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Mompreneur Insights – Interview With Sarah Dale
For this weeks Mompreneur interview I’m very pleased to welcome back Sarah Dale! Sarah is a chartered occupational psychologist, coach, and newly published author of Keeping Your Spirits Up, a book aimed at busy professionals who sometimes struggle to balance work, home and well-being. Click here to read Sarah’s guest post ‘How To Balance Work, Home And Wellbeing For Multi-Tasking Professional Moms’ As a working mother herself, she is very familiar with the challenges of keeping…
4 Quick Tips For Maximizing Your Online Profile
Sometimes its great to have something quick but effective to do on a Friday afternoon to finish the week off on a really productive high. With this in mind I thought I’d share 4 of my quick and simple tips that could help take your online profile to the next level. 1. Set Up A Master File With Links To All Your Online Profiles: Step one HAS to be to have everything together in…
Mompreneur Insights – Interview with Lorraine Allman
Today I’m very privileged to be able to share with you some ‘Mompreneur Insights’ from Lorraine Allman. Lorraine is an entrepreneur and researcher with over 14 years experience of starting and running businesses, from establishing one of the first online business information portals in the UK to running a highly successful business and educational research company. She is currently MD of Speed Mentor Central® an online centre of business expertise supporting entrepreneurs and small businesses….
Starting My Own Business – Or Should I Just Read A Good Book Instead?
So guys – I need your opinions and advice on this. I’ve just come back from a fantastic family vacation to Hawaii and since we got back I’ve been having a bit of a crisis of confidence about what I’m spending my ‘free’ time on. As you may already know, once my little girl goes to nursery this time next year I plan to launch an online coaching business aimed at supporting professional Moms who…
Writing Your Business Plan – Making Sense Of Your ‘I Want’ List
Last week I got in touch with my inner spoilt brat and wrote my ‘I Want’ list! (click here to read that post if you missed it) Now I need to go through this brain dump and use it as the bones of my business plan. Time To Piece The Jigsaw Together First I looked through my points and grouped them into themes. Then I put the themes in a rough order of priority. Here’s…
5 Ways To Be A Successful Entrepreneur AND A Good Parent
A successful entrepreneur is passionate about their business ideas to the point of obsession, is constantly on the look out for new opportunities to further expand their empire, and is a risk taker extraordinaire! At least this is the image that we are so often presented with when discussing the kind of people who ‘make it’ as entrepreneurs. So how does this fit with a person who needs to be constantly thinking about the effect…
Bolster Your Service-Based Business With Residual Income
On Thursday I talked about why you should leverage your expertise to build passive and residual income streams for you business. (click here if you missed it!) Some expertise lend themselves to online business models (like marketing, web design or HR consulting) But what if your expertise or passion is in a ‘hands-on’ service-based area? (like massage, personal fitness training, coaching, or dog grooming for example) If this is the case then it can be…
Top 5 Reasons Why Mompreneurs Fail And How To Avoid Them
Let’s not kid ourselves. Starting a business is REALLY HARD! According to the SBA, 51% of small businesses fail in the first five years. Why? What goes wrong? Is there any way to avoid this happening to your business? Well it seems that entrepreneurial success is a combination of hard work, savvy business sense, and a sizable portion of good luck! However here are some classic traps that new Mompreneurs often fall in to, and…
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