Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
Heather Townsend, Author of ‘The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking’, talks us through her Mumpreneur’s guide to building a profitable networking strategy. Networking, whether you are attending a networking event, group or keeping up with events on twitter, regardless of how effective or efficient you are, is a process which takes up time. And [...]
I am feeling very proud of myself at the moment as I have recently lost a stone and a half in weight. Losing weight had been one of those demons which haunted me – I knew it was a problem but I kept ignoring it and coming up with reasons or excuses for not tackling [...]
When you are networking do you count your conversations… or make every conversation count? In this article, Heather Townsend, the author of The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking, shares her FITTER networking model – which if you follow will make your conversations count, regardless of who they are or where you meet them. Can [...]
In this article, Heather Townsend, The Author of ‘The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking’, shares her much sort after tips on how to generate referrals from your networking activities. Referrals. Why else do we spend far too much time having coffees with business contacts? Most mumpreneurs I speak to want to find the magic [...]
In this guest post Heather Townsend looks at why the really savvy mumpreneurs are using both online and offline networking tools and techniques in their quest to generate referrals when networking. I’ve bet you’ve found, like me, that unless you have an enlightened group like Mums The Boss near you, business face-to-face networking and childcare responsibilities [...]
I won’t lie – this year we have been suffering from what I can only describe as Bloggers Fatigue. After more than 2 years blogging I guess we’ve lost some of our sparkle and enthusiasm for blogging. And as anyone who has suffered the same will know, once you lose your blogging momentum it can [...]
The BusinessMums Summit, now in its second year, is an event for mums keen to launch their own enterprises, those already running new start-ups, directors of highly successful, global enterprises and everything in between. And for Mum’s The Blog readers we have a FREE ticket to give away to one lucky person. Simply leave a [...]
Continuing our series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking, today we look at ‘exit strategies’ 4. How to ‘move on’ Attending networking is all about connections and conversations. Some of these will be interesting and lead to all sorts of possibilities – others will be less fruitful. One of the [...]
When it comes to thinking and planning, don’t people say that two heads are better than one? Two minds thinking about the same idea however differing creatively in opinion and strategy which leads to a better range of solutions to deliver. Amazing! In small business the act of working together or collaborating with others is [...]
In this post Nadine Hill gives a delightful account of her experience as a speaker at the South Yorkshire branch of Mum’s The Boss last month. When Sarah Chapman, regional leader of Mum’s The Boss South Yorkshire asked me to deliver the speech at her February 2011 event, I was excited to get out of [...]
As we have been running Networking events for over 2 years now, we have decided to share some of our experiences and produce a series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking. 2. The Iceberg Principle When you network with people in a room, you are not just putting your [...]
I want to let you in on a little secret – I have bad business days. I have days – hell, I have weeks – when I wonder why I bother and want to throw in the proverbial towel. And I’ll let you in on another little secret – January was a bad month. Now [...]
As we have been running Networking events for over 2 years now, we have decided to share some of our experiences and produce a series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking. 1. Go with an agenda This may seem obvious but how much time do you spend actually planning [...]
Business networking is a highly effective tool to market your business and increase your brand awareness. It’s your chance to showcase your business in a face to face setting. Networking is about having conversations, listening, asking and learning, building long term relationships with customers and associates, and delivering/receiving business. When you attend an event do [...]
For some people having their own business is a dream come true, and in the beginning it is exhilarating and busy; it’s easy to be caught up in the never ending to do list and the anticipation of where it will go. But there is another side to all of this; it can also be [...]
Carly at Mummy’s Shoes has come up with a fab idea of everyone introducing themselves if they are going to CyberMummy in July. Now as some of you will know, Mum’s the Boss is a double-act, and whilst you will probably find us together, here are our individual details, just in case we get separated. [...]
