Yesterday I announced setting up my own business and I couldn't believe the amount of traffic and enquiries I received. I didn't think January was the time to tout for business but maybe it is – there's a lot of people thinking about the year ahead and now's the time to start making plans for marketing and social media.

So I'm here on day one of my brand new business and I thought it might be useful to someone if I wrote a little bit about how I got here (it won't be my life story, I promise).