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Running a business with ADHD can feel exhausting. You’re juggling too many tasks at once, struggling to stay on top of admin, and constantly battling overwhelm and time blindness. Some days it feels impossible to focus, let alone make progress on your goals.
That’s exactly why I created this blog. Here, you’ll find business productivity tips and practical strategies designed to help you stay organised, work more efficiently, and reduce stress. Whether you need advice on task management, email decluttering, planning, or focus strategies, these posts are written with you in mind.
Explore the latest blog posts below and discover ADHD-friendly ways to work smarter, not harder.
Unlock Your Productivity: Tips and Tools For Women In Business With ADHD
If you have ADHD, staying productive and focused can be a real challenge. Managing your symptoms while trying to get things done isn’t easy, but there are ADHD tips, tricks and tools that can help. Stay on track and reach your goals. Read more.
How A VA Can Help ADHD Business Owners
For individuals with ADHD, staying organised and on task is a significant challenge, often leadingto missed deadlines, incomplete projects, and increased stress. With the help of a Virtual Assistant business owners with ADHD can receive to manage their workload effectively. Read more.
Navigating Work Challenges with Access to Work
Executive Function Challenges: A Mum's Insight and Tips for ADHD Business Owners
My journey as a mum to a brilliant daughter with suspected ADHD has offered me invaluable insights into executive function challenges.
The lessons learned from my daughter’s experiences are directly applicable to the amazing female business owners I support. Check out these 5 strategies to help you manage. Read more
Why You Should Consider Using A Social Media Content Calendar
Creating a social media content calendar is a great way to keep your social media content organised and ensure that you have a steady stream of fresh ideas for your blog, website, or social media accounts. A social media content calendar helps you plan out topics to write about in advance so you’re never stuck scratching your head for new idea. It also helps you stay organised by ensuring that you’re consistently creating new content, so you don’t fall behind. Read More
Mastering Social Media Planning for Busy Female Business Owners
In today’s fast-paced digital world, having a strong social media presence is essential for businesses, especially for female business owners who are juggling multiple tasks. Effective planning for your social media can make a big difference. Read more
Navigating To-Do Lists with ADHD:
7 Things to Avoid
Many people grapple with ‘to-do’ lists when having ADHD. You’ll be all too familiar with the constant stream of tasks vying for your attention. With a few tweaks and some smart planning, you can turn your ‘to-do’ lists from chaos to clarity.
Here are 7 common mistakes to avoid when you’re putting your ‘to-do’ list together. Read more
10 Tips To Better Productivity
Feeling overwhelmed by your endless to-do list? Staying productive is all about smart planning and prioritising. From creating effective to-do lists to knowing when to delegate, here;s some tips to help you stay organised and on track. Ready to reclaim your day? Read more.
Access to Work: Financial Support For Entrepreneurs With A Disability Or Health Condition
Access to Work is financial support through a government-funded scheme supporting people with disabilities or health conditions in the workplace. It can help with a variety of costs, such as specialist equipment, software, travel expenses, support workers, and communication support.
The scheme is open to people of all ages. Read more
Social Media Content Planning and Creation - The 5 Key Stages
Creating content for your social media requires a well-planned and strategic approach. Here are five key stages of social media content planning and creation. Following these steps will help to ensure your content is both has impact and is consistent. Read More
Mastering Your Inbox: A Practical Guide for Busy Female Entrepreneurs
In today’s fast-paced business world, managing your emails can often feel like trying to control a never-ending stream of information. The constant flow of emails and notifications and the need to stay organised can easily lead to feelings of unease. Get valuable tips and strategies and insights that will help you regain control of your inbox and boost productivity. Read more
Why Planning Is Important
Taking my kids abroad as a single mum felt like an impossible challenge—my head was full of worries and ‘what-ifs.’ But with careful planning and support, I made it happen, and it was an unforgettable adventure! Curious how I managed it? Read on for my story, tips, and a little drama at the airport. Read more.
13 Tips To Improve Your Time Management
Are you staying awake at night worrying about all the things you aren’t ticking off your ‘to do’ list? Have you missed another important deadline? Were you late to your last meeting? Do you make promises to your customers that you can’t keep? Are you always late finishing a project in the time scale you allocated? Does your time management leave a lot to be desired?
Check out these tips to help you improve your time management, making you more efficient at what you do. Read More
Have You Started Planning Your Social Media Content Yet?
Do you plan your social media?
If you’re feeling overwhelmed by what to post or simply don’t enjoy it, you’re not alone.
Find practical tips to help build a strong online presence, create engaging content, and stay consistent.
Start planning today. Read more.
Boost Your Business: Effortless Social Media Success
Imagine waving goodbye to the endless struggle of coming up with post ideas. Easy social media success is your time and energy saver. No more stressing over what to say – instead, you can direct your energy towards growing your business and forming meaningful connections. Find out the secret to elevating your business to new heights without being overwhelming. Read more
How To Gain Control Of Your Time and Get Stuff Done
“Being organised is being in control”
Getting organised and having some form of structure in your working day helps you to get a hold of your time and allows you to plan effectively. This means means you can get on with the important stuff you need to do to reach your goals. Here are some tips to help you get more organised Read More
How a Virtual Social Media Assistance Can Save You Time
Does social media suck away your time? Are you spending hours each week managing your social media leaving little time for other priorities? If staying productive while maintaining your online presence feels like a challenge, there’s a solution. Learn how delegating social media tasks to a virtual assistant can free up your time, help grow your brand, and let you focus on what truly matters. If you’re ready to take control of your schedule read more
Do You Keep Going Off Piste?
Struggling to stay on top of your task list without getting distracted? you’re not alone!
