Review: The Lemon Club

July 11, 2011
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Many of us would love to work with a coach, but with a good coach costing a few hundred pounds a month and beyond, we find it’s out of our price range. Having trained as a coach myself, I know that the people who could benefit the most from coaching are often the ones who [...]

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Stepping off the corporate ladder: Michelle Wright of Colourwheel Creative

July 8, 2011
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There was a point in my life all I wanted to do was to climb the ‘corporate ladder’ – and to be honest , I actually managed to get quite far up… I remember that somebody once said to me ‘the higher you climb, the further you fall’…. Well the time came after having my [...]

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Business Mums Blog Carnival for July

July 7, 2011
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Are you a mum with a business and a blog? Join in the July Business Mums  Blog Carnival and get yourself more readers and comments! You don’t even need to write a post for the carnival, just pick your favourite from the posts already up on your blog and send the link to the carnival [...]

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Setting up an online shop: Pros and cons of each type

July 6, 2011
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If you’re thinking of starting an online shop you might be surprised at the number of options available to you. Working out whether to use eBay, Amazon or to get your own website is enough to make your head spin, so here’s a quick guide to the pros and cons of each different type of [...]

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How to get a better credit score

July 4, 2011

When I signed up for a new mobile phone contract last year I had a nasty shock – my credit score was so low they wouldn’t let me take out the contract! My credit score had always been really good up until then, so I was mortified. It turned out that as I hadn’t applied [...]

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I started a business with a baby: Cathy Belford of Discover Me Toys

July 1, 2011
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Tell us a little about your business DiscoverMe Toys is an online toy store specialising in educational toys that complement the 6 key learning areas of EYFS (Early Years Foundation Stage). Our toys include traditional wooden toys, beautifully hand-crafted jigsaw puzzles, activity toys, books and games. I love the toys available at DiscoverMe and we [...]

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Got a website? Here’s why you need an attention-grabbing headline

June 29, 2011
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Are you a mum running an online business? Having an online business means, of course, having a website.  And having a website means you need content to put on it. That could be a blog post, sales pages, articles and even content for email newsletters. Each of those need an attention-grabbing headline if they are [...]

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