After over a decade as a suit in advertising, marketing and communications industries in London and Cape Town, Jo Duxburytook the plunge into entrepreneurship in 2005 and launched her first company, Freelancentral. This is a ‘marketing matchmaker’ site - an online directory of ad/marketing industry freelancer portfolios in South Africa.

Jo is also involved in a number of other initiatives, including the Flying Solo Unconferences and social network; Femtrepreneurs - a group of women ICT entrepreneurs; and most recently, a recycling business which is just getting off the ground. She offers consultancy in outsourced marketing (virtual agency marketing support for businesses) and still does some work as a freelance marketing consultant, writer and editor. She has a thing about marking up copy in red pen and can produce a mean PowerPoint presentation.

She loves being an entrepreneur - there may be ups and downs, but there’s never a dull moment. Jo’s goal is to build a number of businesses that will make a difference to people’s lives, by making them easier, more flexible, enable people to follow their passions and to have a positive impact on the planet.

Jo is passionate about great marketing, beautiful design, clever copy, flawless grammar and online media. Based in the beautiful city of Cape Town, South Africa, she works remotely with clients from all over the world.

Jo is interested in working on projects that cover:

• Practical and afforable marketing in all its guises, including online and social media
  
• Creating and evolving a brand
  
• Writing, editing and proofreading
  
• Setting up and maintaining online communities
  
• Assisting start-ups and SMEs with their marketing strategy
  
• Flexible working and balanced lifestyles
  
• Something to do with treading lightly on the planet.

Find out more about Jo at http://joduxbury.wordpress.com. Follow her on Twitter where she promises not to tweet about what she had for lunch.