09/09/2026
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This popped up just now whilst I was searching for someting completely different and, Iโll admit, it gave me a rather big smile. โค๏ธ
โYou have elevated these pages of the magazine beyond recognition Karen!โ
Thatโs quite a sentence to read about your own work!
But it also got me thinking about how important praise, reviews and testimonials are, particularly to small businesses.
Weโre generally pretty good at speaking up when something goes wrong. But when someone absolutely nails something? Sometimes we think โthatโs brilliantโ and then carry on with our day.
For a small business, actually saying it out loud can make a huge difference.
A testimonial isn't just a nice little ego boost. It gives potential clients something I can never really give them myself: someone else's experience of working with me.
My photographs can show you what I create but my clients can tell you what I bring to their business.
They can tell you whether I understood the brief, whether I delivered, whether the investment was worthwhile and, in this case, whether my photography genuinely elevated what they were creating. ๐ธ
That kind of recommendation is incredibly powerful.
On the days when you're sat behind a computer editing for hours and questioning whether anybody actually notices all the tiny details you obsess over, comments like this put a bit more fuel in the creative tank too. ๐โค๏ธ
So thank you Lancashire Life Magazine for this one. I love what we've created these last few months. โค๏ธ
If a small business has done a brilliant job for you recently, tell them. Then tell everyone else.
That little bit of praise might mean far more than you realise. โค๏ธ
