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Starting Your Mumpreneur Business: What You Need To Know

Do you have a great business idea, but are unsure how to turn it into reality? Or is your business up and running, but not doing as well as you might like?

Well, Antonia Chitty, Erica Douglas and I have put together…

The Essential ‘Start Your Mumpreneur Business’ Pack

This pack is packed with friendly advice and guidance on starting a successful business at a low cost. It will give you the information you need to take your from business beginner to successful entrepreneur.

It’ll show you how to:

  • Earn money in your spare time.
  • Assess business ideas and find the one that is right for you.
  • Turn your hobby into a profitable business.
  • Create a website that makes you money
  • Set up a successful direct sales or party plan business.
  • Take a business from idea to reality.
  • See your current business grow and succeed.

Get exclusive access to this pack full of articles and guidance written by Antonia Chitty, Erica Douglas and I with contributions from business experts including Emma Wimhurst, Mel McGee, Roberta Jerram and Alison Rothwell. Read tips and ideas for helping YOU to – get a great business idea – test your idea – start your business –  make the most of innovative strategies to help you create a successful family friendly enterprise.

Sounds just like what you need? Buy your pack NOW or read on to find out more

You can be sure that this pack will help whether you are wondering about starting a business or have a definite business idea. Get your copy NOW. It includes:

  • Start a Family Friendly Business by Antonia Chitty and Helen Lindop
  • The Mumpreneur Guide’s Start Your Own Business Book by Antonia Chitty
  • The Mum Blogger eBook by Erica Douglas

Work through your pack to discover:

  • 4 types of business that work well when you are a parent
  • 129 great flexible business ideas and how to make them succeed when you have a family.
  • 11 tips to help you succeed as a mumpreneur
  • 7 indispensible resources to get your business off to a great start.
  • 19 ways to make money online

Plus you’ll learn:

  • 7 simple ways to find customers.
  • The 19 ‘must haves’ for any website.
  • 9 great ways to raise your business profile online.
  • 7 essentials to help you get to grips with business finance basics.
  • 5 key elements of getting a great work life balance.
  • 10 ways to grow your business and take it to the next level.

And you’ll receive:

  • 12 practical exercises to help you take action in YOUR business
  • A 25 day plan to help you create a successful blog AND make money
  • 42 inspiring case studies of mums and dads with great businesses

The Essential ‘Start Your Mumpreneur Business’ Pack would normally cost £52 but TODAY you can buy it for just £33.

Take the first step to start your business: Buy your pack NOW or read on to find out what other leading businesswomen think

These women have found the contents of ‘The Essential ‘Start Your Mumpreneur Business’ Pack invaluable:

A great resource for any mum looking for flexible working inspiration and ideas.

Jane Hopkins of MumsClub

“I’m a huge advocate of mums who set up in business and who combine work and motherhood on their terms…and this book is a great starting point for anybody who’s excited by this prospect.  It’s packed to the gunnels with good ideas and inspiration for harnessing the hidden mumpreneur inside!” Wendy Shand of Tots to Travel

“An invaluable guide for Mums who have the seed of an idea. Practical advice in easy to read snippets with loads of real examples. This will help Mums take their idea forward but with realistic expectations, a business mentor on your bedside table!”

Sam Willoughby of Whats on 4 Little Ones

“Erica’s ebook is an excellent resource for anyone interested in starting a blog or for those wishing to understand the mechanics of blogging a little better. It is well written, comprehensive and full of valuable advice. I’d highly recommend it.”

Rosie

“The “must-have” read for anyone considering setting up a business whilst combining the responsibility of raising a family. Don’t do anything until you have read this book……it could change your life….”

Emma Wimhurst, Business Mentor and author of BOOM!

Get your copy here for just £33 at NO RISK. Full money-back guarantee if you find this package is not for you.

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Mumpreneur Monday Challenge: Get Out There!

Welcome to week two of the Mumpreneur Monday challenge!

How did you get on with last week’s challenge? If you missed it, the Monday challenge was to Promote Your Blog.

The internet is a wonderful thing but nothing beats meeting real, live people in the flesh. Too much time on your own in front of a PC can drive you a little bit crazy, so this week your challenge is to…

Get out there!

Here’s how you could do it:

  • Go to a new networking group

Pick one that suits your style – structured, informal, for mums, for women… take your pick.  Stuck for ideas? Ask people you know where they network and what it’s like. Also, ask if you can join them as a guest.

Want to take the little ones but there are no mums networking groups in your area? You could start one of your own! Take a look at Mums The Boss and Mums Business Club.

  • Have an informal meet-up (or a Tweetup*)

If you don’t want to start a networking group, you could just ask around if anyone knows any mums in business in your area, then arrange a time to meet up in the local park with the kids.

(*Tweetup = A gathering of people who use Twitter.)

  • See someone you know you should meet

Have you been bouncing emails around with someone when you know you should go and see them in person? It’s not always easy to getting around to meeting people face-to-face. This week, set the date and go and see that person.

