Social Networking

If you’re trying to get new clients to your business, should you use Facebook or Twitter? I use both and judging by my Facebook friends and Twitter followers I’m not alone! So it’s not really a question of which is best, it’s more about using both effectively. I started using Facebook to connect with family, [...]

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Women Wednesday Blog Hop

by Helen on May 26, 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. Find out more about the blog hop here. [...]

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Ten Ways To Get Free Publicity for Your Business

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by Helen on November 11, 2009

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 [...]

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The magic of Twitter

by Helen on October 14, 2009

I’ve been feeling a little uninspired lately and struggling to write posts for this blog. Nothing serious, just a side effect of being at the beck and call of two tiny children and the inevitable sleep deprivation that comes with it. So when I saw the quote “Be not afraid of growing slowly, be afraid [...]

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Start your business for less than £30

by Helen on July 30, 2009

If you’re an aspiring mumpreneur, you might be wondering where on earth you’ll get the money to start your business.  True, there are some businesses that will always need a bank loan for a hundred thousand pounds, but it doesn’t have to be like that. Did you know…? If you want to do some market [...]

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I was delighted to find myself featured on a couple of my favourite mums-in-business blogs on Friday, Mums The Boss and Family Friendly Working! I thought that blogging would be a solitary experience, but using online forums, Twitter and Facebook alongside my blog I’ve ‘met’ far more people than I ever could in person, well, [...]

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