Martin [00:00:00]: Hello. I'm your podcast host, Market Robson. Harborough Hustle proudly sponsors local charities. Check us out on marketharboroughbiznetwork.co.uk where you can find a transcript of today's podcast, all the links that I mentioned, posts you can share on social media to spread the word, and everything you need to know if you'd like to help our local charities find out more about our lovely sponsors. Today, I'm gonna be speaking to Jen from Fuzzy Flamingo. But just before we get into that, let's hear it from our lovely sponsor. Hey, it's 2024. Is your website really pulling its weight when it comes to helping you compete in today's market? Have a chat with me, Market, from Roman Britons to find out how you could use the latest technology and psychology to get ahead. Martin [00:00:53]: All in plain English. Don't delay. Welcome to this episode of Harborough Hustle, where I'm delighted to be chatting with Jen from Fuzzy Flamingo. Hi, Jen. Jen [00:01:07]: Hello. How are you? Martin [00:01:09]: I am not too bad at all. I have no small children with illnesses and things like that. How are you? Jen [00:01:19]: Unfortunately, I do have small children who have been very ill, but they're back at school so much better. Martin [00:01:26]: Fantastic. It's, it's always one of those things, isn't it? We talk about being a a small business and running our stuff, but at the end of the day, you know, you gotta put your family first and make sure that that's all sorted and run a business at the same time. Jen [00:01:39]: Absolutely. It's it's lovely to have the flexibility, but it it does come down to me to to be able to drop everything to be with them. So I'm very fortunate to have understanding understanding clients. Martin [00:01:50]: Fantastic. We like those. They're not all like that, but we're like the ones that are. If you're listening clients, take note. Alright. So first thing I'd just like to to ask for those people who've who've not met you before, just tell us a little bit, about yourself, what you do, and, what do you like doing besides work? Jen [00:02:10]: Of course. So I, am the owner of Fuzzy Flamingo, which is a book publishing company. I specialize in helping authors to self publish beautiful books with editing, design, and publishing services. And my aim with Fuzzy Flamingo is to make publishing more transparent, less intimidating, and more accessible. Outside of of work, there's loads of things I love to do. I love getting out in the fresh air. I've got a small dog, and he we love to walk him, love spending time with my family, and generally just having a good time. Martin [00:02:46]: Fantastic. Having a good time. What a brilliant hobby. Absolutely. So I know from having done, quite a number of these podcasts that the one burning question that that our listeners will have is, what's the dog's name? Jen [00:02:59]: Doug. He's, Doug the Shug. He's a Shih Tzu crossed with a pug. So he's basically a hairy pug, and he's very cute. Martin [00:03:06]: Sounds amazing. Yeah. Jen [00:03:08]: I if I angle my camera down, you should be able to see him asleep on his little bed. Martin [00:03:12]: Oh my goodness. Jen [00:03:14]: Yeah. He spends most of his day asleep. Martin [00:03:17]: So for anybody who's just, listening to the audio version of this podcast, then Doug the Shug was down on the floor there sleeping away quite happily. He is really enthralled by the podcast. He's just he's watching it so much. Yeah. Now, again, also for for people on on the audio, they won't be able to see what's behind you and indeed what you're wearing. The people who are watching this on on YouTube might just have a clue what your company is called. So, could you just describe some of the things that I can see on my camera now? Jen [00:03:52]: Yes. Of course. Basically, a flood of flamingos or a flamboyance of flamingos is the Greek noun is, which I absolutely love. Yeah. It's called a flamboyance. How perfect is that? Yeah. I have a giant flamingo behind me, which who was given to me by my Britons. When it arrived in a very funny shaped package. Jen [00:04:13]: My my husband looked at it and thought, what is that? But I love it, and I get gifted lots of lovely things. I have a ban placed on me by my husband for buying any more flamingo things myself, but it doesn't stop my authors and my family and friends buying things for me. So yes. And I'm also wearing a flamingo print dress, which is a popsy, which is another small business, which I adore. So I have several flamingo print dresses and jumpsuits and and what have you because I love it. Martin [00:04:43]: Fantastic. Shout out to Popsie. I mean, I happen to know also that, I think you have branded Doc Martens as well if I remember. Jen [00:04:50]: Yes. So I have pink fluffy Doc Martens, which usually cause a stare when I wear them. But I I love them. They are very warm, though. Martin [00:05:00]: Fantastic. Yeah. Well, we we could definitely say that, we ...
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