Today’s post is by Tim Freed, editor of Toddle About magazine.
Running a magazine is a great way to see the best and the worst in advertising practice, and believe me we’ve seen both!
Here are our Top 5 Mistakes and how you can learn from them to design great adverts and generate plenty more sales. Continue reading “Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid When Designing Your Adverts”
I’m at the research stage of setting up a small business while I look after my two toddlers. I work most evenings once they have gone to bed but I’m also trying to fit bits in in the day. I feel I’m not giving my children the time I should as I’m distracted by work and I’m not giving work sufficient attention as I’m paying attention to my children – what can I do?
I really feel for you as I’ve been there and to some extent I still am! It’s hard, no doubt about it. Here are some tips to help: Continue reading “Working from home with toddlers around: how on earth do you do it?”
Being a working mum means that anything other than earning a living and caring for children is usually pushed aside. At least that’s the picture for many of us. Yet having young children so often brings about a burst in creativity. Perhaps it’s the shift in our priorities, the fresh perspective that children bring or just reconnecting with the way we were ourselves as children.
I experienced this myself but not being especially artistic, for me it was an urge to write, communicate, teach and be entrepreneurial. But many mums are artistic and find themselves desperate for a creative outlet. Conceptual artist Any Dignam is a mother of two who was in exactly this situation. That’s why she has created Desperate Artwives. Continue reading “Desperate Artwives: Mothers who create art behind closed doors”
Whoa, it’s that time again! If you’ve got a business blog, why not join in the December Business Mums Blog Carnival and get yourself more readers and comments?
(If it doesn’t seem long since November’s carnival, you’re right. The carnivals late in the year are squeezed closer together so we avoid the Christmas period.)
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 host.
This month your host is Ally from www.cambridge.mumsbusinessclub.com
To enter, email the link to your post to cambridge (at) mumsbusinessclub.com by 5th December.
The carnival will be posted on www.cambridge.mumsbusinessclub.com on 7th December.
If you’re not sure how it all works or what kind of post to enter, you’ll find everything you need to know on the Business Mum’s Blog Carnival page. And you can get your own blog carnival badge there too!
Want to know more about blogging to promote your business? Grab yourself a copy of my book Business Blogging for Beginners (only £2.29!)
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