It’s the Business Mums’ Blog Carnival for June!

June 13, 2010
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Would you like more traffic to your blog, plus more links and more comments? How about a chance to network online around the business mum community? It’s free and will take you just a couple of minutes. (The sparkly bikini is optional…) Then join this month’s Business Mums’ Blog Carnival! Here’s how it works. Each [...]

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My Latest Adventure In Childcare

June 11, 2010
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My guess is that childcare is the number one worry for any working parent. Either it’s not up to scratch, it’s not flexible enough, you’d rather be at home caring for your own kids or it’s just too expensive. Being self employed does give more flexibility, but I’ve found this has still given me some [...]

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Business Ideas For Mums: Gardening, Ironing, Cleaning and More

June 10, 2010
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Tell me more… People often want help with these tasks around their homes: Cleaning Oven valeting Gardening Ironing Pet sitting Dog walking Window cleaning As older people now want to stay in their own homes for as long as they can, demand for this type of service could well be on the increase. What are [...]

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Creation Collaboration Women Wednesday

June 9, 2010

Creation|Collaboration was set up by eight women, all existing friends, who run small businesses from their homes. They started the Women Wednesday blog hop to link up with other women in business, spread the word about Creation|Collaboration and basically just have fun visiting new and interesting blogs. This week, I was determined to do the [...]

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Choosing a Party Plan or Direct Selling Company

June 8, 2010

Direct selling or party plans can be a great way to start off in business.  It’s quick and cheap to get started and you should have much more support than you would get if you were starting up on your own. (I said should rather than will because you need to check out the support [...]

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11 Top Tips For Business Mums from Karen Sherr of Musical Minis

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Last week Karen Sherr told us how she started her business, Musical Minis. Today she gives us her eleven top tips for running a business as a mum. 1. Research the market and competition. 2. Start small. Let the business grow as and when you can cope with expansion. 3. Have a clear idea what [...]

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How to Manage Two Businesses and Two Toddlers at the Same Time

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Award winning mumpreneur Joanne Dewberry of Charlie Moo's tells us about how she manages to be mum to two toddlers and run her businesses: I’m constantly asked "How do you fit everything in?"  My mum is always saying "You need to slow down!".  I have two small children, Charlie age 3 and Megan age 1, [...]

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I Started A Business With A Baby – Karen Sherr of Musical Minis

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Today Karen Sherr of Musical Minis (music groups for babies and toddlers) tells us how she started her business. Karen started Musical Minis when her son Matthew was 1 year old – Matthew is now 21 and has a brother Alexander age 19 and sister Emily,16. She also shares some of her experience of franchising… [...]

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