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How to plan your day so you keep your business running even when the kids are home for the holidays. More...

Laura Morris of Rentabuggy.co.uk gives us her time management tips for mumpreneurs More...

I mentioned in my last post that I've only been working for myself for a few months. So far it's gone quite smoothly, although there have been a couple of More...

Article about benefits of blogging for business More...

For many first time online business owners getting sales through the door, or onto their website, seems almost an impossible mission. That is unless you More...

Should you be blogging for your business? Here are 5 great reasons why you really should be! More...

Summer can be a slow time for businesses but these top tips for planning can help you prepare your marketing push in September and put you ahead of the game! More...

Celebrating the success of the UK's mumpreneurs. An online community for mums to make essential business contacts, research new business opportunities, get business information and advice, and have their products & services promoted within the mumsclub website. A warm welcome for any business mum or aspiring business mum-to-be! More...

Daryl Willcox Publishing is a company which helps small businesses raise their profile in the media. In the first of a series of five weekly blogs, its founder More...

If you want to run a successful stall at an event, remember that it is not all about sales on the day. Have a strategy for gathering contact details so More...

In case you haven't entered any awards, give this one a go. It is very simple to enter and could net you £100 courtesy of Paypal. Online social network for More...

Antonia Chitty at the Brighton Baby Expo If you have an event coming up, getting together with others makes it much easier to have a successful day. Eight More...

After becoming an award-winning businesswoman, Paula Wynne (organizer of The Remote Worker Awards, in association with BT Business) is often asked to share her More...

An interview with John Mullins, London Business School Professor and author, The New Business Road Test: What Entrepreneurs and Executives Should Do Before More...

Living to work? Working to live? Oliver Burkeman suggests an alternative. Could making a 'passive income' be the answer? More...

If you are developing a new product, protecting your idea is critical for many reasons. David Fannin of Sorcit has some tips to help you.  This week he More...

Daryl Willcox Publishing is a company which helps small businesses raise their profile in the media. In the first of a series of five weekly blogs, its founder More...

Follow-up! This is part of the planning process and something you need to make time for after the event.I'm always surprised at how few people follow-up after More...

Business-like, fun & funky, minimalist, info-overload? Colours, fonts, icons, images? Keep in mind your target audience. A little about More...

If you follow me on twitter you may have seen some tweets in the last 24 hours that involved the hashtag SM4B and have wondered what on earth it was all about… I was lucky enough to be at an event being run by Shaa Wasmund all about the secrets of using social media for business. More...

Celebrating the success of Britain's mums running businesses. Find your local event here...first week of October - ever year! More...

Getting the most from business networking while taking a leaf out of Bridget Jones's book! More...

How the whole is definitely worth more than the sum of the parts when it comes to your marketing campaign activity - the value of marketing repetition and integration More...

Check out this mums amazing story and her belief in herself to give up her job and aspire to realise her dreams! Inspirational! More...

Does January seem like a long time ago already? Have you stopped to reflect upon the goals you set yourself at the start of the year? Are you actually making More...

The one-stop-social-media-shop that is about.me - coming soon. Get ahead and reserve your about.me name now! More...

Free marketing tips and advice from Sarah Ainslie Marketing More...

Social media can be used for more than just targeting customers. Here are some tips and advice for helping you build collaborative working partnerships with like-minded people and businesses and using this to create opportunity. More...

There are so many stories about maternity at work, so many high profile tribunal cases and so much regulation, it is hardly surprising people get in a muddle about what rights and obligations really exist. Here are some of our favourites... More...

Effective web copy is what persuades the reader to take the next step and ‘do’ something, e.g. buy from you, sign-up to your newsletter, use your services. Writing optimised copy is the art of producing readable content that also incorporates specific search terms... More...

Forward Ladies is a support network for women in business. This blog looks at our approach to networking and why the 'long term slow burn' aproach that we advocate is preferable to the promise of 'quick wins'. More...

Does high pressure referral based networking work for you or is it all a bit scary? We put the case Forward for taking a more 'chilled' approach! More...

Inclusive or exclusive? Which do you prefer when it comes to a business network? It can be nice to feel wanted and 'special' but what if your name is not amongst the chosen few... More...