Motivating Business Mums

Motivating Business Mums
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Motivating Mum (www.motivatingmum.co.uk) is a website that offers support and advice to mums who are running businesses and those who are thinking of starting up. In March 2011, Motivating Mum organised a charity mentoring festival called Mummy Mentoring Month, in association with International Women's Day. Successful business women were encouraged to donate their time and their professional services, and these services were sold to mums who were starting up, with all proceeds going to charity. As part of this festival, we asked business women in the UK and Australia to send in blogs, which were published one a day during the month of March. I kept the scope very wide – blog about anything that would give support and advice to mums. The results were amazing – blogs written by professional coaches and very successful businesswomen, and blogs written by people who are just starting out. Some are sharing their professional advice in various different disciplines – some are just sharing their personal journeys, successes and failures. Taken as a whole I think these blogs provide a great resource of really good advice for mums in business, and that is why I decided to put them together into an eBook that people can dip into for inspiration on an ongoing basis. The charity that we supported for Mummy Mentoring Month in the UK is Nema (www.nemafoundation.org) which helps women in rural Mozambique with aid, healthcare and education, so that they can support their communities and families. So in order to continue the spirit of Mummy Mentoring Month and International Women's Day, I am donating 20% of my royalties from the sale of this book to Nema. I hope that you will be inspired and educated by the blogs in this book. If you are please visit www.motivatingmum.co.uk (or www.motivatingmum.com in Australia) where the support, advice and inspiration is ongoing.

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Debbie O'Connor. Motivating Business Mums

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Introduction

Focus on Nema—featured charity for Mummy Mentoring Month

The Value of Being Mentored, and in Mentoring Others. Karen Gunton

Because You’re Worth It. Sumi Olson

Create a support structure which will allow you to grow your business and spend more time with your loved ones

60-Second Networking Introductions. Grace Marshall

5 practical and 3 confidence tips for delivering great 60-second speeches

1. Start and end with your company name

2. Talk about what you do

3. Talk about the benefits

4. Be specific about who you want to be referred to

5. Have a call to action

1. Be yourself

2. Be prepared

3. Be creative

My Journey as a Freelance Accountant. Sarah Hamilton—SJH Accounting

You can never network enough

Support others as much as you can and you will reap the rewards

Perseverance

Be prepared to move out of your comfort zone

Be resourceful

Use Social Media—it’s free!

Time to Achieve. Anna Davis

Top 10 tips to achieve your dreams. Clarify your priorities

Get organised

Get it all done

Being Overwhelmed, or What to do When all the Balls are Threatening to Drop at Once. Fiona Muir

Physical Jump-Start Exercise

Spiritual Jump-Start Exercise

Psychological Jump-Start Exercise

Examine the Juggling Balls…Are they Needs or Wants?

My Life: What matters most today?

Why your Lack of Confidence is Killing your Business. Rebecca Jones

A Woman’s Guide to Surviving the Recession. Penny Power

What is a Mumpreneur? Heather Bestel

Overcoming Challenges. Sally Preston

The Essential Media Toolkit. Ann Wright

Your Work Passion—A Survival Guide. Tammy Furey

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The Choice is Yours: Mumpreneurs and that Elusive Work/Life Balance. Natalie Strong

Thoughts from a Dadpreneur. Trevor Ginn

It does not have to be groundbreaking

Be prepared to get your hands dirty

Outsource to the Far East

eBay and Amazon are a great way to start

Keep costs low and start small

Is There Enough Time to do Everything? Wendy Ager

Have You Missed Out on Mentoring? Alli Price

5 Tips on Marketing Your Business. Andrea Opoku

Be a Purple Cow

Sell Solutions not Products/Services

Social Media

Relentless Networking

Have a Plan

The Power of Motherhood. Monica Costa

First Aid Training—Is it a Priority? Emma Hammett

General Safety Advice from RoSPA

Diary of a Work-at-Home Mother. Noelle Leahy

Burning desire to work!

Let me explain a little better…

So, what was the solution?

