Helen Lindop is a self-confessed geek who loves working with people.

It’s no surprise that Helen uses her skills to help other small business owners but unlike a lot of geeks, she makes it all very easy and accessible to people who don’t love tech as a much as she does! Using plain language and a calm, pragmatic approach is Helen’s secret to making tech easy.

Helen’s extensive research into what sort of training would make the biggest difference to small business typically isn’t a flashy quick fix but a simple business practice that has stood the test of time – email marketing.

Helen has helped many businesses work out their strategy and implement email marketing, mailing lists and newsletters, showing them how to manage growing lists and repeat business.

Helen’s early career as a software trainer with a PGCE, and post grad diploma in Training and Development, comes through in everything she does. Before she joined Drive, I’d long admired the way she shared her own learning for the benefit of others and wasn’t afraid to try new things in public. “Giving it a go” was her style and that was hugely helpful to a lot of people finding their way through the digital landscape.

Everyone who has benefitted from Helen’s training talks about her calm, clear, well-paced approach, utterly practical, and focused on helping people solve problems with no ego in the equation.

With many businesses suffering from the disruption of social media platforms that deny them access to their contacts there has never been a better time for businesses to build their own lists and contact their customers directly. Helen provides all the support that small businesses need to make this work.

As well as a trainer and business owner, Helen draws cartoons, and her robot, Speedy, can be be seen on many of her blog posts, training programmes and social media posts.

We’re very lucky to have Helen in Drive, She’s not only shared a lot of invaluable knowledge in our Learning Hub and has had a direct and very positive impact on many of our members’ businesses, she is one of the nicest people you could meet!

Find Helen at www.helenlindop.com  and https://www.linkedin.com/in/helenlindop/