Motivation & Inspiration for mums in business
When you are networking do you count your conversations… or make every conversation count? In this article, Heather Townsend, the author of The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking, shares her FITTER networking model – which if you follow will make your conversations count, regardless of who they are or where you meet them. Can [...]
In this article, Heather Townsend, The Author of ‘The Financial Times Guide To Business Networking’, shares her much sort after tips on how to generate referrals from your networking activities. Referrals. Why else do we spend far too much time having coffees with business contacts? Most mumpreneurs I speak to want to find the magic [...]
In this guest post Heather Townsend looks at why the really savvy mumpreneurs are using both online and offline networking tools and techniques in their quest to generate referrals when networking. I’ve bet you’ve found, like me, that unless you have an enlightened group like Mums The Boss near you, business face-to-face networking and childcare responsibilities [...]
Continuing our series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking, today we look at ‘exit strategies’ 4. How to ‘move on’ Attending networking is all about connections and conversations. Some of these will be interesting and lead to all sorts of possibilities – others will be less fruitful. One of the [...]
We are delighted to announce the launch of Mum’s The Boss North Yorkshire, which will be run and hosted by Louise Roberts Battison who runs Tax Perspective, a tax advisory business specialising in tax advice on employment tax issues and on one-off tax transactions. The launch meeting will be held on Tuesday 10th May from 10.00-12.00 at The Academy, Oakdale Place, [...]
As we have been running Networking events for over 2 years now, we have decided to share some of our experiences and produce a series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking. 3. Have Interesting Conversations One of the things that makes you remember the people you meet at networking [...]
When it comes to thinking and planning, don’t people say that two heads are better than one? Two minds thinking about the same idea however differing creatively in opinion and strategy which leads to a better range of solutions to deliver. Amazing! In small business the act of working together or collaborating with others is [...]
In this post Nadine Hill gives a delightful account of her experience as a speaker at the South Yorkshire branch of Mum’s The Boss last month. When Sarah Chapman, regional leader of Mum’s The Boss South Yorkshire asked me to deliver the speech at her February 2011 event, I was excited to get out of [...]
As we have been running Networking events for over 2 years now, we have decided to share some of our experiences and produce a series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking. 2. The Iceberg Principle When you network with people in a room, you are not just putting your [...]
As we have been running Networking events for over 2 years now, we have decided to share some of our experiences and produce a series of Networking Niblets to help you get more out of your networking. 1. Go with an agenda This may seem obvious but how much time do you spend actually planning [...]
Business networking is a highly effective tool to market your business and increase your brand awareness. It’s your chance to showcase your business in a face to face setting. Networking is about having conversations, listening, asking and learning, building long term relationships with customers and associates, and delivering/receiving business. When you attend an event do [...]
For some people having their own business is a dream come true, and in the beginning it is exhilarating and busy; it’s easy to be caught up in the never ending to do list and the anticipation of where it will go. But there is another side to all of this; it can also be [...]
We are delighted to announce the launch of Mum’s The Boss South Yorkshire, which will be run and hosted by Sarah Chapman who also runs freelance PR consultancy Seven Twelve PR. The first meeting will be held on Tuesday 9th November at the Centre in the Park, Norfolk Heritage Park, Sheffield, from 10.00-12.00. Sarah will be hosting a free of charge [...]
We are delighted to announce the launch of Mum’s The Boss Hertfordshire, which will be run and hosted by Louisa Baker who also runs online giftstore Dyna-Girl. The first meeting will be held on Tuesday 15th June at the William Penn Leisure Centre, Rickmansworth, from 10.00-12.00. The launch will be an Open House for business mums to come along [...]
Today Mum’s The Boss is holding the first in a series of 3 start up events in Bedford, aimed at mums who may be considering their working options now that their children have started or returned to school. To run alongside the events we are holding a Prize Draw to win a whole host of fabulous business [...]
Today was Mum’s The Boss 1st Birthday group meeting…and what a year it has been. From humble beginnings of just 6 mums having a coffee in a cafe, to a 2 hour event, with a crèche, a brilliant talk from Efficiency Coach Heather Townsend, 19 visitors and of course birthday cake - we have come a [...]
