Thought for Thursday #4

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I see this day as a positive new beginning. (It’s never too late to have a new beginning.) Today and tomorrow can be very different from yesterday if you can let go of yesterday and focus on today. Look for things to feel good about, and watch how everything in your life will unfold to [...]

Government Funding – are you missing out?

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Guest blogger Leigh Williams is the founder of Marketing & Business Coaching company Truesilver. She offers one-to-one, telephone or online coaching and is a specialist at helping small business owners tap into Government funding schemes. In this post Leigh guides you through the process of accessing funds and putting them to good use. When I [...]

Thought for Thursday #3

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“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day in and day out.” Robert Collier, self-help author  Whatever the challenge, remember you can’t make it happen all at once. But every little step you take, and each small achievement, will all add up to a greater success. Tweet This Post

How to make your PR more newsworthy

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Guest blogger Lesley Singleton has been working in consumer PR and the media for more than a decade. In that time, she has worked for big London PR agencies (including PR Week’s “Agency of the Year”) as well as in-house for a major airline and a high street bank. Here she gives some advice on [...]

Blogging for Haiti

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No-one can have avoided the stories and pictures of the catastrophic earthquake that has hit Haiti. Estimates of the numbers killed by the earthquake range from 50,000 to at least 200,000 and while food and water are finally reaching some parts of the capital Port-au-Prince, large numbers of survivors are still having to fend for [...]

Spread a little happiness

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As it’s a Monday morning we thought it would be nice to start the week by spreading a little happiness. Enjoy! Tweet This Post

Thought for Thursday #2

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This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any man.” William Shakespeare, Hamlet, 1.3 This is my favourite quotation and one which, whenever I am in doubt about something, I call to mind. Whether the issue concerns your [...]

Intellectual Property – 5 things every business owner should know

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You may have a successful business, a fantastic product or a sought-after service – but how safe is your business idea and when should you start to think about protecting it? Here Trademark Attorney Aaron Wood gives you an overview of Wood’s 5W’s of IP – What, Why, When, Who & Where? A successful business [...]

A new baby in the family……

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Just over a year ago I had a new baby, but it was very unlike my previous two children. It had been discussed for a short while and was very wanted, but there was some doubt as to whether this was the right time.  I already had 2 children, but I had a new partner and [...]

Thought for Thursday #1

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My future isn’t about my past (Life is only about NOW) Nothing that has ever happened has anything to do with now, unless, in my now, I continue to think and speak about it. Fresh new thoughts give me a fresh new experience. Taken from The Teachings of Abraham Well-Being Cards by Esther & Jerry [...]

Losing the Toddler Fat (mine, not theirs) – Part 1

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After a post-Christmas weigh-in I find myself with something of a problem. I am the heaviest I have ever been (including being pregnant) and I need to lose weight. Yes I’m a mummy, but this is not Baby Fat. This is Toddler Fat. Let me explain…… Call me a freak, but both times I’ve been pregnant [...]

Training 52 Businesswomen in 2010

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In 2010 we have set ourselves a challenge – to raise £1404 to enable us to fund the training of 52 new business women in the developing world – that’s 1 new businesswoman for every week of the year! In 2010 Mum’s The Boss’ nominated charity is Oxfam and, through the Oxfam Unwrapped programme, we want to raise [...]