Check out these 5practical tips to stay focused, tackle your priorities, and make real progress in your business. Don’t let distractions steal your day.
Business Support: 6 Things I've Learnt
Happy 3rd Business Birthday To Purple Violet Business Support.
What a journey it’s been!!!
Having being unexpectedly thrown into redundancy after 15 years in my Corporate role I started my virtual assistant business in 2018. I could never have imagined the rocky road my business was going to take along the way. Find out how I made it this far Read More
Is Your Business Life Spilling Into Your Personal Life?
Do you need to gain more time in your day because you’re constantly busy achieving nothing?
Are you stuck in a rut doing things you don’t like doing? If so, this could be down to how you organise your time. commit to these few steps to help gain more time. Read More
How This Trusted Strategy Will Help You Gain More Time In Your Day
Do you need to gain more time in your day because you’re constantly busy achieving nothing?
Are you stuck in a rut doing things you don’t like doing? If so, this could be down to how you organise your time. commit to these few steps to help gain more time. Read More
5 Things To Help You Get Back Your Time
As a small business owner are you always too busy? No time to yourself? Being busy implies that we are needed and that we’re important, doesn’t it?
This can only be good, can’t it? As we know, getting the balance right between our personal life and work is really important. So, how do we know we’ve got the balance, right? Read More
18 Things Preventing You From Reaching Your Goals
When you first started your business did you ever imagine you’d be working as many hours as you do and feeling so overwhelmed with all your admin admin tasks? From the many people I speak to it seems that they’ve got so many admin tasks to do and they get in the way of them doing what they like doing, meeting their goals and making money! Here’s a list of reasons why you might not be reaching your goals. Read More
Local Charity Under Goes Change
I was engaged to provide my small business support services to assist a local charity undergoing a period of structural and organisational change with a view to streamlining the business and its procedures. In this case study find out how filing systems were streamlined and updated. This also included a process for maintaining and monitoring staff absience, files and email management systems. Read more.
Hiring A Virtual Assistant
Your business is growing and you now need to spend more time focusing your attention on the bigger and more important stuff – the money making tasks that only you can do. Cracks are starting to show in your plan. You are just so busy and the everyday, mundane tasks that support your business are getting in the way!! The time has come and you realise you will need to find a virtual assistant to help you out with those routine and time consuming admin tasks. Read More
10 Ways to Keep Your Inbox Clean
Email management is an essential part of any business and is an important part of staying organised. It helps you stay on top of things and avoid missing important messages.
Being constantly overwhelmed by the number of emails we receive on a daily basis makes us less productive, but keeping on top of your inbox can be a time consuming task. Getting more structured and organised with how you manage your emails can only make life easier for you. Find out how. Read More
5 Common Myths About Working with a Virtual Assistant: Debunked!
If you’re feeling overwhelmed with all the admin that drains your time you may have considered some virtual business support. On the other hand you many have had second thoughts due to the many myths that surround working with a VA. To fully appreciate the advantages of virtual business support and working with a Virtual Assistant it’s important to dispel the numerous misconceptions that exist. Read More
Purple Violet - The Story Behind The Brand
After 15 years in corporate, redundancy pushed me to follow my dream: creating a business that offers virtual marketing and admin support to busy entrepreneurs. Naming it Purple Violet Business Support was personal—purple, my favourite colour, and violet, my birth flower, symbolise resilience and creativity. It’s a reflection of my journey and values, offering flexible support with heart. Read more
How Much Time Do You Spend On Social Media?
Is Social Media A Source Of Distraction? Social Media is the place to be when it comes to marketing. Although this is valuable to your business, how much time do you lose checking your social media feeds? Research shows that globally, users spend 2 hours and 15 minutes per day on social media*. Read more
Turning Challenges Into Success
Ever faced a challenge where nothing goes to plan, despite all your preparation? From broken cakes to business hurdles, the key is finding creative solutions and pushing through. Discover how overcoming obstacles—big or small—can lead to surprising success. Need some inspiration? Read more.
Social Media Strategy. Increased Engagement and Visibility
Optimising your social media strategy in this digital era is crucial to make your mark.
A pivotal study by Neil Patel examined 2,384,083 social media posts. It aimed to improve social media strategy for greater engagement and visibility. Read more
How a Virtual Assistant Helps Cut Costs In Your Business
As a business owner, you’re your time and resources are precious. A Virtual Assistant can save you both time and money. Let’s explore how a Virtual Assistant can make a real difference to your business increasing productivity and cutting costs. Read more.
10 Ways To Use A Virtual Assistant To Improve Your Business
A virtual assistant boosts your business productivity and saves money. By outsourcing tasks, you free up time to focus on key activities that advance your business. Starting or growing a business is challenging, especially with delegation. Deciding which tasks to hand over can be tough. Not sure where to start? Find out here. Read more
Building Bricks
Getting the balance right can be really tricky with all the things that come with running a home, and earning money to pay the bills. In this country we work longer hours than anyone in Europe.
Making the smallest change to your routine can make the biggest difference to your children and to your work life balance.
How Much Will It Really Cost To Employ An Admin Assistant?
You ARE thinking of hiring admin assistant. Your routine daily admin tasks are stressing you out. You’re a small business owner and can’t keep up with your daily paperwork yourself. It’s a real bind and you really should be focusing on bringing in new clients but you just haven’t got the time!! Solution – get an admin assistant in. Read more
What Is A Virtual Assistant?
So, what exactly is a virtual assistant? A VA is a skilled professional. They provide essential support to businesses usally from their homes. This support can range from general tasks and marketing to organisation to help keep your business running smoothly. Virtual assistants are a lifeline for small business owners. They juggle daily admin tasks alongside their main business functions. We’ve got tasks beyond our main business tasks, including unpaid ones. Read more
