current online business for over ten years and finally ditched the day job to concentrate on it exclusively in 2004. She says, “I can honestly say, I have never looked back or regretted it for a single minute, it has to be the best decision I ever made”. And with a niche website that currently attracts well over 140,000 visitors every month it is easy to see why she feels this way.
During the course of working with clients Linda shares much of what she has used over the years when building her own business to it’s current level, all the tricks and tips she uses to attract and maintain her customers - no mean feat considering the field she works in.
You can visit Linda’s business at: www.hysterectomy-association.org.uk. Have a wander around the site and see if you can spot some of the various activities that have helped to make this site one of the most popular (for this subject!) in the world.
