Tell me more… If you enjoy working with children, you could tutor them outside school hours in subjects such as maths and English. You can either work for an agency, find your own clients or both. You can work in your own home or in your clients’ homes, although it’s usually more cost effective to [...]
November 2009
This post is inspired by Josie’s Writing Workshop over at her Sleep Is For The Weak blog. The best piece of advice I have ever been given came to me in the middle of Wales in 1993. By a guy whose name I can’t even remember. I was coming to the end of my university [...]
Tell me more… You can start a business that produces a magazine for your town or local area. You would earn money by selling advertising space in the magazine. You can either buy a franchise or start your own magazine from scratch Your magazine could be aimed at anyone in the local area or could [...]
If you've looked into starting your own internet business you'll have seen websites claiming you can make "$$$" by doing very little work. There's a lot of hype out there and it's bound to make you feel cynical if you read enough. I'm certainly not making $$$ from this website (yet!), but I believe that [...]
This post was prompted by the Writing Workshop on the Sleep Is For The Weak blog. One day parents will really be able to balance working with spending time with their children. One day there will be a part time job for anyone who wants one. Jobs which make full use of mums’ (lets face [...]
When I started out as a freelance trainer almost ten years ago I knew I needed help filling out my tax return form and making sure my books were kept properly. But I was apprehensive about hiring an accountant because I'd never done this before. I didn't really know what an accountant should do or [...]
I'm proud to introduce my latest guest blogger, Mums The Boss, otherwise known as Sam Pearce and Helen Woodham. Mums The Boss is THE Bedfordshire networking group for Mums in business and they recently celebrated their first birthday. Here are are their top ten tried-and-tested free (or nearly free) publicity tips. In our first year [...]