  • Look for business events in your area

Sometimes you just need a breath of fresh air into your business. Look around for local business events and workshops where you can meet new people and get some new ideas. See Woman’s Work, you local Enterprise Agency or Universities, Business Link, or your local Chamber of Commerce.

  • Turn to Jelly

Have you heard of Jelly? It’s where groups of home-workers gather together and work in the same space for a few hours (but without networking). There are Jellies popping up all over the world and quite a few are in the UK.

If you’re a Twitter user, the hashtag #Jelly will keep you up to date with all things Jelly.

  • Go for a coffee, girls’ night out or whatever you fancy.

Between family and business it’s easy to forget that you’ve not been out just for fun for a while. So go out, enjoy yourself and recharge those batteries.

Drop me a comment and let me know how you get on!

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Free Business Advice in the East of England

If you need business advice and live in the East of England, take a look at the Enterprise Start-Up and Development Association (ESUDA).

You could get FREE advice if you:

  • Are thinking of starting a business
  • Started a business in the last 3 years
  • Are based in Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Suffolk or Norfolk

Enterprise Start-Up & Development Association (ESUDA) is a family run social enterprise that offers free and low-cost business support services to women, young adults, people with disabilities and Social Enterprises in the East of England.

They have 5 business advisers with a history of starting and running businesses. Whether you are struggling to write a business plan, want to find new customers or just want someone to talk to about your business, they will be able to help you by offering advice, training and support in all areas of enterprise.

To find out more visit www.esuda.co.uk or email adriana@esuda.co.uk

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Have You Got a Gorgeous Baby?

Of course, haven’t we all?!

The NEXT Baby Boutique Model Competition, in association with Prima Baby magazine, is looking for Britain’s cutest and most photogenic infants aged from newborn up to 36 months (born 19th November 2007 or later) which will be split over two categories: from birth up to 18-months, and from 19-months up to 36-months.

Winners will receive £500 of Next vouchers, a 12-month modelling contract with Urban Angels and take part in a photoshoot for NEXT and Prima Baby.

To enter, upload your photo by 12 noon on the 16th November 2010 by visiting facebook.com/nextonline. Entries can only be made by parents or legal guardians and please be sure that the photograph you upload shows your baby fully dressed and wide-awake!

Be sure to ask all your friends and family to support your entry as they can vote on Facebook  right up until 12 noon on the 19th November 2010. (Only one vote per person per entry and check out facebook.com/nextonline for full terms and conditions.)

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Promote Your Blog: Mumpreneur Monday Challenge

I thought it might be fun (and useful!) to post a Monday Challenge for the next couple of weeks.

If you like it I might make it a regular feature – let me know…

So this week your challenge is to…

Take one extra step to promote your business blog.

Drop me a comment and let me know how it goes (plus you’ll get a link to your blog, which is a little bit of promotion in itself!)

Here are some ways you could promote your blog this week:

  • Join a forum

Pick one that is visited by your target audience, make sure it allows you to put your URL in your signature and read the terms and conditions carefully. Then, staying within the Ts&Cs, help people and show them you’re an expert.

Maybe you’ve been a forum member for a while but have been just lurking? This week, become active in that forum instead.

  • Twitter and Facebook

Make sure every blog post is announced on Twitter and your Facebook page. You can do this automatically with NetworkedBlogs or TwitterFeed. Schedule some tweets with a link to your older but most popular blog posts using Hootsuite or Tweetdeck

  • Boost your content

How can you really add value to your readers? What do they want to know? How can you give that to them? Commit to stepping up the quality of your content this week.

  • Blog Carnivals

Enter a blog carnival (hint: Business Mums Blog Carnival!). Do a Google search on ‘blog carival’ and your key words to see if there are any on the same subject as your blog.

If there are no blog carnivals in your field, why not start one?

  • Guest Post

Draw up a list of blogs with a readership similar to your target audience. Check to see if they have a policy on guest blogging and make sure you follow it. If the  policy is OK with this, email the owner if they would like to feature you as a guest blogger. Tell them a little about your blog and give them a list of possible subjects that you could cover. Offer to feature them as a guest blogger in return.

  • Comments

Set yourself a target of (say) 3 comments a day for a week. Comment on blogs with a similar readership to your own but make sure you add something to the conversation, rather than just saying ‘great post!’

  • You Tube

Record a video, upload it to You Tube and embed it in a blog post. It’s not as scary as it sounds – stand a video camera on a pile of books on your desk, speak your blog post into the camera instead of writing it, download onto PC and upload to You Tube. Your first video won’t be perfect (Yes, you’ll cringe when you see yourself in the video!) but you’ll have taken that daunting first step towards video marketing.

  • Be helpful

Help other bloggers promote their blogs and they will return the favour. Retweet them on Twitter, mention them on your Facebook page, ask if they would like to be guest bloggers on your blog.

  • Not got a blog?

This week, have a think about if  now a good time to start one. Blogs can be great for getting fresh content on your website, telling customers about new products and increasing your search engine rankings. But keeping them up to date takes time and commitment, so you need to weigh up if it’s right for you and your business.

Good luck and let me know how it goes!

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