Maternity Pay and Allowance for Business Owners. Ingrid Niang

Sole trader or director of your own limited company? Pregnant or planning to start a family? Confused about maternity pay and allowance?

Sole trader

Director of your own limited company

Advice for Brides—Remembering You. Alison Tinlin

Curiosity Killed the Cat, But it’s Your Best Tool When Networking. Robyn Hatley

1. What is it that you love about your job? (See their passion)

2. How did you get started in your line of work? (Their life story)

3. What separates your business from your competitors? (What makes them different)

4. What’s your ideal type of client/customer? (Who they are looking for)

5. What’s one of the funniest things you’ve experienced in business life? (Relax them)

What Inspired Me to Start My Own Business. Sally Preston

Is Networking Working? Birgitte Lydum

Going it Alone. Alice Treanor, Dress with Confidence

Can Any Mum be a Mumpreneur? Antonia Chitty

Creating Contacts. Charlotte Pearson

A Life Less Ordinary—The Surprising Truth About Mumpreneurs. Joanne Dewberry

Living to Fail or Living to Succeed. Marcella Simon

What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up? Slummy Single Mummy

What is the Point of Twitter? Debbie O’Connor

You can only post 140 characters at a time

5 Tips for Protecting Your Spare Room Start Up. Emma Jowett

Check your policy

Cover your assets

Don’t forget the laptop

Assess the risks

Cars and co-workers

Breaking Through the Glass Ceiling. Karen Wise

Free Advertising for Small Businesses. Natalie Strong, The Wonder Women Network

Press releases and free editorial

Entering awards

The ‘biggy’—social media marketing

8 Steps to Becoming a 5 to 9’er. Emma Jones

Don’t give up the day job (just yet), start by ‘Working 5 to 9’

Find an idea

Make a plan

Promote thyself!

Make the most of technology

Create space

Tell the boss

Tell the taxman

Do what you do best and outsource the rest

Am I Really Multitasking? Charlotte Pearson

Focused or Fannying? Jessica Chivers—the Thinking Woman’s Coach

This advice in a nutshell

Procrastination: A is for Aaa Don’t Wanna. by Grace Marshall

Desire comes from passion

Desire comes from purpose

Desire comes from enjoyment

Learning to Juggle. by Karen Simmonds of Travelmatters

Motivation. Rebecca Hancock of Dream2Be Coaching

Setting Up Your Online Business. Hannah Wiltshire of This is Your Kingdom

Design and build of the site

Selling Handmade Online. Viv Smith of Poppy Sparkles

Handmade marketplace websites

Gift websites

Own website

Spring Clean Your Career Grace Owen

Tip 1: C is for clarity—where do you want to go next in your career?

Tip 2: A is for attitude—is your glass half full or half empty?

Tip 3: R is for relationships—what kind of network do you have?

Tip 4: E is for equipped—are you investing in your own learning and development?

Tip 5: E is for excellence—what does excellence in your work mean to you?

Tip 6: R is for reflection—are you taking care of yourself?

Richard Branson or Closer to Home? Leah Klugt, The Golden Goose

Why Mentoring? Nicky Arthur, Happier Mums

Where Glowless Gets Her Support. Glowless of ‘Where’s My Glow?’

How to Increase Your Productivity by up to 40% Griselda Togobo

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Photo by Trish Gant of www.littlegemsforyou.co.uk

Motivating Mum exists to support and advise mums who are in business, and those who are just starting out, or even just thinking about working for themselves. The site was set up in the UK by Alli Price, but she has now returned to Australia and runs a sister site there.

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“100% of donations go directly to our projects on the ground in Northern Mozambique, as we have corporate sponsors in the UK to cover our costs. We ensure each and every penny donated to Nema stretches as far as it possibly can, to realise our objective of relieving poverty and protecting the fragile environments.”

By buying this eBook, you have already donated some money to help these mums and their families, but if you would like to support them further, please see the Motivating Mum Global Angels page: bit.ly/lKXUsn

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